Nova Drift vs Outhold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Outhold
A strategic incremental game combining tower defense with deep meta-progression. Experiment with various builds and discover powerful synergies to defend the last fires. Enjoy an addictive game loop with a deep upgrade tree where experimentation is rewarded.
- Incremental tower defense gameplay
- Deep meta-progression
- Build variety and synergies
- Addictive game loop
- Deep upgrade tree
- Free upgrade refunds
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[Incremental Tower Defense with Build Variety] Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold. [Addictive Game Loop] Start a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obliterate everything coming against you. [Deep Upgrade Tree] Create unique builds that fit your playstyle. Experimentation is rewarded, and all upgrades can be refunded for free. [Strategize] Focus on upgrading just one specific tower, or find unique tower synergies. There are many ways to progress through Outhold, the choice is up to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Outhold at 4.9 against Nova Drift's 4.4. Outhold also leads on price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Nova Drift's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 70%) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
Nova Drift costs $9.99 and Outhold $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Outhold holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 181 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Nova Drift's written reviews are positive against 70% of Outhold's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nova Drift ships an update every 10 days, Outhold every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nova Drift | Outhold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (54 ratings) | 4.9 (181 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 54 | 181 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #167 | #148 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 573 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chimeric LLC | MinMax Software AB |
Customer experience
Nova Drift
Outhold
In-app purchases
Nova Drift
No in-app purchases
Outhold
No in-app purchases









