Comparison

Silicon Evolution vs Ghost Terminal

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

Head to head
About

Silicon Evolution

Build a computing empire from an 8-bit CPU to a quantum supercomputer. Invest in research, upgrade hardware, and prestige to accelerate your progress through technology eras. Enjoy idle gameplay with persistent legacy income.

Highlights
  • Build a computing empire
  • 8 technology eras
  • Invest in research
  • Prestige system
  • Legacy hardware income
  • Multiple architecture paths
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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

Ghost Terminal

Build an automated income empire from a back-alley terminal. Hire agents, upgrade operations, and manage Heat as you progress through neon districts and complete challenging contracts. Reset your progress for deeper rewards and unlock new systems.

Highlights
  • Automated income through terminal operations
  • Agent hiring and long-term upgrades
  • Heat management system
  • Progression through 10 neon districts
  • 30 contracts with unique rules
  • Multiple prestige layers (Burn, Purge, Fork)
  • Offline rewards
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Enter Ghost Terminal, a terminal-style idle tycoon about automated income, upgrades, offline rewards, Heat management, and layered prestige resets. Start with a back-alley terminal and grow it into a deep-system income engine. Buy fictional operations, upgrade their cycles, hire agents, and watch the numbers climb while your build keeps producing. Each run pushes you toward new districts, tougher contracts, and stranger systems below the surface. Features: - Grow idle income through terminal-style operations - Automate production with agents and long-term upgrades - Manage Heat as your network expands - Move through 10 neon terminal districts - Complete 30 contracts with run-changing rules - Reset deeper with Burn, Purge, and Fork prestige layers - Unlock Codex records, Kernel modules, Signal runs, Nostalgia systems, AETERNA, and D0 - Earn offline rewards with balanced limits - Play in a CRT-inspired interface with synth terminal feedback Ghost Terminal is a fictional terminal management game about strategy, automation, and deep idle progression. Build the terminal that keeps running after the screen goes dark.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Ghost Terminal at 2 against Silicon Evolution's —. Ghost Terminal also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Ghost Terminal sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Silicon Evolution against 5.0 for Ghost Terminal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Silicon Evolution versus Ghost Terminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilicon EvolutionGhost Terminal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB95 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJan SchmidtHUWA STUDIO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Silicon Evolution

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

Ghost Terminal

One-time4
  • DARK HASH CACHE$1.99
  • Boost Pack$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Deep Sync Pack$6.99

Questions

Is Silicon Evolution free?
Silicon Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ghost Terminal free?
Ghost Terminal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Silicon Evolution or Ghost Terminal?
Silicon Evolution and Ghost Terminal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.

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