Comparison

Nightfall vs Lantern Deep

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

Head to head
About

Nightfall

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Heaven sealed its gates. The dead have nowhere to go. Nightfall is a gothic bullet heaven survival RPG set in a hand-crafted pixel world of ruined cathedrals, broken halos, and endless undead. Begin as Michael, move with one hand, and let your weapons tear through the horde while every level forces a new choice. SURVIVE THE LONG NIGHT โ€ข Face relentless waves of undead in fast, one-handed runs โ€ข Build a different arsenal each night from weapons and passives โ€ข Evolve weapons into devastating final forms โ€ข Learn boss patterns and defeat the horrors guarding each act CREATE A BUILD WORTH FEARING โ€ข Combine upgrades into powerful synergies โ€ข Choose greater damage, wider reach, faster attacks, or new effects โ€ข Adapt each run as the horde grows stronger โ€ข Discover the evolutions that transform your favorite weapons GROW BETWEEN RUNS โ€ข Unlock heroes with distinct strengths and play styles โ€ข Collect, merge, forge, and enhance gothic gear โ€ข Break seals, discover relics, and uncover the story of the shut gates โ€ข Enter endless modes and climb the leaderboards A DARK WORLD WITH A SOUL Fight through cursed villages, haunted crypts, and ruined ramparts rendered in tarnished gold and candlelit stone. Vampire Thralls, Nosferatu, Blood Cultists and Belfry Bats hunt you through the night, and the epic Vampire Fang lets you strike back. Each run pushes the story forwardโ€”and every dawn is borrowed time. Nightfall is free to play. Optional rewarded ads and in-app purchases are available. Random gear rewards show their odds before you spend gems. Privacy Policy: https://eduardbruch.com/nightfall/privacy Terms of Service: https://eduardbruch.com/nightfall/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Lantern Deep

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Carry the light. Survive the dark. You are a diver with a lantern, descending an ocean trench while glowing creatures swarm toward the glow. You only steer. Your abilities fire themselves, so both hands are free to dodge. Survive long enough and the trench sends something enormous after you. The first reef dive calls its boss at five minutes, each stage after it holds out a little longer, and from the tenth stage every dive runs the full twelve. WHAT IS DOWN THERE - Sixty dives through six zones, from the Sunlit Reef to the Abyss, each with its own water, light, creatures and music - Over three hundred creatures that chase, shoal, charge, spit, drift, root themselves and explode, including twenty four elites and twelve bosses - Twenty four special creatures that hunt back with skills of their own: anglerfish that reel you in, rays that open whirlpools, urchins that sow mines, eels that fire beams of light - Sixty eight abilities, each with six levels and an evolved form you unlock by pairing it with the right passive - Fifty one items to find in the water, fifty three relics from treasure chests, and twelve passives - Twelve divers, each starting with a weapon of their own EVERY DIVE IS DIFFERENT Each zone keeps its own roster, so a descent shows you around fifty creatures drawn from hundreds. Two mini bosses are picked at random from four, and the dive ends with one of two possible bosses. You carry six abilities and six passives out of eighty, and the water hands you items as you go. BETWEEN DIVES - Pearls buy thirty two permanent upgrades in the workshop - Every stage you clear adds new weapons to the pool, and seventy five quests unlock more abilities and new divers - A codex fills in as you meet creatures, evolve abilities and find relics - Pressure levels and an endless mode once a dive is cleared MADE IN CODE Every creature, every ripple of light and all two hundred and forty one pieces of music, each zone in its own harmony and every boss fight with its own track, are generated by the game as it runs. There is not one image or sound file inside it, which is why the whole thing is five megabytes. HOW IT PLAYS An ad plays between dives, never during one, and Remove Ads turns it off for good. There are no banner ads. When your light goes out you can watch a short ad to carry on from where you fell, or decline and end the dive. Motes unlock divers: every dive earns them, and packs of them are for sale if you would rather not wait. Motes buy no upgrade, no stat and no advantage inside a dive. No accounts, no sign up, and your progress stays on your device.

Screenshots

Nightfall4 screens
Lantern Deep4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nightfall and Lantern Deep are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Nightfall sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Lantern Deep sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nightfall ships an update every 3 days, Lantern Deep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nightfall versus Lantern Deep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNightfallLantern Deep
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size327 MB7 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperEduard Bruchvuong cuong

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Nightfall

One-time10
  • Fistful of Gems$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
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  • Fast Forward$2.99
  • Pouch of Gems$3.99
  • Eternal Vigil$3.99
  • Chest of Gems$8.99
  • Crypt of Gems$17.99
  • Vault of Gems$44.99
  • Hoard of Gems$89.99
5 purchases

Lantern Deep

One-time5
  • Pocket of Motes$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Satchel of Motes$4.99
  • Hoard of Motes$9.99

Questions

Is Nightfall free?
Nightfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lantern Deep free?
Lantern Deep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nightfall or Lantern Deep have ads?
Both Nightfall and Lantern Deep show ads.
Which is updated more often, Nightfall or Lantern Deep?
Nightfall ships an update every 3 days, and Lantern Deep every 5 days. Most recently, Nightfall was updated on October 25, 2026 and Lantern Deep on October 20, 2026.

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