DepthDrift vs The Fallow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DepthDrift
Explore mysterious caves and build a team of unique characters in this idle RPG. Your team battles and collects treasure even while you're offline. Craft gear, research technology, and upgrade your base for permanent progression.
- Idle exploration and combat
- Six unique character classes
- Base building and facility upgrades
- Equipment crafting and enhancement
- Research for permanent bonuses
- No ads or pay-to-win mechanics
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Dive deep into mysterious underground caves in DepthDrift — the idle RPG where your team explores, battles, and collects treasure even while you sleep. Recruit 6 unique character classes. Craft powerful gear. Research ancient technology. How deep can you go? EXPLORE THE DEPTHS Send your team of explorers on expeditions into forgotten caverns. They'll fight monsters, find rare loot, and push deeper — all on their own. Come back to discover what they've uncovered. 6 CHARACTER CLASSES Build the perfect team from six distinct classes: - Warrior: Tanky front-line defender - Mage: Elemental magic damage dealer - Scout: Fast explorer with treasure-finding bonuses - Healer: Keep your team alive in the deep - Engineer: Crafting specialist with equipment bonuses - Summoner: Command mystical creatures IDLE PROGRESSION THAT NEVER STOPS Your expedition continues while you're away. Close the app, go to sleep, live your life — and return to find treasure, experience, and surprises waiting for you. Real progress with zero pressure. BUILD & UPGRADE YOUR BASE Invest resources into 6 upgradeable facilities: - Laboratory for permanent research bonuses - Forge for crafting and enhancing equipment - Warehouse for expanded storage - Trading Post to buy, sell, and exchange - And more to discover as you go deeper CRAFT POWERFUL EQUIPMENT Gather rare ores and materials from cave expeditions. Forge weapons, armor, and accessories. Enhance your gear to push past previously impossible depths. RESEARCH & PERMANENT UPGRADES Unlock permanent bonuses through the research system. Every discovery makes your team stronger — not just for one run, but forever. NO ADS. NO PRESSURE. DepthDrift is designed to respect your time. No forced ads, no energy timers, no pay-to-win walls. Just a calm, rewarding idle RPG that fits into your life. Start your expedition today. The caves are waiting.
The Fallow
Engage in a top-down survival experience focused on farming, crafting, and exploration in a calm yet perilous open world. Build your base, manage resources, and discover new areas at your own pace. This early access game offers continuous updates and improvements.
- Open world survival
- Farming and animal care
- Extensive crafting system
- Base building and land protection
- Resource management
- Exploration with horses
- NPC interaction and trading
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Survive, build, and explore in a calm but dangerous open world. The Fallow is a top-down survival game focused on farming, crafting, exploration, and long-term progression. Play in vertical or landscape mode. This is an early access game with frequent updates, new features, and ongoing improvements. Core Features • Open world survival gameplay • Farming, animals, and resource management • Crafting system with weapons, tools, and gear • Base building and land protection • Hunger, thirst, health, and survival systems • Ride horses and explore new areas • NPCs, merchants, and trading • Day and night cycle with dynamic atmosphere and music • Light enemies including zombies, skeletons, and creatures Gameplay Experience a relaxing survival game with a calm tone and moments of danger. Build your land, grow food, care for animals, and explore at your own pace while managing your survival needs. Early Access The Fallow is actively being developed. • Regular updates • New systems and content coming • Continuous improvements based on feedback Start early, build your world, and grow with the game as it expands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Fallow at 100% against DepthDrift's 0%. The Fallow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
DepthDrift costs $3.99 and The Fallow $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Fallow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Fallow has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of DepthDrift's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Fallow's.
DepthDrift ships an update every 5 days, The Fallow daily. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | DepthDrift | The Fallow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 566 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takumi Kanzaki | Luis Dalmasy |
Customer experience
DepthDrift
The Fallow
In-app purchases
DepthDrift
No in-app purchases
The Fallow
No in-app purchases









