Comparison

Oil Rig Tycoon vs Falling Matter

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

Head to head
About

Oil Rig Tycoon

Build and manage an offshore oil drilling empire. Start with a basic platform, upgrade facilities, and optimize resource extraction. Defend your operations from pirate attacks to grow your wealth.

Highlights
  • Offshore base building
  • Resource management
  • Facility upgrades
  • Optimized extraction
  • Pirate defense
Features
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This is a simulation management + idle oil drilling game. You'll start with an abandoned drilling platform and gradually develop your offshore operations base. Manage resources, upgrade facilities, optimize extraction processes, and fend off pirate threats that could strike at any time!

About

Falling Matter

Explore a pixel physics sandbox with over 60 materials like sand, water, and lava. Simulate realistic heat transfer, material reactions, and explosive events. Build, save, and share your unique creations with others.

Highlights
  • Realistic pixel physics simulation
  • Over 60 materials and tools
  • Heat transfer and material reactions
  • Explosive events and special tools
  • Build, save, and share creations
  • Tilt controls for pouring
Features
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Falling Matter is a pixel physics sandbox where every grain matters. Pour sand, flood it with water, drop lava on top and watch the world react. REAL PHYSICS, REAL HEAT • Every pixel has a temperature. Heat spreads fast through metal and slowly through wood and air. • Water boils and freezes, ice melts, lava cools into obsidian, sand melts into glass. • Liquids settle into layers by weight: gasoline floats on oil, oil on water, mercury sinks below everything. • Turn on Heat view to see your world through a thermal camera. 60+ MATERIALS AND TOOLS Powders, liquids, gases, metals, explosives, plants and people. Mix acid with metal to make hydrogen, cool red-hot metal in water, burn wood into glowing charcoal, or let thermite burn through a steel plate. BIG BOOMS Drop an atomic bomb on a city, call down a meteor, strike with lightning, or open a black hole and watch it swallow everything nearby. Explosives, black holes, meteors, lightning and people are part of the Unlock All Matter upgrade. BUILD, SAVE, SHARE • Start from six ready-made worlds or a blank sandbox. • Four save slots with previews. • Share a picture or an 8-second video clip of your creation. • Pinch to zoom in on the smallest grains. AND MORE • Tilt your phone to pour, like sand in a jar. • 13 trophies, with Game Center achievements. • Sound effects and vibration for explosions and lightning. • Tips that explain each material (turn them off any time). • In English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. • Free to play. Remove ads or unlock every material with one-time purchases.

Screenshots

Oil Rig Tycoon4 screens
Falling Matter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Oil Rig Tycoon at 315 against Falling Matter's 1. Oil Rig Tycoon also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Falling Matter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Oil Rig Tycoon sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Falling Matter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Falling Matter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oil Rig Tycoon has 315 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oil Rig Tycoon ships an update every 5 days, Falling Matter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Oil Rig Tycoon versus Falling Matter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOil Rig TycoonFalling Matter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (315 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings315 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperXiamen Yiniao Game Technology Co.,Ltd.Jaylen Byrd

Customer experience

Oil Rig Tycoon

All ratings305 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral23.5%
Negative58.8%

Falling Matter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Oil Rig Tycoon

One-time10
  • DIAMOND1$0.99
  • General Manager$4.99
  • DIAMOND2$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Expansion Pack$6.99
  • Markering Expert$6.99
  • NO MORE ADS$9.99
  • DIAMOND3$9.99
  • DIAMOND4$19.99
  • DIAMOND5$49.99
  • DIAMOND6$99.99
3 purchases

Falling Matter

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Matter$2.99
  • Everything Bundle$3.99

Questions

Is Oil Rig Tycoon free?
Oil Rig Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Falling Matter free?
Falling Matter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Oil Rig Tycoon or Falling Matter?
Falling Matter is rated higher. Oil Rig Tycoon averages 4.7 out of 5 from 315 ratings, while Falling Matter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Oil Rig Tycoon or Falling Matter have ads?
Both Oil Rig Tycoon and Falling Matter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Oil Rig Tycoon or Falling Matter?
Oil Rig Tycoon ships an update every 5 days, and Falling Matter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Oil Rig Tycoon was updated on October 28, 2026 and Falling Matter on October 26, 2026.

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