Comparison

Super Hydorah vs Shakedown

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

Head to head
About

Super Hydorah

Experience a console-quality shooting game adapted for mobile with intuitive touch controls. Explore a non-linear galaxy, battle alien threats with diverse weapons, and uncover secrets. Offers multiple difficulty levels and integrated leaderboards for a challenging and engaging adventure.

Highlights
  • Console-quality graphics
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Non-linear level layout
  • Weapon selection and power-ups
  • Haptic vibration
  • MFI Joystick support
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Super Hydorah is a console-quality smartphone game excellently adapted to touch controls. The world acclaimed shooting game created by renowned Locomalito, now accessible to casual audiences. Metacritic score 82/100 - Excellent.#50 Best PC Game of 2017 Best Spanish Game of 2018 by Hobby Consolas “One of the best games the genre has seen over the years” – Meristation “An old-school shoot'em up full of surprises, and it's incredibly polished” – The Games Machine Super Hydorah is a shooting game that embraces the teachings of the classic genre titans while offering its own thoughtful tweaks: direct action and a wide variety of unique spatial situations. Equip your ship and save the galaxy against the dreadful menace of the Meroptians! Features - Haptic vibration - MFI Joystick support - 2 difficulty modes: Easy to play or hard to be a master! - Touch controls with adjustable sensitivity - Game Center integration: Achievements and leaderboards - Non-linear level layout with route selection - Dangers of different nature in each level (not just bullets) - Weapon selection and power-ups in every mission - Secrets, multiple endings

About

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.

Highlights
  • 16-bit open world exploration
  • Business acquisition and management
  • Mission-based gameplay
  • Sabotage competitors
  • Vehicle and boat traversal
  • Arcade challenges and side quests
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Super Hydorah4 screens
Shakedown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shakedown at fortnightly against Super Hydorah's every 5 months. Super Hydorah's advantage is ratings volume (669 vs 20) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Super Hydorah costs $0.99 and Shakedown $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Super Hydorah against 4.9 for Shakedown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Hydorah has 669 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Super Hydorah's written reviews are positive against 92% of Shakedown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Hydorah ships an update every 5 months, Shakedown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Super Hydorah versus Shakedown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper HydorahShakedown
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (669 ratings)4.9 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings669 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB124 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAbylight S.L.Vblank Entertainment Inc.

Customer experience

Super Hydorah

All ratings668 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.0%

Shakedown

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Bugs and requests

Super Hydorah

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound issues on some devices
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Customizable controls
  • Support for newer iPhone/iPad displays

Shakedown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Super Hydorah

No in-app purchases

None

Shakedown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Hydorah free?
Super Hydorah costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shakedown free?
Shakedown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Super Hydorah or Shakedown?
Shakedown is rated higher. Super Hydorah averages 4.8 out of 5 from 669 ratings, while Shakedown averages 4.9 from 20 ratings.
Do Super Hydorah or Shakedown have ads?
Neither Super Hydorah nor Shakedown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Hydorah or Shakedown?
Super Hydorah ships an update every 5 months, and Shakedown fortnightly. Most recently, Super Hydorah was updated on November 9, 2026 and Shakedown on November 8, 2026.

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