Unnamed Space Idle vs Beachside Tactics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unnamed Space Idle
Engage in an unfolding sci-fi idle game battling alien waves. Customize your ship with unlockable weapons and defenses, making strategic choices across multiple evolving systems to increase your power and progress.
- Destroy alien waves
- Ship customization
- Progressive weapon/defense unlocks
- Multiple evolving systems
- Strategic decision making
- Prestige system
- Crafting modules
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No ads! Destroy unending waves of alien ships in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idler. Unnamed Space Idle is an unfolding sci-fi idle game that plunges you into a relentless battle against an alien menace that has decimated humanity. Voted r/incremental_games "Best F2P game" 2024 & 2025. Customize your ship with an array of progressively unlocked weapons and defenses, strategically tailored to counter specific enemy types. With a plethora of unfolding systems and abundant options, you'll face crucial choices as you steadily increase you power through progression and prestige. A Myriad of Different Systems Discover over 10 distinct systems, each offering unique mechanics that evolve and expand over time. Core - Upgrade your Weapon, Defense and Utility cores with salvage gathered from enemies. Compute - Improve your combat stats over time in traditional Idle Game fashion Synth - Craft and improve modules and recipes to increase your power in various ways. Void Device - Slot in void shards dropped by enemies for different combinations of upgrades. Prestige - Unlock different ships, weapons, defenses and utilities. Reactor - Feed void matter into your reactor to power various system boosts. Research - Harness the research data obtained from different sectors to unlock various upgrades. And More... Impactful, Understandable Decisions Choose wisely when equipping your ship with weapons and defenses, selecting power-altering modules, or determining the optimal combination of shards to use. The distinction between optimal and sub-optimal choices can significantly impact your progress. But while there are a lot of decisions to be made, they are all plainly understandable so that the optimum, or at least very near optimum decision making is within your grasp! Consistent Progress and Unlocks Well paced progression combined with the amount of different systems, upgrades and enemies, means something new is frequently just around the corner.
Beachside Tactics
A charming fishing simulation game where players can enjoy a relaxing experience. Cast your line, reel in your catch, and explore the tranquil waters.
- Fishing simulation
- Relaxing gameplay
- Catching fish
- Tranquil environment
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A small little fishing game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beachside Tactics at none against Unnamed Space Idle's 10. Beachside Tactics also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Unnamed Space Idle's advantage is ratings volume (250 vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Unnamed Space Idle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Beachside Tactics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beachside Tactics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unnamed Space Idle has 250 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Unnamed Space Idle ships an update every 2 days, Beachside Tactics weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unnamed Space Idle | Beachside Tactics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (250 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 250 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JDOG CORP | Juan Pichardo |
Customer experience
Unnamed Space Idle
Beachside Tactics
Bugs and requests
Unnamed Space Idle
Reported bugs
15 issues- UI is too small on mobile devices
- Font size is too small, making text unreadable
- Game crashes during fleet auto battles
- Cannot open on iPadOS 14.8.1
- Game freezes when playing on mobile network
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- AI Smart Crafting not working
- Module queue automation doesn't correctly identify materials
- Buttons for base upgrades not working after last update
- Small text and UI elements make interaction difficult
- Game stuck in landscape mode
- Dark red text on black background is hard to read
- UI elements overlap or are difficult to press
- Some text and buttons are too small to read or interact with on smaller phones
- The game is not optimized for mobile screens, leading to unreadability and difficulty in control
- Inability to copy and paste
Requested features
12 requests- UI rework for mobile
- Improve UI readability
- Optimize UI for smaller screens
- Add French translation
- Add Turkish language support
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- Option to restart game
- Better mobile screen utilization
- Adjust module queue automation
- Fix AI smart crafting
- Improve collision detection for projectiles
- Consider fantasy-oriented theme
- Add audio to the game
Beachside Tactics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Unnamed Space Idle
- 200 AI Points$1.99
- QOL Bundle$2.49
- Spacemas Bundle$2.99
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- RetroFuture Cosmetic$3.99
- Spaceversary Bundle$3.99
- 550 AI Points$4.99
- Essentials Bundle$4.99
- 1200 AI Points$9.99
- Advanced Bundle$9.99
- 2600 AI Points$19.99
Beachside Tactics
No in-app purchases
Questions
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