Tunnel Lords vs Subterranean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunnel Lords
Expand your colony by mining deep underground for essential materials. Manage your drillship's resources and avoid hazards to provide for your new settlement. Earn money to upgrade your equipment and ensure successful expeditions.
- Underground mining operations
- Colony expansion and footprint management
- Hazard avoidance
- Resource provision for construction
- Drillship upgrades
- Resource management (fuel, health, cargo)
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Mine deep under the crust of Epsilon Eridani. Expand your newly founded colony's footprint. Avoid underground hazards. Through mining, provide materials for building new colony structures. Earn money to upgrade your drillship. Manage your drillship's fuel, health, and cargo during extended mining expeditions.
Subterranean
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Dig deep in a retro pixel world and see how far underground you can go. Control a small mining vehicle, dig through the earth, and uncover gems, ore, fossils, and other valuable resources. Sell what you find, upgrade your vehicle, and head back down to dig even deeper. Improve your drill, light, cargo, temp, fuel, and hull to stay underground longer and reach rare riches hidden far below the surface. Inspired by classic mining games, this 2D side-scrolling adventure is easy to pick up and satisfying to play, whether you have a few minutes or want to keep digging just one more run. Dig, mine, upgrade, repeat. How deep can you go?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Subterranean at none against Tunnel Lords's 1. Tunnel Lords's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tunnel Lords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Subterranean asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tunnel Lords | Subterranean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Woodard | Tayin Wallace |
In-app purchases
Tunnel Lords
- Purchase Tunnel Lords$2.99
Subterranean
No in-app purchases
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