Asteroid Miner 3D vs Lantern Ronin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asteroid Miner 3D
Pilot a spaceship to an asteroid and begin mining for valuable resources. Upgrade your equipment as you gather materials to enhance your mining capabilities.
- Spaceship travel
- Asteroid mining
- Resource gathering
- Equipment development
- Ship upgrades
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Travel with your spaceship. Start mining on the asteroid. Gather resources and develop your equipment.
Lantern Ronin
Engage in a swift, one-thumb parry duel against waves of enemies on a moonlit bridge. Master precise timing to cut down foes, build combos, and survive increasingly challenging nights. Unlock new characters and enjoy an offline experience with optional ads.
- One-tap parry controls
- Combo-based scoring
- Fast-paced duels (1-2 minutes)
- Varied enemy types and attack patterns
- Daily challenges and leaderboards
- Unlockable pixel art characters
- Offline play
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A lone ronin. A moonlit bridge. Everyone who crosses it has come for you. Lantern Ronin is a one-thumb parry duel. Enemies walk in from the left and the right and telegraph their strike. Tap that side at the right moment to parry and cut them down. Tap early and you swing at nothing. Tap late and a lantern flame goes out. Three flames, then the night ends. IT PLAYS IN SECONDS - One tap per side. No virtual sticks, no menus mid-fight. - Perfect parries build combos and multiply your score. - Runs last one to two minutes. Perfect for a quick round. IT STAYS DEEP - Footmen rush. Spearmen reach from further away. Shadows feint before they strike. Brutes take two parries. - Every ten cuts brings a darker night: faster strikes, more pressure from both sides. - Daily Duel: the same enemies in the same order for everyone, once a day. Beat your friends' scores on the leaderboard and send them a challenge. MAKE THE RONIN YOURS - Earn coins with every cut and every perfect parry. - Unlock ten hand-pixelled ronin: Indigo, Crimson, Jade, Ash, Gold, Violet, Snow, Ember, Sakura and Oni. HONEST AND LIGHT - Plays offline. Progress saves on your device. - Free. Optional ads only: watch one to relight your lantern or double your coins. - No account, no login, no permissions beyond the basics. Hand-drawn pixel art, original music and sound, haptic parries. Built by a small studio that wanted a fighting game you can play while the kettle boils. How long can you hold the bridge?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lantern Ronin at none against Asteroid Miner 3D's 3. Lantern Ronin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Asteroid Miner 3D's advantage is ratings volume (4.4K vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Asteroid Miner 3D sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Lantern Ronin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lantern Ronin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Asteroid Miner 3D has 4.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Asteroid Miner 3D ships an update weekly, Lantern Ronin every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteroid Miner 3D | Lantern Ronin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 333 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | THE RISE COLLECTION |
Customer experience
Asteroid Miner 3D
Lantern Ronin
Bugs and requests
Asteroid Miner 3D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes when customizing avatar
- Progress lost after crashes
- Inability to complete certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- Option to remove ads for a fee
- Improved stability and performance
- More variety in planets and challenges
Lantern Ronin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Asteroid Miner 3D
- No Ads$2.99
- No Ads with Coin$3.99
- No Ads with Coin$5.99
Lantern Ronin
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Asteroid Miner 3D free?
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