Comparison

Silicon Evolution vs Torque

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

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

Torque

Build increasingly complex gearboxes from a single gear to massive industrial projects. Progress through six distinct engineering eras, unlock new materials, and automate your factory. Enjoy offline progress and a no pay-to-win model with optional ads for boosts.

Highlights
  • Build complex gearboxes
  • Six distinct engineering eras
  • Real engineering principles
  • Materials lab with alloys
  • Factory automation
  • Offline progress
  • Optional rewarded ads
Features
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One gear. One crank. Many orders of magnitude. In Torque you build gearboxes: first at the workbench, then in the workshop, your own factory, the test center, a whole industrial group and finally megaprojects like a tunnel boring machine or a Mars rover. And when it's all done, you hand the company to the next generation. Every gear ratio loads the motor, every stage runs in, and each era ends with a new prestige layer. • Seven eras – everything unlocks step by step • Real engineering: worm gears, planetary gears, differentials, CVTs, strain wave gears • Materials lab with real alloys: bronze, brass, Invar, Hastelloy … • Endless endgame: heirlooms, a family endowment with compound interest and a portrait gallery of your dynasty • Active at first, automated later – with foremen, plant manager, supervisory board and family council • Offline progress, 100+ achievements and many secret ones • In English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Japanese • Dark mode, choice of number notation • No pay-to-win: ads only if you choose – for 4 hours of double speed For everyone who loves big numbers – and gears.

Screenshots

Torque4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torque at none against Silicon Evolution's 1. Torque also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Silicon Evolution's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price 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. Torque asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Silicon Evolution holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Torque has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Silicon Evolution versus Torque: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilicon EvolutionTorque
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Devices—iPhone — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan SchmidtPascal Dohmeier

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Silicon Evolution

One-time1
  • Make Silicon Evolution AD free$2.99
None

Torque

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silicon Evolution free?
Silicon Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Torque free?
Torque is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Silicon Evolution or Torque?
Silicon Evolution is rated higher. Silicon Evolution averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Torque averages 4.6 from 14 ratings.

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