Comparison

Orb Dash vs Narco Empire

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

Head to head
About

Orb Dash

Features
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Transform your gaming experience with Orb Dash, a vibrant side-scrolling arcade game that combines colorful visuals, smooth game-play, and endless customization options. Navigate your avatar through a stream of colorful orbs, collect them to change your avatar's appearance, and challenge yourself across six unique game modes.

About

Narco Empire

Build your criminal empire from the ground up, managing drug labs, high-stakes smuggling operations, and turf wars. Make strategic choices to rise from a nobody to a feared kingpin in a gritty, cinematic underworld.

Highlights
  • Build and manage drug labs
  • Execute high-stakes smuggling operations
  • Engage in turf wars and rival takedowns
  • Recruit and manage loyal underbosses
  • Launder money through legitimate fronts
  • Make strategic choices for empire growth
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Claw your way out of the gutter and seize control of the underworld in Narco Empire. Step into a gritty, cinematic world of hidden drug labs, high-risk shipments, and bloody turf wars. Every choice you make about trust, risk, and ambition turns you from a nobody into a feared kingpin. From Corner Deals To The Throne You start with nothing but nerve. Run small deals, trade favors, and turn every win into power. Block by block, the city bends to your name. But every move you make creates new enemies, and the higher you climb, the harder they hit. How far will you go? Control the Underground Supply Scour through dangerous neighborhoods for rare ingredients and grow a hidden backroom op into a full production line. Get hands-on in the lab, refine every batch, and drive up its street value. Sharpen your methods, hire people you can trust, and scale from a workbench to a full factory. Pull Off High-Stakes Smuggling Pick your routes, load up your convoy, and think fast when things go wrong. Run armed shipments through enemy turf. Slip by quiet or roll in heavy. Buy off the right cops, hit rival gangs where it hurts, and never trust a checkpoint. Each run grows your empire. Turn Product Into Power Move people. Push weight on the streets, ink wholesale deals worth millions, and launder every dirty dollar through legit fronts. Pressure your rivals into submission or shake hands with them. Spread your investments wide and keep your empire in the shadows. Keep the Crown & Stay Alive Power attracts betrayal. One mistake turns everything to ash. Recruit loyal underbosses, sharpen your enforcers, and root out the snitch before he moves on you. Talk, threaten, or pull the trigger. Loyalty flips overnight. Rule the underworld, or rot in a case file with the rest. Disclaimer: This game is a work of fiction. All items, events, and characters depicted are entirely fictional and intended for entertainment purposes only. Intended for mature audiences.

Screenshots

Orb Dash4 screens
Narco Empire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Narco Empire at every 2 days against Orb Dash's every 2 months. Narco Empire also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orb Dash sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Narco Empire sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orb Dash ships an update every 2 months, Narco Empire every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orb Dash versus Narco Empire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrb DashNarco Empire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB578 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDarryl ReedSparkhaven HK Limited

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Orb Dash

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • Emoji Milestones Unlock$0.99
  • Projectile Clues$0.99
  • Rocket Ships Unlock$0.99
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  • Remove Ads$4.99
9 purchases

Narco Empire

One-time9
  • $0.99 Pack$0.99
  • $1.99 Pack$1.99
  • $2.99 Pack$2.99
Show 6 more
  • $4.99 Pack$4.99
  • $9.99 Pack$9.99
  • $14.99 Pack$14.99
  • $19.99 Pack$19.99
  • $49.99 Pack$49.99
  • $99.99 Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Orb Dash free?
Orb Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Narco Empire free?
Narco Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orb Dash or Narco Empire have ads?
Neither Orb Dash nor Narco Empire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orb Dash or Narco Empire?
Orb Dash ships an update every 2 months, and Narco Empire every 2 days. Most recently, Orb Dash was updated on October 31, 2026 and Narco Empire on November 5, 2026.

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