Hammer Bomb vs Serious Scramblers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hammer Bomb
Navigate dark mazes, battle monsters, and rescue soldiers in this arcade-style dungeon crawler. Discover hidden treasures, collect perks, and use a variety of weapons to defeat epic bosses. Enjoy endless mazes with charming voxel graphics.
- Endless mazes
- Voxel style graphics
- Epic boss battles
- Simple controls
- Various weapons
- 50 upgradeable perks
- In-maze quests
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Are you ready to enter dark mazes and dungeons - full of monster hordes and treasure? Help Sir Hammer bomb rescue all of his captured soldiers! Hammer Bomb is a new twist on dungeon style arcade games. Easy controls for anyone to play, but only a few will master! Drop bombs to open secret areas to find the best treasures. Go on quests looking for various types of junk food. Level up and collect all 50 perks to enhance your gameplaying abilities. Use various weapons, bows, swords, magic, and the almighty hammer! Battle Ginormous bosses in each of the biomes. Record a video on iPhone 6s and iPad Pro! Press down firmly on the screen for one second during gameplay and it will start recording. Then press firmly again to stop recording. Features: -An endless amount of mind bending mazes to escape -Great voxel style graphics -7 Epic Bosses to battle -Easy to play, simple controls for everyone -Various weapons to use and master -50 perks to upgrade your playing skills -Quests to find in each maze - lots of junk food
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hammer Bomb at none against Serious Scramblers's shown. Hammer Bomb also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 70%). On price, rating, 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. Hammer Bomb sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Serious Scramblers sells 2 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 — 4.6 for Hammer Bomb against 4.5 for Serious Scramblers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 599 and 224 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Hammer Bomb's written reviews are positive against 70% of Serious Scramblers's.
Hammer Bomb ships an update every 3 weeks, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hammer Bomb | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (599 ratings) — better | 4.5 (224 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better | 70.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 599 — better | 224 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crescent Moon Games LLC | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Hammer Bomb
Serious Scramblers
User reviews
Hammer Bomb
From 599 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎮 Retro-style graphics and music
- 💰 Good value for free game
- 🕹️ Simple and intuitive controls
- 🔍 Enjoyable exploration and discovery
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔁 Repetitive level design
- 📺 Intrusive ads
- 🎮 Limited control options
- 🔍 Difficulty in seeing traps and enemies
Serious Scramblers
From 224 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
Bugs and requests
Hammer Bomb
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to turn left or right
- Game crashes on launch
- Map not fully visible on some devices
- Weapon and item bugs
- Enemies getting stuck in walls
Requested features
5 requests- Build mode to create custom levels
- Multiplayer or co-op mode
- More enemy and weapon variety
- Improved optimization for newer devices
- Ability to continue from last checkpoint
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
In-app purchases
Hammer Bomb
- Epic Weapons Skins$0.99
- Coin Sack$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Buy 5000 Coins$4.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Questions
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