Donut County vs Baba Is You
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Donut County
Control an ever-growing hole in the ground to swallow objects and characters in this story-based physics puzzle game. Explore unique environments, combine items for wild effects, and solve puzzles by manipulating what you consume.
- Story-based gameplay
- Physics puzzles
- Growing hole mechanic
- Explore unique environments
- Combine objects for effects
- Catapult items
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Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole. WHERE TRASH IS TREASURE Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who swallows up his friends and their homes to earn idiotic prizes. When BK falls into one of his own holes, he’s confronted by his best friend Mira and the residents of Donut County, who are all stuck 999 feet underground… and they demand answers! THE HOLE KEEPS GROWING • EXPLORE every character’s home, each with their own unique environment. • MOVE the hole to swallow up their stuff, growing bigger each time. • COMBINE objects inside for crazy effects: cook soup, breed bunnies, launch fireworks, and more. • CATAPULT things back out of the hole. You can use it to solve puzzles...or just destroy stuff. • DEVOUR everything. The hole won’t stop until the whole county is all gone. Donut County was created by Ben Esposito, designer on What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan. It is the result of six years of solo development, dozens of donuts (for research), and one fateful encounter with a raccoon.
Baba Is You
This is a unique puzzle game where players can alter the rules of the game itself. By manipulating in-game text blocks, you can change how levels function, leading to unexpected solutions and gameplay mechanics. Discover new ways to interact with the environment and achieve objectives.
- Change game rules
- Manipulate text blocks
- Solve logic puzzles
- Unexpected interactions
- Block-pushing mechanics
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Baba Is You is a puzzle game where you can change the rules by which you play. In every level, the rules are present as blocks you can interact with; by manipulating them, you can change how the level works and cause surprising, unexpected interactions! With some simple block-pushing you can turn yourself into a rock, turn patches of grass into dangerously hot obstacles, and even change the goal you need to reach to something entirely different.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Baba Is You at 4.6 against Donut County's 4.0. Baba Is You also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 56%) and chart position (#27 vs #93). Donut County's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 372) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On update cadence, 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
Donut County costs $4.99 and Baba Is You $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Baba Is You holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Donut County has 2.8K ratings behind it against 372, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Donut County's written reviews are positive against 84% of Baba Is You's.
Donut County ships an update every 3 weeks, Baba Is You monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Donut County | Baba Is You |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (2.8K ratings) | 4.6 (372 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 372 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #93 | #27 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 336 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Annapurna Games, LLC | Hempuli |
Customer experience
Donut County
Baba Is You
User reviews
Donut County
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Charming characters and story
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals and music
- 🕹️ Innovative and unique concept
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Short gameplay duration
- 💰 Overpriced for the content
- 🧠 Lack of challenge or difficulty
- 📜 Too much dialogue, not enough gameplay
Baba Is You
From 372 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Elegant and innovative design
- 🧠 Challenging and rewarding puzzles
- 👍 Intuitive and responsive controls
- 🕹️ Unique game mechanics
- 💎 High-quality and polished experience
Room to improve
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🔒 Lack of cloud save/sync functionality
Bugs and requests
Donut County
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or performance issues on some devices
- Compatibility problems with certain controllers
Requested features
4 requests- Longer campaign or additional levels
- Sandbox/free-roam mode
- More puzzles and challenges
- Ability to skip dialogue
Baba Is You
Reported bugs
2 issues- Specific level (Adventurers) appears to be unsolvable on mobile
- Screen formatting issues on some levels (e.g. Heavy Cloud)
Requested features
3 requests- Add level editor for custom puzzles
- Improve accessibility options
- Implement iCloud/cloud save sync
In-app purchases
Donut County
No in-app purchases
Baba Is You
No in-app purchases
Questions
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