Comparison

Doom Loop vs Play History

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

Head to head
About

Doom Loop

Navigate a decade of accelerating change driven by AI and automation as a national leader. Make tough decisions to balance economic growth, social stability, and technological advancement. Respond to crises and aim to prevent a doom loop of inequality and unrest.

Highlights
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Dynamic event system
  • Multiple region management
  • Leader traits
  • Scoring system
  • Tutorial and briefings
  • Save and load functionality
Features
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Doom Loop: 2028–2038 is a strategy simulation game where you navigate a decade of accelerating change driven by automation, economics, and artificial intelligence. As a newly elected leader, you'll face tough decisions that shape the future of your nation. Balance economic growth with social stability, manage the rise of AI and automation, and respond to unexpected crises that threaten to send society into a doom loop of inequality and unrest. FEATURES: • Strategic Decision-Making – Choose policies that impact economics, technology, education, and social welfare across 10 critical years • Dynamic Event System – Respond to emerging crises, breakthroughs, and turning points that reshape the playing field • Multiple Regions – Manage diverse regions with unique challenges and strengths • Leader Traits – Select traits that define your leadership style and unlock unique policy options • Scoring System – Track your performance across multiple dimensions and aim for the best outcome • Tutorial & Briefings – Learn the ropes with an interactive tutorial and stay informed with detailed briefings • Atmospheric Audio – Immersive sound design that brings the tension of each decision to life • Save & Load – Pick up right where you left off Can you prevent the doom loop? Or will the forces of change prove too powerful to control? Free to play. Contact: thtmandreas@gmail.com

About

Play History

Features
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December 31, 1999. Tomorrow the century begins — and you already know how it goes: the crash, the boom, the wars, the walls. The only thing history hasn't decided is where you'll be standing. Play History is a turn-based game about carrying your capital through the 21st century intact. You begin on January 1, 2000, somewhere among 57 real jurisdictions, and you make one move per year to 2025. Each year asks four questions — in the order that actually decides a fortune: • Business — what you build, and where. • Savings — what you hold, and in which currency. • Tax residency — where you live on paper. • Citizenship — which passport, and where you stand politically. Then the year resolves against real history. The dot-com collapse. Lehman. Crimea. COVID. The war. The crises are non-negotiable, and everyone plays the same ones — the only question is whether you saw them coming. EVERY NUMBER CARRIES A RECEIPT This is not a slot machine. Every gain and loss is grounded in the historical record — real index returns, real exchange rates, real rules — and every figure links to its source. If a number looks wrong, flag it. PLAY YOUR OWN CENTURY, TOGETHER Start solo in seconds, no account needed. Or host a world and let friends join by code. Play is asynchronous: your year resolves the moment you commit, and everyone moves at their own pace — no clocks, no waiting, no kicks. Join a running world late and you still start in 2000; the Hall of Fame ranks by multiple, not size, so a modest start is a legitimate strategy. THE CHRONICLE Reach 2025 and your run is written up as a short chronicle drawn from your own ledger — the story of the century you actually played. Free to start. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the back half of the century (2013–2025) when you're ready to keep going. Play History — the whole century on one desk.

Screenshots

Doom Loop3 screens
Play History4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doom Loop at none against Play History's 1. Doom Loop also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Play History's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Play History sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Doom Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doom Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, Play History daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Doom Loop versus Play History: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoom LoopPlay History
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom HestasOnym OÜ

In-app purchases

None

Doom Loop

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Play History

One-time1
  • Q1 XXI$3.99

Questions

Is Doom Loop free?
Doom Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play History free?
Play History is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Doom Loop or Play History have ads?
Neither Doom Loop nor Play History shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doom Loop or Play History?
Doom Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, and Play History daily. Most recently, Doom Loop was updated on October 28, 2026 and Play History on October 8, 2026.

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