Archmage Idle vs Idle Deepcore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archmage Idle
An idle RPG where you train skills to empower wizards and manage resources. Your guild continues to work and gather resources even when you are offline, allowing for continuous progression.
- Interconnected skill system
- Recruit and train wizards
- Elemental hex map combat
- Resource management
- Offline progression
- Item collection
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Train Skills. Recruit Wizards. Conquer Foes. An idle/incremental RPG with deeply interconnected skills. Your skills feed the frontlines: Attunement, Summoning, and Sigilry power your wizards as they fight across an elemental hex map. Your skills feed the supply lines: Research, Runecrafting, Alchemy, Mercantile, and Scavenging keep the resources flowing. And skills you won't find anywhere else, like Chronomancy, Diplomacy, and Appraisal, tie it all together. Burn Runes in the Runic Cauldron. Train wizards at the Academy. Sell surplus goods on the Bazaar. Collect hundreds of items that fuel both your skilling and your combat. Your guild keeps working while you're offline.
Idle Deepcore
Embark on an epic pixel-art mining adventure, tapping to break blocks and collect ore. Automate your progress with upgradeable machines, even while offline, and descend through diverse biomes to discover rarer resources. Reset your progress for permanent boosts and unlock new systems to dig deeper and get richer.
- Tap-to-mine with pixel-art feedback
- Automate with upgradeable mining machines
- Smelt raw ore into valuable ingots
- Descend through distinct biomes
- Prestige for permanent power
- Build a rocket and mine asteroids
- Offline progress
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Idle Deepcore is a pixel-art idle mining game about digging from the surface all the way down to the planet's molten core — and beyond, into orbit. Tap to break blocks and collect ore, then buy machines — jackhammers, steam drills, seismic hammers, excavators and more — to mine for you, even while you're away. The deeper you dig, the rarer the ore and the tougher the blocks. FEATURES • Tap-to-mine with crunchy pixel-art feedback • Automate with a roster of upgradeable mining machines • Smelt raw ore into valuable ingots in your furnaces • Descend through distinct biomes to ever-deeper layers • Prestige to reset for permanent power and unlock new systems • Skill tree, mastery nodes and a research lab to specialize each run • Build a rocket and mine asteroids out in orbit • Offline progress — your machines keep mining while the app is closed • Cloud save via Game Center — back up and restore your progress • Playable in 29 languages Optional rewarded ads can double your offline haul — never required to progress. Dig deeper. Get richer. Idle Deepcore.
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Verdict
Archmage Idle and Idle Deepcore both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Archmage Idle's written reviews are positive against 50% of Idle Deepcore's. Archmage Idle also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and chart position (#143 vs unranked). Idle Deepcore's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Archmage Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Deepcore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Archmage Idle against 4.6 for Idle Deepcore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 51 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Archmage Idle's written reviews are positive against 50% of Idle Deepcore's.
Archmage Idle ships an update daily, Idle Deepcore every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archmage Idle | Idle Deepcore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (57 ratings) | 4.6 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #143 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 346 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TopCog LLC | Flavio Valceschini |
Customer experience
Archmage Idle
Idle Deepcore
In-app purchases
Archmage Idle
- Time Warp$0.99
- VIP 1 - Apprentice Patron$2.99
- Remove Ads + XP Boost$4.99
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- VIP 2 - Adept Patron$4.99
- Animus Augment$9.99
- Time Warp x10$9.99
- VIP 3 - Mage Patron$9.99
- VIP 4 - Grandmage Patron$14.99
- VIP 5 - Archmage Patron$19.99
Idle Deepcore
- Supporter Pack$5.99





