ENYO vs Pico Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ENYO
Engage in tactical turn-based combat using a hook and shield. Navigate a changing labyrinth, strategically push or pull enemies into environmental hazards to defeat them. Master combos and climb leaderboards in this challenging roguelike.
- Hook & shield combat
- Indirect combat mechanics
- Environmental hazards (lava, spikes)
- Turn-based tactical battles
- Chain combos
- Highscore leaderboards
- Procedurally generated labyrinth
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ENYO is a tactical roguelike about hook & shield combat. Grab your hook & shield and descend as Enyo, the Greek goddess of war, into an ever-changing labyrinth to recover 3 legendary artifacts. ENYO's gameplay is based on indirect combat. Enemies can only be defeated by pushing or pulling them into burning lava pits or onto deadly spiked walls. A limited set of actions per turn keeps ENYO accessible, while its core is highly tactical turn-based battles. Master your weapons and chain powerful combos through clever maneuvers to climb the highscore leaderboards across all 3 game modes.
Pico Hero
Embark on an action-packed adventure to rescue kidnapped friends in this retro pixel puzzle-shooter. Master over 100 challenging levels, collect weapons, and even create and share your own levels.
- Puzzle-shooter gameplay
- Over 100 challenging levels
- Retro pixel graphics
- Weapon and item collection
- Level editor
- Share custom levels
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The friends of Pico has been kidnapped! Do you have what it takes to rescue them in this action packed Puzzle-Pixel-Shooter? Show your skills in adventure and training mode! Tackle exciting challenges, solve tricky puzzles, plant trees and master the boss battles! More than 100 challenging level cards with nice retro pixel graphics are waiting for you. Collect crucial weapons and items. Create your own level cards with the level editor and share them with your friends. Get more level cards by importing them from your gallery or scanning them with your camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ENYO at Free against Pico Hero's $0.99. ENYO also leads on ratings volume (445 vs 16). Pico Hero's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
ENYO is free to download; Pico Hero costs $0.99 up front. ENYO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pico Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pico Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ENYO has 445 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of ENYO's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pico Hero's.
ENYO ships an update every 6 months, Pico Hero weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ENYO | Pico Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (445 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 445 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | Jan Jaschke |
Customer experience
ENYO
Pico Hero
Bugs and requests
ENYO
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scoring system resets unexpectedly
- Crash when opening daily challenge
- Dash button not working after throwing shield
- Enemies getting stuck or behaving unpredictably
Requested features
5 requests- Enemy bestiary or info screen
- Ability to save progress
- More game modes or level variations
- Custom level editor
- Cloud save support
Pico Hero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ENYO
- Unlock ENYO and remove Ads$1.99
Pico Hero
- Unlimited lives$0.99









