PixelTerra vs Hell and Back
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelTerra
Survive a dangerous world by building shelters, gathering resources, and defending against monsters. Explore dungeons, craft items, and farm to thrive in this survival-focused adventure.
- Over 100 craft recipes
- Dungeons with treasures
- Customizable world generation
- Adaptive difficulty
- Loot with random properties
- Day/Night cycle and weather
- Farming and hunting
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The world of PixelTerra is quite dangerous so you need to build a shelter, find some food supply and get ready to protect yourself from monsters in order to survive at least a couple of days. Then you can only hope that the walls of your shelter will be strong enough to withstand the onslaught. In this game you will see: ● More than 100 recipes in the craftbook ● Dungeons with treasures ● Customized world generation and adaptive difficulty ● Loot with random properties ● Day/Night cycle + weather effects ● Hunting and fishing ● Animal and crop farming ● Trading with aborigines Tips for the beginner: ● If you don’t like Survival mode, you can turn off strong monsters and starvation in the settings. ● Also you can slow down game speed If you play for the first time or constantly die. ● Do not try to build a good shelter right away. Hide yourself first in the stone arrays. New blocks, items and recipes are permanently added in the game to make it more diversified and interesting to play. This game is not only about minecraft, but more about survival on a dangerous island and finding a loot with better properties. The gameplay contains elements of roguelike and rpg games.
Hell and Back
Embark on a sci-fi roguelike RPG adventure to close a portal to hell on Mars. Fight, loot, and upgrade your gear in turn-based combat, recruiting mercenaries and making critical decisions to survive.
- Procedural and handcrafted levels
- Weapon and armor upgrades
- Mercenary recruitment
- Challenging quests and bosses
- Deep RPG progression
- Turn-based combat
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A sci‑fi roguelike RPG where you descend into hell to close the portal. A portal to hell has opened on Mars Base - and you’re the only one left to stop it. Fight, loot, upgrade, and survive in a turn‑based roguelike RPG where every run is different! - Procedural + handcrafted levels for endless replayability - Upgrade weapons and armor using power cells - Recruit mercenaries to build you squad - Challenging quests and bosses that evolve as you progress in this dungeon crawler - Deep RPG progression with stat points and gear builds - Classic roguelike tension - every decision matters - Turn based RPG action Do you have what it takes to descend into hell and come back alive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hell and Back at Free against PixelTerra's $0.99. Hell and Back also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6). PixelTerra's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
Hell and Back is free to download; PixelTerra costs $0.99 up front. Hell and Back sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PixelTerra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hell and Back holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of PixelTerra's written reviews are positive against 25% of Hell and Back's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PixelTerra ships an update every 4 months, Hell and Back every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixelTerra | Hell and Back |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anton Skvortsov | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
PixelTerra
Hell and Back
In-app purchases
PixelTerra
No in-app purchases
Hell and Back
- 100 Ape Coins$0.99
- Hell and Back Full Upgrade$1.99
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