Emergent vs Dark Future
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emergent
Shape barren worlds with hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulations. Terraform landscapes, create ecosystems, and mine resources to power your connection to other players' realities. Balance creation and destruction to keep planetary hearts beating.
- Hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulation
- Terraform mountains and carve rivers
- Paint life onto barren worlds
- Remote viewing of other players' realities
- Send and receive gold with other players
- Mine resources to maintain connection
- 10 unique explorable worlds
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Your planet is your canvas. Sculpt a living world like clay. Raise mountains with a finger, flood the seas, and let rivers dig gold out of the rock. Where the water goes, life follows — and evolves to fit the world you made. Other players' planets orbit alongside yours. Visit them. Chat with whoever's home. Send gold in an envelope that isn't anyone's until it's opened. WHAT YOU DO • Sculpt terrain in real time — one finger raises land, two fingers fly • Seed life and watch it spread, species by species • Mine gold. Every gram costs the world something. • Fly satellites — 107 of them — that steer weather, growth, and fortune • Gamble at the Cosmic Arcade: slots, blackjack, carts, snow tubes • Top the leaderboard by wealth, or by how much life your world holds Your world keeps living while you're away. Rivers flow, ore returns, and eleven planets wait in the dark. One account, every screen. Start on your phone, continue in any browser at emergent-d.com. Same world, same wallet, same friends.
Dark Future
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Welkom in de onderwereld. Dark Future is een tekstgebaseerd misdaadspel waarin je van kleine crimineel uitgroeit tot een naam waar de hele stad bang voor is. Pleeg misdaden, verdien geld, sluit je aan bij een crew en reken af met iedereen die je in de weg staat. Eén verkeerde beweging en je belandt in de cel of erger. Wat je kunt doen - Crimes plegen met cooldowns en de kans om gepakt te worden - Handelen op de zwarte markt en op de aandelenmarkt - Een crew oprichten of erbij gaan, met een gezamenlijke kluis, rangen en uitnodigingen - Andere spelers uitschakelen, bounties plaatsen en oorlog voeren - Reizen tussen steden en voertuigen kopen - Je geld beheren via de bank: storten, opnemen en overmaken - Gokken in het casino: slots, roulette, blackjack en de loterij - Berichten sturen, buddies en genegeerde spelers beheren en profielen bekijken - Je eigen profiel en dashboard aanpassen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dark Future at none against Emergent's 1. Dark Future also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Emergent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dark Future asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Emergent | Dark Future |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Joseph Smith | Mitchell Breden |
In-app purchases
Emergent
- 10,000 Gold$0.99
Dark Future
No in-app purchases









