Rust Bucket vs Sushi Ride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rust Bucket
Embark on a turn-based dungeon crawl with simple swipe controls. Navigate treacherous environments, battle diverse monsters, and overcome deadly traps. This challenging game offers endless exploration and strategic combat, perfect for quick gaming sessions.
- Swipe to move and attack
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Puzzle traps
- Diverse monster types
- Endless dungeon exploration
- Strategic combat
- High score competition
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Rust Bucket is a turn based dungeon crawler that is built with mobile in mind. Swipe to take a step, swipe into enemies to attack. It’s as simple as that, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a casual game! • Navigate using simple swipe to move controls. • Game play is fast and death is never far away so it’s perfect for your daily commute. • Puzzle your way past deadly traps or use them to catch enemies. • Many monster types, each with their own distinctive rules to overcome. • Make your way through the levels to become a fully qualified looter • Explore an endless dungeon, with more to discover the deeper you go. • Become a master of strategic combat and reach the top scoring dungeon rooms. • Compete against your friends high scores on Game Centre Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off In app purchase. *Please note that this does not remove Cross Promotion ads for other Nitrome games* We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.
Sushi Ride
Serve sushi of the correct color to adorable monsters. Enjoy cute visuals, jazzy music, and simple one-finger controls. Collect in-game currency to unlock upgrades, skins, and bonus levels.
- Serve sushi by color
- One-finger controls
- Collect gold sushi for upgrades
- Unlock bonus levels
- Customize monsters and color schemes
- Play in portrait or landscape
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• It's simple – just give them sushi of their favorite color • Cuteness overload – forget about your problems for a while • Enjoy adorable sounds and catchy jazzy tunes • One finger controls – play anytime anywhere in portrait or landscape mode • Collect gold sushi to buy upgrades and skins • Complete objectives and unlock bonus levels • Customize everything – choose your color scheme and dress up each monster
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sushi Ride at 4.6 against Rust Bucket's 4.0. Sushi Ride also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Rust Bucket sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Sushi Ride sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sushi Ride holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 179 and 78 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 76% of Sushi Ride's.
Rust Bucket ships an update every 6 weeks, Sushi Ride every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Rust Bucket | Sushi Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (179 ratings) | 4.6 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | 78 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | niceplay games |
Customer experience
Rust Bucket
Sushi Ride
Bugs and requests
Rust Bucket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress reset when exiting levels
- Level select screen locking completed levels
- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Clipboard copying behavior
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to save progress
- Weapon/item upgrades and customization
- Multiplayer or co-op mode
- Level editor
Sushi Ride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rust Bucket
- Buy 50 Coins$0.99
- Buy 200 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
Sushi Ride
- Restore Hearts$0.99
- Restore Hearts (pack)$0.99
- Handful of Gold$1.99
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- Shinobi Cosplay$1.99
- Cyborg Plate$1.99
- Dragonborn Helmet$1.99
- All upgrades +1$1.99
- Pile of Gold$4.99
- Chest of Gold$24.99
- Mountain of Gold$99.99









