Outhold vs Keep on Mining!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Outhold
A strategic incremental game combining tower defense with deep meta-progression. Experiment with various builds and discover powerful synergies to defend the last fires. Enjoy an addictive game loop with a deep upgrade tree where experimentation is rewarded.
- Incremental tower defense gameplay
- Deep meta-progression
- Build variety and synergies
- Addictive game loop
- Deep upgrade tree
- Free upgrade refunds
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[Incremental Tower Defense with Build Variety] Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold. [Addictive Game Loop] Start a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obliterate everything coming against you. [Deep Upgrade Tree] Create unique builds that fit your playstyle. Experimentation is rewarded, and all upgrades can be refunded for free. [Strategize] Focus on upgrading just one specific tower, or find unique tower synergies. There are many ways to progress through Outhold, the choice is up to you.
Keep on Mining!
Engage in an incremental mining adventure, collecting ores and unlocking new worlds. Progress through a vast skill tree with over 200 upgrades and craft powerful pickaxes to enhance your mining capabilities.
- Mine rocks and collect ores
- Unlock new worlds with talent points
- Progress through a skill tree with 200+ upgrades
- Craft and upgrade pickaxes
- Discover unique pickaxe equip bonuses
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Mine rocks and collect ores! Keep on Mining! - Worlds is a simple incremental mining game about mining rocks. The sequel keeps the core gameplay loop from Keep on Mining! but adds many more worlds, upgrades, artifacts, pickaxes and some cool new stuff! Unlock new worlds! Make progress though the game via unlocking new worlds! Worlds can be purchased using your talent points. Talent point are gathered via leveling up. Every time you purchase a new world, 5 talent cards will appear. Choose 2 to keep! Purchase upgrades! Purchase permanent upgrades inside the Skill Tree! The Skill tree features 200+ upgrades and has a variety of fun upgrades. Craft pickaxes! Use your gathered bars to craft new pickaxes. Pickaxes can also be upgraded with your gems! Upgrading your pickaxe will improve every pickaxe stat. Every pickaxe also has a unique Equip Bonus that will only apply to the equipped pickaxe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Outhold at 4.9 against Keep on Mining!'s 4.5. Outhold also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 50%) and ratings volume (212 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Outhold costs $3.99 and Keep on Mining! $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Outhold holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outhold has 212 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Outhold's written reviews are positive against 50% of Keep on Mining!'s.
| Parameter | Outhold | Keep on Mining! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (212 ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #50 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 302 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MinMax Software AB | Simon Eftestøl |
Customer experience
Outhold
Keep on Mining!
In-app purchases
Outhold
No in-app purchases
Keep on Mining!
No in-app purchases
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