Radiant vs Arcadium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radiant
Engage in an intense arcade-style space shooter, battling alien hordes across over 100 levels. Upgrade your ship with powerful weapons and power-ups to defeat giant bosses and save your homeworld.
- 100+ Levels
- 10+ Boss-Fights
- Upgradeable Weapons
- Special Power-Ups
- Difficulty Options
- Online Leaderboards
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Take your stand against the alien horde in a pure arcade/action space shooter. Cut through hundreds of creeps to face giant monsters in unique bossfights. Collect special weapons and power-ups, upgrade your ship and save your homeworld! Relive the classics revamped. ◉ 100+ Levels ◉ 10+ Boss-Fights ◉ 6 Upgradeable Weapons ◉ 12 Special Power-Ups ◉ 3 Difficulty Options ◉ Global On-Line Hiscores
Arcadium
Engage in intense pixel-art space combat with a variety of customizable spaceships and powerful skills. Battle unique enemies and bosses, collect achievements, and enhance your score with hardcore options. Join a community for feedback and discussion.
- Unique and colorful enemies
- Dozens of unique talents
- Multiple spaceships with unique stats
- Awesome skills for combat
- Rewarded achievements
- Hardcore options for score boosting
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The arcadium invaders feel as strong and colorful as never before! Join the fight for survival in this fantastic pixel-art shooter game! Pick your spaceship and get ready for an intense and exciting battle! Features : * Plenty of unique and colorful enemies, including powerful bosses and fun special waves! * Dozens of different talents to build a unique fight! * Many spaceships to choose from, each with unique stats and abilities! * Awesome skills to aid you in the fight against the aliens! * Tons of rewarded achievements, including hidden ones! * Hardcore options to boost your score and rewards! * And many more features that you will find out in game! Have suggestions, feedback or just want to chat? Feel free to join me and many other fans: Email: lucianobercinidev@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/73w3kFA Twitter: https://x.com/lucianobercini
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Arcadium at Free against Radiant's $2.99. Arcadium also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Radiant's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence 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
Arcadium is free to download; Radiant costs $2.99 up front. Arcadium sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Radiant asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Radiant against 4.8 for Arcadium. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Radiant has 99 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Radiant's written reviews are positive against 100% of Arcadium's.
Radiant ships an update every 3 months, Arcadium every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radiant | Arcadium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (99 ratings) — better | 4.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Peroutka | Luciano Bercini |
Customer experience
Radiant
Arcadium
Bugs and requests
Radiant
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on iOS 8 and newer
- Compatibility issues with iPhone 6 and newer
- Weapon upgrades not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels and weapon upgrades
- Implement save/load functionality
- Include difficulty settings and an endless mode
- Add support for external controllers
- Optimize performance for newer devices
Arcadium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Radiant
No in-app purchases
Arcadium
- Bits x5000$0.99
- Gemstones x500$0.99
- Bits x25000$2.99
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- Gemstones x5000$6.99
- Bits x100000$7.99
- Super Bundle$13.99
Questions
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