Comparison

Nerd Survivors vs Metaverse Keeper

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

Head to head
About

Nerd Survivors

Embark on a chaotic fantasy adventure where friends are transported to a monster-filled realm. Wield wacky weapons, cast spells, and craft ultimate armaments to survive relentless hordes. Can you endure 20 minutes of madness and return to your gaming night?

Highlights
  • Bullet-heaven action
  • Rogue-lite survivor adventure
  • Wacky fantasy realm setting
  • Pizza frag-grenades and magic spells
  • Resource scavenging and crafting
  • Weapon customization via Forge of Destiny
Features
Read full description

The ordinary gaming night among four friends takes a chaotic turn when they find themselves transported to a preposterous fantasy realm teeming with thousands of wacky monsters! Equip yourself with pizza frag-grenades, enchanted fidget spinners, unleash preposterous magic spells, or even fling your very own friends into the fray to repel the relentless hordes of monsters determined to obliterate you. And if that's still not enough, scavenge resources and blueprints, then harness the 'Forge of Destiny' to customize your weapons or craft the ultimate armaments of your nerdy wet dreams! Can you endure for 20 minutes of non-stop madness and make your way back to your gaming night? Nerd Survivors is a bullet-heaven action rogue-lite survivor adventure, set in the Doom & Destiny Worlds universe. This version of 'Nerd Survivors' includes all the playable characters and weapon customization options from the Forge that are not available in the free 'Nerd Survivors Lite' version.

About

Metaverse Keeper

Embark on a multiplayer roguelike adventure, battling monsters and exploring randomized dungeons. Collect resources, upgrade heroes with unique abilities and weapons, and team up with friends to save the world from a dimensional threat.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer roguelike adventure
  • Randomized dungeons
  • Hero abilities and talents
  • Weapon collection and customization
  • Online co-op for up to four players
  • Resource management
Features
Read full description

"Metaverse Keeper" is a multiplayer adventure game that combines roguelike elements. Players and their teammates not only battle a variety of monsters, but also delve deep into the demon lord's fortress, collecting various resources, developing character's talents, and strengthening their own abilities. As the game progresses, the challenges become more diverse and intense, with limited resource allocation, environmental pressures, and even more ferocious monsters, making every adventure thrilling and intense! Randomized Dungeons, Unknown Challenges The twisted power of the demon lord is incredibly strong, and each time it changes the form of its fortress, allowing players to experience different atmospheres and layouts every time they enter a level. Interdimensional Heroes, Saving the World The game offers different interdimensional heroes, each of them has saved the world in their own timeline, and been tested through countless crises. Each hero has unique abilities, and they are selected by a mysterious organization as agents to save the world, entrusting them with the heavy responsibility of saving the world. Collect Chips, Conquer Levels with Style Chips are scattered throughout dungeons. After collecting chips, heroes gain unparalleled abilities. Unexpected effects can occur when specific combinations of chips are used. More unknown chips are hidden within mysterious chip vending machines, waiting for players to discover and explore with enough courage and wisdom. Randomized Weapons, Mastery in All The game provides a vast variety of weapons for players to choose, each weapon possesses its unique functions and characteristics. When combined with random affix effects, these equipment combinations will create entirely new and unexpected effectys for you and your allies. Online Co-op, Fight with Love Struggling alone? No worries. Supports up to four players for online cooperative play. Unlike the low tolerance for errors in single-player mode, as long as not all teammates die simultaneously, players can expend resources to save each other a nd face challenges together. Background Story Noah is a branch of an ancient civilization that has spread the farthest. They once created a magnificent civilization. After reaching a high level of development, the Noahs discovered the ability to foresee the future. The entire world and the blueprint of time were laid out before them. However, Noahs realized that their civilization would eventually perish in this dimension. A disgruntled Noahs was unwilling to let the Noah civilization disappear, so he used Noah's technology to create a temporal distortion, blending all civilizations and timelines. But this action not only failed to save Noah, but also plunged all timelines into a crisis of destruction.This Noahs, however, is not prepared to rescue his actions. He seems to have another conspiracy. Thus, he becomes the enemy of all timelines - the Demon Lord. In order to save their own timelines, heroes from various timelines must defeat the Demon Lord and restore order to the timelines.

Screenshots

Nerd Survivors4 screens
Metaverse Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nerd Survivors at 4.7 against Metaverse Keeper's 3.8. Nerd Survivors also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 70%) and ratings volume (56 vs 5). Metaverse Keeper's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Nerd Survivors costs $2.99 and Metaverse Keeper $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nerd Survivors holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerd Survivors has 56 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Nerd Survivors's written reviews are positive against 70% of Metaverse Keeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nerd Survivors ships an update fortnightly, Metaverse Keeper monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nerd Survivors versus Metaverse Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNerd SurvivorsMetaverse Keeper
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.7 (56 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings56 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size510 MB1.6 GB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFrancesco FicarelliElectronic Soul

Customer experience

Nerd Survivors

All ratings56 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%

Metaverse Keeper

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nerd Survivors

No in-app purchases

None

Metaverse Keeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nerd Survivors free?
Nerd Survivors costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metaverse Keeper free?
Metaverse Keeper costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nerd Survivors or Metaverse Keeper?
Nerd Survivors is rated higher. Nerd Survivors averages 4.7 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Metaverse Keeper averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Nerd Survivors or Metaverse Keeper have ads?
Neither Nerd Survivors nor Metaverse Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nerd Survivors or Metaverse Keeper?
Nerd Survivors ships an update fortnightly, and Metaverse Keeper monthly. Most recently, Nerd Survivors was updated on November 4, 2026 and Metaverse Keeper on October 30, 2026.

Other comparisons