Comparison

Polygon Wars vs Deep Rock Galactic

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

Head to head
About

Polygon Wars

Engage in a retro-style arcade twin-stick shooter. Navigate your ship, blast enemies, and upgrade your arsenal. Compete for high scores on leaderboards and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Twin-stick shooter gameplay
  • On-screen controls or controller support
  • In-game shop for upgrades
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • 16 unlockable achievements
  • Regular updates
Features
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Enemies come in all shapes and sizes in Polygon Wars! Polygon Wars is an arcade twin stick shooter with a retro feeling. Use the on screen controls, or connect an external controller to move around and shoot your opponents.
 How to control your ship is up to you. Get a speed boost or weapons upgrade from the shop to help you reach new heights! Compete with your friends for the highest score with the Game Center leaderboard. Earn up to 16 different achievement, can you collect them all? The game is in active development, and will receive updates on a regular basis Keep coming back for new features! Songs: “Open Sore” (menu), “Final lap” (game time), "Phobos" (at boss time) Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

About

Deep Rock Galactic

Engage in a single-player auto-shooter where you battle alien hordes and mine for riches. Upgrade your dwarf's arsenal and abilities to survive the procedurally generated caves of Planet Hoxxes. Experience the universe from a new top-down perspective.

Highlights
  • Single-player survivor-like auto-shooter
  • Battle alien hordes
  • Mine for riches
  • Unlock powerful upgrades
  • Procedurally generated caves
  • Top-down perspective
Features
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Welcome, Survivor! DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes! REVERSE BULLET HELL, WITH MINING Kill bugs, upgrade your gear, and delve ever deeper into the lethal caves of Hoxxes. Collect and assemble a devastating array of guns, unleash hell upon wave after wave of alien monsters in fast and frenetic combat, and tunnel your way to collect precious riches from deep within the cave walls. With the auto-shooter gameplay, you don’t worry about aiming and firing – just run and mine for your life, as you automatically blast away. Each mission is entirely unique with its own procedural cave generation and enemy waves, just as you've come to know from Deep Rock Galactic. COMPLETE MISSION OBJECTIVES TO BECOME STRONGER Dig deep, Miner! Once the Drop Pod releases you into the oppressive darkness, you’re on your own. Complete the mission objectives set forth by the Company, and make it back to the Drop Pod in time to try your luck at even more deadly and lucrative encounters. Progress deeper and deeper into the planet while you grow ever stronger, survive all the way to the very end of your assignment, and finally get extracted alongside your hefty sack of loot. DEEP ROCK, FROM A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE Now you can explore the Deep Rock Galactic universe in a whole new single-player-focused experience! Play each mission from a top-down perspective, navigating the caves of Hoxxes as you've never seen them before, soaking it up through nonstop auto-shooter action. Greybeard Deep Rock veterans will recognize much from Deep Rock Galactic, and if you are a recently joined Greenbeard: Welcome all the same! We are thrilled to have you on board. You will like it here. Management requires it. ROCK AND STONE! Discord: https://discord.gg/drgs Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@fundaygames X: https://x.com/FundayGamesdk

Screenshots

Polygon Wars4 screens
Deep Rock Galactic4 screens

Verdict

The call

Polygon Wars and Deep Rock Galactic both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Polygon Wars's written reviews are positive against 62% of Deep Rock Galactic's. Polygon Wars also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Deep Rock Galactic's advantage is ratings volume (5.6K vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Deep Rock Galactic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Polygon Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Polygon Wars against 4.7 for Deep Rock Galactic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep Rock Galactic has 5.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Polygon Wars's written reviews are positive against 62% of Deep Rock Galactic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polygon Wars ships an update every 11 days, Deep Rock Galactic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Polygon Wars versus Deep Rock Galactic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolygon WarsDeep Rock Galactic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better4.7 (5.6K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better61.7% of reviews
Number of ratings85.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB922 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperWesley JacobsGhost Ship Publishing

Customer experience

Polygon Wars

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deep Rock Galactic

All ratings5,515 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral1.8%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews665 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative26.9%

Bugs and requests

Polygon Wars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Deep Rock Galactic

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pause screen not working properly
  • Targeting issues with enemies

Requested features

3 requests
  • Horizontal orientation option
  • Cross-progression from other platforms
  • More weapon/content variety

In-app purchases

None

Polygon Wars

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Deep Rock Galactic

One-time10
  • Supporter Pack$4.99
  • After Hours Pack$4.99
  • Heavy Duty Expansion - Sale$9.99
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  • Heavy Duty Expansion$9.99
  • Unlock Full Game - Sale$12.99
  • Full Game$12.99
  • Deluxe Edition$14.99
  • Deluxe Edition - Sale$14.99
  • Complete Edition - Sale$22.99
  • Complete Edition$22.99

Questions

Is Polygon Wars free?
Polygon Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deep Rock Galactic free?
Deep Rock Galactic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Polygon Wars or Deep Rock Galactic?
Polygon Wars is rated higher. Polygon Wars averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Deep Rock Galactic averages 4.7 from 5.6K ratings.
Do Polygon Wars or Deep Rock Galactic have ads?
Neither Polygon Wars nor Deep Rock Galactic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polygon Wars or Deep Rock Galactic?
Polygon Wars ships an update every 11 days, and Deep Rock Galactic every 6 days. Most recently, Polygon Wars was updated on October 29, 2026 and Deep Rock Galactic on October 30, 2026.

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