Building Arcadia vs Ever Beyond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Building Arcadia
Build a sci-fi utopia on a new planet as the first Grand Architect. Manage resources, expand your city with futuristic buildings, and uncover ancient secrets and threats in this story-driven idle builder.
- Story-driven gameplay with comedy
- Active design with meaningful tasks
- Manage 40+ procedurally generated locations
- Expand with 25+ futuristic buildings
- Battle ancient evils and discover anomalies
- Idle and incremental gameplay
- Offline play
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WELCOME TO BUILDING ARCADIA, a sci-fi city-builder where strategy meets survival. As the first human Grand Architect, transform the planet Fortuna into a thriving utopia, while uncovering hidden secrets and ancient threats. UNIQUE FEATURES OF BUILDING ARCADIA: - Story-Driven Gameplay: An idle game with a twist of comedy that keeps the narrative engaging. - Active Design Philosophy: Always have meaningful tasks, enhancing engagement. - Inspired by Classics: If you love Anno, Simcity and Idle Planet Miner, you'll find new challenges here. - Fair Free-to-Play: No forced ads, earnable premium currency, and offline play. DYNAMIC CITY-BUILDING AND STRATEGIC ADVENTURE: - Manage over 40 procedurally generated sci-fi locations. - Expand your city with 25+ futuristic buildings. - Battle ancient evils and discover over 11 mysterious anomalies. - Dive into a rich storyline with colorful characters and a witty AI 'Quanta' as your guide. IDLE AND INCREMENTAL GAMEPLAY: - Effortlessly manage resources and growth, even while idle. - Unlock groundbreaking technologies and establish a prosperous economy. STUNNING VISUALS AND ENGAGING GAMEPLAY: - Enjoy crisp, vibrant 3D graphics that bring your cityscape to life. - Experience both casual and challenging gameplay perfect for strategy veterans and new players alike. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY: Discord: https://discord.gg/tnPx479RBs Instagram: https://bit.ly/3lyfRtw READY TO BUILD A UTOPIA? Download Building Arcadia now for an unparalleled city-building adventure in a sci-fi universe. Shape humanity's future among the stars and uncover the mysteries of Fortuna!
Ever Beyond
Explore space, merge scientists, and level up satellites to generate resources. Engage in quests, expeditions, and diplomatic relations with alien civilizations. Make strategic decisions to shape the destiny of Earth and the universe.
- Merge scientists and satellites for resources
- Unlock upgrades and expand capabilities
- Conduct research for unique benefits
- Engage in expeditions and quests
- Navigate diplomatic relations
- Complete mini-games for rewards
- Story-driven gameplay with choices
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Build humanity’s future among the stars in a tactical strategy game where every upgrade, discovery, and tough choice shapes what comes next. EverBeyond combines satisfying merge gameplay, idle production, scientific research, and tactical battles in a science-fiction adventure. MERGE AND GROW Combine scientists and satellites into stronger producers. Expand your grids, develop specializations, and build the resources behind humanity's next breakthrough. UNLOCK COSMIC CONQUEST Advance your space program to unlock planetary battles. Collect units, merge your forces during battle preparation, and choose the squad you'll take into combat. DEPLOY YOUR STRATEGY Place your troops and watch them fight through enemy waves. Combine frontline fighters, ranged attackers, and support units, then bring battlefield power-ups into your plan. REACH NEW WORLDS Send expeditions into space, navigate solar systems, and conquer planetary targets. Earn rewards to strengthen your units and prepare for the next encounter. RESEARCH WHAT COMES NEXT Unlock technologies and permanent upgrades that improve production and open new possibilities. Your scientists and satellites continue producing resources while you're away, ready to collect when you return. GUIDE HUMANITY BEYOND EARTH Meet unfamiliar civilizations, face unexpected events, and make story choices alongside Cresnia, your AI companion. Your next breakthrough begins with a merge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ever Beyond at every 5 days against Building Arcadia's every 2 months. Ever Beyond also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 23%). Building Arcadia's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Building Arcadia sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Ever Beyond sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Building Arcadia against 4.1 for Ever Beyond. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Building Arcadia's written reviews are positive against 33% of Ever Beyond's.
Building Arcadia ships an update every 2 months, Ever Beyond every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Building Arcadia | Ever Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (52 ratings) — better | 4.1 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 354 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Papanix Ltd | Kazim Gokhan Dogramaci |
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Building Arcadia
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In-app purchases
Building Arcadia
- Smallest Karma pack$0.99
- Small Karma pack$1.99
- Medium Karma Pack$4.99
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- Large Karma pack$9.99
- Largest Karma pack$19.99
- Karma Chest$48.99
Ever Beyond
- Quantum Charges Pack$0.99
- Cosmic Shards$1.99
- Ad-Free Version$2.99
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- Production Boost$2.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
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