Comparison

Nemesis Lite vs Dark Maze

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

Head to head
About

Nemesis Lite

Experience a 3D space shooter set in the year 3000, fighting for resources in the new frontier. Engage in campaign or death-match modes with VR and gamepad support. Choose from three playable ships and six skill settings.

Highlights
  • Campaign and Death-Match modes
  • VR headset support
  • Gamepad support
  • Remote control functionality
  • Three playable ships
  • Realistic physics and brutal AI
Features
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This is the lite version of Nemesis, so you can try before you buy. 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. 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 and a death-match mode. 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. * VR headset support. * Gamepad support (both the standard and extended profiles.) * Remote Control - control Nemesis Lite 1.9 on tvOS or iOS via Nemesis Lite 1.9 running on an iOS device. (Requires wifi.) * Beautiful graphics! * Intricately rendered explosion and smoke effects. * Three playable ships. * Realistic physics. * Brutal AI. * 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.

About

Dark Maze

Features
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Find the exit of the random generated maze. 12 different trap types are waiting to raise your anger. Choose your maze size and difficulty level. Challenge yourself or your friends to reach the maze’s exit first. Use Dark Maze on iOS as a remote control to join a split screen mode on Mac or Apple TV. Beat all 31 challenge mazes. Dark Maze is available for iPhone, iPad, Mac and AppleTV.

Screenshots

Nemesis Lite4 screens
Dark Maze3 screens

Verdict

The call

Nemesis Lite and Dark Maze are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nemesis Lite ships an update every 3 months, Dark Maze every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nemesis Lite versus Dark Maze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNemesis LiteDark Maze
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDenizen Software, LLCAxel Steinbach

In-app purchases

None

Nemesis Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Dark Maze

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nemesis Lite free?
Nemesis Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dark Maze free?
Dark Maze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nemesis Lite or Dark Maze have ads?
Neither Nemesis Lite nor Dark Maze shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nemesis Lite or Dark Maze?
Nemesis Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Dark Maze every 6 weeks. Most recently, Nemesis Lite was updated on October 7, 2026 and Dark Maze on October 25, 2026.

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