Comparison

Arcbound vs Deep Corp

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

Head to head
About

Arcbound

Design and manage a colony ship as it journeys through deep space. Guide your crew through resource management, social dynamics, and dangerous missions. Build a self-sustaining civilization within a single, evolving starship.

Highlights
  • Grid-based ship construction
  • Simulated resource networks
  • Crew needs and relationships
  • Consequence-driven missions
  • Research new technologies
  • Societal stability management
  • Emergent storytelling
Features
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Arcbound is a colony simulation game set entirely on a single evolving starship. Everything is connected. And everything can fail at any moment. Design and expand your ship room by room, manage oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide a fragile civilisation from Earth’s final evacuation into deep space. WHAT YOU DO Design and expand your Arcship room by room Manage oxygen, power, water, and food to keep your crew alive Send missions to Earth to recover resources and survivors Grow your ship into a self-sustaining spacefaring civilisation Every system connects. Every decision has consequences. Inspired by classic colony sims, Arcbound takes the genre into a single fully interconnected starship, where layout, systems, and social dynamics are tightly linked. FROM ESCAPE SHIP TO STAR-BOUND SOCIETY Early Access includes both phases of Arcbound’s journey: Phase 1: The Exodus Stabilise your ship before Earth collapses and prepare for launch. Phase 2: The Voyage Guide a growing civilian population during multi-year transit as your Arcship becomes a living society facing internal pressure, scarcity, and unknown signals from deep space. BUILD YOUR ARCSHIP Start with a small emergency platform and grow it into a fully functioning star-faring vessel. Design living quarters, engineering bays, hydroponics, research facilities, and life-support systems while managing power, water, atmosphere, and maintenance across a fully simulated ship. A well-designed ship creates stability. A poorly planned one barely survives. MANAGE YOUR CREW Your crew are more than workers. They form friendships and rivalries, develop beliefs, suffer stress, and react to the decisions you make as commander. Social relationships and ideology evolve over time, influencing morale, productivity, and the long-term identity of your Arcship. Rescue new survivors, but every arrival may change the culture of your ship. SURVIVE THROUGH MISSIONS Send crews beyond your vessel on dangerous expeditions to secure vital resources. Recover technology, extract survivors, or raid for fuel, missions always return something… but consequences follow. Injuries, conflict, and unexpected events can reshape life aboard your ship long after the mission ends. Missions can trigger injuries, political tension, or unexpected consequences that ripple through life aboard the ship. KEY FEATURES Grid-based ship construction and expansion Fully simulated oxygen, power, water, and resource networks Crew needs, skills, relationships, and ideology systems Consequence-driven mission system Research unlocking new technologies and discoveries Civilian population and societal stability management Emergent storytelling driven by player decisions Pause and time controls for relaxed strategic play Designed for long-form sandbox progression In Arcbound, your entire civilisation exists within a single evolving Arcship. Every decision shapes not just your ship, but the society living inside it. Stabilise your ship before Earth collapses… or carry your failures with you into the void. A CALM SURVIVAL EXPERIENCE Arcbound is designed as a chilled but thoughtful space management experience. Most of the time you’ll be carefully expanding and optimising your ship, until emergencies, social tension, or difficult choices introduce moments of drama. There is no single correct way to survive. Only the ship you build… and the future you create. Join the community on Discord

About

Deep Corp

Manage a mining company and govern a frontier town in the Wild West. Dig for resources, build production chains, and restore devastated towns by fulfilling orders. Develop industries and create efficient transport networks to become an industrial tycoon.

Highlights
  • Mining and resource extraction
  • Logistics and transport network building
  • Production chain development
  • Town restoration and governance
  • Wild West economic simulation
  • Worker and mine management
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Deep Corp is a strategic management sim set in the waning days of the Wild West, blending resource extraction, production chains, and regional governance. Build and manage a mining company, organize resources and transportation, develop local industry, and, as the region’s new governor, help restore a devastated frontier. DIG DEEP & MANAGE YOUR MINES Explore underground areas, conduct geological surveys, and discover valuable deposits. Dig tunnels, hire miners, assign workers, and design efficient mine layouts. Resources are not extracted automatically. Place warehouses carefully, organize mine cart traffic, and prevent underground traffic jams that can slow down your entire operation. BUILD A LOGISTICS NETWORK Extracting resources is only the beginning. Connect mines, factories, warehouses, and towns with efficient transport routes. Buy and upgrade carts, deliver resources where they are needed, and build reliable supply chains as your mining company expands. Every route matters: one weak link can disrupt the entire economy. DEVELOP YOUR INDUSTRY Turn raw materials into valuable goods. Open new factories, unlock recipes, and combine materials from different production sites. Coordinate extraction, storage, manufacturing, and delivery as one connected system. REBUILD CITIES AS GOVERNOR Take responsibility not only for your company, but for the surrounding region as well. Fulfill city orders, deliver essential goods, and help devastated frontier towns recover. Successful deliveries earn you money, new workers, and access to further expansion opportunities. Fail to complete key orders, and your approval rating will fall. DEEP CORP FEATURES: • Mining Strategy: Dig tunnels, survey deposits, hire miners, and manage worker assignments. • Resource Management: Organize extraction, storage, manufacturing, and delivery. • Transport Network: Build routes, upgrade carts, and prevent traffic jams. • Production Chains: Unlock recipes and manufacture increasingly complex goods. • Town Restoration: Fulfill orders, rebuild towns, and develop the frontier. • Wild West Economy: Grow a mining company and restore a struggling region. Dig deeper, build smarter, and become an industrial tycoon in Deep Corp!

Screenshots

Arcbound3 screens
Deep Corp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arcbound at 5.0 against Deep Corp's 3.8. Arcbound also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Deep Corp's advantage is ratings volume (224 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Arcbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Deep Corp sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arcbound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep Corp has 224 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcbound ships an update every 2 days, Deep Corp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Arcbound versus Deep Corp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcboundDeep Corp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (224 ratings)
Positive reviews—35.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2224 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB740 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDean LennardAI Games FZ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arcbound

One-time1
  • Arcbound - Early Access$9.99
1 purchases

Deep Corp

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Arcbound free?
Arcbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deep Corp free?
Deep Corp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arcbound or Deep Corp?
Arcbound is rated higher. Arcbound averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Deep Corp averages 3.8 from 224 ratings.
Do Arcbound or Deep Corp have ads?
Deep Corp shows ads; Arcbound does not.
Which is updated more often, Arcbound or Deep Corp?
Arcbound ships an update every 2 days, and Deep Corp every 2 months. Most recently, Arcbound was updated on October 31, 2026 and Deep Corp on November 1, 2026.

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