Comparison

Colossal Cave 3D vs Instant Karmas

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

Head to head
About

Colossal Cave 3D

Embark on a cozy 3D adventure through a vast, magical cave system. Solve intricate puzzles at your own pace with an auto-magic map and limited inventory. Discover hidden treasures and encounter quirky creatures in this retro-inspired exploration game.

Highlights
  • First-person point-and-click exploration
  • Limited inventory management
  • Auto-magic map tracking
  • Strategic logic-driven puzzles
  • Encounter fantasy creatures
  • Retro adventure atmosphere
  • Customizable settings
Features
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Colossal Cave is a classic, cozy 3D Adventure. Slow down, explore a massive magical, labyrinthine cave system, all while solving clever, sprawling puzzles at your own pace. Auto-magic maps, limited inventory, treasure search, all the fantastic creatures and a deep mystery at the heart of the experience. > COZY CAVE ADVENTURE First-person POV with classic point-&-click style controls: walk, look, interact, and test your theories. Limited inventory requires clever management in its own right. A magical series of maps quietly and automatically tracks where you’ve been, even marking where you’ve dropped items. Simply focus on strategy and exploration, instead of wrestling with navigation. > CHILL VIBES, CLEVER MYSTERY This is not a frantic action game; no frenetic timers shouting at you, no combo meters to maintain... just you, your lamp, and a series of intertwined, sprawling, twisty corridors full of brainy, logic-driven challenges. Take your time: • Try weird solutions. Take notes. Trial and error can be your friend. • Double back to old rooms with new ideas and unlock potential new discoveries. • Follow that “what if I…?” inclination and see what the cave gives back to you. > CREATURES, TREASURE & STRANGE MAGIC The cave is quiet, but not without your footsteps. You’ll bump into: • Mischievous dwarves with sharp daggers and sharper tempers. • A demanding, grumpy troll guarding a rickety bridge. • A noticeably absent giant. Did you notice that? • Flickering hinkypunks and other odd cave-dwellers. A handsome pirate, perhaps? • Hidden treasures, strange artifacts, and places that feel just a little too magical to be real. Some encounters are charming, whilst others are just dangerous enough to keep you on your toes... but it all stays firmly in “casual mystical adventure,” not horror. Just fantasy with a slice of mystery. That said, all good Adventures suggest one should save early, save often. > RETRO-COOL, PLAY IT YOUR WAY Colossal Cave 3D leans into that old-school Adventure game atmosphere: colorful environments, shadowy silhouettes, bats, and a focus on exploring the world for clues rather than being led around by the nose. There is plenty of customization allowing you to structure your vibe with a variety of options, including comfort tweaks and settings. Reverse direction, or nuke the narrator. It's all there for you. Play exactly how you like... curled up with the game on a couch, in a car, on a bus, on the plane... slowly exploring through the cave one mystical passage at a time. > FEATURES • Relaxed, point-&-click style exploration in a fantastical cave • Limited inventory that makes item choices and puzzle routes consequential • Handy auto-map that shows where you’ve been and where you've dropped items • A cast of dwarves, elves, whisps, a dragon, and other quirky cave creatures • Plenty of strategic puzzles with satisfying “aha!” moments • Retro-cool adventure vibes inspired by classic games • Flexible customization options so you can make the adventure as cozy and enjoyable as you want • The mythic, mellow cavecation! Venture down into Colossal Cave, follow your curiosity, and see how far your lamp... and your wits... can take you.

About

Instant Karmas

Features
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You are a single dot of light — a diya — inside a circular arena. One thumb moves you. Glide through the dark and gather the light to score. Simple. Then your past shows up. Every few seconds, a glowing shadow of YOU appears and replays exactly what you just did — your real movements, looping. Then another. Then another. Soon the arena is full of your own past selves, each retracing a path you once chose. Touch one and the cycle closes — you begin again. "Caught by your 0:42 self." That's the heart of it: every run ends by your own past action coming back around. Never a cheap shot, never unfair — just you, versus everyone you used to be. NOW WITH LOCAL MULTIPLAYER — ON ONE PHONE • Ghost Duel — pass the phone and race a friend's recorded past self. • Versus (live) — split the screen and both play at once. Last one standing wins. • No internet, no accounts — just hand the phone over. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • Your past comes back for you — the ghosts are your real recorded moves, not bots. • Fair by design. If a ghost catches you, it's a path you once chose. • One thumb. No tutorials, no clutter. Tap and play in two seconds. PLAYS ANYWHERE • Fully offline. Works in airplane mode — on the metro, on a flight. • No login. No forced ads during play. Watch an ad only if YOU want more — never required. EVOLVE YOUR LIGHT • Beat your best and your color evolves through Amber, Teal, Rose, Violet, Sky and Jade. • Share your run and dare a friend to beat it. Calm to learn, hard to master. How long can you outrun your karma?

Screenshots

Colossal Cave 3D4 screens
Instant Karmas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Instant Karmas at none against Colossal Cave 3D's 1. Instant Karmas also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Colossal Cave 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Colossal Cave 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Instant Karmas asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Colossal Cave 3D versus Instant Karmas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColossal Cave 3DInstant Karmas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2.0 GB28 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCygnus Entertainment, LLCPremitivekey LLP

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Colossal Cave 3D

One-time1
  • Colossal Cave 3D Full Version$9.99
None

Instant Karmas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colossal Cave 3D free?
Colossal Cave 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Instant Karmas free?
Instant Karmas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colossal Cave 3D or Instant Karmas have ads?
Instant Karmas shows ads; Colossal Cave 3D does not.

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