Comparison

Squids Odyssey vs Loop Hero

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

Head to head
About

Squids Odyssey

Assemble a team of unique heroes for strategic turn-based battles against corrupted sea creatures. Explore diverse environments and utilize your party's strengths to overcome challenges and save your underwater kingdom. Enjoy over 15 hours of gameplay with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Team building with 15 unique Squids
  • Strategic turn-based combat
  • 90+ missions and 15+ hours of gameplay
  • Unlockable helmets to boost abilities
  • Diverse battle environments
  • Expert Pro Mode for added challenge
Features
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Build your team of Squid heroes for epic turn-based battles against corrupted crabs and shrimps! Steev and the rest of the Squids are in danger! An infectious ooze is corrupting their world, and this band of unlikely heroes needs to fight back to save their kingdom. Squids Odyssey is not just about gorgeous cartoon art, jaunty music and humorous storytelling: the battles provide a deep challenge as strategy and skill are required to use the environment and the Squids' strengths to lead your team to victory! - Build your party from 15 different Squids in 4 classes: shooters, scouts, troopers, and healers. - Win turn-based battles with strategy and skill, using the environment and your party’s strengths to your advantage - Engage in 90+ missions for more than 15 hours of gameplay, plus an expert Pro Mode that doubles the game length and provides extra challenge. - Boost your heroes abilities with 65+ barmy helmets. - Battle your way through Greek citadels, tropical coral reefs, old West inspired towns and Japanese temples to save your underwater world! No Squids were harmed during the making of this game.

About

Loop Hero

Embark on a roguelike RPG adventure where you strategically place cards to create enemy encounters, buildings, and terrain. Equip your hero with powerful loot, expand your camp, and unlock new classes and cards to break an endless cycle of despair and save a forgotten world.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated expedition loops
  • Strategic card placement for trials
  • Loot collection for hero progression
  • Camp expansion and reconstruction
  • Unlockable classes and cards
  • Retro pixel art dark fantasy story
Features
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*Try Loop Hero for free and unlock the full game for the whole adventure!* The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. In this roguelike RPG, wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero. Recover and equip powerful loot for each class of hero for their battles and expand the survivors' camp to reinforce each adventure through the loop. Unlock new classes, new cards, and devious guardians on your quest to shatter the endless cycle of despair. FEATURES - Explore an endless number of paths: bring your hero on randomly generated loops and never experience the same run twice. - Shape your expeditions into darkness: build your deck and place your cards to script your hero’s trials and tribulations. - Loot as you loop to rebuild the world: recover your memories as you collect equipment and resources to become stronger, reconstruct your camp and get your reality back. - Plunge into a gloomy universe: discover a melancholic dark fantasy story told through a retro pixel art direction and recollect the memories of this world. - Break the cycle: triumph over mighty bosses to free the world from the Lich’s neverending time loop. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including Pro Max)

Screenshots

Squids Odyssey4 screens
Loop Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Loop Hero at Free against Squids Odyssey's $3.99. Loop Hero also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 25). Squids Odyssey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (83% vs 75%). On rating, 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

Loop Hero is free to download; Squids Odyssey costs $3.99 up front. Loop Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Squids Odyssey asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Squids Odyssey against 4.9 for Loop Hero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop Hero has 3.9K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Squids Odyssey's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loop Hero's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Squids Odyssey versus Loop Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquids OdysseyLoop Hero
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (25 ratings) — better4.9 (3.9K ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better74.9% of reviews
Number of ratings253.9K — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size348 MB213 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperThe Game BakersPlaydigious

Customer experience

Squids Odyssey

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Loop Hero

All ratings3,814 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews287 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative18.5%

Bugs and requests

Squids Odyssey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Loop Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes after defeating first boss
  • Unplayable after initial progress
  • Inability to progress past trial version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Portrait mode
  • More classes/build diversity
  • Improved UI/overlay customization
  • Chinese language support

In-app purchases

None

Squids Odyssey

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Loop Hero

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$6.99

Questions

Is Squids Odyssey free?
Squids Odyssey costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Hero free?
Loop Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Squids Odyssey or Loop Hero?
Squids Odyssey is rated higher. Squids Odyssey averages 4.9 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Loop Hero averages 4.9 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Squids Odyssey or Loop Hero have ads?
Neither Squids Odyssey nor Loop Hero shows ads.

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