Serious Scramblers vs Devolver Tumble Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
Devolver Tumble Time
Engage in physics-based puzzle matching with characters from popular Devolver Digital games. Clear adorable heads, unleash special abilities, and create chain reactions. Unlock new characters and compete in daily challenges.
- Physics-based puzzle matching
- Collectible characters
- Character special abilities
- Daily challenges
- Unlockable content
- Virtual currency
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Devolver Tumble Time is the future's future of physics-based puzzle matching gameplay, elegant monetization, and strategic brand integration. Choose characters from a packed roster of your favorite Devolver Digital games and rack up big points matching and clearing their impossibly adorable heads from the tumbler. Get hyped enough and unleash each character's special ability to clear huge chunks and earn powerups to create chaotic chain reactions. Then maybe watch some entertaining ads. Earn and unlock new characters, compete in daily challenges, and buy stuff. Buying stuff is so great. Don't forget to keep an eye out for new character drops from your favorite Devolver Digital games and maybe even from ones you've never heard of in your life. Plus delicious ads. Watch 'em up real good. Physics-Based Fun! Matching-Based Fun! Baffling Amounts of Virtual Currency! Collectible Donuts, Flowers, & Socks! Microtransaction-Based Fun! Enjoyable Advertisements!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Devolver Tumble Time at fortnightly against Serious Scramblers's every 3 months. Devolver Tumble Time also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (920 vs 225). Serious Scramblers's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 56%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Devolver Tumble Time sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Devolver Tumble Time holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 225 and 920 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Serious Scramblers's written reviews are positive against 56% of Devolver Tumble Time's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Serious Scramblers ships an update every 3 months, Devolver Tumble Time fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Serious Scramblers | Devolver Tumble Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (225 ratings) | 4.7 (920 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 225 | 920 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 240 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yong Kian Chin | Devolver Digital, Inc. |
Customer experience
Serious Scramblers
Devolver Tumble Time
User reviews
Serious Scramblers
From 225 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
Devolver Tumble Time
From 920 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Charming characters and art style
- 🎨 Good parody of mobile games
- 🎶 Great music
Room to improve
- 🔍 Unclear objectives and mechanics
- ⏱️ Short time limits and lives system
- 💰 Aggressive monetization and ads
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
Devolver Tumble Time
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timers and challenges not working properly after level 300
- Crashes and freezes during ads
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More characters from Devolver's other games
- Endless mode or additional gameplay modes
- Improved progression and less grindy systems
In-app purchases
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Devolver Tumble Time
- Beat the Boss$0.99
- 250 gems$0.99
- 250 Apples$0.99
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- 1100 Socks$0.99
- 250 Donuts$0.99
- 250 Flowers$0.99
- 250 Socks$0.99
- 650 Apples$1.99
- 650 Donuts$1.99
- 650 Flowers$1.99
- 999 years of unlimited hearts2 variants$2.99
- New User Bundle$2.99
- 1100 Donuts$2.99
- 1100 Gems$2.99
- 1100 Flowers$2.99
- 1100 Apples$2.99
- Super Deal!$4.99
Questions
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