Steampunk Sandbox vs Space Rocket Exploration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steampunk Sandbox
Design and build custom vehicles like cars and planes within a Steampunk world. Engage in combat against aggressive machines using your unique creations. Challenge deadly vehicles with your own designs.
- Steampunk vehicle designer
- Create cars and planes
- Combat aggressive machines
- Challenge deadly vehicles
- Build custom designs
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The new vehicle designer in the Steampunk setting is waiting for you. Here you can create a car or plane to your liking. The game world is filled with scary aggressive machines for destruction. Build your own design and challenge deadly cars.
Space Rocket Exploration
Build and launch custom rockets to explore planets and moons in our solar system. Construct a space station with unlimited potential and deploy various satellites. Experience realistic space physics and astonishing graphics.
- Build custom rockets
- Explore solar system planets and moons
- Construct unlimited space stations
- Launch and control satellites
- Realistic space physics simulation
- Astonishing graphics
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Space Rocket Exploration gives you the ability to feel the exctiment of traveling to space and exploring planets like you never have felt and seen before. The game has astonishing graphics and physics that simulate space how it's in the real life! First part of the game is where you have to build your own rocket and launch it in the launch area! There are three stages: small stages, medium stages and larg stages. You can combine all parts of different size and make a big rocket that you can travel and discover planets further and further. Most interesting part of the game is the ability to build a Space Station in space by attaching every single part that you bring from earth. Size of Space Station is unlimited you can also add controllers to make it controllable. Satellite is another object that you can launch in space. You have many different satellites. The Game has all planets with their moons that exist in our solar system which all of them have different characteristics. Now is time for you to try it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Rocket Exploration at 69% against Steampunk Sandbox's 23%. Space Rocket Exploration also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Space Rocket Exploration holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Rocket Exploration has 315 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Steampunk Sandbox's written reviews are positive against 69% of Space Rocket Exploration's.
Steampunk Sandbox ships an update every 22 months, Space Rocket Exploration monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steampunk Sandbox | Space Rocket Exploration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (22 ratings) | 3.7 (315 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 69.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 315 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darya Vladislavovna | Genc Sadiku |
Customer experience
Steampunk Sandbox
Space Rocket Exploration
Bugs and requests
Steampunk Sandbox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Space Rocket Exploration
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rockets exploding on launch
- Satellites randomly exploding in orbit
- Inability to remove space station parts
- Orbit lines not showing correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Add landing on planets
- Improve space station building
- Introduce more rocket parts
- Add astronaut and EVA functionality
- Implement interplanetary travel
In-app purchases
Steampunk Sandbox
No in-app purchases
Space Rocket Exploration
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Steampunk Sandbox free?
Is Space Rocket Exploration free?
Which has better reviews, Steampunk Sandbox or Space Rocket Exploration?
Do Steampunk Sandbox or Space Rocket Exploration have ads?
Which is updated more often, Steampunk Sandbox or Space Rocket Exploration?
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