Mars Miner vs Mars 2055
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Miner
Escape Mars Corp. by mining for ancient artifact pieces. Sell gems and ores to upgrade equipment and mine deeper. Each randomly generated mine offers a unique challenge, and survival depends on managing your supplies.
- Mine for artifact pieces
- Sell gems and ores
- Upgrade mining equipment
- Randomly generated mines
- Manage supplies for survival
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Mine, build, and upgrade your way to freedom! You've been kidnapped by the evil Mars Corp. and forced to mine for pieces of an ancient artifact buried deep below the surface of Mars. Finding all of the pieces of the artifact is your ticket back to Earth. You will find many valuable gems and ores along the way that can be sold at the shop to buy more supplies and better equipment to allow you to mine deeper. Make sure you have enough supplies to get back out of the mine! Every mine is randomly generated. No game is ever the same! Reviews: 88/100 - App of the day! - touchvolume.com Note: This is the 'lite' version of the game. The full game can be unlocked via an in-app purchase. This model was chosen so that save data would be retained between the lite and full versions. Feel free to e-mail suggestions/comments to support@tunabowlsoftware.com
Mars 2055
Embark on a solo first-person adventure on Mars. Survive, search for clues, and repair systems to find your way home. MacGyver items and make critical choices to escape the desolate planet.
- First-person solo adventure
- Survival mechanics
- Clue searching and puzzle solving
- Item repair and system restoration
- Sandbox exploration
- Escape objective
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Loneliness is the only feeling you may ever know? You wake up, alone, on a planet that appears to be Mars. There is not much else I can tell you. The rest is up to you. In this first person solo game there are clues all around you but the only thing I can tell you is its time to start moving. While you still can. Finding your way home seems like the best option. What? You need something more than that? Mars 2055 is a first person solo adventure where you, as the player, find yourself in an unknown location, for unknown reasons, alone. In this sandbox you need to: • first and foremost: survive • search for clues left behind by other intelligence: human or artificial • use those clues to make good choices • use those clues to repair broken items • use those clues to restore damaged systems • use those clues to access secure areas • use those clues to MacGyver seemingly unrelated items into usable modules • be careful to not destroy the entire base with a single miscalculation When you have, and only when you have finally pieced together the entire puzzle, there will be an opportunity for you to escape, with nothing more than the suit on your back. Where does the adventure come from? Why it comes from the stories you tell yourself, alone, inside your head.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mars Miner at 87% against Mars 2055's 33%. Mars Miner also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). Mars 2055's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mars Miner sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Mars 2055 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mars Miner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Miner has 239 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Mars Miner's written reviews are positive against 33% of Mars 2055's.
Mars Miner ships an update monthly, Mars 2055 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Miner | Mars 2055 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (239 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 239 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 301 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tuna Bowl Software LLC | BurningThumb Software |
Customer experience
Mars Miner
Mars 2055
Bugs and requests
Mars Miner
Reported bugs
2 issues- Progress not saving properly
- Crashes and freezes on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- Expand the map and add more levels
- Introduce new gameplay elements and challenges
- Allow more customization and upgrades
Mars 2055
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars Miner
- Unlock Full Game$0.99
- 10,000 Credits$0.99
- God Mode$0.99
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- Credit Doubler$0.99
- 25,000 Credits$1.99
- 60,000 Credits$3.99
- 150,000 Credits$5.99
- 500,000 Credits$11.99
Mars 2055
- Mars 2055$9.99
Questions
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