Kalimba™ vs Entomophobia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kalimba™
Navigate a vibrant, challenging world by controlling two colored totem pieces simultaneously. Solve mind-bending puzzles and overcome obstacles to restore light to the island. Enjoy both a single-player adventure and a local co-op mode.
- Dual totem control
- Puzzle-platforming gameplay
- Single-player campaign
- Local co-op mode
- Collectible challenges
- Leaderboard competition
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** BAFTA-nominated ‘Best New Property’ 2015 ** Jump, slide and fly your way through a beautiful, mind-bending world in this award-winning, puzzle-platforming adventure. The island of Kalimba has been cast into darkness by an evil shaman. Your totems must journey from the underworld to the heavens in order to restore light to the land. Thankfully, Hoebear the vaguely bear-shaped Metabear will be your spirit guide in this quest. Rebuild the totem pole to bring back the positive vibes to Kalimba. In Kalimba, you play two coloured totem pole pieces simultaneously – one on the top half, and one on the bottom half of the screen. Avoid dark pits, deadly spikes and roaming enemies, but remember the totems move together. One totem jumps over a hole, the other jumps into spikes; one soars into the sky while the other tumbles into the abyss. ========== “Beautiful, wonderfully designed, thoughtful and thought-provoking…” 10/10 – Official Xbox Magazine “With its smart design and mind-melting puzzles [...] Kalimba is the new golden child of PC platformers.” 5/5 - Expert Reviews “One of the biggest treats I have had all year…” 9/10 – God is a Geek “Precise, taxing and faintly adorable, it's the [Xbox]One's secret platforming weapon. Got a sneering Nintendo fan coming over? Show them this thing and their happy, colourful brains will be blown into rainbow chunks." Games Radar “Kalimba is a beautiful, cheerful platformer that finds a neat middle ground between reflex-oriented running and taxing puzzle solving.” 81/100 - PC Gamer “Kalimba not only has one of the best cooperative experiences around, but it also has a strong single-player element.” 8/10 Destructoid “Kalimba is a delightful game. Bright colours, tight controls, platforming, animals with accessories…” Rock Paper Shotgun ========== CAMPAIGN Play through an exciting single-player adventure where every new level will test your platforming and puzzle-solving skills. CO-OP Share a local co-op challenge on one device - a fiendishly challenging experience that will make or break any friendship. Co-op is only available on iPad. CHALLENGES Collect all the gold totems, find and beat the secret challenge rooms, and compete on the leaderboards. If you enjoy Kalimba, please leave a rating, check out our other titles, or simply follow @FlashbulbGames on Twitter and Facebook.
Entomophobia
Engage in a top-down roguelite bullet hell experience, eliminating swarms of insects with automatic and controllable weapons. Collect upgrades and make strategic choices to enhance your damage and achieve glory in this solo-developed port of a PC game.
- Top-down roguelite bullet hell gameplay
- Thousands of insects to slay
- Automatic and controllable weapons
- Upgrade cards on level up
- Strategic upgrade choices
- Port of a PC version
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A top-down Roguelite Bullethell where you kill thousands of Insects/Bugs! Get up to 5 Automatic firing Weapons, and a Controllable Weapon too. Slay Bugs, Get Upgrades, and Kill More. Pick from 3 Upgrade Cards on Level Up, choose correctly may your choice bring great damage and glory. Entomophobia is Solo developed. I initially published Entomophobia to Steam, and this is a port of the pc version. I try to update the game every week to every other week. Hopefully, you enjoy it! :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kalimba™ at 76% against Entomophobia's 20%. Kalimba™ also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Entomophobia's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and chart position (#180 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Kalimba™ costs $3.99 and Entomophobia $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kalimba™ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kalimba™ has 49 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Kalimba™'s written reviews are positive against 20% of Entomophobia's.
Kalimba™ ships an update daily, Entomophobia every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kalimba™ | Entomophobia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (49 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.5% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #180 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 785 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Flashbulb ApS | Jaxon Gallegos Garcia |
Customer experience
Kalimba™
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In-app purchases
Kalimba™
No in-app purchases
Entomophobia
No in-app purchases









