LUMINES REMASTERED vs Nitelore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LUMINES REMASTERED
Experience an addictive audio-visual puzzle game with block-dropping action and a vibrant soundtrack. Try free modes before unlocking the full experience with a single purchase.
- Audio-visual puzzle gameplay
- Multiple game modes
- House, trance, and techno soundtrack
- Intuitive touch controls or gamepad support
- Online leaderboards
- Cloud saves
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY] Try the first 15 levels in Challenge Mode and the full 60-second Time Attack Mode for free, then unlock the full game with a single in-app purchase. LUMINES REMASTERED brings the ultimate audio-visual puzzle phenomenon straight to your fingertips, beautifully marrying sound, light, and puzzle-action into one addictive yet simple game. Immerse yourself at the center of high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats. LUMINES REMASTERED is engineered perfectly for mobile. Take control by choosing from multiple intuitive touch layouts or connecting a gamepad for old-school precision. Take Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s critically acclaimed masterpiece with you everywhere and lose yourself in the music. Key Features: - Feel the vibes: 40 stages and a legendary soundtrack of house, trance, and techno beats—from chill to upbeat. Shuffle stages like a music playlist in Skin Edit mode. - Feel the challenge: From the non-stop puzzle fun of Challenge mode to the Time Attack, Puzzle, Mission, VS CPU and a 2P Battle (local only) modes, there's more than enough to sink your teeth into. - Feel the fun: Unlock all the music, stages, and avatars, and climb the ranks to the top of the online leaderboards. Cloud saves keep your progression going. - Feel the music: Grab your favorite pair of headphones and turn on vibration (if offered) on your device to immerse yourself in the experience.
Nitelore
Experience extreme anti-gravity racing with explosive combat across diverse, spectacular tracks. Compete in various game modes, upgrade your ships, and challenge other players online or through daily challenges. Enjoy customizable controls and cross-platform play.
- Ultraspeed anti-gravity racing
- Explosive combat and rival pilots
- Multiple game modes (Grand Prix, Time Attack, Elimination, Death Race)
- Online multiplayer with friends and strangers
- Spectacular and diverse tracks
- Ship customization and upgrades
- Daily challenges and leaderboards
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Race at impossible speeds across cities, volcanoes, alien worlds and the depths of space. Nitelore is extreme anti-gravity racing with explosive combat, rival pilots and constantly escalating challenges. Conquer Grand Prix seasons, chase the perfect lap, survive brutal eliminations and destroy your opponents in all-out death races. ENDLESS RACING - Compete across multiple cups, zones and full Grand Prix seasons. - Rise through the leagues and race for the championship. - Master every track, upgrade your ships and keep pushing for faster times. MULTIPLE GAME MODES - Grand Prix - Battle through complete seasons and claim the title. - Time Attack - Race against your personal-best ghost and shave every possible second from your time. - Elimination - Every 20 seconds, the last vehicle explodes. Stay ahead or be destroyed. - Death Race - Anything goes. Attack your rivals and be the last ship standing. ONLINE MULTIPLAYER - Race against friends or strangers online across all your tracks and game modes - Quick race to jump right in to the action - Invite your friends and have a group race - New Time Duel mode to compete for the record - Build your online rating and compete with others for medals & achievements SPECTACULAR TRACKS - Race through futuristic cities, volcanic plains, lunar landscapes, raging oceans and even a colossal star. - Discover alternate routes, dangerous obstacles and unique surprises on every track. - More tracks being added all the time! BUILD YOUR FLEET - Unlock a range of ships, each with its own handling and performance characteristics. - Upgrade and customise your ships to match your racing style or fury DAILY CHALLENGES - Take on a new challenge every day, from precision time trials to explosive combat. - Every attempt earns progress and coins toward new ships and upgrades, even if you don’t win. CHALLENGE OTHER PLAYERS - Compete with friends and rivals through Game Center. - Take part in a different weekly challenge and fight for the top position. - Climb worldwide, weekly and daily leaderboards. PLAY YOUR WAY - Choose tilt, touch or game controller input (+ keyboard on Mac & iPad if you wish). - Chase, tight or cockpit view (plus furry dice if you like) - Unlock achievements and prove yourself across every racing mode. - Pacifist mode for Grand Prix if you just want to race and avoid being blowed up! MORE - Play mini races on your Apple Watch - Cross-play and race on your Apple TV - It's a whole menagerie out there! There is fast and there is ultraspeed. How far are you willing to go?!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nitelore at every 4 days against LUMINES REMASTERED's every 2 weeks. Nitelore also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 63%) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). LUMINES REMASTERED's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. LUMINES REMASTERED sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Nitelore sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for LUMINES REMASTERED against 4.6 for Nitelore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 56 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of LUMINES REMASTERED's written reviews are positive against 79% of Nitelore's.
LUMINES REMASTERED ships an update every 2 weeks, Nitelore every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LUMINES REMASTERED | Nitelore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (58 ratings) | 4.6 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #198 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 596 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sound Games | Crabware |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
LUMINES REMASTERED
- Unlock Full Game$7.99
- Unlock Full Game$9.99
Nitelore
- Offworld$1.99
- World Tour$1.99
- Coin Cache - 6,000 Coins$1.99
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- Unlock Nitelore$2.99
- Coin Vault - 18,000 Coins$4.99
- Coin Hoard - 40,000 Coins$9.99
- Motherlode - 90,000 Coins$19.99
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