Flora and the Darkness vs Shockbot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flora and the Darkness
Embark on a visually stunning 2D side-scrolling adventure as a young light being named Flora. Use special plant abilities and ancient god powers to combat spreading darkness, solve puzzles, and restore light to a dying planet.
- Captivating art style
- Intuitive one-touch controls
- 21 challenging levels
- Special abilities for strategy
- Boss fight finale
- Epic music
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Flora and the Darkness is a beautiful artistic 2D platformer adventure where a small light must face a world swallowed by shadows. When the Darkness spreads across the planet, the light beings disappear one by one. Saved by her mother's sacrifice, only a single survivor remains — Flora, a little girl made of light. Guide Flora through a mysterious world and help restore hope to a dying planet. Explore beautiful hand-crafted environments, activate ancient powers, and use magical plants to overcome dangerous obstacles. Use light orbs to destroy darkness blocking your path and unlock ancient gates that once protected the world. Even the smallest light can change everything. Game Features: • Stunning artistic 2D world • Smooth and intuitive one-touch platformer controls • 21 carefully crafted challenging levels • Unique gameplay using magical plants • Special abilities granted by ancient Gods • Epic atmospheric music • Various enemies and environmental hazards • A dramatic boss fight finale The Darkness is spreading. Help Flora bring the light back to the world. Website: www.1der-ent.com Facebook: facebook.com/1derent Twitter: twitter.com/1DerEnt Youtube: youtube.com/user/1DERentertainment
Shockbot
Embark on a mission to reclaim Earth from interdimensional monsters. Wield a precision blaster and a devastating Shock Attack to defeat foes and face a colossal mechanical beast in this action-packed platformer.
- Run-and-gun action
- Precision blaster combat
- Devastating Shock Attack
- Antigravity platforming
- Epic boss battles
- Pulsing drum and bass soundtrack
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In the near future, the scientists of Earth have ripped open a portal to another dimension after a high-energy physics experiment has gone horribly wrong. Grotesque monsters from another world have poured into our realm, and all of humankind has fled the planet in fear, unable to fend off the invaders. Enter Shockbot, humanity's last hope for reclaiming their home world. Shockbot is armed with a high precision blaster capable of vaporizing menacing invaders, as well as a devastating Shock Attack to wipe the area clear of foes. Orchestrating the invasion is Ultramech, a powerful hybrid mechanical beast of imposing size, armed with a terrifying laser cannon. Shockbot must destroy Ultramech to put a halt to Earth's invasion, trekking from the insertion point in Horizon City, through monster-infested forests, foreboding caves, an industrial wasteland, to a dreamy cyberpunk skyline. This run-and-gun platformer is reminiscent of classic 16-bit shooters and includes a half a dozen varied and exciting stages, fast-paced action, a cool Shock Attack mechanic to wipe all the enemies off screen, antigravity platforming challenges, and an epic boss battle at the end, all with a pulsing drum and bass soundtrack.
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Verdict
Flora and the Darkness and Shockbot both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Flora and the Darkness's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shockbot's. Shockbot's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Flora and the Darkness sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Shockbot sells 4 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 — 4.5 for Flora and the Darkness against 4.3 for Shockbot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Flora and the Darkness's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shockbot's.
Flora and the Darkness ships an update every 4 weeks, Shockbot every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flora and the Darkness | Shockbot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (35 ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 1Der Entertainment | Glowmatic LLC |
Customer experience
Flora and the Darkness
Shockbot
In-app purchases
Flora and the Darkness
- 200 Lights$0.99
- 1000 Lights2 variants$0.99
- 4000 Lights2 variants$0.99
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- 5 Life Slots$0.99
- 20 Life Slots$1.99
- Infinite Lives$1.99
- Infinite Lives$3.99
- Huge Light Pack$9.99
Shockbot
- No Ads$0.99
- Buy 50 Atoms$0.99
- Buy 500 Atoms$4.99
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- Buy 2000 Atoms$9.99
Questions
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