Comparison

High Plains Installer vs Deepforge

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

Head to head
About

High Plains Installer

Features
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Build your installation empire one tap at a time. High Plains Installer puts you in charge of a growing home technology business. Start with nothing but a drill and a dream — tap your way to your first contract, hire your crew, and watch the cash flow while you're away. BUILD YOUR BUSINESS Purchase 8 professional tools, each with unlimited upgrade levels. Hire 6 staff types who generate passive income around the clock. Unlock one-time tool enhancements that permanently multiply your output. ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING Hot Jobs appear randomly — catch them fast for big bonuses. Complete Quests for cash rewards. Sign Contracts with clients for structured challenges. Spin the Lucky Wheel for surprise prizes. Random events shake things up with double earnings, discount sales, click frenzies, and more. GO DEEPER Prestige when you're ready to reset and earn Franchise Points for permanent upgrades. Climb a 14-skill Skill Tree across Click Power and Passive Income paths. Earn Reputation Stars through playtime and spend them on lasting perks. YOUR PROGRESS IS SAFE A three-tier auto-save system protects every run. Offline earnings keep the cash flowing while you're away. No internet connection required — ever. 50+ ACHIEVEMENTS From your first $10,000 to a trillion dollars earned, milestones track your journey from rookie to mogul. Think you're tough enough? Enable Grind Mode for a punishing difficulty increase — 75% less income, 3x higher prices, no offline earnings. Not for the faint of heart. Free to play. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just you and the grind.

About

Deepforge

Embark on a relaxing idle mining adventure. Dig through endless layers, hire and upgrade miners, and grow a vast skill tree to earn riches even while offline. Reset your progress for permanent boosts and play your way with optional ads.

Highlights
  • Endless mining layers
  • Hire and assign miners
  • Extensive 538-skill tree
  • Offline earnings
  • Ascend for permanent boosts
  • Optional ads for boosts
Features
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Grab a pickaxe and start digging. Deepforge is a relaxing idle mining game where every tap, every miner and every upgrade takes you deeper. DIG DEEPER Break through layer after layer of an endless mine, from topsoil to granite, basalt and beyond. Every layer has its own ore, and deeper ore is worth more. Watch for rich veins and Motherlodes worth three times as much. BUILD YOUR CREW Hire miners and put them to work where they earn the most, or let Auto Assign do it for you. Unlock more slots and watch your crew swing away. GROW A HUGE SKILL TREE Spend your cash on a 538-skill tree with six branches: miner speed, ore value, tap power, dig speed, offline earnings and more. Unlock keystones for big permanent jumps. EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Your miners keep digging when you close the game. Come back to a pile of cash waiting for you. ASCEND Reset your mine for permanent Paragon levels that make every future run faster. PLAY YOUR WAY Ads are always optional: watch one only if you want a boost, a bigger ore cart haul or double offline earnings. Or get the one-time Foreman Pass to skip every ad and earn 50% more offline.

Screenshots

High Plains Installer4 screens
Deepforge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: High Plains Installer at none against Deepforge's 1. High Plains Installer also leads on ads (none vs shown). Deepforge's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price 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. Deepforge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. High Plains Installer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
High Plains Installer versus Deepforge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHigh Plains InstallerDeepforge
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB73 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTimothy Myers10XGames LLC

In-app purchases

None

High Plains Installer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Deepforge

One-time1
  • Foreman Pass$4.99

Questions

Is High Plains Installer free?
High Plains Installer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deepforge free?
Deepforge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do High Plains Installer or Deepforge have ads?
Deepforge shows ads; High Plains Installer does not.

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