Comparison

Survivor Mage vs Dark Kosmos

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

Head to head
About

Survivor Mage

Become the last mage and survive endless waves of enemies in a roguelite arena. Choose your elemental house, level up mid-run to create powerful spell combos, and unlock new gear to return stronger. Enjoy fast-paced, one-handed gameplay in a storybook-like world.

Highlights
  • Elemental house selection (Fire/Ice)
  • Mid-run spell combo building
  • Ultimate ability charging
  • Boss battles
  • Unlockable gear and skins
  • Mastery tree progression
  • One-handed portrait gameplay
Features
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Step into the arena. Survive the horde. Push one level further. You are the last mage. Pick your house, unleash your element, and hold the line against endless waves of ghosts, wolves, ogres and bosses that only get hungrier. Every run is a fresh fight: • Pick your house — Fire or Ice, each with its own powers • Level up mid-run and build wild spell combos • Chain kills, charge your ultimate, wipe the screen • Take down the chapter Warden — and worse behind it • Earn coins, unlock gear and skins, come back stronger • Grow your mastery tree, run after run Fast runs made for one hand. Play in portrait, on iPhone or iPad, with a controller if you like — in a world painted like a storybook. How far can you go? The arena is waiting. privacy : https://survivormage.com/privacy terms : https://survivormage.com/terms support : https://survivormage.com/support

About

Dark Kosmos

Features
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Dark Kosmos is a pixel-art arcade space shooter. Pilot a UFO through the stars, dodge meteors, shoot down enemy ships and keep an eye on your fuel — without it, the flight is over. The game was imagined and drawn by a young creator — every ship, meteor and boss started as a drawing on paper. HOW TO PLAY • Drag your finger to steer the UFO and tap FIRE to launch a rocket. • Fuel burns on its own as you fly, and every crash costs you more. A blue canister tops you up a little, a red barrel fills the tank. • Ammo has a price: an ammo pickup gives you +10 rockets but costs one bar of fuel. Want to shoot? Pay with fuel. • Survive every level until the countdown ends. Between levels, bonus stages rain down fuel and ammo. ENEMIES • Fighters that turn towards you. • Battleships — tough as steel, and they shoot back. • Meteor creatures: pink ones drift slowly, spiky ones bounce off the edges of the screen. • At the end of every round, a giant boss battleship. Beat it three times, across three increasingly tough rounds. FOR EVERY PILOT • Three difficulty levels: normal, easy and very easy — where your fuel never runs out. • High scores on your device and Game Center leaderboards, one for each difficulty. • Play in English, Polish or Spanish — pick the language in the menu. • On iPhone and iPad. • No ads and no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Survivor Mage4 screens
Dark Kosmos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dark Kosmos at none against Survivor Mage's 5. Dark Kosmos also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Survivor Mage sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Dark Kosmos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Survivor Mage ships an update every 5 days, Dark Kosmos weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Survivor Mage versus Dark Kosmos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvivor MageDark Kosmos
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB47 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperRayan SelmiInterSID

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Survivor Mage

One-time5
  • Pouch of Diamonds$2.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Premium Pack$4.99
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  • Satchel of Diamonds$7.99
  • Chest of Diamonds$19.99
None

Dark Kosmos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Survivor Mage free?
Survivor Mage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dark Kosmos free?
Dark Kosmos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Survivor Mage or Dark Kosmos have ads?
Survivor Mage shows ads; Dark Kosmos does not.
Which is updated more often, Survivor Mage or Dark Kosmos?
Survivor Mage ships an update every 5 days, and Dark Kosmos weekly. Most recently, Survivor Mage was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dark Kosmos on October 24, 2026.

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