Idle Deepcore vs Project Voyager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Project Voyager
Pilot a deep-space landing module through realistic astronomical destinations. Master thrust, fuel, and orbital precision to achieve touchdowns on celestial bodies across the solar system and beyond. Upgrade your spacecraft with earned points to enhance performance and explore new frontiers.
- Realistic astronomical missions
- Deep-space landing module control
- Spacecraft tech and upgrades
- Vector physics and variable gravity
- Dynamic atmospheric drag
- Campaign map tracking
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Strap in, Commander. 500 worlds are waiting, and every one of them wants to break your lander. PROJECT VOYAGER: NEW FRONTIER is a retro arcade landing game built on the real universe. Start on the Moon. Work your way out through Mars, Venus, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, Pluto and Eris at the edge of the solar system. Then leave home behind for 479 real exoplanets discovered by astronomers, light-years from Earth. LAND IT. DON’T BOUNCE IT. Tilt, burn and feather your engine onto the pad. Every world has its own gravity, and some have atmosphere and wind. Each world has 10 landings, and every one is tougher than the last. Past Venus, the galaxy fights back: smaller pads, deep narrow craters, jagged rock spires and cliff-top mesas. Then the asteroids show up. THE DAILY HIGH SCORE BOARD Every run counts. Make today’s worldwide top 10 and enter your three initials, just like the arcade. The board resets every midnight, and the top 3 earn a mission patch to keep forever. PLANT THE FLAG Conquer a world and your astronaut plants the American flag on it, in whatever space suit you’re wearing. Collect a mission patch for every world you take. THE SHOP Spend the credits you earn on 38 ships and 32 space suits. Fly every Apollo lunar module from Eagle to Challenger, and finally land Apollo 13’s Aquarius. Drive Curiosity and Perseverance down by sky crane, or take the Space Shuttle. Or skip the history and land a UFO, a disco ball, a hot air balloon, a taco, a covered wagon or an astronaut on horseback. Then suit up in Mercury Silver, polka dots, tie-dye, a glow skeleton or your city’s colors. BUILD YOUR FLEET Unlock 10 more ships as you push deeper into space: fuel savers, heavy-duty landers, precision probes, auto-levelers, landing radar and an asteroid deflector. Upgrade your Fuel Tanks, Landing Gear and Warp Drive with the credits you earn. FEATURES 500 worlds, 5,000 landings Real solar system bodies and real exoplanets Daily worldwide arcade leaderboard with initials Daily podium patches and mission patches A Shop with 38 ships and 32 space suits, all bought with credits you earn by playing 10 unlockable ships that each fly differently Craters, spires, asteroid fields, wind and thick atmospheres Flight Log with your full career stats Pure 80s arcade style: pixel type, glowing vector lines and chiptune sound Simple two-thumb controls No account needed. No purchases. Just launch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Project Voyager at none against Idle Deepcore's 1. Project Voyager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Idle Deepcore's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Idle Deepcore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Project Voyager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Project Voyager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Deepcore has 80 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Idle Deepcore's written reviews are positive against 100% of Project Voyager's.
Idle Deepcore ships an update every 5 days, Project Voyager every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Deepcore | Project Voyager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (80 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flavio Valceschini | Story STL LLC |
Customer experience
Idle Deepcore
Project Voyager
In-app purchases
Idle Deepcore
- Supporter Pack$5.99
Project Voyager
No in-app purchases
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