Comparison

Primordia vs Loop Hero

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Primordia

Explore a desolate, robot-inhabited world as an android searching for answers about humanity's disappearance. Embark on a journey to a glittering city to recover a stolen power core, uncovering truths that change your understanding of existence.

Highlights
  • Post-human narrative
  • Robot characters
  • Full voice acting
  • Retro graphics
  • Mystery-driven plot
  • Dark humor
Features
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What happened to the humans? In a desolate, ruined world inhabited only by robots, the taciturn android Horatio searches for answers. Where did he come from? Where have all the humans gone? And what, if any, was his role in it? Torn from his peaceful existence in the crashed airship, the UNIIC, Horatio and his sarcastic floating friend Crispin are forced to travel to Metropolis, City of Glass and Light, to retrieve their stolen power core. What they discover there changes their understanding of the world and their place in it, for better or worse. Full voice acting, featuring Logan Cunningham (the voice of Bastion) as Horatio. -- Reviews -- Adventure Gamers - "Beautiful, surrealistic retro graphics; likeable characters and a deceptively sprawling plot." 4/5 Eurogamer - "Primordia is delightful, smart and packed with personality." 7/10 Rock Paper Shotgun - "A cast of thoroughly insane-in-the-short-circuited-membrane side characters keeps the ride nice and lively as well, complimenting the oppressively dreary setting with a strong mix of mystery driven drama, Old West frontier charm, and dark humor." Gamezebo - "Primordia is a very good game, packed with enough secrets, surprises and twists to keep it interesting from start to finish." 4/5

About

Loop Hero

Embark on a roguelike RPG adventure where you strategically place cards to create enemy encounters, buildings, and terrain. Equip your hero with powerful loot, expand your camp, and unlock new classes and cards to break an endless cycle of despair and save a forgotten world.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated expedition loops
  • Strategic card placement for trials
  • Loot collection for hero progression
  • Camp expansion and reconstruction
  • Unlockable classes and cards
  • Retro pixel art dark fantasy story
Features
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*Try Loop Hero for free and unlock the full game for the whole adventure!* The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. In this roguelike RPG, wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero. Recover and equip powerful loot for each class of hero for their battles and expand the survivors' camp to reinforce each adventure through the loop. Unlock new classes, new cards, and devious guardians on your quest to shatter the endless cycle of despair. FEATURES - Explore an endless number of paths: bring your hero on randomly generated loops and never experience the same run twice. - Shape your expeditions into darkness: build your deck and place your cards to script your hero’s trials and tribulations. - Loot as you loop to rebuild the world: recover your memories as you collect equipment and resources to become stronger, reconstruct your camp and get your reality back. - Plunge into a gloomy universe: discover a melancholic dark fantasy story told through a retro pixel art direction and recollect the memories of this world. - Break the cycle: triumph over mighty bosses to free the world from the Lich’s neverending time loop. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including Pro Max)

Screenshots

Primordia4 screens
Loop Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Loop Hero at Free against Primordia's $4.99. Loop Hero also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 122) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Primordia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Loop Hero is free to download; Primordia costs $4.99 up front. Loop Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Primordia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop Hero has 3.9K ratings behind it against 122, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Primordia's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loop Hero's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Primordia versus Loop Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrimordiaLoop Hero
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (122 ratings)4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1223.9K — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB213 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperWadjet Eye Games LLCPlaydigious

Customer experience

Primordia

All ratings122 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative18.8%

Loop Hero

All ratings3,814 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews288 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative18.4%

Bugs and requests

Primordia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Loop Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes after defeating first boss
  • Unplayable after initial progress
  • Inability to progress past trial version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Portrait mode
  • More classes/build diversity
  • Improved UI/overlay customization
  • Chinese language support

In-app purchases

None

Primordia

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Loop Hero

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$6.99

Questions

Is Primordia free?
Primordia costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Hero free?
Loop Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Primordia or Loop Hero?
Loop Hero is rated higher. Primordia averages 4.6 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while Loop Hero averages 4.9 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Primordia or Loop Hero have ads?
Neither Primordia nor Loop Hero shows ads.

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