Comparison

Rocket Survive vs Elementex

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

Head to head
About

Rocket Survive

Features
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THEY KEEP COMING. YOU KEEP EVOLVING. Welcome to Rocket Survive — a fast-paced 2D space arcade survival game where chaos is constant and every second matters. Pilot your rocket through relentless enemy waves, collect EXP gems, and unlock powerful upgrades mid-run. As the countdown ticks down, the universe gets meaner — and so do you. SURVIVE THE UNIVERSE Face endless waves of enemies from across strange alien planets. Each world has its own bizarre inhabitants… and none of them like you. BUILD YOUR POWER MID-RUN - Unlock devastating weapons (ammo systems) - Boost your stats: attack, defense, speed, health - Deploy assistants to fight alongside you - Create your own overpowered build every run LOOT, UPGRADE, RISK IT ALL Collect resources and upgrade your gear permanently: - Upgrade items… but risk losing them - Unlock powerful perks with each level - Push your luck or play it safe — your choice STRATEGY MEETS CHAOS Choose between instant power or long-term survival - Equip consumables like shields, heals, and speed boosts - Adapt to escalating difficulty as time runs out DISCOVER UNIQUE PLANETS Each chapter takes you to a new planet with its own enemies, style, and personality. Space has never been this weird. SIMPLE TO PLAY. HARD TO MASTER. Easy controls. Deep systems. Endless replayability. Built by a solo developer with passion (and definitely too much coffee).

About

Elementex

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Elementex is a tactical tower-defense run. No worlds to grind. No campaign to crawl. One hex arena, one shot at the leaderboard, and every decision counts. Build between waves. Place towers on hex tiles. Bend the path with free walls. Tap a tower mid-wave to fire its skill. Lives reach zero, the run ends, and your best wave is the only number that matters. Fire beats Frost. Frost beats Nature. Nature beats Lightning. Lightning beats Fire. Hit a weakness for 1.5x damage. Hit a resistance for 0.7x. Read the wave, pick the counter, or pay for it. Every upgrade is bought with in-run gold. One tower per element — push its damage, its fire rate, or its range, each on a rising cost curve. No blueprints. No permanent unlocks to grind. Your build is what you can pay for, this run, right now. Every fifth wave is a boss. The boss drops a chest of three runes. You see every drop, every stat, every price, before you spend a single gem. Whatever you do not keep goes into the Recall Pool for seven days at +25 percent. Nothing disappears. Nothing is hidden. Runes you keep persist across runs. Combine two of the same rarity to climb to the next. Five rarities: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic. Mythic is boss-chest only and carries a unique passive skill. An element-matched rune on its tower hits 20 percent harder. There is no end state. There is only the next wave, the global leaderboard, and how far you can hold the line. • Hex-grid tower defense with maze-builder pathing • Four elements, one rock-paper-scissors wheel (1.5x / 0.7x matchups) • One tower per element, upgraded along +DMG / +RATE / +RANGE with in-run gold • A defining passive and a tap-to-cast active skill on every element • Boss chests every five waves, transparent gem pricing, seven-day Recall Pool • A global leaderboard, one endless mode, three- to seven-minute runs • No loot boxes. No energy. No timers. No paid randomness.

Screenshots

Rocket Survive4 screens
Elementex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Elementex at none against Rocket Survive's shown. Rocket Survive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Rocket Survive sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Elementex sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rocket Survive ships an update every 4 days, Elementex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Rocket Survive versus Elementex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRocket SurviveElementex
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFATMA YESILKOYTassilo Posegga

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Rocket Survive

One-time6
  • Small Space Dollars Pack$0.99
  • Medium Space Dollars Pack$1.99
  • Small Coin Pack$2.99
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  • Large Space Dollars Pack$2.99
  • Medium Coin Pack$3.99
  • Large Coin Pack$4.99
5 purchases

Elementex

One-time5
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
  • 1,200 Gems$8.99
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  • 2,500 Gems$17.99
  • 6,500 Gems$44.99

Questions

Is Rocket Survive free?
Rocket Survive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementex free?
Elementex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rocket Survive or Elementex have ads?
Rocket Survive shows ads; Elementex does not.
Which is updated more often, Rocket Survive or Elementex?
Rocket Survive ships an update every 4 days, and Elementex every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rocket Survive was updated on September 29, 2026 and Elementex on September 27, 2026.

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