Nemesis Lite vs Dark Maze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Campaign and Death-Match modes
- VR headset support
- Gamepad support
- Remote control functionality
- Three playable ships
- Realistic physics and brutal AI
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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.
Dark Maze
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Nemesis Lite | Dark Maze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denizen Software, LLC | Axel Steinbach |
In-app purchases
Nemesis Lite
No in-app purchases
Dark Maze
No in-app purchases









