Huntdown vs Shakedown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Huntdown
Embark on a retro action-adventure as a bounty hunter cleaning up a crime-ridden city. Utilize unique weapons and strategic combat across 20 levels, battling gangs and bosses in stunning 16-bit pixel art. Experience the full console and PC gameplay optimized for mobile.
- Action platformer gameplay
- Retro 16-bit pixel art
- Multiple bounty hunters with unique weapons
- 20 levels with unique bosses
- Fast-paced strategic combat
- Console/PC experience optimized for mobile
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10/10 - GameReactor 10/10 - Retro 101 9/10 - Nintendo Life 9/10 - PC Invasion 5/5 - Daily Star CRIME DOESN'T PAY... UNLESS YOU'RE A BOUNTY HUNTER Clean up the streets as one of three merciless bounty hunters in a metropolis overrun by violence and corruption. Inspired by the iconic action movies and arcade games of the 80s, take on the criminal underbelly of the city with a creative assortment of weapons and reclaim the city from anarchy. Huntdown is a critically acclaimed action platformer that delivers fast-paced strategic combat against deadly gangs and crime bosses. Prepare to be hit by missiles, explosions, and hundreds of one-liners! 20 LEVELS AND UNIQUE BOSSES: Blast your way from towering rooftops and highways to dingy alleyways and casinos as you leave a bloody trail through Huntdown’s bustling criminal underworld. CHOOSE YOUR BOUNTY HUNTER: The merciless ex-commando Anna Conda, cyborg John Sawyer, or modified droid Mow Man, each furnished with their own unique armaments. As well as machine guns and pistols, you can also chuck kunai, boomerangs and tomahawks to grind down your enemies. GORGEOUS 16-BIT STYLE: Stunningly rendered pixel art, furnished with side scrolling settings saturated with beautifully detailed backgrounds and animations. This is the full console & PC experience of Huntdown with optimized controls for mobile. Connect your favorite game controller for the ultimate experience!
Shakedown
Embark on a 16-bit open-world adventure where you build a business empire. Complete missions, acquire properties, and sabotage rivals to dominate the island. Explore by land, sea, or air, uncovering secrets and engaging in arcade challenges.
- 16-bit open world exploration
- Business acquisition and management
- Mission-based gameplay
- Sabotage competitors
- Vehicle and boat traversal
- Arcade challenges and side quests
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A brand new open world adventure from the creator of Retro City Rampage DX! The entire island is up for grabs. Build your own "legitimate" corporation by completing missions, acquiring businesses, sabotaging competitors, "re-zoning" land, and shaking down shops for protection money. Explore the 16-bit open world by foot, by car, or by boat. It's filled with arcade challenges, side quests, stores to shop at, houses to burgle, civilians to interact with, and secrets to discover. Build your empire and destroy the competition... in Shakedown: Hawaii.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Huntdown at 1.8K against Shakedown's 20. Huntdown also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Shakedown's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On rating, 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
Huntdown costs $6.99 and Shakedown $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Huntdown against 4.9 for Shakedown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Huntdown has 1.8K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Huntdown's written reviews are positive against 92% of Shakedown's.
Huntdown ships an update every 3 weeks, Shakedown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Huntdown | Shakedown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.8K ratings) | 4.9 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | #199 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 712 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Coffee Stain Publishing | Vblank Entertainment Inc. |
Customer experience
Huntdown
Shakedown
Bugs and requests
Huntdown
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when using VPN
- Black screen on launch
Requested features
5 requests- Co-op multiplayer
- More levels and content
- Controller support
- Difficulty adjustments
- Save progress after boss fights
Shakedown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Huntdown
No in-app purchases
Shakedown
No in-app purchases
Questions
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