A Dark Room vs Afterplace
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.
Afterplace
Embark on an open-world adventure on your mobile device, exploring a vast landscape filled with hidden secrets, treasures, and quirky characters. Engage in combat, uncover mysteries, and forge your own path through a world without waypoints.
- Open world exploration
- Hidden secrets and treasures
- Combat with monsters
- Interactive characters
- No virtual buttons
- Dynamic control adaptation
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An open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding, and not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed nooks. There are no waypoints in Afterplace. You'll have to forge your own path. Afterplace has been designed from the ground up to be a fast, fluid, beautiful experience for mobile. There are no virtual buttons. You can move and attack by touching anywhere. You can tap objects directly to interact or attack, use two thumbs like a traditional controller, or control the game with a physical gamepad. The game will adapt dynamically to your play style. Pick up and set down the game at your own pace, it will always save your progress. Afterplace is made to feel like a full-fledged indie adventure game that fits in your pocket. About the Author: Afterplace is made by one person, Evan Kice. A former software engineer from Austin TX, Evan quit his job (to the dismay of his friends and family) and has been working full time on Afterplace since early 2019. The initial game released in December of 2022, but Evan plans on continuing to support and polish the game when he can!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: A Dark Room at $1.99 against Afterplace's $6.99. A Dark Room also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 627). Afterplace's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and device support (5 vs 3). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Afterplace $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for A Dark Room against 4.9 for Afterplace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.7K and 627 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of A Dark Room's written reviews are positive against 94% of Afterplace's.
A Dark Room ships an update every 2 months, Afterplace monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Dark Room | Afterplace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) | 4.9 (627 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 627 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | #33 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Amirali Rajan | Evan Kice |
Customer experience
A Dark Room
Afterplace
Bugs and requests
A Dark Room
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Afterplace
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain devices
- Saves not loading properly
Requested features
3 requests- Landscape mode support
- Ability to restart or replay the game
- More in-depth combat and progression systems
In-app purchases
A Dark Room
No in-app purchases
Afterplace
No in-app purchases
