Nemesis vs KnuckleTrainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nemesis
Engage in a thrilling 3D space shooter set in the year 3000. Battle for resources in a new star system across various game modes, including campaign and death-match. Supports VR headsets and external controllers for an immersive experience.
- Campaign and Death-Match modes
- Single-player and multiplayer over WiFi
- VR headset support
- Gamepad support
- Nine unlockable ships
- Ten unlockable environments
- 25 different power-ups
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What is Nemesis? Nemesis is a theoretical brown dwarf star in orbit around our own sun, which may even have its own planetary system. Nemesis is also a 3D space shooter for the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. (Want to try before you buy? Check out Nemesis Lite, also available in the app store.) The year is 3000... humanity has extended it's domain to the farthest reaches of the solar system. The new frontier is Nemesis, a star system rich with resources. Unfortunately, no one seems to agree on who owns this new frontier. Fight for your claim in this brave new world against ruthless enemies! Gameplay modes now include a campaign mode which can be played single-player or with a friend over wifi; and a death-match mode which can be played single-player or with up to 3 friends over wifi. VR headsets are now supported. While in VR mode, you can adjust: the screen size; vertical and horizontal position; the amount of parallax (that is, the space between your two virtual eyes); and whether or not your head movements are tracked. A VR headset and an external controller such as an extended gamepad are required. External controllers are also supported - both the standard profile (the one without thumbsticks) and the extended profile (the one with thumbsticks.) Our future is in your hands! Features: * Includes both a campaign mode and death-match mode, both of which can be played in single-player or multiplayer over wifi. * VR headset support. * Gamepad support (both the standard and extended profiles.) * Remote Control - control Nemesis 1.9 on tvOS or iOS via Nemesis 1.9 running on an iOS device. (Requires wifi.) * Beautiful graphics! * Intricately rendered explosion and smoke effects. * Nine unlockable ships and 10 unlockable environments. * Realistic physics. * Brutal AI. * 25 different power-ups, for all kinds of ways to smite your foes. * Listen to your own music while saving humanity. * Play in first person or third person modes. * Six different skill settings, from "practice" to "ace" in death-match; 5 skill settings in campaign. * User settable kill-limit in death-match mode. * Multi-player over wifi.
KnuckleTrainer
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Master Knucklebones, the addictive dice game from Cult of the Lamb, with KnuckleTrainer — the ultimate training companion for players who want to dominate. PLAY VS AI Challenge yourself across 8 difficulty levels, from casual fun to our neural network–powered Grandmaster AI. The adaptive Master AI learns your playstyle and adjusts its strategy to counter you — the more you play, the smarter it gets. TRAINING MODE Enable Training Mode to see win probability percentages for every possible move. Powered by Monte Carlo Tree Search analysis, learn which placements maximize your chances of victory and develop intuition for optimal strategy. MULTIPLAYER Create a room and share a code with friends for real-time online matches. Experience the thrill of outmaneuvering a human opponent. SPECTATE LIVE GAMES Watch public matches in progress and learn from other players’ strategies. Study different playstyles and pick up new tactics. AI VS AI BATTLES Pit different AI strategies against each other and watch them compete in real time. See how our neural network Grandmaster performs against traditional search algorithms and discover winning patterns. MASS SIMULATION Run hundreds of AI games to analyze strategy performance. Compare win rates, view score distributions, and replay individual games to understand what works. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Quick controls for desktop players — use number keys to select columns and speed through your games. PLAY OFFLINE Once loaded, play anywhere without an internet connection. Your games auto-save so you can pick up right where you left off. HOW TO PLAY KNUCKLEBONES • Roll the die and place it in one of your 3 columns • Matching dice in a column multiply their score (2 of a kind = 2x, 3 of a kind = 3x) • Placing a die removes matching dice from your opponent’s column • First to fill their grid ends the game — highest score wins! Simple to learn, endlessly deep to master. Whether you’re a Cult of the Lamb fan looking to practice or a strategy game enthusiast seeking a new challenge, KnuckleTrainer is your path to mastery. Download now and become a Knucklebones champion!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: KnuckleTrainer at Free against Nemesis's $1.99. KnuckleTrainer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). Nemesis's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, ads, 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
KnuckleTrainer is free to download; Nemesis costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nemesis holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Nemesis ships an update every 3 months, KnuckleTrainer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nemesis | KnuckleTrainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 319 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denizen Software, LLC | Charles Goldader |
In-app purchases
Nemesis
No in-app purchases
KnuckleTrainer
No in-app purchases
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