Empty. vs AAAAXY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empty.
A relaxing puzzle game designed to help you unwind and appreciate simplicity. Rotate rooms to clear them using intuitive one-touch controls. Enjoy a peaceful experience with a beautiful soundtrack and over 25 handcrafted levels.
- Unique room rotation puzzles
- One-touch controls
- No ads or paid content
- Accessible for all ages
- 25+ handcrafted levels
- Original soundtrack
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A relaxing puzzle game to unwind with. Each level teaches you to value simplicity in life. ‣ Unique puzzle mechanics — clear the room by rotating it! ‣ One-touch controls — play with one hand! ‣ No ads. No paid content. Supported by donations. ‣ Accessible for players of all ages. ‣ 25+ beautiful hand-crafted levels. ‣ Original soundtrack - a full length album. Learn the timeless concept — that less is more — that will contribute to your wellbeing in addition to simply joyfully passing time.
AAAAXY
Explore a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer set in mind-bending impossible spaces. Set your own goals, discover secrets, and enjoy a unique, disorienting world. Designed for players who enjoy exploration and a touch of playful trolling.
- Nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer
- Impossible spaces gameplay
- Exploration and secrets
- Player-set goals
- Unique world design
- Playful trolling elements
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AAAAXY is a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer taking place in impossible spaces. Although your general goal is reaching the surprising end of the game, you are encouraged to set your own goals while playing. Exploration will be rewarded, and secrets await you! So jump and run around, and enjoy losing your sense of orientation in this World of Wicked Weirdness. Find out what Van Vlijmen will make you do. Pick a path, get inside a Klein Bottle, recognize some memes, and by all means: don't look up. And beware of a minor amount of trolling. To reach the end, a new player will take about 4 to 6 hours, a full playthrough can be finished in about 1 hour and the end can be reached in about 15 minutes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Empty. at 2.4K against AAAAXY's 5. AAAAXY's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AAAAXY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Empty. has 2.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Empty.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of AAAAXY's.
Empty. ships an update monthly, AAAAXY every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Empty. | AAAAXY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maksym Dzitsiuk | Rudolf Polzer |
Customer experience
Empty.
AAAAXY
Bugs and requests
Empty.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Certain objects not disappearing as expected
- Glitches on specific levels
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content
- Difficulty settings or options
- Ability to save progress
AAAAXY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Empty.
No in-app purchases
AAAAXY
No in-app purchases
