Comparison

Incremental ELM Quest 2 vs Luma

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

Head to head
About

Incremental ELM Quest 2

Embark on an offline idle RPG adventure as a Cataloguer, documenting over 4,000 creatures and leveling up unique classes. Explore elemental portals, uncover a deep narrative, and progress even when offline. Optional cosmetic purchases support the solo developer.

Highlights
  • Over 4,000 creatures to find and catalogue
  • Over 300 classes to equip and level up
  • Offline progression and idle gameplay
  • Deep progression systems
  • Narrative-driven exploration
  • Optional cosmetic purchases
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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!

About

Luma

Features
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A MAZE MADE OF LIGHT Luma is a tactile logic game about bending beams into elegant solutions. Rotate mirrors, move optical pieces, split light through prisms, mix colors, trigger circuits, and illuminate every target. Solving the field is only the beginning. Many studies allow more than one route. Find a working composition, then return to improve its Economy, Material, and Radiance scores. 240 OPTICAL STUDIES Move through ten folios that introduce new ideas, then combine them into deeper spatial puzzles: • Mirrors and movable optics• Absorbers, shutters, and one-way glass• Color filters and color-matched targets• Prisms, split beams, sensors, and linked mechanisms• Layered fields with multiple targets and alternate routes THREE WAYS TO PLAY • The Archive — progress through the complete composed collection• Light Rush — solve under a level-specific timer• Open Field — begin with every active optic loose and construct the route yourself SOLVE. THEN REFINE. Every solution receives a considered evaluation. Use the light you collect to unlock color editions or carry Pocket Powers into harder studies: Nudge, Double Edit, and Still Time. DESIGNED FOR FOCUS Warm paper, precise typography, native haptics, responsive animation, and undo and redo make every move feel considered. No ads. No account. No tracking. Play entirely offline. Find the route. Then find the beautiful one.

Screenshots

Incremental ELM Quest 24 screens
Luma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luma at none against Incremental ELM Quest 2's 10. On price, ads, 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. Incremental ELM Quest 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Luma asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Incremental ELM Quest 2 versus Luma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIncremental ELM Quest 2Luma
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB2 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEric MarinCARLOS ANTONIO MURRIETA STEINMAN

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Incremental ELM Quest 2

One-time10
  • Cosmetic: D- Pack$0.99
  • Cosmetic: S- Pack$6.99
  • Cosmetic: SS- Pack$7.99
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  • 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
  • Cosmetic: Founder's Edition$19.99
None

Luma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Incremental ELM Quest 2 free?
Incremental ELM Quest 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Luma free?
Luma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Incremental ELM Quest 2 or Luma have ads?
Neither Incremental ELM Quest 2 nor Luma shows ads.

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