Cat Bird! vs Total Party Kill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Bird!
Embark on a challenging platform adventure as a cute cat bird on an epic quest to return home. Navigate through unique worlds filled with obstacles, enemies, and guardians. Test your skills across numerous levels with stunning pixel art and competitive features.
- Over 40 challenging levels
- 3 Epic bosses
- Stylish pixel art graphics
- Achievements and Leaderboards
- Time Trial mode
- ReplayKit support
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A cute-tastic journey across worlds. Help Cat Bird on his challenging platform adventure on an epic quest to get back home. Venture through unique worlds hovering across pits, traps, enemies, and saw blades. Beware of the mighty guardians that block your path. Join the journey and open your inner meow! Featuring: + More than 40 challenging levels. + 3 Epic bosses to challenge. + Stylish and stunning pixel art graphics. + Achievements and Leaderboards to compete with others. + Test your skills in Time Trial mode. + Beautiful Soundtrack + Show off your abilities with ReplayKit(iOS 9+)
Total Party Kill
Solve intricate puzzles in a dark dungeon by strategically sacrificing your teammates. Utilize unique hero abilities to create pathways and overcome obstacles, ensuring at least one hero reaches the goal to win.
- Strategic teammate sacrifice
- Unique hero abilities
- Mind-bending puzzles
- Dungeon exploration
- Multiple hero control
- Level-based progression
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Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but the only way forward is creative use of friendly fire! Control 3 different heroes and use their unique abilities to solve mind-bending puzzles by sacrificing your teammates! Throw heroes as the Knight, freeze them into ice blocks with the Mage, or pin them on walls and use them as platforms as the Ranger. As long as one hero survives to the goal, you win the level! Total Party Kill is the winner of the Ludum Dare 43 game development competition with the theme "Sacrifices must be made". This extended edition contains improvements such as redone art and animations, new soundtrack by KungFuFurby, and challenging new levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Total Party Kill at every 5 months against Cat Bird!'s every 16 months. Total Party Kill also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Cat Bird! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Total Party Kill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Cat Bird! against 4.4 for Total Party Kill. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Cat Bird!'s written reviews are positive against 77% of Total Party Kill's.
Cat Bird! ships an update every 16 months, Total Party Kill every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Cat Bird! | Total Party Kill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 76.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Raiyumi Inc. | Jussi Simpanen |
Customer experience
Cat Bird!
Total Party Kill
User reviews
Cat Bird!
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cute and charming visuals
- 🎮 Engaging and challenging gameplay
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack and sound design
- 💎 High-quality, polished game
- 🕹️ Simple and responsive controls
Room to improve
- 🔍 Difficulty spikes in later levels
- 🔍 Crowns/secrets can be hard to find
- 🔍 Frustrating difficulty at times
- 🔍 Controls can feel imprecise
- 📺 Intrusive ad placement
Total Party Kill
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Unique concept
- 👍 Challenging puzzles
- 👍 Retro graphics and music
- 👍 Simple but intuitive controls
- 👍 Satisfying to complete levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🔍 Ads cause screen rotation issues
- 🔍 Short length of game
Bugs and requests
Cat Bird!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes after ads
- Controls glitch and stop working
- Screen orientation issues
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and worlds
- Customizable player skins
- Level editor and community
- Multiplayer mode
- Checkpoint/progress saving
Total Party Kill
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes frequently, especially after ads
- Screen rotation issues after ads
- Controls sometimes unresponsive
Requested features
6 requests- More levels
- New characters with different abilities
- Level creator/editor
- Time trial mode
- Leaderboards
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- Hints for difficult levels
In-app purchases
Cat Bird!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Total Party Kill
- Remove Ads$3.99
Questions
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