Comparison

Idle Nuns Tycoon vs Pathogen

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

Head to head
About

Idle Nuns Tycoon

Manage a snowy monastery, providing shelter and services to refugees and nobles. Expand your sanctuary, upgrade facilities, and recruit devoted staff to build a thriving religious empire. Enjoy idle progress even when offline.

Highlights
  • Build and expand monastery facilities
  • Manage resources like food and firewood
  • Recruit and train nuns and priests
  • Serve refugees and wealthy nobles
  • Idle progress and offline rewards
  • Upgrade and customize buildings
Features
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Idle Nuns Tycoon: Build Your Holy Haven in the Snow! Welcome to the most heartwarming idle simulation game! In Idle Nuns Tycoon, you take on the sacred duty of running a snowbound monastery, where nuns and priests offer shelter, food, and hope to freezing refugees and generous nobles alike. Expand your holy sanctuary, upgrade facilities, and lead your devoted sisters to create a thriving religious empire in the midst of a brutal winter! --- A Sanctuary in the Storm The blizzard rages outside, but within your monastery, faith and warmth prevail. Civilians arrive shivering—guide them to the church for prayer and choir, the canteen for hot meals, and the concert hall to enjoy the nuns’ uplifting performances. Those found frostbitten on the roadside are quickly transported to the infirmary, where your sisters tend to them with care and healing. Meanwhile, wealthy nobles arrive in carriages, parking in the VIP lot before indulging in exclusive services: private prayers in grand halls, gourmet feasts in the noble dining hall, even soothing baths in the VIP guesthouse, and rare literature in the noble library. Their generous donations will help expand your monastery into a self-sustaining empire of charity and grace. --- Build, Manage & Upgrade Your Monastery From a humble snow-covered refuge to a grand holy complex. Every building you construct brings new functions, and every upgrade enhances your monastery's efficiency. Expand Facilities: Upgrade the church, canteen, infirmary, library, concert hall, and nobility quarters to serve more visitors and unlock new systems. Renovate & Customize: Enhance each building’s efficiency and beauty—more pews, faster kitchens, even heated floors to boost overall comfort for both guests and staff. Manage Resources : Balance food, medicine, firewood, and gold to keep your monastery running smoothly. --- Recruit & Lead Your Faithful Nuns Your staff is the soul of your sanctuary. Recruit, assign, and upgrade nuns and priests based on their unique skills. Receptions, Healers, cooks, musicians, scholars—you’ll need the right people in the right places to keep things moving. * Train new recruits to improve productivity * Assign specialized roles for greater efficiency * Keep your staff well-rested with cozy dorms and smart scheduling --- Idle Progress, Meaningful Impact Even when you're offline, your monastery stays active! Civilians keep arriving, the nobles keep donating, nuns continue their holy duties, and resources keep growing. Log back in to collect rewards and blessings, complete missions, and expand further. --- Deep Yet Relaxing Gameplay Unique Winter Setting: A cozy, snow-covered world full of challenge unlike any other tycoon game Faith Charity Mechanics : Help the needy, impress the elite, and grow your influence Noble Donations & Economy: Attract wealthy noble patrons to fund grand expansions Expanding Empire: Unlock new scenes even new themed maps Divine Missions: Complete sacred tasks to earn blessings and rare items Live Performances: Host musical events and ceremonies to boost morale and income --- Can You Build the Greatest Monastery? With faith, strategy, and compassion, your Idle Nuns Tycoon sanctuary will grow from a small refuge into a legendary stronghold of hope. Download now and begin your divine management adventure—where every kind act brings you one step closer to sainthood and success! Play Idle Nuns Tycoon FREE today!

About

Pathogen

Features
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Design a pathogen in your lab, release it on the world map and watch humanity fight back. YOUR LAB IS YOUR STRATEGY • 42 base pathogens in 7 families: viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, bio-synthetic agents and worms. • Build your genome gene by gene, discover synergies and keep your best strains. • Every family plays differently: prions spread slowly but stay almost undetectable, fungi depend on the climate, parasites travel with their vectors, worms are very hard to cure. MUTATIONS YOU CHOOSE • Mid-run, pick 1 mutation out of 3: no lottery, real decisions. • Your strain's genes unlock active abilities on the map, such as dormancy or host jumps. A HUMANITY THAT REMEMBERS • Every strain you release leaves a mark: the world recognises the family and reacts faster next time. • Borders that close gradually, countries in panic, riots or collapse, news that reacts to your choices. The game always shows you why. FOR EVERY PLAYER • 3 difficulty levels, including a truly easy mode, and a step-by-step tutorial. • Runs of 3 to 6 minutes, playable offline. • Leaderboards per difficulty, a weekly leaderboard and Game Center achievements. • Optional cloud save and Sign in with Apple. A FAIR MODEL • Free, with no ads. • Viruses, bacteria and fungi are free: 25 pathogens, unlocked as your lab levels up. • The 4 other families are one-time purchases: 1 pathogen playable right away, the others unlock as your lab levels up. The “All families” pack makes 4 pathogens playable at once and includes future families. Available in English, French, Spanish, German and Brazilian Portuguese. Pathogen is a work of fiction and a strategy game. It provides no medical information.

Screenshots

Idle Nuns Tycoon4 screens
Pathogen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pathogen at none against Idle Nuns Tycoon's shown. Pathogen also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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 Nuns Tycoon sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and Pathogen sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Nuns Tycoon ships an update fortnightly, Pathogen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Nuns Tycoon versus Pathogen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Nuns TycoonPathogen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (953 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings953 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size606 MB176 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSAMZU LIMITEDSebastien Girod

Bugs and requests

Idle Nuns Tycoon

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Daily quests don't reset
  • Collection items stop spawning

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More content and areas to explore

Pathogen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Idle Nuns Tycoon

One-time18
  • 138 Golds$0.99
  • Star PackageⅠ$0.99
  • Star PackageⅡ$1.99
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  • Brew Piggy Bank$1.99
  • Star PackageⅢ$2.99
  • Brewing Start$2.99
  • Scene2 Package$2.99
  • Star PackageⅣ$2.99
  • Starter Package$2.99
  • Piggy Bank$2.99
  • Brew Master$5.99
  • 890 Golds$5.99
  • Growth Fund$5.99
  • Spin Deluxe Pass$9.99
  • The Abbot$9.99
  • 1680 Golds$9.99
  • No Ads$14.99
  • VIP Package$19.99
5 purchases

Pathogen

One-time5
  • Parasite Family$2.99
  • Prion Family$2.99
  • Bio-synthetic Family$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Worm Family$2.99
  • All Families$7.99

Questions

Is Idle Nuns Tycoon free?
Idle Nuns Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pathogen free?
Pathogen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Nuns Tycoon or Pathogen have ads?
Idle Nuns Tycoon shows ads; Pathogen does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Nuns Tycoon or Pathogen?
Idle Nuns Tycoon ships an update fortnightly, and Pathogen weekly. Most recently, Idle Nuns Tycoon was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pathogen on October 25, 2026.

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