Crashlands vs ATOM RPG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crashlands
Embark on an outlandish, story-driven crafting RPG adventure. Explore a vast alien planet, craft over 500 items, and battle enemies with skill-based combat. Build bases, tame creatures, and uncover ancient secrets in a quest to deliver packages and overcome a nefarious plot.
- Expansive crafting system with over 500 items
- Self-managing, infinite inventory
- RPG-style character progression
- Skill-based combat with craftable gadgets
- Intuitive base building
- Tameable creatures for combat sidekicks
- Effortless cloud saving
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"...a design masterpiece." 5/5 - TouchArcade 2016 Game of the Year - TouchArcade, Gamezebo Time's Top 10 Games / Top 50 Apps of 2016 Craft, battle, and quest your way through Crashlands, an outlandish, story-driven Crafting RPG overflowing with sass! Become Flux Dabes, a galactic trucker whose latest shipment gets derailed by a chin-strapped alien menace named Hewgodooko, leaving you stranded on an alien planet. As you hustle to retrieve your packages you’ll become enmeshed in a nefarious plot of world domination, which will require all of your wits and both of your glutes to overcome. Learn recipes from the local sentient life, make new friends, uncover ancient secrets and deadly bosses, tame everything and build yourself a home-away-from-home as you learn to thrive on planet Woanope. ▼▼ Key Features ▼▼ -● Expansive Crafting System ●- Unlock over 500 craftable items as you explore the world and learn its secrets! -● Self-managing, Infinite Inventory ●- In Crashlands, your inventory is infinite, manages itself, and retrieves your tools when you need them, so you can focus on adventuring, questing, and building. You'll never have to dig through your bag or return to your base to free up inventory space! -● RPG-Style Character Progression ●- Become more powerful through creating ever-more-amazing items! As you grow in power, you can venture to new regions of the world, meet strange characters, discover new stories, and encounter new and interesting enemies. -● Skill-Based Combat ●- Learn the attacks of the enemies you encounter, and use your skill, agility, and wits to defeat them! You can even augment your fighting prowess with the power of the dozens of gadgets you can craft. Set your enemies on fire, stun them, slow down time, and more! -● Intuitive Base Building ●- Building a base in Crashlands is so simple it feels like fingerpainting. You can create beautiful, sprawling bases in minutes! -● Tameable Creatures ●- Every creature in Crashlands can become a trusty combat sidekick. Find an egg, incubate it, and hatch your very own adorable or hideous bundle of joy. You can even craft special items to grow and empower them! -● Huge World... with Huge Problems ●- Four sentient races, three continents, an epic bid for the future of the planet, and you - trapped in the middle, trying to deliver your freakin' packages. Take your time to dive into the side stories of the characters you meet or just rush headlong into making that special delivery. With hundreds upon hundreds of quests, there's a lot to do and discover on planet Woanope! -● Effortless Cloud Saving ●- Just because your battery died or you accidentally dropped your device into a bottomless chasm, doesn't mean your save has to die with it. With Rumpus, you can easily store and retrieve your save from the cloud, and move it between your devices! -● Controller Support ●- Tired of rubbing your sweaty hands all over your beautiful touchscreen? No problem! We've got support for most mobile-compatible controllers, so you can rub your sweaty hands on some joysticks instead!
ATOM RPG
Explore a post-apocalyptic Soviet Wasteland, creating your own hero. Investigate bunkers, battle mutants, and uncover conspiracies in this offline RPG. Features deep character creation, turn-based combat, and nonlinear gameplay with multiple quest solutions.
- Character creation tool
- Offline single-player RPG
- Dozens of skills
- Turn-based combat
- Nonlinear gameplay
- Multiple quest solutions
- Deep dialogues
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In 1986 the world war between the Soviet Union and the Western Bloc ended in mutual nuclear bombings. Both superpowers went down in flames. The impact of the fallout almost ended civilization as we know it. You are one of the survivors of the apocalypse. Your mission - to explore the wild and wondrous postnuclear world of the Soviet Wasteland. To earn your place under the sun in this new age. To investigate retro style bunkers, descend into a stalker filled metro, fight terrible mutants and solve a shadowy conspiracy, aimed at destroying all that is left of life on Earth. ATOM RPG is: - A powerful character creation tool, aimed at making the wasteland hero you want to portray; - A balanced offline single player roleplaying system. Each stat combination provides a unique cRPG experience, unique dialogues, and new ways to solve some quests; - Dozens of skills, from lockpicking to gambling; - Many hours of gameplay on all sorts of locations. Meet the other survivors in a brave new settlement, built from the remains of the old world. Venture into the wilds, where mutants and bandits lurk. Work out the secrets of an old military bunker. Or simply lose yourself, fishing at a scenic pond; - Turn-based combat, inspired by classic RPG’s of the nineties. Find your own strategy and develop the tactics needed to win; - Random encounters with the dwellers of the Soviet Wasteland - both friendly and dangerous. Sometimes all at the same time; - Many deep, multiple-choice dialogues that feel like real conversations with the unique NPCs of the game; - Nonlinear gameplay! This edition of the game features dozens of quests, most with alternative solutions. Play the game like you want to! Recommended: iPhone 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, SE, 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XS, XR; iPad Mini 6, 5, 4; iPad Air 3+, 2; iPad Pro Technical Support: You can contact the developers at support@atomrpg.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crashlands at 4.8 against ATOM RPG's 4.3. Crashlands also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, monetization model, 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
Crashlands costs $6.99 and ATOM RPG $9.99 up front. ATOM RPG sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crashlands asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crashlands holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crashlands has 1.2K ratings behind it against 221, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crashlands's written reviews are positive against 69% of ATOM RPG's.
Crashlands ships an update every 2 months, ATOM RPG every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crashlands | ATOM RPG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.3 (221 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 68.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 221 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 3.0 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Butterscotch Shenanigans, Inc. | ATENT GAMES LTD |
Customer experience
Crashlands
ATOM RPG
User reviews
Crashlands
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 🚀 Lots of content and gameplay
- 💡 Funny and engaging story
- 👍 Addictive and enjoyable
- 👍 Excellent crafting and progression system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
- 🐛 Glitchy audio
- 🐛 Quests can be confusing
- 🐛 Repetitive at times
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes can be frustrating
ATOM RPG
From 221 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great when you give it a chance
- 🚀 Huge game with lots of content
- 🚀 Replayable with multiple paths
- 👍 Scratches the Fallout itch
- 👍 Immersive atmosphere and writing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Controls constantly break
- 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
- 🐛 Unbalanced gameplay and difficulty
- 🐛 Text and UI issues on mobile
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
Bugs and requests
Crashlands
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on map opening
- Inventory management issues
- Enemies regaining full health on respawn
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More character customization options
- Ability to control pet companions
- Clearer quest tracking and objectives
ATOM RPG
Reported bugs
4 issues- Controls breaking
- Frequent crashes
- Text/UI issues
- Glitches and bugs
Requested features
4 requests- Add controller support
- Improve UI scaling and readability
- Add more content and updates
- Fix bugs and stability issues
In-app purchases
Crashlands
No in-app purchases
ATOM RPG
- ATOM RPG - Supporter Pack$2.99







