Max Mannheimer vs Neon Orbit Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max Mannheimer
Explore the life story of a Holocaust survivor through an interactive visual novel. Delve into his childhood, persecution, and post-war life by solving challenges and collecting memories. Hear his testimony once his story is complete.
- Interactive visual novel
- Explore survivor's life story
- Solve challenges
- Collect memories
- Hear survivor's testimony
- Historical context
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We stand in Max Mannheimer’s studio. From here we can delve into the chapters of his life via his pictures: his childhood in Nový Jičín in Czechoslovakia, the time of the commencing persecution and deportation by the national socialists, the imprisonment in different concentration camps and his life after the Second World War in Germany. In engaging images the visual novel tells his life story interactively. The players can comprehend his decisions, solve small challenges to advance and collect memories on the way which lead to further information. Once his whole life has been played the contemporary witness Max Mannheimer can be actually heard. The game was developed and realised by the Max Mannheimer Study Centre in Dachau together with the renowned game studio paintbucket games and the cartoon artist Greta von Richthofen. The project was funded by the foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ Foundation) as part of the line of funding [re]create digital history within the funding programme Young People Remember International, financed with resources from the German Foreign Office.
Neon Orbit Arcade
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Neon Orbit is an immersive journey through space, where you must maintain your orbit in an ever-changing, neon-lit world. Key features: Intuitive “one-tap” controls. Dynamic retro-neon graphics. Increasing difficulty. Download Neon Orbit and see how long you can survive in this neon challenge! The game works offline. Perfect for the plane.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Max Mannheimer at none against Neon Orbit Arcade's 1. Max Mannheimer also leads on ads (none vs shown). Neon Orbit Arcade's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Neon Orbit Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Max Mannheimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Max Mannheimer ships an update every 2 months, Neon Orbit Arcade weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max Mannheimer | Neon Orbit Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 887 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paintbucket Games UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) | Slawomir Linek |
In-app purchases
Max Mannheimer
No in-app purchases
Neon Orbit Arcade
- Neon Orbit Premium$1.99
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