Super Pixel Heroes vs Once Upon a Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Pixel Heroes
Engage in epic pixelated battles, creating your own superhero identity to defeat villains. Collect and unlock a diverse roster of hilarious action heroes from various themed worlds, unleashing comical finishers and special abilities in retro-style arcade arenas.
- Create superhero identity
- Collect legendary heroes
- Four thematic worlds (Dino, Jungle, Zombies, Robots)
- Retro-style arcade action
- Unleash hilarious finishers and SPs
- Exciting arenas with unique obstacles
- Open crates for hero parts
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Epic Heroes in Exciting Pixel Battles. Create your own superhero identity and beat the evilest supervillains in the universe on your way to becoming a champion. Laugh out loud as you fight with cool and hilarious action heroes from the dynamic worlds of Dinosaurs, Robots, and Zombies. Choose from an absolutely entertaining roster of champions to begin your journey of endless fun. This wacky arcade-style game has heroic pixel figures of Jungle King Shere Khan, Atom, Zeus, and never-seen-before ZOMBIE super stars – meaning “A Never Ending PIXEL SMASHING Adventure”! Stomp over opponents, push them against obstacles and even chase them as they try to sneak away from you – It’s all about making your moves look cool and quirky. COLLECT LEGENDARY HEROES Unravel legendary super heroes with super-cool abilities and exciting action moves to experience crazy comical action. Unlock cool, funky characters like Dinosaurs, Jungle heroes, Zombies, Sci-fi movie Robots and more. A QUAD-WORLD OF HEROES & PUNKS Now, choose your super heroes from 4 vivid and entertaining thematic worlds – DINO, JUNGLE, ZOMBIES and ROBOTS. Punt opponents in the air as you dance and groove to the vintage 8-bit arcade tunes. Go completely BONKERS in this never experienced before contest of pixel smashing. RETRO-STYLE ARCADE ACTION Make a swooning entrance into the arena and tease opponents with mischievous gestures. Smash & Bash Pixels! Whether kids or adults; have lots of smashy fun while you experience the thrill of winning fights even with one limb remaining. UNLEASH HILARIOUS FINISHERS and SPs Knockout challengers with hilarious finishing moves – smash, dash, bash and even fart - in this amazing pixel smashing game! Chase them, hop on them or squash their bellies using epic abilities of Bleed, Critical Damage, Stun, Force Field, Obstacle Shield, Last Stand & Instant Death special abilities on your road to become the champions of pixel clash. EXCITING ARENAS, INTUITIVE GAMEPLAY Escape rolling fireballs, spiked iron and unique obstacles in vintage art-style arenas - Lava River, Helipad and the Dockyard. Know your moves and dodges with the interactive on-screen tips and suggestions. UNRAVEL POWERFUL CHAMPIONS Open Rare, Epic and Legendary crates with surprise rewards of amazing hero parts. JOIN ‘SUPER PIXEL HEROES’ EXCLUSIVE FAN CLUB Enjoy regular news on game updates, characters, features, views, video tips and more for Free Like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reliancegames Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/reliancegames Watch us on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/reliancegames
Once Upon a Tower
Break free from your tower prison in this adventure game. Armed with a war hammer, you'll battle enemies and escape a dragon. Your rescue is up to you!
- Tower escape adventure
- Battle enemies
- Fight a dragon
- Princess protagonist
- Offline gameplay
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Ever wanted to escape somewhere else? Ever felt like you were trapped in a high tower? Ever found yourself waiting for the valiant knight to save you? Wait no more! Cause he isn't coming -- No, really, he isn't. He was literally eaten by that guardian dragon over there. But fear no more, you have all you need to set yourself free. The brave knight left behind his war hammer, I'm sure you can put it to good use, right? You can beat the enemies. You can escape the dragon. YOU CAN DO THIS! Now let the adventure begin, once upon a tower.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Once Upon a Tower at every 3 weeks against Super Pixel Heroes's every 3 months. Once Upon a Tower also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 1K) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Super Pixel Heroes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Once Upon a Tower sells 10 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 Super Pixel Heroes against 4.7 for Once Upon a Tower. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 3.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Super Pixel Heroes's written reviews are positive against 75% of Once Upon a Tower's.
Super Pixel Heroes ships an update every 3 months, Once Upon a Tower every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Pixel Heroes | Once Upon a Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1K ratings) | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better | 75.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 379 MB | 226 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Reliance Games | Pomelo Games |
Customer experience
Super Pixel Heroes
Once Upon a Tower
User reviews
Super Pixel Heroes
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great pixel art graphics
- 🔥 Awesome crossover characters
- 🕹️ Simple and intuitive controls
- 🎉 Nostalgic and reminiscent of childhood
Room to improve
- 🤖 Overpowered AI opponents
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 📺 Too many intrusive ads
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay loop
- 🔒 Difficulty unlocking new characters
Once Upon a Tower
From 3.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💕 Addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics
- 🎮 Simple but engaging mechanics
- 🚀 Great time killer
- 👍 Empowering female characters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Unclear instructions/tutorials
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 💰 Aggressive monetization with ads
- 🤖 Unresponsive controls
Bugs and requests
Super Pixel Heroes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to connect to servers
- Rewards not unlocking properly
- Game crashes after certain playtime
- Unresponsive controls during fights
Requested features
5 requests- Add more diverse characters and franchises
- Implement online multiplayer mode
- Allow for deeper character customization
- Introduce new game modes and challenges
- Improve the reward system for progression
Once Upon a Tower
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes when watching ads
- Progress resets after crashes
- Challenges not tracking properly
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- More character/princess variety
- Ability to save progress
- Difficulty settings
- Multiplayer mode
- Level editor
In-app purchases
Super Pixel Heroes
- Parry's Pouch$0.99
- ATOM Common$0.99
- NOISY BOY Common.$0.99
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- SPIKE Common.$0.99
- KING KONG Common.$0.99
- Rare Starter Pack-Deal$3.99
- Baloo's Bounty$4.99
- Epic Starter Pack-Deal$4.99
- ATOM Legendary.$9.99
- KING KONG Legendary.$9.99
Once Upon a Tower
- Oscura$0.99
- Noriko$0.99
- Lives Pack x10$0.99
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- Loriel$0.99
- Denise$0.99
- Dragon scales x20$0.99
- Lives Pack x25$0.99
- Lives Pack x25$1.99
- Lives Pack x60$3.99
- Lives Pack x200$9.99
Questions
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