Rust Bucket vs Slime Labs 3
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.
Slime Labs 3
Navigate a frozen lab filled with slippery ice and dangerous traps as a shape-shifting blob of ooze. Master physics-based platforming challenges, collect data disks, and uncover secrets in this retro-inspired adventure.
- Super fun slime physics
- Addicting gameplay
- New game mechanics
- Catchy retro tunes
- Secrets and multiple endings
- Frozen lab exploration
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Slime is marooned on planet Freezia and needs your help! Explore a frozen lab with slippery ice and new dangerous traps. Slime Labs 3 is a physics based platformer where you control a blob of green ooze that can squish, stretch, shrink, and get frozen. Perfect all the levels while collecting all the lost data disks. Features: • Super fun slime physics • Addicting gameplay • New game mechanics • Catchy retro tunes • Secrets and multiple endings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slime Labs 3 at none against Rust Bucket's 4. Slime Labs 3 also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Rust Bucket's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 59%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Slime Labs 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Slime Labs 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 179 and 37 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 59% of Slime Labs 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rust Bucket ships an update every 6 weeks, Slime Labs 3 every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Rust Bucket | Slime Labs 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (179 ratings) | 4.3 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews — better | 59.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Rust Bucket
Slime Labs 3
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
Slime Labs 3
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
Slime Labs 3
No in-app purchases
