Comparison

Deep Rock Galactic vs ClankUp

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

Head to head
About

Deep Rock Galactic

Engage in a single-player survivor-like auto-shooter, battling alien hordes and mining for riches. Upgrade your gear and arsenal to survive the procedurally generated caves of Planet Hoxxes. Experience the Deep Rock Galactic universe from a new top-down perspective.

Highlights
  • Survivor-like auto-shooter gameplay
  • Procedurally generated caves
  • Mining for riches
  • Unlockable upgrades and weapons
  • Top-down perspective
  • Single-player experience
Features
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Welcome, Survivor! DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes! REVERSE BULLET HELL, WITH MINING Kill bugs, upgrade your gear, and delve ever deeper into the lethal caves of Hoxxes. Collect and assemble a devastating array of guns, unleash hell upon wave after wave of alien monsters in fast and frenetic combat, and tunnel your way to collect precious riches from deep within the cave walls. With the auto-shooter gameplay, you don’t worry about aiming and firing – just run and mine for your life, as you automatically blast away. Each mission is entirely unique with its own procedural cave generation and enemy waves, just as you've come to know from Deep Rock Galactic. COMPLETE MISSION OBJECTIVES TO BECOME STRONGER Dig deep, Miner! Once the Drop Pod releases you into the oppressive darkness, you’re on your own. Complete the mission objectives set forth by the Company, and make it back to the Drop Pod in time to try your luck at even more deadly and lucrative encounters. Progress deeper and deeper into the planet while you grow ever stronger, survive all the way to the very end of your assignment, and finally get extracted alongside your hefty sack of loot. DEEP ROCK, FROM A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE Now you can explore the Deep Rock Galactic universe in a whole new single-player-focused experience! Play each mission from a top-down perspective, navigating the caves of Hoxxes as you've never seen them before, soaking it up through nonstop auto-shooter action. Greybeard Deep Rock veterans will recognize much from Deep Rock Galactic, and if you are a recently joined Greenbeard: Welcome all the same! We are thrilled to have you on board. You will like it here. Management requires it. ROCK AND STONE! Discord: https://discord.gg/drgs Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@fundaygames X: https://x.com/FundayGamesdk

About

ClankUp

Features
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One asteroid. One finger. And a mining empire that grows with you. ClankUp is a space mining tap game: hit the asteroid, pull out ore, invest in your ship, and little by little stop doing the work yourself. At the start every tap counts. By the end you have a fleet that mines on its own while you are away. MINE AND UPGRADE You start with amethyst and a hand cannon. What you pull out goes into the ship's upgrade tree: more ore per tap, a semi-automatic cannon, fire rate, charge, magnets, a refinery. Every node changes how the game plays, not just the number. YOUR FLEET NEVER SLEEPS Buy mining ships and they keep working with the app closed. Come back and the fleet report is waiting with everything they pulled out. A real idle game: progress does not stop when you do. SEVEN MINERALS, ONE JOURNEY From amethyst to diamond. Every asteroid you reach is a new mineral, worth more and harder to break, and your logbook writes the journey down: the real mineralogy of the ones you have visited, and guesses about the ones you have not. Few make it to the end of the belt. CHESTS AND STYLE Open chests with keys for ore, gems and cosmetic pieces. Dress your astronaut in helmets, suits, packs and trails, and show it off on your profile. Every chest's odds are published inside the game, in plain sight before you open anything. COMPETE Worldwide leaderboards for ore mined and for tap rate. Open any player's profile to see their astronaut and their numbers, or challenge them to a star duel and wager ore on it. THE STATION When the fleet grows you leave the ship: the refinery smelts capsules, the reactor multiplies what you produce, and prestige restarts the run with a permanent head start so the next one goes further. FREE, PROPERLY The whole game is playable without paying. One free key a day, more keys if you feel like watching an ad, and optional purchases only to go faster. Play as a guest with no account, and make one whenever you want to show up on the leaderboard. Helmet on. The asteroid belt is not going to mine itself.

Screenshots

Deep Rock Galactic4 screens
ClankUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Deep Rock Galactic at none against ClankUp's shown. ClankUp's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Deep Rock Galactic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ClankUp sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Rock Galactic ships an update every 6 days, ClankUp every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Deep Rock Galactic versus ClankUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep Rock GalacticClankUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size922 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGhost Ship PublishingPABLO LAPARRA VAL

Bugs and requests

Deep Rock Galactic

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pause screen not working properly
  • Targeting issues with enemies

Requested features

3 requests
  • Horizontal orientation option
  • Cross-progression from other platforms
  • More weapon/content variety

ClankUp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Deep Rock Galactic

One-time10
  • Supporter Pack$4.99
  • After Hours Pack$4.99
  • Heavy Duty Expansion - Sale$9.99
Show 7 more
  • Heavy Duty Expansion$9.99
  • Unlock Full Game - Sale$12.99
  • Full Game$12.99
  • Deluxe Edition$14.99
  • Deluxe Edition - Sale$14.99
  • Complete Edition - Sale$22.99
  • Complete Edition$22.99
8 purchases

ClankUp

One-time8
  • Gem$0.99
  • Keyring$0.99
  • Bunch of keys$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Handful of gems$6.99
  • Box of keys$7.99
  • Cabinet of keys$14.99
  • Box of gems$24.99
  • Vault of gems$49.99

Questions

Is Deep Rock Galactic free?
Deep Rock Galactic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClankUp free?
ClankUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deep Rock Galactic or ClankUp have ads?
ClankUp shows ads; Deep Rock Galactic does not.
Which is updated more often, Deep Rock Galactic or ClankUp?
Deep Rock Galactic ships an update every 6 days, and ClankUp every 2 days. Most recently, Deep Rock Galactic was updated on November 7, 2026 and ClankUp on October 31, 2026.

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