Comparison

Niffelheim vs Residual

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Niffelheim

Embark on an immersive survival adventure in an open world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft weapons, build and defend your base against monster hordes, and explore dangerous dungeons for treasures. Forge your path to Valhalla in this offline RPG.

Highlights
  • Open world exploration
  • Crafting and blacksmithing
  • Base building and tower defense
  • Dungeon crawling
  • Monster combat
  • Resource gathering
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Welcome to Niffelheim - an open world of Vikings filled with dangers and challenges. Prepare yourself for an immersive survival game with crafting and tower defense, mining, and base building mechanics, where your skills will be tested against horror monsters and black magic. Play an epic journey of exploration, mine into deep dungeons that hold both dangers and treasures. Niffelheim is an exceptional single-player 2D offline action RPG game without ads and in-apps purchases, with tower defense and crafts elements that will push your experience, shaping you into a true Norse mythic hero. Craftsman and blacksmith The rules of survival and craft games are pivotal in Nifelheim. Gather resources such as wood and ore to create weapons, bows and arrows, potions, and essential equipment to be good hunter of monster. Explore new drawings unlock magic and trade for an advantage in your fight for survival. Castle building and defense Build towers to create your castle, expand your base building, and reinforce walls to defend your kingdom against enemies attacks and skeletons hordes. Use various materials like wood and stone to create an impregnable fortress that defends you from Hell`s minions who like a zombies will atack your shelter. Adventure and dungeon Explore the dangerous world of survival RPG games, filled with adventures and horror. Enjoy fight against monsters, including undead and giants, trolls and yotuns, animals, and spiders - who will try to hinder your progress. Mine into dungeons to discover valuable last artifacts and chests, resources, and ores that help you craft the armor and weapons to fight against enemies and skeletons who like a zombie will atack your base. Reach to Valhalla Embark on a quest to collect the pieces of the portal leading to Asgard, unlocking the secrets of the gods' lands, rebirth the dragons. Overcome trials that test your sruvival and strength skills, confronting Death Priests and their undead minions. Travel through the Norse mythology underworld, exploring abandoned tombs and dungeons, completing NPC`s quests and reading the stories, fighting monsters and enemies, and seeking treasures and artifacts to aid you in your battle against the enemies of Asgard. Forge and craftman Equip yourself with powerful weapons and armor crafted in the workshops. Use resources found during gathering and exploration to create various types of equipment for hunting. Upgrade your gear to become stronger and better protected in battles against Hell`s minions. Dishes and mushrooms Food is crucial for survival in this Norse-themed role playing game. Collect mushrooms, berries, and other plant products to create dishes that boost your health. Test your luck and become a legendary Viking in the cold land of Niffelheim. Choose your path in this exciting sandbox game, where each day brings new challenges and adventures. Complete daily tasks and quests immerse yourself in an open world teeming with monsters, mysteries, and magic, and become a true hero. Prepare to fight for your life and protect your base from the dangers of this horror world. Good luck, in best Vikings simulator! Complete the final trial, prove your worth to the gods, and open the portal to Asgard. Become part of the epic legends that speak of the great Heroes of Valhalla. Niffelheim is an RPG where Viking sirvival depends on your skill and bravery. Build your kingdom, get resources, and craft the world. Explore dangerous dungeons, battle monsters, and Hell`s minions, unlock the secrets of magic and trading, and immerse yourself in the fantasy land of Vikings and land of God Hell. Pass all quests of NPC`s, collect all the pieces of the portal, open the door to Asgard city, and become a legend worthy of Valhalla. Lets don`t starve Vikings in this mythical survival game!

About

Residual

Explore procedurally generated alien planets, harvest resources, and craft sci-fi tools to survive and repair your ship. Uncover ancient secrets in a non-violent survival platformer with a unique nature engine.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated worlds
  • Resource harvesting and crafting
  • Sci-fi tool creation
  • Non-violent survival gameplay
  • Alien lore discovery
  • Customizable survival parameters
Features
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Residual… a new breed of survival platformer from OrangePixel. In a forgotten galaxy full of strange planets, a lone explorer crash-lands on one with an ancient alien secret. Venture forth from the shipwreck across a harsh, unpredictable, procedurally generated world. Harvest food and make campfires to stay alive. Craft science-fiction survival tools like teleporters and mining devices. Unearth alien technology capable of repairing the ship. Hunger, cosmic storms, hostile plant life and the mysterious ooze are among the many obstacles you’ll face. You won’t be alone! PDB (a snarky floating Personal Disaster Bot) will follow and assist you along the way. Sometimes. PDB also helps you discover the hidden lore, revealing the history of the planet as you explore deeper and deeper, assuming you can survive! OrangePixel’s uniquely designed Nature Engine generates 1000’s of planets from a vast set of environment-based rules, then drops explorers on a world brimming with potential. If a planet orbits close to the sun, intense heat, high winds, and sparse vegetation will pose a set of challenges wildly different from other worlds. Further from the sun, long nights make stamina easier to maintain, but reduced solar power turns every suit function—like scanning the planet—into a critical decision. Residual welcomes players to a non-violent survival experience with limitless possibilities and no traditional combat. Jump and descend through colorful, highly detailed pixel art evoking classic 2D platformers. Solve light puzzles to reveal secrets of a long-lost civilization. Select a male, female, or non-binary protagonist, customize survival parameters like how fast time advances, and race to repair the ship, dig up ancient secrets, or collect data entries on hundreds of undiscovered objects.

Screenshots

Niffelheim4 screens
Residual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Niffelheim at 4.6 against Residual's 3.5. Niffelheim also leads on ratings volume (90 vs 14) and price ($4.99 vs $5.99). Residual's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Niffelheim costs $4.99 and Residual $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Niffelheim holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Niffelheim has 90 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Niffelheim's written reviews are positive against 67% of Residual's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Niffelheim ships an update every 5 weeks, Residual monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Niffelheim versus Residual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNiffelheimResidual
Price$4.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.6 (90 ratings) — better3.5 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings90 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size348 MB116 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEllada Games LLCPascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Niffelheim

All ratings89 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral11.6%
Negative27.4%

Residual

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Niffelheim

No in-app purchases

None

Residual

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Niffelheim free?
Niffelheim costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Residual free?
Residual costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Niffelheim or Residual?
Niffelheim is rated higher. Niffelheim averages 4.6 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while Residual averages 3.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Niffelheim or Residual have ads?
Neither Niffelheim nor Residual shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Niffelheim or Residual?
Niffelheim ships an update every 5 weeks, and Residual monthly. Most recently, Niffelheim was updated on October 29, 2026 and Residual on October 30, 2026.

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