Celestial Assault vs Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Celestial Assault
Engage in a retro-style side-scrolling space shooter with RPG elements. Upgrade your ship's weapons and attributes by destroying enemies, collecting items, and gaining experience. Complete missions with star ratings for a challenging and replayable experience.
- Side-scrolling space shooter gameplay
- RPG style character leveling
- Stackable weapons
- 30 unique missions with boss fights
- Challenging and diverse gameplay
- Replayability with difficulty settings
- Purchaseable shortcuts and add-ins
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Description: Celestial Assault is a blend of retro style side scrolling space shooter and RPG. Destroy enemies to gain experience, collect items and gold to upgrade your ships weapons and attributes until you cut through the toughest foes like butter! Missions each have star ratings for kill %, completion time and ship damage providing and unique challenge and tons of replay-ability. Story: In 2050 hostile aliens will invade earth to put an end to humanity! You are mankind's last hope of survival. Embark on an adventure through some of the most dangerous and equally beautiful parts of space to destroy the alien threat and secure the future of the human race. FEATURES: - Awesome Side Scrolling Space Shooter gameplay! - RPG style character leveling - Stackable Weapons - 30 unique mission featuring 5 boss fights and a combination of small enemy battles and maneuvering sequences. - Challenging and diverse gameplay with extensive replayability - Restart the game on a different difficulty upon completion and keep your inventory - Purchaseable shortcuts and game add-ins - Additional content coming soon!
Space
Defend Earth in this retro arcade space shooter against relentless alien invaders. Pilot unique spacecraft, utilize various weapons, and collect power-ups to survive increasingly difficult waves and boss battles. Compete on global leaderboards for the highest score.
- Unique spacecraft with advantages/disadvantages
- Varied alien enemy types
- Multiple weapon types
- Challenging boss levels
- Shield, Weapon, and Health power-ups
- Global leaderboards
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Defend the Earth from hordes of alien attackers! Endless retro arcade space shooter. How long can you defend the Earth for? No Ads and no in-app purchases - just simple honest 100% free gaming! - Choose between various unique space craft - each with its advantages and disadvantages. - Various alien enemy types, which get gradually more difficult. - Switch between different weapon types. - Boss levels which get significantly harder each time. - Collect Shield, Weapon, and Health power-ups to help with the ever increasing might of the enemy. - Explosions. Explosions. Explosions! - Your shields and weapon battery recharges, but your health does not. - Global stats and leaderboards!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Space at 5.0 against Celestial Assault's 3.8. Space also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Celestial Assault's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Celestial Assault sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Space asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Celestial Assault's written reviews are positive against 100% of Space's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Celestial Assault | Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucid Vision Games | Scratchmark Ltd |
Customer experience
Celestial Assault
Space
In-app purchases
Celestial Assault
- $10,000 Gold$0.99
- Attribute Point$0.99
- Attribute Reset$0.99
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- Advanced Stacking$1.99
- Deep Space Mission Pack$1.99
- Advanced Ranks$2.99
- $50,000 Gold$2.99
- 5 Attribute Points$2.99
Space
No in-app purchases
Questions
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