Comparison

The Abandoned Planet vs Echo Dig

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

Head to head
About

The Abandoned Planet

Explore a mysterious alien world in this retro-inspired, pixel art adventure. Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of an abandoned planet to find your way home. Experience a classic point-and-click gameplay with a fully voiced narrative.

Highlights
  • Retro pixel art graphics
  • First-person point and click adventure
  • Solve puzzles and uncover mystery
  • Hundreds of locations to explore
  • Fully voiced narrative
  • Multi-language support
Features
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*TRY BEFORE YOU BUY* When a wormhole tears open in space, an astronaut is hurled down and crashes on a distant planet. But where is she? Where are all the inhabitants of the planet? And how is she going to get back home? Solve the puzzle and piece together the mystery in this 2D, pixel art, first person, point and click adventure. Inspired by games like Myst and Riven with a dash of the LucasArt adventures of the 90s, The Abandoned Planet is sure to scratch that old-school, adventure game itch. • Play Act 1 for free • Beautiful chunky pixel art • Hundreds of locations to explore • Classic point and click adventure • Fully voiced in English Text localized into the following languages: • English • Spanish • Italian • French • German • Japanese • Korean • Portuguese • Russian • Chinese Simplified • Chinese Traditional

About

Echo Dig

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The mine below owes nobody anything. The only way out is down. ECHO DIG is an endless arcade digger set in a mine that's pitch black. Your headlamp reaches a few feet, and the only map is the sonar echo you fire into the dark. Every ping reveals gems, tunnels, lava... and tells whatever lives down there exactly where you are. DIG BY FEEL, SURVIVE BY EAR - One-thumb controls: drag to steer, pull down to gun the drill - Tap with a second finger to fire an echo. Light up the dark, mark the gems, find the safe path - Blast charges punch through rock and lava when steering isn't enough - Grab the overcharge star and nothing can touch you. Briefly. THE DEEPER, THE STRANGER - Four zones, each with its own rules: Topsoil, Magma Core, Crystal Caverns, and The Abyss - World events flip the game mid-run. A Gem Rush floods the walls with treasure while the ceiling comes down; a Blackout kills your lamp and leaves you navigating by echo alone - Something down there hunts by sound. Every ping is a choice: see more, or stay unheard - Hand-placed discoveries in the deep: an abandoned drill, fossil bones, a cable that descends farther than it should... - And beneath The Abyss... The Sunken Sea: an underground ocean where oxygen is life, currents own the water, and your echo cuts through the silt FAIR, NOT SOFT Every death has one cause and it's usually your greed. No cheap kills, no unwinnable rooms. Just rocks, lava, falling debris, and decisions you'll swear you'd make differently. Then you press DIG AGAIN. FOR THE FAMILY Joe isn't digging for glory. Every gem is a debt payment, a roof patch, a meal. How deep would you go? FREE TO PLAY, HONESTLY Every new player gets the COMPLETE game (The Abyss, Zen Mode, all of it) free for their first 5 days. After that, the mine is free to 240 meters, with no ads, no energy timers, no nagging. One single purchase opens the sealed hatch forever. No subscriptions. Ever. - Quick runs: a full dive takes a couple of minutes - Works in silent mode, pauses for calls, saves your best depth - iPhone and iPad The mine is dark. The debt is due. Descend. Privacy Policy: https://stillwrinkled.github.io/echo-dig-support/privacy.html

Screenshots

The Abandoned Planet4 screens
Echo Dig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The Abandoned Planet and Echo Dig are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. The Abandoned Planet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Echo Dig sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Abandoned Planet ships an update fortnightly, Echo Dig every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
The Abandoned Planet versus Echo Dig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Abandoned PlanetEcho Dig
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (949 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings949 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSnapbreak Games ABAmit Abhishek

Bugs and requests

The Abandoned Planet

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing at certain points
  • Inability to progress due to stuck items or broken mechanics
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices or platforms

Requested features

4 requests
  • In-app note-taking or screenshot functionality
  • Difficulty settings or accessibility options
  • Expanded content and longer playtime
  • Improved UI and quality-of-life features

Echo Dig

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Abandoned Planet

One-time1
  • Full Game$5.99
1 purchases

Echo Dig

One-time1
  • The Deep$4.99

Questions

Is The Abandoned Planet free?
The Abandoned Planet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo Dig free?
Echo Dig is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Abandoned Planet or Echo Dig have ads?
Neither The Abandoned Planet nor Echo Dig shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Abandoned Planet or Echo Dig?
The Abandoned Planet ships an update fortnightly, and Echo Dig every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Abandoned Planet was updated on October 16, 2026 and Echo Dig on October 7, 2026.

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