The Oregon Trail vs Oddmar+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Oregon Trail
Embark on a challenging journey westward, making tough choices to survive harsh conditions and unexpected events. Manage your party, supplies, and wagon to reach Oregon. Features include hunting, fishing, and historical quests.
- Party and wagon management
- Hundreds of random events
- Hunting and fishing mini-games
- Interactive historical journal
- Playable journeys and quests
- Monitor party health and morale
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The Oregon Trail™ by Gameloft—Experience The Oregon Trail™ like never before. A modern twist on the trials and tribulations of the road to Oregon, this official successor to the global phenomenon will immerse players in exhilarating journeys ranging from the historically accurate to the totally extreme. Players will pick their traveling party, stock the wagon with supplies, and embark on an adventure filled with tough choices, new dangers, and unexpected situations. Surviving blizzards, broken limbs, snakebites, exhaustion, starvation, and the dreaded dysentery is no small feat; all the while navigating an untamed frontier to get your party to their new life in Oregon before the winter. Track down a missing party in the aftermath of a fierce blizzard, transport volatile gunpowder through blistering desert heat, compete in challenging hunting mini-games, and meet a broad cast of historic figures. With procedurally selected random events where players’ choices affect their party and future game events, there’s always a new adventure on the horizon every time you play. Always a New Adventure • Build and name your party from different classes—each with their own starting items, skills, and personalities—to make every journey to Oregon unique. • Overcome hundreds of random events where your choices affect the fate of your travelers, and are influenced by their unique skills and traits. • Remember to take care of your party, wagon, and oxen, or they’ll become casualties of the trail. Fresh Features • Take on 15 playable Journeys. • Experience 7 Quests inspired by historical events. • Monitor your party members’ health, morale, stamina and hygiene. • Manage your inventory to squeeze everything you can into the wagon. • Maintain your wagon to prevent breakdowns and inventory loss from spoiling or spillage. • Learn about real people and places in your interactive Journal. • Collect and learn about the many interesting animals you'll see on the trail. • Catch 80+ species in the new Fishing mini-game. • Obtain 140+ achievements. True to the Original • Hunting and Rafting make a long-awaited return, with faithful gameplay and all-new visuals. • Dysentery, river fording, broken legs, and many more classic hazards await! Striking Art Direction and Score • A beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects creates a unique visual style that’s both nostalgic and contemporary. • An all-original soundtrack of alt-country-inspired music combined with 8-bit-style sound effects. Respectful Representation • For the first time, the game features Native American playable characters and stories, celebrating the history and cultures of the peoples who first lived on this land and still live here today. • Thorough research and multiple academic consultants were involved in this game’s production to ensure accuracy and respectful representation of all peoples depicted in the game. Officially Licensed & Supported • The Oregon Trail™ is an officially licensed game from HarperCollins Productions, who supported the evolution of The Oregon Trail™ so it would be true to the original, but with updated gameplay and visuals. • 2016 Video Game Hall of Fame inductee. _____________________________________________ Visit our official site at http://theOregonTrail-game.com For support visit http://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/support Don't forget to follow us on social media: Instagram: http://gmlft.co/GL_SNS_IG YouTube: http://gmlft.co/GL_SNS_YT Privacy Policy: https://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/terms-of-use End-User License Agreement: https://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/eula
Oddmar+
Embark on an epic Viking adventure filled with physics-based puzzles and platforming challenges. Discover magical weapons and encounter new friends and foes across beautifully hand-crafted levels. Prove your worth and redeem your potential in this animated story.
- Epic Viking story
- 24 hand-crafted levels
- Physics-based puzzles
- Platforming challenges
- Magically imbued weapons
- Motion comic animation
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*Oddmar is Apple Design Award 2018 Winner* Oddmar struggles with life in his village and is not worthy of a place in Valhalla. He is shunned by his fellow Vikings and must redeem himself of his squandered potential. One day he is offered an opportunity to prove himself, but at a price... IMMERSE yourself in an epic Viking story animated as a motion comic. JOURNEY through 24 beautifully hand-crafted levels of physics-based puzzles and platforming challenges. DISCOVER your true power with magically imbued weapons and shields. ENCOUNTER new friends and foes on your journey through magical forests, snowy mountains and treacherous mines. Produced by the development team behind the award-winning and critically acclaimed Leo's Fortune. Oddmar supports iCloud game saves and game controllers. An internet connection will initially be necessary to complete the download of app data for Oddmar. Join Oddmar’s community at http://facebook.com/oddmargame http://twitter.com/oddmargame http://youtube.com/oddmargame
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Oregon Trail at 94K against Oddmar+'s 6K. Oddmar+'s advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 79%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for The Oregon Trail against 4.8 for Oddmar+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Oregon Trail has 94K ratings behind it against 6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of The Oregon Trail's written reviews are positive against 92% of Oddmar+'s.
| Parameter | The Oregon Trail | Oddmar+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (94K ratings) | 4.8 (6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 92.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 94K — better | 6K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.4 GB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gameloft | Mobge Ltd |
Customer experience
The Oregon Trail
Oddmar+
User reviews
The Oregon Trail
From 94K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Engaging gameplay
- 👍 Beautiful graphics
- 🌳 Immersive historical experience
- ✨ Nostalgic charm of the classic game
- 🎨 Diverse character customization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent wagon breakdowns
- 🤕 High incidence of character injuries
- 💰 Difficulty earning money and affording supplies
- 🕰️ Repetitive and predictable events
- 🤯 Overwhelming difficulty and frustration
Oddmar+
From 6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great gameplay
- 👍 Beautiful graphics and art style
- 💡 Engaging story and characters
- 🎮 Excellent controls with controller support
- 🎉 Highly polished and fun experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional control issues or unresponsiveness
- 🎮 Lack of customizable controls
- 🔇 Missing audio/sound settings
- 🕰️ Game feels a bit short
Bugs and requests
The Oregon Trail
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saved game data being overwritten
- Fishing mini-game glitches
- Inconsistent character trait effects
- Incorrect dialogue based on character traits
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize party size
- More varied random encounters and quests
- Improved save system and ability to manually save
- Option to sell/trade non-essential items
- Addition of children/families as party members
Oddmar+
Reported bugs
2 issues- Controller support issues on certain platforms
- Crashes or freezes on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Ability to start a new save file
- Improved controller support and customization
- Audio/sound settings to adjust volume or mute
In-app purchases
The Oregon Trail
No in-app purchases
Oddmar+
No in-app purchases









