Lucky Mayor vs Illuminaria
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lucky Mayor
Lead a city as its mayor in this roguelike simulation. Recruit citizens, foster business growth, and build an industrial chain to satisfy population needs. Strategically develop your city into a prosperous metropolis and earn the admiration of its people.
- Roguelike mayor simulation
- Citizen recruitment
- Business prosperity promotion
- Industrial chain development
- City transformation
- Strategic decision-making
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In this roguelike mayor simulation game, you will become the leader of a city, taking on the role of mayor. Your task is to recruit citizens, promote business prosperity, and build a comprehensive industrial chain to meet the diverse needs of the population. Through wise planning and decision-making, transform your city into a thriving supercity that citizens take pride in, and become their admired leader!
Illuminaria
Build and manage multiple bases, command robot swarms for resource gathering and defense. Explore dungeons, research technologies, and assemble an army of golems to reclaim a world from darkness.
- Robot swarm control
- Multi-base management
- Automated resource gathering
- Base defense systems
- Dungeon expeditions
- Golem army creation
- Technology research
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Mine resources, manage and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to drive out the darkness and bring back the light. ■ Control a swarm of robots using simple interactions Choose where to build, what resources to gather, and then watch the robots do the heavy lifting. They'll gather the resources, build, load weapons, fight, and respond to the world around them. ■ Defend your bases from incoming attacks Vicious enemies of darkness will attack your base, attempting to destroy your reactors and steal your resources. Build turrets and load them up with ammunition to repel the attacks. ■ Build multiple bases and manage them all at the same time Instead of having a sandbox world, you'll need to build several smaller bases with finite space. Be on the lookout as all the bases keep functioning at all times and can be attacked by the enemies. ■ Venture into dungeon-like expeditions to battle and find precious relics Adventure and explore to find hidden treasures, and fight enemies in auto-battles. This way, you'll get rare resources to use to your advantage. ■ Research new technologies in different regions The game will have five regions, each with new resources and technologies to discover. ■ Liberate the world by lighting beacons and crafting your own army The world of Illuminaria was taken over by darkness. Unravel the story about what happened on the planet as you clean and liberate the five regions by lighting beacons and sending your armies of golems to attack.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Illuminaria at 4.8 against Lucky Mayor's 4.3. Illuminaria also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 60%). Lucky Mayor's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 25 months) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Lucky Mayor costs $3.99 and Illuminaria $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Illuminaria holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Lucky Mayor's written reviews are positive against 83% of Illuminaria's.
Lucky Mayor ships an update weekly, Illuminaria every 25 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Lucky Mayor | Illuminaria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 520 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | feng hu | Selva Interactive |
Customer experience
Lucky Mayor
Illuminaria
In-app purchases
Lucky Mayor
No in-app purchases
Illuminaria
No in-app purchases









