Levelhead vs Shakedown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Levelhead
Design and share your own 2D platformer levels with an intuitive editor. Explore a vast library of user-created content, compete for high scores, and enjoy a challenging campaign.
- Intuitive level editor
- Hundreds of build items
- Challenging campaign mode
- User-generated content sharing
- Global leaderboards
- Cross-platform play and save
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Play the 2D Platformer Maker from the award-winning studio behind Crashlands! EMPLOYEEEEEE! The Bureau of Shipping is the galaxy's premiere package delivery corporation. For hundreds of years our customers have trusted us to deliver their goods, real good. And now you get to be part of that delivery magic. As a new Employee to the Levelhead Division, you are responsible for training your very own GR-18 delivery robot for every possible delivery scenario. Create L.E.V.E.L.s, or "Limited Exercises for eValuating employEe Limitations", with the intuitive Level editor in the Workshop, then publish them for the whole world to experience. Build incredible contraptions and machines, craft adventurous expeditions that require brain and brawn to complete, or just create a relaxing music scene for other Levelheads to chill with. Once you've completed your Level, share it with the rest of the world... and gain a following! The Levelhead Division comes equipped with powerful curation and Following systems, so you'll always be able to find the best new Levels created by your colleagues. And don't forget about the Training course! More than 90 hand-crafted Levels offer a wealth of challenges and surprises to jumpstart your creativity. What are you waiting for, Employee? Get out there and do good for our goods! FEATURES + Build your own Levels! Get creative and make your own Levels with hundreds of items including enemies, hazards, paths, programmable switches, secrets, weather, music, and powers. Build a sprawling adventure, a puzzle game, a pinball machine, a Level full of bosses, a fast-paced challenge, a relaxing musical contraption, a well-paced sidescroller, or whatever else you can imagine! Levelhead's intuitive Level editor lets you convert your design ideas into platforming adventures for players around the world. + Complete the challenging and funny campaign! Take control of GR-18, a delivery robot in-training, as you run, jump, and blast your way across 90+ challenging, hand-designed campaign Levels. Along the way you'll unlock new Avatars, speedrun against benchmark times, and become a star employee of the Levelhead division! + Gain a following! Publish your Level to the entire world and see your Play Time, Attempts, and Followers stack up. With robust search and curation, Levelhead makes collecting followers and playing endless user generated content from around the world a breeze. Plus, the Marketing Department lets you push your Levels to the top of the charts just by playing the game, meaning you don't already have to be famous to get your Levels played! + Compete for speed and score! Every Level comes with a leaderboard - take the top spot and you'll hold the trophy! But beware, the competition is fierce and you never know who will be coming for your awards. + Cross platform, cross save, & cross play! The Levels you create go out to the whole world, regardless of device! You can even back-up your unfinished levels to the cloud and transfer them between devices with ease, so you can build and play wherever you want.
Shakedown
Embark on a 16-bit open-world adventure where you build a business empire. Complete missions, acquire properties, and sabotage rivals to dominate the island. Explore by land, sea, or air, uncovering secrets and engaging in arcade challenges.
- 16-bit open world exploration
- Business acquisition and management
- Mission-based gameplay
- Sabotage competitors
- Vehicle and boat traversal
- Arcade challenges and side quests
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A brand new open world adventure from the creator of Retro City Rampage DX! The entire island is up for grabs. Build your own "legitimate" corporation by completing missions, acquiring businesses, sabotaging competitors, "re-zoning" land, and shaking down shops for protection money. Explore the 16-bit open world by foot, by car, or by boat. It's filled with arcade challenges, side quests, stores to shop at, houses to burgle, civilians to interact with, and secrets to discover. Build your empire and destroy the competition... in Shakedown: Hawaii.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Levelhead at 484 against Shakedown's 21. Levelhead also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Shakedown's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and review sentiment (92% vs 82%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Levelhead costs $6.99 and Shakedown $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Levelhead against 4.9 for Shakedown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Levelhead has 484 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Levelhead's written reviews are positive against 92% of Shakedown's.
Levelhead ships an update weekly, Shakedown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Levelhead | Shakedown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (484 ratings) | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 484 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 522 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Butterscotch Shenanigans, Inc. | Vblank Entertainment Inc. |
Customer experience
Levelhead
Shakedown
In-app purchases
Levelhead
No in-app purchases
Shakedown
No in-app purchases
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