Comparison

SpaceCorp vs Dawnmaker

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

Head to head
About

SpaceCorp

Lead humanity's expansion into space, building bases, mining resources, and exploring distant star systems. This turn-based strategy game offers a complete sci-fi experience playable in under an hour, featuring a card-driven system and various game modes.

Highlights
  • Build bases on Moon and Mars
  • Survey Saturn's rings
  • Explore Europa's oceans
  • Send generational colony ships
  • Card-driven hand management
  • Multiple game modes
  • Three distinct eras of play
Features
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Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, explore the vast oceans of Europa, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri and beyond, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game, playable in 60 minutes or less! Using a clever card-driven, hand-management system, SpaceCorp plays in under 60 minutes, and has many exciting game modes, from playing against aggressive AI's to playing against a devious, hand-crafted, card-driven automa. It also includes optional era situation cards to add additional variety. Do you have what it takes to lead mankind into the future? ------------------------------- In SpaceCorp, the player explores and develops outer space over three eras. The player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and nearby stars. In SpaceCorp you can … - Assemble a spaceport at a Lagrange Point. - Launch an exploration mission to Mars. - Mine asteroids. - Earn profit from exotic resources discovered on the Jovian moons. - Discover microbial life in the subsurface oceans of Charon. - Decode exo-DNA to develop radiation resistant human pioneers. - Undertake a mission to Alpha Centauri in a generation ship. - Break through technological barriers to achieve faster-than-light travel. - Establish a colony in the Tau Ceti star system. - Each of the three eras is played on a different map: - The first era, Mariners, covers exploration and development out to Mars. - In Planeteers, players settle the outer solar system. - In Starfarers, players send missions to nearby star systems and establish interstellar colonies. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a digital adaptation of the award-winning board game by the same name released in 2018 by John Butterfield and GMT Games. It was nominated for the "2018 Golden Elephant Award" on Board Game Geek, along with Root and Brass: Birmingham. Other award winners on Board Game Geek include Terraforming Mars, Twilight Imperium, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Dune: Imperium. As a fast-playing, tight strategy game, SpaceCorp is perfect for players looking to get their strategy game fix in short time frames. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: Ventures is an expansion for SpaceCorp under development, and planned for release in Fall of 2025. In SpaceCorp: Ventures, players will be able to play as any one of 14 different rival corporations, each with their own powers, abilities, and motivations, leading to very dynamic games and ever changing strategies.

About

Dawnmaker

A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.

Highlights
  • City building mechanics
  • Deck building gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Lighthouse upgrades
  • Smog reclamation
  • Technology recovery
Currently charting
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.

Screenshots

SpaceCorp4 screens
Dawnmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dawnmaker at 5.0 against SpaceCorp's 4.1. Dawnmaker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). SpaceCorp's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2) and price ($6.99 vs $8.99). On ads 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

SpaceCorp costs $6.99 and Dawnmaker $8.99 up front. SpaceCorp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dawnmaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnmaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpaceCorp has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of SpaceCorp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dawnmaker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpaceCorp ships an update weekly, Dawnmaker daily. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
SpaceCorp versus Dawnmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceCorpDawnmaker
Price$6.99 — better$8.99
Rating4.1 (23 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#119 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size341 MB144 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLogix Interactive LLCAcram Digital

Customer experience

SpaceCorp

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative24.0%

Dawnmaker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SpaceCorp

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when starting the game
  • Tutorial doesn't work consistently

Requested features

2 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Improved tutorial experience

Dawnmaker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpaceCorp

One-time1
  • Ventures Expansion$4.99
None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpaceCorp free?
SpaceCorp costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpaceCorp or Dawnmaker?
Dawnmaker is rated higher. SpaceCorp averages 4.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Dawnmaker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SpaceCorp or Dawnmaker have ads?
Neither SpaceCorp nor Dawnmaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpaceCorp or Dawnmaker?
SpaceCorp ships an update weekly, and Dawnmaker daily. Most recently, SpaceCorp was updated on September 27, 2026 and Dawnmaker on September 19, 2026.

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