Planetary Quarantine vs Horizon Bound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planetary Quarantine
Step into the role of a quarantine agent tasked with regulating departures from Earth. Uncover a conspiracy involving a mysterious society and a threat to interstellar civilization. Explore a detailed world, build your life, and make critical decisions to save humanity.
- Interactive narrative
- Mystery solving
- World exploration
- Character development
- Multiple choices
- Replayable content
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You're a quarantine agent—an extrajudicial representative of the law who lets only approved people and products leave Earth—and in a few days your starship will be arriving as your new home world. A dead passenger, a mysterious society, and a potential threat to interstellar civilization all await you. Solve the case and save the world. Build your life while building society. Explore this richly intricate game where new surprises await you each time you play!
Horizon Bound
Guide survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island. Explore, gather resources, craft tools, and build a camp to stay alive. Uncover ancient secrets and forge connections with unique characters.
- Cozy survival gameplay
- Explore diverse island environments
- Craft tools and build shelters
- Discover unique characters and quests
- Uncover ancient island secrets
- Repair ship to escape
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Are you ready to survive the unknown? After a devastating airplane crash, a group of survivors—Jake, Andrea, Miguel, Yumiko, Brave Max the loyal dog, and others—wash ashore on a mysterious tropical island. With no way out and dangers lurking in the shadows, they must band together to stay alive. In Horizon Bound, players will guide the survivors as they explore, build, and uncover the ancient secrets of their new home. Gather food, craft tools, construct shelters, and expand your camp to withstand the island’s harsh challenges. Explore deeper and you’ll meet characters who feel like they walked right out of a storybook: a gentle sea warrior who watches the waves, a pirate captain with more charm than sense, and even a curious alien visitor from the stars. They don’t just offer quests—they bring comfort, surprises, and a sense of connection. And just when your group starts to feel like home, a new discovery shakes everything: a second island riding on the back of a giant sea turtle, waiting beyond the horizon. Repair your ship and escape… but the more you explore, the more it becomes about the people beside you. The meals you share. Brave Max curled up by the fire. The mysteries you solve together. The moments that make you want to stay just a little longer. In Horizon Bound, survival becomes friendship—and adventure becomes something you never want to end. Features - - Cozy Survival: Gather, craft, cook, and build a camp that feels like home. A Story-Rich First Island: Explore beaches, caves, ruins, a silent volcano, and a forgotten shipwreck. - A Magical Second Island: Discover a drifting island carried by a giant ancient turtle. - A Cast You’ll Love: Meet the sea warrior, the cheerful pirate captain, the mysterious visitor—and the iconic Miguel on his lawn-chair
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Horizon Bound at Free against Planetary Quarantine's $3.99. Horizon Bound also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 25 months) and rating (3.6 vs 3.4). Planetary Quarantine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Horizon Bound is free to download; Planetary Quarantine costs $3.99 up front. Horizon Bound sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Planetary Quarantine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Horizon Bound holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Planetary Quarantine's written reviews are positive against 40% of Horizon Bound's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Planetary Quarantine ships an update every 25 months, Horizon Bound every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planetary Quarantine | Horizon Bound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (19 ratings) | 3.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 409 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Dmytro Demchuk |
Customer experience
Planetary Quarantine
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In-app purchases
Planetary Quarantine
No in-app purchases
Horizon Bound
- Huge Tickets Pack$2.99
- Equipment Set Offer$4.99
- Mega Tickets Pack$4.99
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- Huge Tokens Pack$4.99
- Mega XP Pack$9.99
- Complete Golem Offer$9.99
- Hooks Pack Polishing$9.99
- Ultimate Tickets Pack$9.99
- Limited Hero Fishing Pack$12.99
- Ultimate XP Pack$19.99
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