Illuminaria vs The Last Factory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
The Last Factory
Build and defend a factory on a desolate planet. Automate production chains, manage power, research lost technologies, and fend off escalating machine raids. Discover the planet's history and unlock its final secrets.
- Automated production chains
- Power grid management
- Research and unlock technologies
- Defend against machine raids
- Explore and uncover secrets
- Mobile-first design
- Offline production
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VEYRA-9 is dead. Three centuries of automated mining stripped the planet bare, and the rogue AUTON network silenced every factory but one. Yours. The Last Factory is a build-and-defend factory sim. Lay out production chains, raise a power grid, research lost technology, and hold the line against escalating machine raids, on a hand-built world you uncover one chunk at a time. BUILD Drag modules onto the grid and chain them into flowing production lines. Mine ore, smelt ingots, forge alloy plate, print circuits, and feed it all into deeper tech. Belts, splitters, pipes, and smart routers move everything where it needs to go. POWER Stand up solar relays and reactor cores, then extend the grid with conduits. Manage cryo-coolant, ride out brownouts, and bank a surge buffer that keeps your turrets alive when the grid dips. DEFEND Every module you build makes you louder, and a bigger target. The AUTON network sends scouts and breakers in escalating raids. Emplace turrets, EMP emitters, and maintenance bots, and turn the wreckage into salvage. RESEARCH Signal Towers generate Research Points. Spend them in the blueprint tree to unlock tier after tier, compressed cells, neural cores, and a sample → data centre → R&D loop that researches permanent upgrades for the modules you already run. DISCOVER Out past the fog: collapsed archives, broken transit lines, a field-hospital shell. Each ruin carries a fragment of what happened here the week the factories went dark. And somewhere at the very end, one blueprint that isn't in the tree, found, not unlocked. PREMIUM, NO TRICKS Pay once, own everything. No ads. No in-app purchases. No energy timers. No battle pass. All future updates free. MOBILE-FIRST Pinch to zoom. Tap to rotate. Designed for one-handed play on any screen. Auto-saves into rotating slots, and keeps producing while you're away. Hold the line. Power up. Outlast the static.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Illuminaria at 83% against The Last Factory's 0%. Illuminaria also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). The Last Factory's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 25 months). On price, 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
Illuminaria costs $4.99 and The Last Factory $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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Illuminaria has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Illuminaria's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Last Factory's.
Illuminaria ships an update every 25 months, The Last Factory weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Illuminaria | The Last Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 520 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Selva Interactive | Hello World Labs Ltd |
Customer experience
Illuminaria
The Last Factory
In-app purchases
Illuminaria
No in-app purchases
The Last Factory
No in-app purchases
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