Total Party Kill vs Shadow Trick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Total Party Kill
Solve intricate puzzles in a dark dungeon by strategically sacrificing your teammates. Utilize unique hero abilities to create pathways and overcome obstacles, ensuring at least one hero reaches the goal to win.
- Strategic teammate sacrifice
- Unique hero abilities
- Mind-bending puzzles
- Dungeon exploration
- Multiple hero control
- Level-based progression
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Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but the only way forward is creative use of friendly fire! Control 3 different heroes and use their unique abilities to solve mind-bending puzzles by sacrificing your teammates! Throw heroes as the Knight, freeze them into ice blocks with the Mage, or pin them on walls and use them as platforms as the Ranger. As long as one hero survives to the goal, you win the level! Total Party Kill is the winner of the Ludum Dare 43 game development competition with the theme "Sacrifices must be made". This extended edition contains improvements such as redone art and animations, new soundtrack by KungFuFurby, and challenging new levels!
Shadow Trick
Transform into a shadow to navigate a castle filled with challenges. Solve puzzles, overcome enemies, and defeat bosses in this unique platformer. Master your shadow form to progress through over 20 levels.
- Shadow transformation gameplay
- Castle-themed levels
- Enemy encounters
- Boss battles
- 20+ challenging levels
- Charming music
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Turn into a shadow to solve the puzzles and clear the level. This platformer game is taking place in a castle full of enemies, traps, and boss fights. Keep an eye on your shadow and don't let your eyes trick you! Features: • Clever gameplay • 20+ levels • Boss fights • Charming music tracks Important information: • This game comes with no ads and features a paywall to unlock the full game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shadow Trick at none against Total Party Kill's shown. Total Party Kill's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 32). 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. Total Party Kill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shadow Trick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Total Party Kill holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Total Party Kill has 1.2K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Total Party Kill's written reviews are positive against 70% of Shadow Trick's.
| Parameter | Total Party Kill | Shadow Trick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.0 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 70.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jussi Simpanen | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Total Party Kill
Shadow Trick
User reviews
Total Party Kill
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Unique concept
- 👍 Challenging puzzles
- 👍 Retro graphics and music
- 👍 Simple but intuitive controls
- 👍 Satisfying to complete levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🔍 Ads cause screen rotation issues
- 🔍 Short length of game
Shadow Trick
From 32 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Unique shadow transformation mechanic
- 👍 Visually charming 16-bit aesthetic
- 🚀 Clever puzzle platforming challenges
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Control issues with the controller getting stuck
- 🐛 Bugs in specific levels causing screen shaking
- 🐛 Bugs with boss battles not triggering rewards
- 🐛 Lag spikes on iOS
Bugs and requests
Total Party Kill
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes frequently, especially after ads
- Screen rotation issues after ads
- Controls sometimes unresponsive
Requested features
6 requests- More levels
- New characters with different abilities
- Level creator/editor
- Time trial mode
- Leaderboards
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- Hints for difficult levels
Shadow Trick
No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.
In-app purchases
Total Party Kill
- Remove Ads$3.99
Shadow Trick
- Premium$3.99
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