Comparison

Stellar vs Incremental ELM Quest 2

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

Head to head
About

Stellar

Build an interstellar empire from a single colony to galactic domination. Develop colonies, explore solar systems, research technologies, and engage with AI factions through diplomacy or warfare. Manage resources, build diverse fleets, and complete missions to unlock new features.

Highlights
  • Colony development and resource management
  • Interstellar exploration and colonization
  • Extensive technology tree
  • AI faction interaction (diplomacy/warfare)
  • Diverse fleet building and combat
  • Resource trading and market management
  • Commander missions and achievements
Features
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Start with one colony on a lost planet. End as the power that rules the galaxy. Stellar Dominion is a space strategy game in the tradition of OGame, rebuilt for your phone: deep economy, real fleets, and an empire that keeps producing while you are away. BUILD YOUR EMPIRE Mines, refineries, laboratories and shipyards: shape every colony, balance ore, crystal and helium-3, manage your energy, and push storage further with the Wonder, the endgame project that turns surplus into power. EXPLORE AND LOOT Send expeditions into the unknown and choose their posture. Scan stellar anomalies to weigh the loot before you attack. Bring debris fields home with your recyclers. RESEARCH AND SPECIALISE A full tech tree, doctrines, talent trees and colony destinies such as Arsenal, Gaia or Free Zone. Two empires never look alike. COMMAND YOUR FLEET Fighters, cruisers, battleships, destroyers, Leviathans and healer ships. Simulate a battle before you commit, read the full report, then replay it round by round. PLAY TOGETHER Join an alliance, share resources, muster a joint assault on the Asteroid Belt, and face the world boss every weekend with the whole server. Seasons open fresh worlds with their own leaderboards. MADE BY ONE DEVELOPER Free to play, no energy meter, and gems can be earned in play. New versions every few weeks, built from player feedback on Discord. Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

About

Incremental ELM Quest 2

Explore a world where elemental forces are merging, cataloging creatures and uncovering a deep mystery. This offline RPG features extensive progression systems, a vast bestiary, and a narrative told through field reports. Earn rewards even while offline.

Highlights
  • Catalog over 4000 unique creatures
  • Level up over 300 hero classes
  • Explore elemental portals
  • Offline progression
  • Narrative told through field journals
  • Deep progression systems
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A free incremental RPG you can play entirely offline. No ads, no paywall, and every goal in the game is reachable without spending a cent. The world's eight elemental forces were once held apart. Now they are bleeding together, and everything is changing. You are a Cataloguer: a licensed scholar sent into the saturated zones to document what lives there. Encounter creatures, record them, and fill the Manifest, one species at a time. The more you catalogue, the more the world opens up, and the closer you come to the thing nobody wants to talk about: why everything is falling apart. If you've always wanted to play a uniquely idle monster collecting adventure with the patience of a nature documentary and the wit of a dungeon crawl, this is your chance. Explore portals, return to new species and new regions, and watch the Manifest fill in like a field journal. WHAT YOU'LL FIND • Over 4,000 creatures to find, fight, and catalogue. Each holds a small piece of the overall narrative. • Over 300 classes to equip and level up. Send your hero into elemental portals and take control as battles unfold. • Offline progression that unlocks early and never stops: your hero keeps earning and your disciples keep hunting while the app is closed. • Every portal is graded. The threat ratings are, unfortunately, accurate. • 16 narrators bring the world alive through their lost dossiers. Sixteen cataloguers came before you and its on you to find out why they stopped writing. • Deep progression: level classes, raise disciples, study at the university, upgrade your guild license, master insignias, power up skills, and more. • Rare enemy variants, an ever-expanding ladder of achievements, and Game Center leaderboards (purely optional). FAIR BY DESIGN The whole game is offline, free, and ad-free. The optional purchases are purely cosmetics that support a solo, part-time developer. I'm an incremental game fan who got bored waiting for the next one to drop. Made by one person as a part-time passion project. Thank you for giving it a shot!

Screenshots

Stellar4 screens
Incremental ELM Quest 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Incremental ELM Quest 2 at none against Stellar's shown. Incremental ELM Quest 2 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (85% vs 69%). Stellar's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Stellar sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Incremental ELM Quest 2 sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Stellar against 4.6 for Incremental ELM Quest 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Stellar's written reviews are positive against 85% of Incremental ELM Quest 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stellar ships an update weekly, Incremental ELM Quest 2 every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stellar versus Incremental ELM Quest 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellarIncremental ELM Quest 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (45 ratings) — better4.6 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4553 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB192 MB
Age rating12++9
DeveloperEnoxysEric Marin

Customer experience

Stellar

All ratings45 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative7.7%

Incremental ELM Quest 2

All ratings51 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Stellar

One-time7
  • Star Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Constellation Pack$3.99
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  • Founder Pack$6.99
  • Galaxy Pack$8.99
  • VIP Pass$12.99
  • Admiral's Vault$22.99
16 purchases

Incremental ELM Quest 2

One-time16
  • Cosmetic: D- Pack$0.99
  • Support Tip$0.99
  • Support Coffee$4.99
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  • Cosmetic: S- Pack$6.99
  • Cosmetic: SS- Pack$7.99
  • Cosmetic: S+ Pack$7.99
  • Cosmetic: SS+ Pack$8.99
  • Cosmetic: SSS- Pack$9.99
  • Cosmetic: SSS Pack$9.99
  • Cosmetic: SSS+ Pack$9.99
  • Cosmetic: Letter of Patronage$9.99
  • Support Lunch$9.99
  • Cosmetic: Founder's Edition$19.99
  • Support Dinner$19.99
  • Support Updates$29.99
  • Support Next Game$49.99

Questions

Is Stellar free?
Stellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Incremental ELM Quest 2 free?
Incremental ELM Quest 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stellar or Incremental ELM Quest 2?
Stellar is rated higher. Stellar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Incremental ELM Quest 2 averages 4.6 from 53 ratings.
Do Stellar or Incremental ELM Quest 2 have ads?
Stellar shows ads; Incremental ELM Quest 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Stellar or Incremental ELM Quest 2?
Stellar ships an update weekly, and Incremental ELM Quest 2 every 4 days. Most recently, Stellar was updated on October 25, 2026 and Incremental ELM Quest 2 on October 25, 2026.

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