2043 vs Neon Primitive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
2043
Engage in a challenging space shooter experience with unique alien bosses in each version. Discover and utilize a variety of powerful weapons to overcome your extraterrestrial foes and progress through the game.
- Space shooter gameplay
- Unique alien bosses
- Variety of weapons
- Challenging levels
- Multiple versions
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2043- is a space shooter, each version has a different alien bosses waiting for you to challenge! While different interests weapons to help you pass! ! 2043 - 是太空射擊遊戲，每版有不同外星生物頭目等你來挑戰！同時不同利害武器幫你過關！！ 2043- 是太空射击游戏，每版有不同外星生物头目等你来挑战！同时不同利害武器帮你过关！！
Neon Primitive
Engage in a rapid arcade survival shooter where you dodge shape swarms and enhance your arsenal with each run. Unlock new pilots and permanent upgrades between sessions to achieve better survival times.
- Dodge glowing shape swarms
- Collect shards and weapon upgrades
- Fight geometric bosses
- Permanent Core Research upgrades
- Unlock new pilots and banners
- Global leaderboards
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Neon Primitive is a portrait arcade survival shooter for iPhone and iPad. Dodge glowing shape swarms, collect shards, and evolve your weapons during each run. Fight distinct geometric bosses, collect temporary boosts and treasure caches, and shape a different build each attempt. Between runs, spend Neon Cores in permanent Core Research, unlock pilots and banners, and chase better survival times. Try the full game free for 45 minutes of play time, with every mode, Core Research and revives included. The trial clock only runs while you are playing a run, never in menus or while paused. After the trial, the one-time Full Game Unlock keeps the game going for good and adds the online global leaderboards. No subscription and no ads. Optional 25-Core packs support Core Research progression. Play locally without an account. Optional Sign in with Apple or Google Sign-In enables cloud backups and global leaderboards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 2043 at none against Neon Primitive's 2. 2043 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Neon Primitive's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neon Primitive sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 2043 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 2043 against 5.0 for Neon Primitive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neon Primitive has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
2043 ships an update every 5 months, Neon Primitive weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 2043 | Neon Primitive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | jj | Ryan Geidl |
Customer experience
2043
Neon Primitive
In-app purchases
2043
No in-app purchases
Neon Primitive
- 25 Neon Cores$0.99
- Full Game Unlock$1.99
