Pyramid Idle vs Incremental ELM Quest 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pyramid Idle
An incremental strategy game where you build ancient pyramids stone by stone. Manage workers, resources, and logistics to achieve steady progress and unlock larger projects. Designed for relaxed, long-term idle play.
- Build pyramids stone by stone
- Manage mining, transport, and placement
- Upgrade workforce, logistics, and production
- Unlock larger quarry projects
- Earn coins for permanent progress
- Continue progress offline
- Track statistics and best pyramids
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Build pyramids and grow a lasting village in ancient Egypt. Pyramid Idle combines incremental construction with a settlement you keep developing. Switch between two modes, plan your economy and turn a few stone blocks into something monumental. GROW A VILLAGE THAT LASTS Start with workers, a quarry, basic food and water. Assign your people where they are needed, balance taxes and wages, and keep your settlement supplied. Expand a permanent pyramid shell by shell: each new layer builds on what you have already achieved. DEVELOP YOUR PRODUCTION As the pyramid grows, unlock new buildings and production chains. Improve workshops, water supply and food production. Develop ships and trade, then work towards later research and city projects. Plan construction and save worker assignments to make your next visit count. TAKE ON CLASSIC PYRAMID PROJECTS Choose a pyramid height and explore 11 materials. Balance mining, transport and construction, earn Ankhs and develop research, talents and permanent upgrades. Discover the Trials of Ra as your journey continues. PLAY AT YOUR PACE Return to offline progress, adjust your workforce and choose your next investment. A replayable tutorial introduces the Village mode. Optional cloud synchronization uses Game Center and iCloud Drive; local play needs no app login. The Village mode is included without an extra purchase. Both modes share one Pyramids balance. Optional Pyramids packs are available as in-app purchases and can be used for boosts. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Simplified Chinese.
Incremental ELM Quest 2
Explore a world where elemental forces are merging, cataloging creatures and uncovering a deep mystery. This offline RPG features extensive progression systems, a vast bestiary, and a narrative told through field reports. Earn rewards even while offline.
- Catalog over 4000 unique creatures
- Level up over 300 hero classes
- Explore elemental portals
- Offline progression
- Narrative told through field journals
- Deep progression systems
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A free incremental RPG you can play entirely offline. No ads, no paywall, and every goal in the game is reachable without spending a cent. The world's eight elemental forces were once held apart. Now they are bleeding together, and everything is changing. You are a Cataloguer: a licensed scholar sent into the saturated zones to document what lives there. Encounter creatures, record them, and fill the Manifest, one species at a time. The more you catalogue, the more the world opens up, and the closer you come to the thing nobody wants to talk about: why everything is falling apart. If you've always wanted to play a uniquely idle monster collecting adventure with the patience of a nature documentary and the wit of a dungeon crawl, this is your chance. Explore portals, return to new species and new regions, and watch the Manifest fill in like a field journal. WHAT YOU'LL FIND • Over 4,000 creatures to find, fight, and catalogue. Each holds a small piece of the overall narrative. • Over 300 classes to equip and level up. Send your hero into elemental portals and take control as battles unfold. • Offline progression that unlocks early and never stops: your hero keeps earning and your disciples keep hunting while the app is closed. • Every portal is graded. The threat ratings are, unfortunately, accurate. • 16 narrators bring the world alive through their lost dossiers. Sixteen cataloguers came before you and its on you to find out why they stopped writing. • Deep progression: level classes, raise disciples, study at the university, upgrade your guild license, master insignias, power up skills, and more. • Rare enemy variants, an ever-expanding ladder of achievements, and Game Center leaderboards (purely optional). FAIR BY DESIGN The whole game is offline, free, and ad-free. The optional purchases are purely cosmetics that support a solo, part-time developer. I'm an incremental game fan who got bored waiting for the next one to drop. Made by one person as a part-time passion project. Thank you for giving it a shot!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Incremental ELM Quest 2 at 85% against Pyramid Idle's 20%. Incremental ELM Quest 2 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Pyramid Idle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Incremental ELM Quest 2 sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Incremental ELM Quest 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Pyramid Idle's written reviews are positive against 85% of Incremental ELM Quest 2's.
Pyramid Idle ships an update weekly, Incremental ELM Quest 2 every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Pyramid Idle | Incremental ELM Quest 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (19 ratings) | 4.6 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +9 |
| Developer | Jan Lennart Wagener | Eric Marin |
Customer experience
Pyramid Idle
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In-app purchases
Pyramid Idle
- Small Pyramid Pack$1.99
- Medium Pyramid Pack$4.99
- Large Pyramid Pack$12.99
Incremental ELM Quest 2
- Cosmetic: D- Pack$0.99
- Support Tip$0.99
- Support Coffee$4.99
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- Cosmetic: S- Pack$6.99
- Cosmetic: SS- Pack$7.99
- Cosmetic: S+ Pack$7.99
- Cosmetic: SS+ Pack$8.99
- Cosmetic: SSS- Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: SSS Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: SSS+ Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: Letter of Patronage$9.99
- Support Lunch$9.99
- Cosmetic: Founder's Edition$19.99
- Support Dinner$19.99
- Support Updates$29.99
- Support Next Game$49.99
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