Comparison

Silicon Evolution vs Primordia Lab

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

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About

Silicon Evolution

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Start with a single 8-bit CPU. End up running a quantum supercomputer. Everything in between is up to you. Silicon Evolution is an idle game about building a computing empire across 8 technology eras. Buy hardware, invest in research, prestige to keep your gains, and come back to find your empire still ticking away while you were gone. The research tree has 122 nodes across 11 categories - power, cooling, networking, security, virtualization and more. Each node has 5 levels. It takes a while to work through all of it, and that's kind of the point. Once you hit the 32-bit era, you pick an architecture path that sticks for the rest of the run: - Overclocker: your cycle output goes up 60% and the Boost button lasts twice as long - Architect: knowledge generation goes up 80% and research gets 40% cheaper - Resilience: offline earnings jump 120% and your legacy hardware earns 3x as much Prestige resets your hardware but not your silicon shards, which permanently multiply what you earn. Each run is a bit faster than the last. After enough runs you can reset everything for a leaderboard time and try to beat yourself. Old hardware never disappears - it becomes legacy income that keeps paying out forever. No paywalls. No timers you can pay to skip. The only in-app purchase removes ads, and that's it.

About

Primordia Lab

Experiment with physics in a simulated world, starting with atoms and building up to complex civilizations. Discover new elements, build real circuits, and cause chaos with powerful tools. Learn about science as you play.

Highlights
  • Falling-sand physics simulation
  • Discovery-driven progression
  • Idle economy
  • Build real circuits
  • Cause absolute havoc
  • Learn real science
Features
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Primordia Lab is a physics sandbox where you start with a handful of atoms and end up somewhere no one expects. Paint elements into a living, simulated world. Water flows, fire spreads, metals melt, storms rain, and every pixel obeys the same rules. Mix substances to discover new ones, log your findings in the journal, and spend your earnings on new tools for the lab. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - A real falling-sand simulation: heat, pressure, electricity, magnetism, and gravity all interact - Discovery-driven progression: combine what you have to reveal what comes next - An idle economy that keeps working while you are away - Research programs, blueprints, and a technology tree that unlock deeper systems - Ollie, the lab's assistant, shows you around and tells the lab's story - One shared in-game planet: every scientist's work adds up to restore it, stage by stage - A long arc of ages that starts with chemistry and goes much further than you think BUILD REAL CIRCUITS Wire batteries, switches, motors, and lamps into working DC circuits. Voltage, current, and resistance behave like the real thing, so the electrical bench is a little physics lesson in disguise. CAUSE ABSOLUTE HAVOC Drop a meteor. Light a wildfire. Place a black hole and watch it eat your whole world. LEARN AS YOU PLAY Long-press anything to read its real history and science in the Info panel. Primordia Lab is free to play. Optional purchases support development, and every ad is opt-in.

Screenshots

Primordia Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Primordia Lab at 2 against Silicon Evolution's —. Primordia Lab also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Silicon Evolution sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Primordia Lab sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Silicon Evolution versus Primordia Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilicon EvolutionPrimordia Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequency—Daily
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB104 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJan SchmidtUnified Health Systems Consulting LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Silicon Evolution

One-time1
  • Make Silicon Evolution AD free$2.99
8 purchases

Primordia Lab

One-time8
  • 20 Citations$0.99
  • Golden Atom Avatar$0.99
  • Singularity Avatar$1.99
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  • Founder Avatar$2.99
  • Second Researcher$3.99
  • 150 Citations$4.99
  • Grant Funding$4.99
  • 550 Citations$9.99

Questions

Is Silicon Evolution free?
Silicon Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Primordia Lab free?
Primordia Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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