Cat Quest III vs Lantern Deep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Quest III
Embark on a pirate-themed open-world action RPG as a swashbuckling cat. Explore a fantastical archipelago, battle enemies, and search for mythical treasure. Offers extensive quests, dungeons, and collectible equipment for endless adventure.
- Open-world action RPG
- Pirate-themed fantasy world
- Over 100 quests and dungeons
- 100+ equipment to collect
- 50+ bosses to defeat
- Infinity Tower for replayability
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*TRY BEFORE YOU BUY* Play the beginning of your catventure for free! One-time purchase unlocks the full game and all future updates! Get whiskered away on a hearty catventure in Cat Quest III, the third installment in the award-winning Cat Quest series! Play as a swashbuckling purrivateer in this 2.5D open-world action RPG set in a fantastical pirate-themed world – the Purribean - an archipelago swarming with Pi-rats searching for the Northern Star - a long-lost mythical treasure. - Over 100 quest, dungeons and activities combined! - More than 100 equipment to collect! - Upwards of 50 bosses to defeat! - An Infinity Tower for endless replayability! - New Game + mode! - Mew Game challenge mode for the darin' and brave... ... and so much more!
Lantern Deep
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Carry the light. Survive the dark. You are a diver with a lantern, descending an ocean trench while glowing creatures swarm toward the glow. You only steer. Your abilities fire themselves, so both hands are free to dodge. Survive long enough and the trench sends something enormous after you. The first reef dive calls its boss at five minutes, each stage after it holds out a little longer, and from the tenth stage every dive runs the full twelve. WHAT IS DOWN THERE - Sixty dives through six zones, from the Sunlit Reef to the Abyss, each with its own water, light, creatures and music - Over three hundred creatures that chase, shoal, charge, spit, drift, root themselves and explode, including twenty four elites and twelve bosses - Twenty four special creatures that hunt back with skills of their own: anglerfish that reel you in, rays that open whirlpools, urchins that sow mines, eels that fire beams of light - Sixty eight abilities, each with six levels and an evolved form you unlock by pairing it with the right passive - Fifty one items to find in the water, fifty three relics from treasure chests, and twelve passives - Twelve divers, each starting with a weapon of their own EVERY DIVE IS DIFFERENT Each zone keeps its own roster, so a descent shows you around fifty creatures drawn from hundreds. Two mini bosses are picked at random from four, and the dive ends with one of two possible bosses. You carry six abilities and six passives out of eighty, and the water hands you items as you go. BETWEEN DIVES - Pearls buy thirty two permanent upgrades in the workshop - Every stage you clear adds new weapons to the pool, and seventy five quests unlock more abilities and new divers - A codex fills in as you meet creatures, evolve abilities and find relics - Pressure levels and an endless mode once a dive is cleared MADE IN CODE Every creature, every ripple of light and all two hundred and forty one pieces of music, each zone in its own harmony and every boss fight with its own track, are generated by the game as it runs. There is not one image or sound file inside it, which is why the whole thing is five megabytes. HOW IT PLAYS An ad plays between dives, never during one, and Remove Ads turns it off for good. There are no banner ads. When your light goes out you can watch a short ad to carry on from where you fell, or decline and end the dive. Motes unlock divers: every dive earns them, and packs of them are for sale if you would rather not wait. Motes buy no upgrade, no stat and no advantage inside a dive. No accounts, no sign up, and your progress stays on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cat Quest III at none against Lantern Deep's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Cat Quest III sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Lantern Deep sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cat Quest III | Lantern Deep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (173 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 173 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 953 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The Gentlebros. | vuong cuong |
Bugs and requests
Cat Quest III
Reported bugs
1 issue- No major bugs reported
Requested features
2 requests- Free-to-play model with optional DLCs
- More content and updates
Lantern Deep
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cat Quest III
- Full Game Unlock$9.99
- Full Game Unlock$19.99
Lantern Deep
- Pocket of Motes$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
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- Satchel of Motes$4.99
- Hoard of Motes$9.99
Questions
Is Cat Quest III free?
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