Retro Games Collection vs ICBMs Inbound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Games Collection
Experience six classic arcade games with customizable visual styles, including Neon and LCD. Enjoy timeless gameplay without interruptions like timers or lives to purchase. Compete on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Six arcade classics included
- Neon and LCD visual styles
- No timers or lives to buy
- Game Center leaderboards
- Unlockable achievements
- Halloween theme option
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Retro games collection. Six arcade classics in one app, in two looks: glowing Neon or a handheld-style LCD. No timers, no lives to buy and no clutter. Just pick a game and play. Games: - Pong - Block Breaker - Space Invaders - Snake - Falling Blocks - Block Puzzle Pong - beat the computer or pass the phone and play head to head. Block Breaker - nine levels of bricks, with power-up drops and bonus balls. Space Invaders - waves of invaders, destructible bunkers and a boss fight, with a dedicated fire button so you can move and shoot at once. Snake - the one that started it all, with power-ups and a shield. Falling Blocks - move, rotate, hold and drop the falling pieces, and clear lines to climb the levels. Block Puzzle - fit the blocks onto the board and clear full lines before you run out of space. Two looks - Neon, with glowing arcade colours, or LCD, like a pocket console. Switch any time in Settings. From 15 October to 2 November every game gets a Halloween look, which you can also turn off. Game Center leaderboards for every game, plus achievements to earn.
ICBMs Inbound
Defend your town from incoming rockets using touch controls. Manage your rocket stockpile carefully to prevent destruction. This classic defense game features improved graphics and performance.
- Rocket defense gameplay
- Touch controls
- Improved graphics
- Stockpile management
- Classic defense genre
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Defend your town from a barrage of rockets in this classic defence game, with improved graphics and performance. Use touch controls to take down the inbound missiles before they destroy your town! But keep an eye on your rocket stockpile or your town is kaput!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Retro Games Collection at Free against ICBMs Inbound's $1.99. Retro Games Collection also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (48 vs 2). ICBMs Inbound's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On review sentiment, update cadence 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
Retro Games Collection is free to download; ICBMs Inbound costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Retro Games Collection holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retro Games Collection has 48 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Games Collection | ICBMs Inbound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (48 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIchal Lucansky | Richard Bannister |
Customer experience
Retro Games Collection
ICBMs Inbound
In-app purchases
Retro Games Collection
No in-app purchases
ICBMs Inbound
No in-app purchases
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