Oceans Board Game vs Everdell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oceans Board Game
Explore a vast underwater world where survival hinges on adaptation. Discover mysterious traits and face bizarre creatures in this digital adaptation of a popular board game. Play for free or unlock the complete game for endless replayability.
- Underwater exploration
- Adaptation mechanics
- Deck building
- Strategy gameplay
- Multiplayer modes
- Scenario challenges
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Enter a vast, underwater cosmos: a mysterious interconnected world of tentacles, sharp teeth, and black ink, where your survival depends on your ability to adapt in a continually changing environment. But this is just on the surface… Lurking below the surface lie mysteries so bizarre they hardly seem natural. The Deep is a deck of mysterious traits you’ll discover over the course of many games. These over-powered traits represent the unknown: the undiscovered wonders of the deep ocean. Based on the hit board game, Oceans offers a beautifully crafted strategy game experience. The reef and 20 deep cards are completely free to play (and ad-free!), and you may also join one multiplayer game per day free. A one-time upgrade to the Complete Game features 87 Deep Cards, 21 Scenarios, and multiple hard AI personalities for endless replay fun. You can now play online against others on any platform, in real time or asynchronously. Purchasing the Complete Game allows you to create your own decks for use in singleplayer and multiplayer, and create your own multiplayer games. Venture into the deep at your own risk!
Everdell
Build a fantastical city by gathering resources, constructing buildings, and recruiting critters. Compete against others or AI in this strategic card-based city-building game adapted from a popular board game. The player with the highest-scoring city after four seasons wins.
- Worker placement for resource gathering
- Strategic card play for city building
- Build Constructions and recruit Critters
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- AI play and Solo Challenges
- Four-season game progression
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From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a peaceful year has passed in Everdell — but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities to be established... Adapted from the award-winning board game from Tabletop Tycoon, Everdell is a fantastical city building game combining worker placement and strategic card play to create a new civilization. Gather resources to build fanciful Constructions and recruit colorful Critters to make your city thrive. Each card in your city scores points, and after four seasons have passed the highest-scoring city wins! Face off against other founders in cross-platform multiplayer games, or test your civic wits with AI play and Solo Challenges! On each turn, you'll take one of three actions: 1.) Place a Worker. Send one of your helpful workers out into the valley to gather resources! Berries, Twigs, Resin, Pebbles...and of course Cards! You'll need them all to help your new civilization grow. 2.) Play a Card. Your city can hold up to 15 Construction and Critter cards. Cards generate resources, open up new abilities, and score points to win the game! Discover combos and synergies to race past your opponents. 3.) Prepare for the Next Season. When the seasons change, your workers come home and get ready for the next round. But plan your city carefully! After four seasons, the Winter Moon returns and the game will end. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, events to host— you will have a busy year ahead of you! Will the sun shine brightest on your city before the winter moon rises? Welcome to Everdell!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Oceans Board Game at Free against Everdell's $9.99. Oceans Board Game also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). Everdell's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 51%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Oceans Board Game is free to download; Everdell costs $9.99 up front. Oceans Board Game sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Everdell sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Everdell holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 598 and 2.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Oceans Board Game's written reviews are positive against 76% of Everdell's.
Oceans Board Game ships an update every 2 weeks, Everdell every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oceans Board Game | Everdell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (598 ratings) | 4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 598 | 2.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #30 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 384 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | +4 |
| Developer | North Star Digital Games | Dire Wolf Digital |
Customer experience
Oceans Board Game
Everdell
User reviews
Oceans Board Game
From 598 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful artwork and visuals
- 🕹️ Smooth and intuitive gameplay
- 🧠 Engaging strategic depth
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack
- 🤖 Challenging AI opponents
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 📱 Small text and UI elements on mobile
- 🔄 Unstable after updates
- 💰 In-app purchases required for full experience
- 🕹️ Limited multiplayer options
Everdell
From 2.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Smooth and seamless gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals and animations
- 🎶 Soothing soundtrack
- 🕹️ Faithful digital adaptation of the board game
- 🏆 Challenging and enjoyable solo challenges
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 📱 Small text and UI elements on mobile devices
- 🔙 Lack of undo/cancel functionality
- 🤖 AI opponent issues (e.g., auto-regenerating critters)
Bugs and requests
Oceans Board Game
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to restore purchased content
- Cards not functioning as intended
- Game freezing during late-game phases
- Inconsistent save/load behavior
- Graphical glitches and visual bugs
Requested features
5 requests- Add more AI difficulty levels
- Implement online multiplayer
- Improve tutorial and onboarding
- Increase card variety and depth
- Provide better accessibility options
Everdell
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to play certain cards or use locations
- Game freezes or crashes during online play
- Incorrect scoring or card interactions
- Placement issues with workers and cards
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for expansions and additional content
- Allow players to choose their character/critter
- Implement a confirm/undo button for actions
- Improve zoom and readability on smaller screens
- Add push notifications for online games
In-app purchases
Oceans Board Game
- Deep Pack 1, Pass and Play$0.99
- Deep Pack 2$0.99
- Deep Pack 6$0.99
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- Deep Pack 7$0.99
- All Packs Discounted$0.99
- All Packs Discounted$1.99
- All Packs Discounted$3.99
- Multiplayer Pack$3.99
- Full Deck and Hard AI$4.99
- Complete Game$7.99
Everdell
- Glimmergold$5.99
- Bellfaire$8.99








