Comparison

Salvage Forge vs Nebula Merge

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

Head to head
About

Salvage Forge

Merge parts to create better items, from scrap to advanced technology. Earn coins even when offline and return to a growing pile of passive income. Progress through multiple tiers of gear and enjoy weekly season passes.

Highlights
  • Merge matching parts to create better items
  • Offline earnings and passive income
  • Eight tiers of gear to unlock
  • Weekly season pass with free and premium rewards
  • Prestige system for permanent earning multipliers
  • Contracts, crates, and daily bonuses
Features
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The forge never stops. Even when you do. Merge two matching parts and they fuse into something better — scrap into bolts, bolts into circuits, all the way up to the Nexus. Every merge pays out, and the game keeps banking coins while you're away. Come back to a pile of offline income. Spend it. Watch the numbers climb. Do it again. WHY PLAYERS KEEP COMING BACK: • Eight tiers of gear to chase, from Scrap to Nexus Core • Colossal Dreadnought Titan Raids — breach compartments for Titan Cores • Autonomous Drone Fleet — send probes on deep-space salvage expeditions • Offline earnings and passive income that reward you for logging in • Dynamic Anomaly Storms triggering cosmic nova chain reactions • Weekly season pass — free and premium reward tracks • Prestige mechanics for permanent multipliers on all salvage yields • Contracts, syndicate black market tech, and daily bonuses always stacking • Upgrades that make every single coin and merge worth more No energy meters. No timers between merges. Tap, fuse, grow. Free to play. Rewarded ads are optional and only ever boost your coins.

About

Nebula Merge

Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well, merging matching tiers to ascend. Fuse various cosmic objects to reach an Eternal Nebula, using comets and void shards to your advantage. Earn in-game currency for permanent upgrades and compete in daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Celestial body merging
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Daily, weekly, monthly challenges
  • Prestige system for bonuses
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Offline play
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Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well. Matching tiers merge, the pile rises, and one slip past the danger line ends the run. Fuse Stardust into Asteroids, Moons, Planets, Stars, and beyond — all the way to an Eternal Nebula. Comets promote whatever they touch. Void Shards erase a body for score. Earn Stardust, buy permanent upgrades, collect every body, and chase daily, weekly, and monthly challenges. Prestige to keep a forever Stardust bonus. Climb the Game Center leaderboard — beat the record and a Record Breaker jackpot drops. Cosmic Pass removes ads and always doubles end-of-run Stardust. Stardust packs are optional. Portrait. Offline. No account required.

Screenshots

Salvage Forge4 screens
Nebula Merge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Salvage Forge at none against Nebula Merge's 6. Salvage Forge also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Nebula Merge's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Nebula Merge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Salvage Forge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Salvage Forge against 5.0 for Nebula Merge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salvage Forge ships an update every 4 weeks, Nebula Merge daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Salvage Forge versus Nebula Merge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalvage ForgeNebula Merge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMurat SurenlerTYLER JOSEPH RUBINO

Customer experience

Salvage Forge

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nebula Merge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Salvage Forge

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Nebula Merge

One-time6
  • Pocket Dust$0.99
  • Cosmic Pass$4.99
  • Comet Cluster$4.99
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  • Star Cache$9.99
  • Nebula Vault$19.99
  • Cosmic Treasury$39.99

Questions

Is Salvage Forge free?
Salvage Forge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nebula Merge free?
Nebula Merge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Salvage Forge or Nebula Merge?
Salvage Forge and Nebula Merge are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Salvage Forge or Nebula Merge have ads?
Both Salvage Forge and Nebula Merge show ads.
Which is updated more often, Salvage Forge or Nebula Merge?
Salvage Forge ships an update every 4 weeks, and Nebula Merge daily. Most recently, Salvage Forge was updated on November 5, 2026 and Nebula Merge on November 6, 2026.

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