Enter the Gungeon vs Manipulator!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Enter the Gungeon
Embark on a challenging bullet hell dungeon crawl as a misfit hero. Shoot, loot, and dodge roll through evolving floors filled with enemies and bosses to find a legendary treasure. Discover secrets, gather loot, and purchase items to aid your quest.
- Bullet hell combat
- Dungeon crawling
- Loot collection
- Boss battles
- Co-op mode
- Secret discovery
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Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past. Select a hero [or team up in co-op] and battle your way to the bottom of the Gungeon by surviving a challenging and evolving series of floors filled with the dangerously adorable Gundead and fearsome Gungeon bosses armed to the teeth. Gather precious loot, discover hidden secrets, and chat with opportunistic merchants and shopkeepers to purchase powerful items to gain an edge.
Manipulator!
Experience a unique hack and slash game set to a death-grind album. Battle enemies through brutal songs, testing your auditory and visual endurance. Can you conquer all 20 tracks?
- Hack and slash gameplay
- Companion to a death-grind album
- Battle through songs as levels
- Auditory and visual stamina test
- 20 tracks to survive
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The first grindcore video game? Manipulator! is the interactive hack and slash companion piece to the death-grind album Drawing Secret Circles by Manipulator. Work your way through each brutal song (level) from the album as you battle a litany of baddies trying to keep you at bay. Prepare your ears for some ridiculous blast beats, HM2 guitar sounds, hilarious samples and unhinged vocal passages (and even a hint of melody once or twice). Manipulator! is a test of auditory and visual stamina. Can you survive to track 20?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Manipulator! at 100% against Enter the Gungeon's 50%. Manipulator! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Enter the Gungeon's advantage is ratings volume (544 vs 7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Enter the Gungeon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Manipulator! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Manipulator! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Enter the Gungeon has 544 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Enter the Gungeon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Manipulator!'s.
| Parameter | Enter the Gungeon | Manipulator! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (544 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 544 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 657 MB | 573 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | Peter John Randol |
Customer experience
Enter the Gungeon
Manipulator!
Bugs and requests
Enter the Gungeon
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
- Issues with controller mapping and button functionality
- Disappearing items and progress reset
Requested features
3 requests- Offline mode and local save support
- Customizable controls and aim assist for controllers
- Ability to start a new save file in multiplayer
Manipulator!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Enter the Gungeon
- Buy the full game2 variants$6.99
Manipulator!
- Donate $0.99$0.99
- Donate $2.99$2.99
- Donate $9.99$9.99
Questions
Is Enter the Gungeon free?
Is Manipulator! free?
Which has better reviews, Enter the Gungeon or Manipulator!?
Do Enter the Gungeon or Manipulator! have ads?
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