A Dark Room vs SPACEPLAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Dark Room
Awaken in a mysterious world with a throbbing head and blurry vision. Follow the voices' instructions to survive and explore this text-based adventure. Experience a game free from ads, loot boxes, in-app purchases, and tracking, fully playable with VoiceOver.
- Text-based adventure
- Survival mechanics
- Exploration
- Resource management
- VoiceOver compatible
- No ads or IAP
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awake. head throbbing. vision blurry. the voices say to survive. - One of Apple's most downloaded apps of 2014. - Ranked in the top 10 games in 70 countries, #1 app overall in 7 countries. - No ads, no loot boxes, no IAP, no tracking. - 100% playable via VoiceOver. - Relive the glory days of gaming from the era of Zork.
SPACEPLAN
Engage in an experimental clicker game where you launch potato-based devices from a satellite. Uncover galactic mysteries through a silly, life-affirming narrative and a banging soundtrack. It's a unique sci-fi adventure for those looking to pass the time.
- Unlock and launch 15 starchy items
- Engaging narrative story
- Explore 5 planets across 2 realities
- Original soundtrack
- Experimental interaction
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SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time. Use manual clicks and the passage of time to create and launch potato-based devices and probes from your nondescript satellite orbiting a mysterious planet. Unlock the mysteries of the galaxy or just kill some time in what the astrophysics community is calling the ‘best narrative sci-fi clicker game of all times’. FEATURES * Fifteen starchy items to unlock, create, and blast into the vacuum of space. * Life affirming, silly story that will both captivate and help you kill time. * Reveal the secrets of five different planets across two different realities. * Banging soundtrack, as is customary in a narrative sci-fi clicker game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: A Dark Room at 4.8 against SPACEPLAN's 4.2. A Dark Room also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 69%) and chart position (#30 vs #162). SPACEPLAN's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
A Dark Room costs $1.99 and SPACEPLAN $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A Dark Room holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.7K and 901 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of A Dark Room's written reviews are positive against 69% of SPACEPLAN's.
A Dark Room ships an update every 2 months, SPACEPLAN every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Dark Room | SPACEPLAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.2 (901 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 69.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 901 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #30 — better | #162 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 427 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amirali Rajan | Devolver Digital, Inc. |
Customer experience
A Dark Room
SPACEPLAN
Bugs and requests
A Dark Room
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SPACEPLAN
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes or gets stuck on black screen
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add more content and story
- Implement a prestige or progression system
- Allow continuing progress after completing the game
In-app purchases
A Dark Room
No in-app purchases
SPACEPLAN
No in-app purchases
