SPL vs Shotgun King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPL
A minimalist puzzle game designed to challenge your intellect. Experience a deceptively simple yet deeply engaging gameplay experience that will test your problem-solving skills.
- Minimalist design
- Challenging puzzles
- Intellectual gameplay
- Engaging experience
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We know. It doesn't look like much. But we promise that it's a very good puzzle game. Like, really good.
Shotgun King
Experience a unique twist on chess where you command a king armed with a shotgun. Fight your way through enemy pieces, strategically reload, and upgrade your abilities to reclaim your kingdom. This roguelike chess adventure offers challenging gameplay and extensive replayability.
- Chess with a shotgun mechanic
- Roguelike progression with upgrades
- 15 difficulty ranks
- Unlockable cards
- Over 100 achievements
- Endless and chase modes
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Chess, but all your army has gone over to the white side, leaving you with nothing but your royal shotgun and your wounded pride. Carried by your dark folly, you decide it's time to teach those white pieces to fear the Shotgun King. Every turn, you may either move your king or shoot at enemy pieces, after what you'll need to move again to reload your shotgun. Avoid checkmate and kill the enemy king to complete the floor. After each floor, you may choose between two random combinations of one upgrade for you and one upgrade for the other side. Choose wisely and keep on winning floors and you just may get your kingdom back. Runs may take ~20 minutes to complete. The game features 15 ranks of difficulty, unlockable cards, over 100 achievements to complete, an endless mode, and now a chase mode where you get continually assailed from all sides!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shotgun King at 4.8 against SPL's 4.0. Shotgun King also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 months) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). SPL's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and review sentiment (75% vs 66%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
SPL costs $2.99 and Shotgun King $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shotgun King holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shotgun King has 770 ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of SPL's written reviews are positive against 66% of Shotgun King's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SPL ships an update every 11 months, Shotgun King every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPL | Shotgun King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (125 ratings) | 4.8 (770 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.9% of reviews — better | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 770 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #95 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 468 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Simogo AB | Plug In Digital |
Customer experience
SPL
Shotgun King
Bugs and requests
SPL
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on iPhone X and newer devices
- Game disappears when no more moves are available
Requested features
4 requests- Restart/reset option
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Ability to save progress
- Option to adjust color scheme
Shotgun King
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SPL
No in-app purchases
Shotgun King
No in-app purchases
