Kaamos vs Nova Drift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaamos
Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.
- Turn-based tile matching combat
- Character and deck building
- Looting equipment from foes
- Dark medieval world exploration
- Roguelike progression
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
Nova Drift
This roguelike space shooter blends arcade combat with RPG elements for deep ship customization. Evolve your vessel through rapid gameplay sessions, experimenting with over 200 modular upgrades to craft unique builds and dominate unpredictable, randomly generated challenges.
- Roguelike space shooter gameplay
- Deep ship build-crafting
- Over 200 modular upgrades
- Quick, iterative gameplay sessions
- Randomly generated challenges
- Permanent death
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- SURVIVE - EVOLVE - DOMINATE - Nova Drift is a roguelike space shooter that combines classic arcade combat with action-rpg elements, emphasizing build-crafting and deep customization. Your ship rapidly evolves as you defeat enemies, allowing you to take a build from inception to execution in a single, captivating game session. Featuring: - Quick gameplay sessions (15-45 minutes) that allow for rapid experimentation, iteration, and advancement. - Over 200 modular upgrades, unlocked over time, to create your ideal build with. Snipe, command a drone army, discharge your shields, charge up, burn enemies with your thrusters, or smash right through them... there's a way to make it work. - Modular challenge modes to unlock and activate, providing greater risk and rewards. The stakes are high, as death is permanent! - Every game is randomly generated, keeping the fight intense and unpredictable. Fight through the campaign or play endlessly... Nova Drift is created by Chimeric, with music by Miles Tilmann. Website: https://novadrift.io/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Zp2MkPJ
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kaamos at $3.99 against Nova Drift's $9.99. Nova Drift's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Kaamos costs $3.99 and Nova Drift $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nova Drift holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Kaamos's written reviews are positive against 80% of Nova Drift's.
Kaamos ships an update weekly, Nova Drift every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaamos | Nova Drift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 4.4 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 573 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Freedom Games, LLC | Chimeric LLC |
Customer experience
Kaamos
Nova Drift
In-app purchases
Kaamos
No in-app purchases
Nova Drift
No in-app purchases
