Comparison

Ashworld vs El Paso, Elsewhere

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

Head to head
About

Ashworld

Explore a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world where survival depends on finding scarce resources like food and water. Battle dangerous creatures and road warriors, utilizing a variety of weapons, vehicles, and crafted items. Improve your character's skills through experience gained from missions and exploration.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated gameplay
  • Modifiable touch controls
  • Vehicle driving and combat
  • Diverse weapon selection
  • Resource scavenging
  • Vehicle customization
  • Crafting system
  • Character skill progression
Features
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Ashworld is an open world survival adventure set in a post apocalyptic world a few hundred years from now. Water and food are valuable, rare and the most important things you'll have to find, as you try to survive in the rage-lands. An area of the world terrorized by the Ragers. A stereotypical group of road-warriors with no respect for the little life that's left. During the night creatures, called the Skellies, roam the world and are becoming more dangerous as time passes. Use your smarts, combined with the various weapons, cars, gadgets and raw materials that can be found inside the many underground area's, buildings, old sky-scrapers, and other area's of the Ashworld. QUICK list of FEATURES: - Procedurally generated gameplay (no 2 games are the same) - Modifiable touch-controls (check options menu!!) - Run and drive around the ragelands, visiting buildings, talking to people, beating up ragers and skellies. - Use different weapons: boomerangs, chainsaws, rocket launcher, shotgun, machinegun, plasma rifle, flame thrower. - Search through buildings, underground cavern's, and unexplored area's of the Ashworld for usable items. - Find,Steal and drive a variation of different cars, all with their quirks and challenges. - A host of story missions and sub-missions to guide you around the world. - Craft new weapons and tools - Gain experience points and use them to improve your character skills

About

El Paso, Elsewhere

Engage in a supernatural neo-noir shooter featuring slow-motion gunfights against vampires, werewolves, and other creatures. Explore a reality-shifting motel beneath El Paso and uncover an emotional story of heartbreak and revenge.

Highlights
  • Cinematic bullet-time action
  • Battle supernatural horrors
  • Immersive neo-noir story
  • Explosive combat with unique weapons
  • Dynamic and destructible environments
  • Original hip-hop soundtrack
Features
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El Paso, Elsewhere. A supernatural neo-noir shooter filled with monsters, mystery, and slow-motion action. Fight your way through a haunted, reality-shifting motel, now mysteriously 46 floors deep beneath El Paso, Texas. Hunt vampires, werewolves, fallen angels, and other terrifying creatures in cinematic slow-motion gunfights inspired by action classics. Uncover an emotional neo-noir story of heartbreak and revenge as you face Draculae—the vampire lord you once loved. WHY YOU’LL LOVE EL PASO, ELSEWHERE: • Cinematic bullet-time action: Slow-motion dives, dodges, and gunplay. • Face supernatural horrors: Battle vampires, werewolves, and fallen angels. • Immersive neo-noir story: Fully-voiced campaign filled with drama and mystery. • Explosive combat: Use holy-fire Molotov cocktails and dual pistols. • Dynamic environments: Destroy objects and enemies with realistic physics. • Original hip-hop soundtrack: Featuring RJ Lake & Xalavier Nelson Jr. From the acclaimed creators at Strange Scaffold, makers of Life Eater and I Am Your Beast. Download now and dive into neo-noir chaos.

Screenshots

Ashworld4 screens
El Paso, Elsewhere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: El Paso, Elsewhere at Free against Ashworld's $3.99. El Paso, Elsewhere also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 38%) and rating (4.7 vs 3.3). Ashworld's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On ads and device support 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

El Paso, Elsewhere is free to download; Ashworld costs $3.99 up front. El Paso, Elsewhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ashworld asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

El Paso, Elsewhere holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: El Paso, Elsewhere has 753 ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Ashworld's written reviews are positive against 82% of El Paso, Elsewhere's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ashworld ships an update every 2 weeks, El Paso, Elsewhere every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Ashworld versus El Paso, Elsewhere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAshworldEl Paso, Elsewhere
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (71 ratings)4.7 (753 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.8% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71753 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB2.7 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPascal BestebroerFrosty Pop

Customer experience

Ashworld

All ratings71 ratings
Positive45.1%
Neutral23.9%
Negative31.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive37.8%
Neutral28.9%
Negative33.3%

El Paso, Elsewhere

All ratings744 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.2%
Negative11.3%

User reviews

Ashworld

From 71 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great retro style
  • 💡 Open-world roguelite
  • 👍 Fun sandbox world
  • 👍 Good concept
  • 👍 Awesome fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Poor controls
  • 🐛 Unresponsive controls
  • 🐛 Tiny buttons
  • 🐛 Frustrating platforming
  • 🐛 Inconsistent UI

El Paso, Elsewhere

From 753 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent gameplay
  • 👍 Great story and characters
  • 🎨 Fantastic art style and visuals
  • 🎵 Awesome soundtrack
  • 🕹️ Smooth controls and mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. softlocks, invisible barriers)
  • 🎮 Suboptimal touch controls, need for customization
  • 💰 Paid full version after demo
  • 🇨🇳 Lack of Chinese language support

Bugs and requests

Ashworld

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Mission items not appearing
  • Dog disappeared
  • Cannot launch after iOS update
  • Saves at random spots
  • Buggy quests
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  • Impossible to escape dungeons
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Skill upgrade menu crashes
  • Game-crashing bug on loot skill
  • Map button not working
  • World stability issues (buildings disappear)
  • Stuck at bottom of areas
  • Cannot reach topmost left square of map
  • Joystick doesn't work well
  • Game gets stuck on dialog

Requested features

10 requests
  • More vehicles
  • More food
  • More enemies
  • More locations
  • Quest log
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  • Tutorial
  • Easier skill assignment
  • Spanish language option
  • Sequel
  • 3DS release

El Paso, Elsewhere

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Elevator not working in level 28
  • Frankenstein enemy health gets stuck in level 27
  • Character movement issues during chapter name display
  • Crashes on iPhone 6 Plus

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add controller support
  • Implement cloud save functionality
  • Increase frame rate cap
  • Introduce a free-to-play zombies mode

In-app purchases

None

Ashworld

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

El Paso, Elsewhere

One-time1
  • El Paso, Elsewhere$4.99

Questions

Is Ashworld free?
Ashworld costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is El Paso, Elsewhere free?
El Paso, Elsewhere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ashworld or El Paso, Elsewhere?
El Paso, Elsewhere is rated higher. Ashworld averages 3.3 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while El Paso, Elsewhere averages 4.7 from 753 ratings.
Do Ashworld or El Paso, Elsewhere have ads?
Neither Ashworld nor El Paso, Elsewhere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ashworld or El Paso, Elsewhere?
Ashworld ships an update every 2 weeks, and El Paso, Elsewhere every 3 days. Most recently, Ashworld was updated on November 4, 2026 and El Paso, Elsewhere on November 4, 2026.

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