Space Mission vs Retrospace Customize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Mission
Pilot a retro arcade spaceship, defending astronauts from alien waves. Manage limited fuel to destroy enemies, rescue stranded crew, and return them to safety. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards.
- Retro arcade space shooter gameplay
- Limited fuel management
- Rescue stranded astronauts
- Destroy waves of aliens and mines
- Score-based progression
- Global leaderboards
- Achievements and social sharing
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Space Mission: Survival is a retro arcade space shooter. You have 10 seconds of fuel in each level to destroy the aliens and keep your astronauts alive. Keep yourself and the astronauts alive. Wave after wave of aliens will attack you will bullets and space mines. Pick up floating astronauts and return them to asteroids before you are destroyed or they float off into deep space. Points are awarded for enemy hits, destroying mines, returning astronauts, and for not wasting fuel. Leaderboards are shown in classic arcade attract-screen format. See your friends scores and play to be the best in the universe. Achievements, Facebook and Twitter bragging also available in Space Mission: Survival.
Retrospace Customize
Experience a classic arcade-style top-down shooter with retro graphics and gameplay. Engage in fast-paced action reminiscent of older gaming eras.
- Arcade-style gameplay
- Classic retro graphics
- Top-down shooter mechanics
- Fast-paced action
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A arcade styled topdown shooter game with classic elements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retrospace Customize at none against Space Mission's 1. Retrospace Customize also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Space Mission's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Space Mission sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retrospace Customize asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Space Mission against 5.0 for Retrospace Customize. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Space Mission ships an update every 6 months, Retrospace Customize monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Mission | Retrospace Customize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | John Schumacher | Licheng Zheng |
Customer experience
Space Mission
Retrospace Customize
In-app purchases
Space Mission
- Show Your Support$0.99
Retrospace Customize
No in-app purchases
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