NEONNET vs Gloom Deep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NEONNET
Engage in a cyberpunk roguelike strategy game on a hostile grid. Issue commands, scan for risks, and choose your tactical approach to hacking, combat, and extraction. Designed for brief, focused sessions, it offers deliberate pacing and a readable interface for strategic decision-making.
- Grid exploration with threat scanning
- Turn-based tactical combat
- Hacking and software upgrades
- Quest system with story threads
- Market economy for trading and upgrades
- Save and resume functionality
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A good card, a lucky roll and a smart move can turn a rough room into a great story. NEONNET is a cyberpunk roguelike deck builder that mixes tactical card battles, dice and dungeon exploration with a retro terminal's charm. You are an operator working through a troubled network, choosing who to trust and what to do with the records you recover. Expect hostile robots, useful contacts, credit caches and the occasional room name that deserves an eye roll. ROLL, EXPLORE, REPEAT - Roll a movement die, study the map and choose your route. - Explore a board of 36 rooms with robots, rewards, story encounters and services. - Enter STARX3 for compact 3 x 3 rooms connected by short, two-tile passages. - Spend your saved movement roll across legal grid steps, with remaining steps carried between taps. - Keep an eye on health and Credits while your next hand waits below the dungeon. - Switch between STARX2 and STARX3 while continuing the same adventure. BUILD A DECK THAT SUITS YOU - Choose from Packet Striker, Signal Intruder, Firewall Runner and Daemon Tinker starter styles. - Play attack, hacking, defense, draw and daemon cards. - Check each card's dice requirement before committing. - Weigh the cost of a card that returns through the discard pile against one that exhausts for the run. - Pick card rewards or take Credits when the room offers a choice. - Inspect your hand, draw pile, discard pile and exhausted cards in Deck. - Browse the Card Library for effects, dice rules and ways to find cards. PICK YOUR BATTLES - Face room guards with card tactics, basic attacks or hacks. - Choose a safe retreat when an encounter is better left behind. - Visit the clinic for healing and room services. - Take guaranteed salvage when you need a dependable reward. - Try the optional Coin Door, where you can bank the pot or push your luck. - Think through the next turn at your own pace. A STORY WITH PEOPLE TO REMEMBER - Set your motive and starting contact before your adventure begins. - Recover a blackout record and decide how its story should end. - Meet Patchwife, Mirror and Lattice, each with different interests in the network. - Make choices about service, evidence and who receives the recovered record. - Follow objectives and revisit your decisions in the Journal. - Continue through three story chapters as your run develops. RETRO STYLE, PRACTICAL CONTROLS - Enjoy pixel characters, robot artwork and a terminal-inspired atmosphere. - Watch gameplay dice throw, bounce and settle on the result of your action. - Read the roll and outcome in a compact result popup. - Open the log for the full story behind a short notification. - Bring up the command terminal to type your next action. - Use the separate Dice Tray for practice throws without spending a gameplay turn. - Adjust music, haptics and motion to suit the way you play. MAKE THE NEXT RUN YOURS - Create your operator through Identity, Look, Deck, Story and Review. - Pick your appearance and check your choices before starting. - Save named adventures and return to unfinished business. - Keep earlier grid adventures available alongside newer board runs. - Find reference screens, settings and extra tools in More. NEONNET is a good fit for players who enjoy turn-based strategy, dungeon crawlers, card games and fictional hacking adventures. There is time to inspect a room, change your plan and enjoy the small victories: a guard outplayed, a useful card found or a risky pot banked at exactly the right moment. Optional purchases unlock extras including autosave and save export through the Floppy Save Kit. Pick a deck, roll for the next room and outsmart the network.
Gloom Deep
Embark on a real-time pixel dungeon crawler where you choose a hero class, explore procedurally generated dungeons, and battle enemies. Loot gear, upgrade skills, and team up with friends in co-op parties or guilds.
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Four distinct hero classes
- Real-time combat and skill system
- Gear collection and upgrades
- Co-op multiplayer and guilds
- Daily quests and challenges
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Gloom Deep — Descend. Loot. Survive. Gloom Deep is a real-time pixel dungeon crawler built for a spare minute or a long session. Pick a class, drop into a freshly generated dungeon every run, and see how deep you can push before the dark pushes back. CHOOSE YOUR HERO Four classes, four playstyles: • Fighter — front-line bruiser who soaks hits and swings hard • Ranger — strike from range and kite the horde • Rogue — fast and crit-hungry, high risk, high reward • Healer — outlast anything with sustain and support REAL-TIME DUNGEON RUNS Every descent is a new, procedurally built dungeon packed with enemies, loot, and a boss guarding the way down. Combat is fast and hands-on — position, dodge, and time your abilities. SKILLS THAT FIT YOUR BUILD Every class has a pool of six skills. Equip two at a time, upgrade the ones you lean on, and swap your pair for free whenever a run demands something different. LOOT & GROW STRONGER • Hunt gear across six equipment slots — weapon, armor, boots, gauntlets, helm, and amulet • Spend gold at the blacksmith to upgrade your gear • Invest stat points and respec anytime to chase a new build • Push your Dungeon Level (DL) deeper for harder monsters and better loot PLAY WITH FRIENDS • Team up in co-op dungeon parties and brave the depths together • Form or join a guild for shared perks, private chat, and a guild shop • Add friends, send mail, and chat in town ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO • Daily and weekly quests for steady rewards • A rotating Daily Challenge with its own leaderboard • Trials that put your build under pressure • A town hub with shops that refresh over time Free to play without ads, with optional credit packs — but everything is earnable through play. Grab a class, sharpen your blade, and find out how deep you can go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: NEONNET at free against Gloom Deep's free with in-app purchases. Gloom Deep's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. NEONNET sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Gloom Deep sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NEONNET against 5.0 for Gloom Deep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NEONNET | Gloom Deep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Verosocial Studio | ZACHARY G CLEVERSLEY |
Customer experience
NEONNET
Gloom Deep
In-app purchases
NEONNET
- Level Up$0.99
- Buy Credits - 500$0.99
Gloom Deep
- Small Pack of Credits$0.99
- Medium pack of credits$3.99
- Large Pack of Credits$7.99









