Ocean Keeper vs Warbits Halfbrick+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ocean Keeper
Explore procedurally generated underwater caves as a crashed miner in this roguelike shooter. Dig for resources, battle hordes of sea monsters, and upgrade your mech and weapons to survive. Each playthrough offers a unique challenge with changing layouts and diverse bosses.
- Procedurally generated caves
- Mech customization
- Horde battles with monsters and bosses
- Meta-progression system
- Artifact system
- Multiple weapon choices
- Diverse biomes
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A roguelike shooter with a top-down view where you play as a Miner whose spaceship has crashed on a planet, filled with underwater monsters! Use the time between each attack to power up your diver, mech, or weapon. Build automatic turrets, use drones to gather resources and improve your skills to increase your chances of survival. Discover mysterious locations and fantastic undersea deep biomes. EACH time you explore the underwater worlds, the layout changes, making every journey unique. You never play the same scenario twice in this drill dungeon core roguelite. Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival Features: * Procedurally generated caves: each dungeon you enter is unique. * Mech customization: Upgrade and personalize your Submarine Mech. * Underwater casual game with roguelite and roguelike elements. * Horde Battles: Fight waves of sea monsters and bosses. * Meta-progression: Constant upgrades and new abilities for your survivor. * Artifact System: Unlock and equip powerful artifacts. * Multiple Weapons: Choose from a huge arsenal of weapons. * Diverse Bosses: Slay unique and challenging alien bosses. * Multiple biomes: Explore different underwater dungeons. - How to Play Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival: Play with two hands and swipe your finger across the screen to move the diver in any direction, or use the virtual joystick. Find a mine (a deep hollow lighted in blue), dive into it and start digging to find resources. Since you don't have a backpack, you need to drag the resources yourself up to the mech. Get out of the mine as soon as you hear the sound of an attack or see the timer expire. Attack aliens by aiming at them and firing bullets. Collect various resources to unlock powerful upgrades: improve your weapons, increase the impact of your drill, boost your jetpack's max speed, and many other upgrade paths - each of which gives you and your dome the best chance of survival until dawn! - Join The Fans of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival: Join our community and become an part of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival development! In our Discord, you can chat directly with our developers, share your valuable feedback, and have a real impact on the final version of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival roguelike game.
Warbits Halfbrick+
Engage in strategic turn-based warfare on gridded maps. Command unique units, utilize special powers, and overcome challenges in campaign, challenge, or multiplayer modes. Build and share custom maps to dominate the galaxy.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Campaign Mode
- Challenge Mode
- Map Editor
- Multiplayer Battles
- Grid-based Warfare
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Get ready to boot up the galaxy's most exciting battlefield simulator with Warbits, available through a Halfbrick+ subscription. Command your army on gridded maps and wage a civilized but intense war against your enemies—or challenge players worldwide in thrilling multiplayer battles. Get rid of blasters, load up Warbits Halfbrick+, and overcome with strategy and precision. As a Halfbrick+ subscriber, you'll not only enjoy Warbits, but you'll also have access to a wide range of other Halfbrick titles, all ad-free and without in-app purchases. Game Features: Turn-Based Strategy: Master tactical grid-based warfare with uniquely equipped units, special powers, and structures that will fuel your strategic dominance. In Warbits Halfbrick+, every move counts in your path to victory! Campaign mode: Battle through 20 missions across 5 unique environments as you unravel the story of a dysfunctional galaxy and the war simulator designed to save it. Challenge Mode: For the more experienced player to test their mettle. 12 challenging skirmish missions and 12 mind-bending puzzle missions. Map Editor: Build, share and play custom maps. Multiplayer game: Battle for glory against other commanders. Automatically pair with players who enjoy the same game modes as you and compete for glory on the monthly scoreboards. With Warbits Halfbrick+, strategy is everything. Dominate the battlefield with your tactical genius, build your armies, and climb the ranks in this action-packed turn-based game. The fate of the galaxy is in your hands—are you ready to lead? WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ * Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: * Exclusive access to the highest-rated games, including old games and new hits like Fruit Ninja. * No ads or in-app purchases, enhancing your experience with classic games and Fruit games. * Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games * Regular updates and new games, ensuring your subscription is always worth it. * Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Start your One Month free trial and play all our games, including classic games and games like Fruit Ninja, without ads, in-app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership through Halfbrick+! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- View our privacy policy at https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy View our terms of service at https://www.halfbrick.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Ocean Keeper at free with in-app purchases against Warbits Halfbrick+'s subscription. Ocean Keeper also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Warbits Halfbrick+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Ocean Keeper sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Warbits Halfbrick+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ocean Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ocean Keeper has 291 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Ocean Keeper's written reviews are positive against 29% of Warbits Halfbrick+'s.
Ocean Keeper ships an update every 4 days, Warbits Halfbrick+ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ocean Keeper | Warbits Halfbrick+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (291 ratings) — better | 4.0 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 272 MB | 636 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | RetroStyle Games | Halfbrick Studios |
Customer experience
Ocean Keeper
Warbits Halfbrick+
Bugs and requests
Ocean Keeper
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not loading after purchase
- Upgrade options not functioning as expected
- Progress not saving across sessions
Requested features
4 requests- More items and upgrades to prolong engagement
- Ability to restore purchases and continue progress
- Improved UI scaling and readability on mobile
- Expanded gameplay modes and story elements
Warbits Halfbrick+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ocean Keeper
- Full Game Unlock$2.99
- Heap of meta currency$2.99
- Chest of meta currency$4.99
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- Crate of meta currency$9.99
Warbits Halfbrick+
- Halfbrick+1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+2 variants$29.991 Year
Questions
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