Asteroid Madness vs Dash Heroes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asteroid Madness
Navigate the hostile environment of space to rescue stranded astronauts. Avoid dangerous asteroids that will destroy your ship and collect surprise boxes to aid your mission. Failure to save even one astronaut ends your game.
- Rescue astronauts
- Avoid asteroids
- Collect surprise boxes
- Apple Watch exclusive gameplay
- High-stakes mission
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==== This game is playable only on Apple Watch! ==== Space is cold and hostile. Your singular goal is to rescue as many astronauts floating in the vast emptiness as you can. Sounds simple, but don't underestimate the dangers of space! Be careful! Killing even a single astronaut terminates your mission - with shame! Avoid asteroids. They will destroy your ship! Collect boxes. They contain surprises that will help you. Or not... Enjoy the adventure and share with your friends!
Dash Heroes
Embark on an epic quest through a vertical labyrinth, gaining the ability to scale walls. Navigate treacherous traps and enemies across 1000 levels, choosing from diverse heroes with unique skills. Compete in races, collect coins, and enjoy multiple game modes, including a level editor.
- Vertical labyrinth exploration
- Wall-scaling abilities
- 1000 challenging levels
- Diverse roster of heroes
- Level editor mode
- Competitive racing
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Swipe once and your hero dashes until it hits a wall. That single move is all it takes to play Dash Heroes, a pixel maze escape built for one thumb. Grab the key, reach the portal and get past every skull, spike and trap in the tower. The catch is that your hero does not stop halfway. Every swipe is a commitment: the dash keeps going until something gets in the way, so you read the maze before you move, not after. Speed along the arrows and time your run past turrets, flames, spears and patrolling skulls. In some stages you guide two heroes at once and swap between them to reach the exit. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: hand-built stages across three towers of brick, ice and stone. Grab the key, open the portal and collect the gold to earn up to three stars on every stage. • Arcade: an endless climb through a maze that never runs out, with the water rising behind you. Your five best runs are saved, with the hero who set them and the day you did it. • Blitz: generated stages, one after another, with the water on your heels. • Race: 32 heroes race up the same tower. Get through two qualifying rounds and win the final. A MAZE ESCAPE THAT FIGHTS BACK • A key, a portal and gold in every stage, and traps that shoot, burn and patrol in between. • In Arcade the maze gets tighter the higher you climb, and the water does not wait for you to think. • Fast to read, easy to misjudge. It is a reflex game as much as a labyrinth. 60 HEROES, 10 POWERS • Collect 60 heroes, from common to mythic, and unlock them in the Hero Machine with the gold you pick up in the towers. • Every hero brings a power: more gold from every coin, a magnet that pulls coins in, a chance to start with a shield, slower rising water, a higher Arcade score and more. • Level your heroes up to make their powers stronger. • Take a team of two on every run. Both powers count, so the pair you choose changes the way you play. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • Nine daily missions, plus a bonus for finishing them all. • A daily reward that keeps growing as long as your streak lasts. • Arcade boosts to pick before a run: shield, slow water, magnet or double score. • 50 achievements, from your first stage to the very long haul, and a sheet with all your stats. ONE THUMB, NO INTERNET • Swipe controls made for one hand, in portrait. • No internet connection needed, so the maze comes with you anywhere. • Keyboard and gamepad work too. • Separate music and sound volume, and screen shake you can switch off. If you like a pixel maze game where one wrong swipe sends you straight into a spike, this is your kind of maze escape. Pick two heroes, swipe and see how high the water lets you get.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Asteroid Madness at none against Dash Heroes's shown. Asteroid Madness also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 39 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Asteroid Madness ships an update every 2 weeks, Dash Heroes every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteroid Madness | Dash Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Kroh | CHORRUS GAMES S.L. |
Customer experience
Asteroid Madness
Dash Heroes
In-app purchases
Asteroid Madness
No in-app purchases
Dash Heroes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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