Comparison

Donut County vs Baba Is You

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Story-based gameplay
  • Physics puzzles
  • Growing hole mechanic
  • Explore unique environments
  • Combine objects for effects
  • Catapult items
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Change game rules
  • Manipulate text blocks
  • Solve logic puzzles
  • Unexpected interactions
  • Block-pushing mechanics
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Donut County4 screens
Baba Is You4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Donut County versus Baba Is You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDonut CountyBaba Is You
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.0 (2.8K ratings)4.6 (372 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews84.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better372
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#93#27 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurna Games, LLCHempuli

Customer experience

Donut County

All ratings2,759 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews643 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral16.2%
Negative27.8%

Baba Is You

All ratings362 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.9%

User reviews

Donut County

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

None

Donut County

No in-app purchases

None

Baba Is You

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Donut County free?
Donut County costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Baba Is You free?
Baba Is You costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Donut County or Baba Is You?
Baba Is You is rated higher. Donut County averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Baba Is You averages 4.6 from 372 ratings.
Do Donut County or Baba Is You have ads?
Neither Donut County nor Baba Is You shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Donut County or Baba Is You?
Donut County ships an update every 3 weeks, and Baba Is You monthly. Most recently, Donut County was updated on November 6, 2026 and Baba Is You on November 7, 2026.
Which is more popular, Donut County or Baba Is You?
Donut County currently peaks at #93 in the App Store charts, and Baba Is You at #27. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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