Comparison

Idle Cave Miner 2 vs Wasteland Evolved

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

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About

Idle Cave Miner 2

Assemble a team of miners to explore deep mines, gather resources, and craft items. Battle monsters in unique worlds, unlock new miners and pets, and upgrade your crew to uncover ancient mysteries and find a mythical gem.

Highlights
  • Unlock and upgrade 30+ miners
  • Break through destructible mines block by block
  • Explore unique mining and combat worlds
  • Process resources through forging
  • Unlock powerful research boosts
  • Acquire pets for miner assistance
  • Trade resources in the market
Features
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Assemble your team, and find out what lurks deep in the mines of Idle Cave Miner 2! Idle Cave Miner 2 is an idle incremental game where you mine resources, craft items, and upgrade your team of miners. Explore unique worlds, where you can battle monsters and acquire items to help you on your journey. Unlock miners, pets, items, achievements, and hundreds of upgrades to go deeper than ever on your quest to find the mythical wishing gem, which is said to provide a wish to the one who finds it. Does it exist? Who are these miners, and what are their wishes? What mysteries await them? What's new on Idle Cave Miner 2: Idle Cave Miner 2 takes everything you loved about the first game and makes it better than ever with a fresh new look, completely reworked progression, and an updated roster of miners. A major new addition is the Combat World, where you'll be able to fight monsters and defeat bosses to acquire unique items. The interface is clearer, animations are smoother, and progression has been redesigned from the ground up to provide a balanced experience as you travel between worlds, and go deeper than ever to uncover the mysteries of the mines. Idle Cave Miner 2 Features: ● Miners: Unlock and upgrade 30+ miners with special abilities to reach the depths of the mines. Assemble the ultimate mining crew, and watch out for powerful synergies between miners. ● Destructible Mines: You and your team will break through each mine, one block at a time! When no blocks are left standing in your path, you venture deeper into the mines. ● Unique Worlds: Explore 2 unique worlds, each with its own gameplay and upgrades, and gather special resources to unlock upgrades in the other worlds. The "Mining world" where your goal is to go as deep as possible, the "Combat world", where you will fight monsters and defeat bosses. ● Forging: Process the resources your miners gather into their refined version, and use those for powerful upgrades to aid you in your journey. Upgrade your forges to make this process faster, and develop a strategy for optimal production. ● Researches: As you collect more and more resources, you'll be able to unlock researches, these will provide strong boosts to you and your miners, pick the best options for your style of gameplay and conquer the mines! ● Pets: Pets are here to aid the miners on their journey, they provide boosts to your miners to help them progress further into the depths. ● Market: Too much of one resource? Too little of another? The market is the solution for you, sell your items for a common currency, and then exchange that currency for the item you need. Want better rates? The daily deals provide you with unique exchange opportunities, although these have limited stock. ● Prestige: Collect lost souls along your descent, and when you're ready, prestige those souls into miner souls, you'll start over from the first floor, however, you can use these souls to unlock extremely powerful upgrades, regaining your previous progress much faster than before. ● Combat World: Fight monsters, and defeat powerful bosses with your hero. Increase its strength to be able to face increasingly powerful foes. Travel between various areas, discover dungeons filled with formidable opponents, and use the spoils of battle to your advantage. ● Achievements: Unlock tons of achievements, these are not just visual, you don't just get rewards, but also permanent boosts to your soul collection. How many will you be able to get? ● Leaderboards: Global leaderboards! Conquer the ranks and try to reach the top, each world has its own ranking, based on the progression of that world. ● Lore: Unlock the history of this world as you go deeper into the mines, and find out whether the mythical wishing stone exists or not. Everything has a secret, who are these miners? What do they want? What mysteries await them in the depths of the mines?

About

Wasteland Evolved

Features
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Enter a wasteland where survival meets the supernatural. Wasteland Evolved is an idle roguelike survival adventure set in a haunting world inspired by Chinese folklore. Strange forces have transformed the land. Enemies emerge from the darkness, danger closes in from every direction, and only constant evolution will keep you alive. Fight through relentless waves, choose powerful upgrades, create unique skill combinations, and evolve your character into an unstoppable survivor. SURVIVE ENDLESS WAVES Enemies attack from every direction. Keep moving, keep fighting, and strengthen your build before the battlefield overwhelms you. BUILD A NEW STRATEGY EVERY RUN Choose from randomized skills and upgrades as you progress. Combine different abilities, experiment with powerful builds, and discover new ways to survive. EVOLVE YOUR POWER Grow stronger throughout every run. Upgrade your abilities, improve your combat potential, and push deeper into increasingly dangerous stages. FACE POWERFUL BOSSES Enemy waves are only the beginning. Prepare your strongest build and challenge powerful bosses that will test your damage, positioning, and survival skills. A FOLKLORE-INSPIRED WASTELAND Explore a distinctive world inspired by Chinese folk culture and supernatural legends. Traditional visual motifs meet a ruined wasteland to create an eerie and unforgettable atmosphere. IDLE PROGRESSION, ACTIVE COMBAT Develop your character through idle progression while enjoying fast and direct combat whenever you enter the battlefield. Every run brings new choices. Every skill can change your build. Every evolution brings you one step closer to survival. Enter the wasteland. Build your strongest combination. Evolve and survive.

Screenshots

Idle Cave Miner 24 screens
Wasteland Evolved4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Idle Cave Miner 2 at none against Wasteland Evolved's shown. Idle Cave Miner 2 also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Cave Miner 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Wasteland Evolved sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Cave Miner 2 versus Wasteland Evolved: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Cave Miner 2Wasteland Evolved
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (376 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings376 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCold Hours, Unipessoal LDADLX STUDIO

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Idle Cave Miner 2

One-time10
  • 100 Premium Gems$1.99
  • Floor 5 Clear Bundle$1.99
  • New Player Bundle$3.99
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  • Progress Bundle$9.99
  • Miner Bundle Akane$9.99
  • Miner Bundle Maya$9.99
  • Miner Bundle Kemo$9.99
  • Starter Bundle$9.99
  • Mine Bundle$14.99
  • Forge Bundle$19.99
10 purchases

Wasteland Evolved

One-time10
  • 2.99Gift$2.99
  • 5.99Gift$5.99
  • 6.99Gift$6.99
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  • 9.99Gift$9.99
  • 12.99Gift$12.99
  • 14.99Gift$14.99
  • 24.99Gift$24.99
  • 39.99Gift$39.99
  • 49.99Gift$49.99
  • 99.99Gift$99.99

Questions

Is Idle Cave Miner 2 free?
Idle Cave Miner 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wasteland Evolved free?
Wasteland Evolved is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Cave Miner 2 or Wasteland Evolved have ads?
Wasteland Evolved shows ads; Idle Cave Miner 2 does not.

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