Comparison

Imperial Miners vs Silver Lite

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

Head to head
About

Imperial Miners

This digital board game challenges you to build an efficient mine over 10 rounds. Collect crystals and fill carts to earn victory points. Navigate unique events and advance on progress boards for bonus actions.

Highlights
  • Mine building simulation
  • Resource collection
  • Leaderboards for high scores
  • Unique round events
  • Progress board advancements
  • Solo gameplay
Features
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Imperial Miners is the official digital version of board game hit from Portal Games. It is a solo game and it has the leaderboards to compare your best results with others. In Imperial Miners you have 10 rounds to build your Mine as efficiently as possible. Your goal is to collect as many Crystals and full Carts as possible, which will count as Victory Points at the end of the game. You have 4 levels of mine and one card to place in each round. After placing card in your Mine you activate its effect and then effects of adjacent card on above level until your reach the Mine surface. Than you activate the action from the Surface board. Some of the actions gives you a chance to advance on the Progress boards where you can activate additional actions. In each round you have unique Event to resolve, some of them are good some are bad, so be prepared for the unknown. IMPORTANT INFO - READ BEFORE YOU BUY: If you use your phone to play, look at the screen shots available in the description on your target device before purchasing the game, to make sure that the size of the letters on the small screen will be sufficient for comfortable gaming.

About

Silver Lite

Features
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The Silver app lets you play 2-player games of Silver (the card game from Bezier Games, Inc.) against a computer AI. Learn the ins and outs of the game, and practice before taking on your friends! Your goal in Silver is simple: have the lowest sum by the end of four rounds. To accomplish this, use abilities from the cards you draw, and from cards that are already face up in your village, which consists of five cards. You can trade in matching cards, and also trade out your cards for ones you draw to make matches or to lower your score. End a round early if you think you have the lowest sum by calling for a vote; if youโ€™re right, you score 0 points, and get to use the Silver Amulet of Protection the next round. If you're wrong, though you get the sum of your cards plus ten points! The app walks you through the game, and the comprehensive Help screen gives you all the details you need to be able to play. While youโ€™re playing, view detailed card abilities just by tapping and holding on them.

Screenshots

Imperial Miners4 screens
Silver Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Silver Lite at Free against Imperial Miners's $3.99. Silver Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Imperial Miners's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Silver Lite is free to download; Imperial Miners costs $3.99 up front. Imperial Miners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silver Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Imperial Miners ships an update monthly, Silver Lite every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Imperial Miners versus Silver Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImperial MinersSilver Lite
Price$3.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthly โ€” betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size135 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPortal GamesBezier Games, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Imperial Miners

One-time1
  • Promo Goodies Pack$0.99
None

Silver Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Imperial Miners free?
Imperial Miners costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Silver Lite free?
Silver Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Imperial Miners or Silver Lite have ads?
Neither Imperial Miners nor Silver Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Imperial Miners or Silver Lite?
Imperial Miners ships an update monthly, and Silver Lite every 14 months. Most recently, Imperial Miners was updated on November 8, 2026 and Silver Lite on October 30, 2026.

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