Forager vs Afterplace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Afterplace
Embark on an open-world adventure on your mobile device, exploring a vast landscape filled with hidden secrets, treasures, and quirky characters. Engage in combat, uncover mysteries, and forge your own path through a world without waypoints.
- Open world exploration
- Hidden secrets and treasures
- Combat with monsters
- Interactive characters
- No virtual buttons
- Dynamic control adaptation
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An open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding, and not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed nooks. There are no waypoints in Afterplace. You'll have to forge your own path. Afterplace has been designed from the ground up to be a fast, fluid, beautiful experience for mobile. There are no virtual buttons. You can move and attack by touching anywhere. You can tap objects directly to interact or attack, use two thumbs like a traditional controller, or control the game with a physical gamepad. The game will adapt dynamically to your play style. Pick up and set down the game at your own pace, it will always save your progress. Afterplace is made to feel like a full-fledged indie adventure game that fits in your pocket. About the Author: Afterplace is made by one person, Evan Kice. A former software engineer from Austin TX, Evan quit his job (to the dismay of his friends and family) and has been working full time on Afterplace since early 2019. The initial game released in December of 2022, but Evan plans on continuing to support and polish the game when he can!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Afterplace at 4.9 against Forager's 4.2. Afterplace also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 61%) and device support (5 vs 3). On ratings volume, 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
Forager costs $7.99 and Afterplace $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Afterplace holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 688 and 613 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Forager's written reviews are positive against 94% of Afterplace's.
Forager ships an update every 3 weeks, Afterplace monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forager | Afterplace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (688 ratings) | 4.9 (613 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 688 — better | 613 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #78 | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Balor Games | Evan Kice |
Customer experience
Forager
Afterplace
User reviews
Forager
From 688 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Afterplace
From 613 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Charming characters and dialogue
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and visuals
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack
- 💡 Unique story and world-building
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 🔍 Lack of a map or quest log can lead to getting lost
- 🔍 Some plot points not fully explained
- 🔍 Limited weapon/item variety
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
Afterplace
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain devices
- Saves not loading properly
Requested features
3 requests- Landscape mode support
- Ability to restart or replay the game
- More in-depth combat and progression systems
In-app purchases
Forager
No in-app purchases
Afterplace
No in-app purchases
