Comparison

Maglev Metro vs SpaceCorp

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

Head to head
About

Maglev Metro

Build and manage a futuristic metropolitan rail system using magnetic levitation technology. Transport workers and robots efficiently beneath the city, upgrading your system to ensure passengers arrive quickly. This tile-laying, engine-building game transforms the board into a vibrant subway map.

Highlights
  • Magnetic levitation rail system construction
  • Pick-up-and-deliver gameplay
  • Tile-laying mechanics
  • Engine-building elements
  • Passenger and robot transport
  • Route overlapping
  • Robot-based upgrades
Features
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In Maglev Metro, utilize state-of-the-art magnetic levitation technology to build a metropolitan rail system, transporting workers and robots beneath the city. Replace aging Manhattan and Berlin subway systems with newer, faster, quieter technology. Enhance your rail system's abilities so that your passengers arrive at their destinations first. Efficiency is your key to success in this pick-up-and-deliver, tile-laying, engine-building game. Transparent tiles allow your route to overlap your opponents' tracks, winding you along from station to station. Robots efficiently upgrade and adjust your abilities, leveraging unique goals to maximize points. By the end of the game, the game board has morphed into a modern subway map, with brightly-colored routes connecting stations all over the city.

About

SpaceCorp

Lead humanity's expansion into space, building bases, mining resources, and exploring distant star systems. This turn-based strategy game offers a complete sci-fi experience playable in under an hour, featuring a card-driven system and various game modes.

Highlights
  • Build bases on Moon and Mars
  • Survey Saturn's rings
  • Explore Europa's oceans
  • Send generational colony ships
  • Card-driven hand management
  • Multiple game modes
  • Three distinct eras of play
Features
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Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, explore the vast oceans of Europa, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri and beyond, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game, playable in 60 minutes or less! Using a clever card-driven, hand-management system, SpaceCorp plays in under 60 minutes, and has many exciting game modes, from playing against aggressive AI's to playing against a devious, hand-crafted, card-driven automa. It also includes optional era situation cards to add additional variety. Do you have what it takes to lead mankind into the future? ------------------------------- In SpaceCorp, the player explores and develops outer space over three eras. The player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and nearby stars. In SpaceCorp you can … - Assemble a spaceport at a Lagrange Point. - Launch an exploration mission to Mars. - Mine asteroids. - Earn profit from exotic resources discovered on the Jovian moons. - Discover microbial life in the subsurface oceans of Charon. - Decode exo-DNA to develop radiation resistant human pioneers. - Undertake a mission to Alpha Centauri in a generation ship. - Break through technological barriers to achieve faster-than-light travel. - Establish a colony in the Tau Ceti star system. - Each of the three eras is played on a different map: - The first era, Mariners, covers exploration and development out to Mars. - In Planeteers, players settle the outer solar system. - In Starfarers, players send missions to nearby star systems and establish interstellar colonies. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a digital adaptation of the award-winning board game by the same name released in 2018 by John Butterfield and GMT Games. It was nominated for the "2018 Golden Elephant Award" on Board Game Geek, along with Root and Brass: Birmingham. Other award winners on Board Game Geek include Terraforming Mars, Twilight Imperium, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Dune: Imperium. As a fast-playing, tight strategy game, SpaceCorp is perfect for players looking to get their strategy game fix in short time frames. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: Ventures is an expansion for SpaceCorp under development, and planned for release in Fall of 2025. In SpaceCorp: Ventures, players will be able to play as any one of 14 different rival corporations, each with their own powers, abilities, and motivations, leading to very dynamic games and ever changing strategies.

Screenshots

Maglev Metro4 screens
SpaceCorp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SpaceCorp at 72% against Maglev Metro's 13%. SpaceCorp also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). Maglev Metro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Maglev Metro costs $4.99 and SpaceCorp $6.99 up front. SpaceCorp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maglev Metro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpaceCorp holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Maglev Metro's written reviews are positive against 72% of SpaceCorp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maglev Metro ships an update every 5 weeks, SpaceCorp weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Maglev Metro versus SpaceCorp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaglev MetroSpaceCorp
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.8 (42 ratings)4.1 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#160 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size324 MB341 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBezier Games, Inc.Logix Interactive LLC

Customer experience

Maglev Metro

All ratings42 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.9%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral31.3%
Negative56.3%

SpaceCorp

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative24.0%

Bugs and requests

Maglev Metro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SpaceCorp

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when starting the game
  • Tutorial doesn't work consistently

Requested features

2 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Improved tutorial experience

In-app purchases

None

Maglev Metro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SpaceCorp

One-time1
  • Ventures Expansion$4.99

Questions

Is Maglev Metro free?
Maglev Metro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpaceCorp free?
SpaceCorp costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Maglev Metro or SpaceCorp?
SpaceCorp is rated higher. Maglev Metro averages 3.8 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while SpaceCorp averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do Maglev Metro or SpaceCorp have ads?
Neither Maglev Metro nor SpaceCorp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maglev Metro or SpaceCorp?
Maglev Metro ships an update every 5 weeks, and SpaceCorp weekly. Most recently, Maglev Metro was updated on October 21, 2026 and SpaceCorp on October 22, 2026.

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