Comparison

Forager vs Crashlands 2

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

Head to head
About

Forager

Explore a vast 2D open world, gathering resources, crafting items, and building a base from scratch. Level up your skills, solve puzzles, and discover secrets as you expand your territory and forge your own path.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering and management
  • Item and structure crafting
  • Base building and expansion
  • Skill progression and learning
  • Puzzle solving and dungeon raiding
  • Open-ended goal setting
Features
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Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by your favorite exploration, farming and crafting games. - Gather, collect and manage resources. - Craft useful items & structures. - Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. - Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. - Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! - Achieve anything you want! The choice is yours, you set your own goals to work towards! Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit!

About

Crashlands 2

Embark on an adventure as an intergalactic trucker stranded on an alien planet. Explore a dynamic world, craft unique weapons and gadgets, build a home, and befriend its inhabitants and creatures. Uncover the mysteries of the planet and fight to make things right.

Highlights
  • Explore a dynamic alien world
  • Craft gadgets, elixirs, and weapons
  • Mix-and-match combat playstyles
  • Construct and customize a home
  • Build friendships with alien characters
  • Raise and train adorable pets
  • Uncover planet mysteries
Features
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Return to Woanope as Flux Dabes, intergalactic trucker and disgruntled corporate employee. After years away from the planet under a lucrative (if morally dubious) spokesperson contract for the Bureau of Shipping, you return to visit some old pals and recover from corporate burnout. But before your vacation can even begin, a mysterious blast from the planet's surface sends you crashing into a new land, far from friends and alone in an alien wilderness. EXPLORE A DYNAMIC ALIEN WORLD Woanope is alive, thrumming with ecological interactions, curious creatures, friendly alien societies, and heaps of stories to uncover. Lure a Trunkle into an explosive meadow, fish up some Pho-rays by moonlight, or help those mischievous alien kids commune with a (probably) harmless multidimensional being. What could go wrong? FIGHT ON YOUR TERMS As you explore Woanope you'll discover and craft all manner of gadgets, elixirs, and weapons that deliver mix-and-match playstyles. Fight using stealth, traps, environmental hazards, and distance weapons. Or chug an Elixir of Juking, stun your opponent with a Space Wok, and jump right into the fray. Or just get... weird? Turn fish into bombs, or make a Pact with the Void to convert your pain into martial prowess. CONSTRUCT A HOME AWAY FROM HOME After a long day of exploring the wilderness, fighting Sluggabuns, and getting sneezed on by Trunkles, you'll need a place for you and your alien pals to relax. Build a cozy home-away-from-home where you can retreat from the outside world to craft, chat, fish, and farm -- or tame that orphaned Sluggababby you adopted -- in peace. Just don't forget to make space for your newfound friends... and potential roommates. BUILD FRIENDSHIPS Meet a colorful cast of characters in your journey across Woanope, each with their own unique skills and knowledge. Befriend them, help them with their goals, and discover new crafting recipes together through the power of friendship. RAISE ADORABLE PETS Find creature eggs out in the world, figure out how to hatch them, and raise them as little companions. You'll teach them the ways of the world and help them grow into formidable beasts. In return they'll keep you safe during your adventures. CHANGE THE WORLD Being zapped out of orbit was a pretty big clue that something is going awry on Woanope. But what!? Join the locals to figure out what's gone wrong, who's responsible, and how to make things right.

Screenshots

Forager3 screens
Crashlands 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crashlands 2 at 4.9 against Forager's 4.2. Crashlands 2 also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 61%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Forager's advantage is price ($7.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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

Forager costs $7.99 and Crashlands 2 $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crashlands 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 688 and 921 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Forager's written reviews are positive against 94% of Crashlands 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forager ships an update every 3 weeks, Crashlands 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Forager versus Crashlands 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForagerCrashlands 2
Price$7.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.2 (688 ratings)4.9 (921 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews93.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings688921 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#105#45 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB340 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperBalor GamesButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.

Customer experience

Forager

All ratings688 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative14.7%
Written reviews299 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral16.1%
Negative23.1%

Crashlands 2

All ratings921 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews531 reviews
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.4%

User reviews

Forager

From 688 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Charming pixel art and music
  • 🕹️ Satisfying progression and crafting
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy save system and data loss
  • 🤖 Clunky and unresponsive controls
  • 🧱 Difficult item placement and building
  • 🕰️ Lack of updates and new content

Crashlands 2

From 921 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Extremely fun and addicting
  • 👍 Fantastic, actual game
  • 👍 Wonderful improvement on the first game
  • 👍 Perfection - Once Again!
  • 👍 The best game on the App Store. Full stop.

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Black screen when entering world

Bugs and requests

Forager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Islands and purchased land disappearing
  • Saving issues causing progress loss
  • Inability to place certain items or structures
  • Glitches with locomotive and nuclear reactor

Requested features

4 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More customization options
  • Improved controls for building and item placement
  • Ability to resize or hide droids

Crashlands 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Black screen when entering world
  • Crashes to iPad Home Screen

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add a feature that helps with missions, like giving hints
  • Add a feature to easily switch between equipment sets

In-app purchases

None

Forager

No in-app purchases

None

Crashlands 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forager free?
Forager costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crashlands 2 free?
Crashlands 2 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Forager or Crashlands 2?
Crashlands 2 is rated higher. Forager averages 4.2 out of 5 from 688 ratings, while Crashlands 2 averages 4.9 from 921 ratings.
Do Forager or Crashlands 2 have ads?
Neither Forager nor Crashlands 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forager or Crashlands 2?
Forager ships an update every 3 weeks, and Crashlands 2 weekly. Most recently, Forager was updated on September 24, 2026 and Crashlands 2 on September 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, Forager or Crashlands 2?
Forager currently peaks at #105 in the App Store charts, and Crashlands 2 at #45. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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