Comparison

Button City vs Cataclysm Bright Nights

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

Head to head
About

Button City

Embark on a narrative adventure in a charming diorama world inspired by the 90s. Befriend cute characters, complete quests, play arcade mini-games, and collect costumes to save the local arcade from a greedy cat.

Highlights
  • Narrative adventure gameplay
  • Befriend charming animal characters
  • Complete quirky side quests
  • Play unique arcade mini-games
  • Collect costumes and decorate
  • Low poly art style
Features
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Fennel is a shy little fox who just moved into town. After discovering the local arcade, he makes new friends and gets swept up in a whirlwind adventure to save it from being shut down at the paws of greedy fat cat Peppermint Pepperbottom! Button City is a narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. Complete quirky quests around town, play arcade games, collect fun costumes, solve puzzles and more as you follow a story from beginning to end about growing up and saving the things that are important to you. FEATURES * Explore a beautiful and lovingly crafted world in a low poly art style. * Befriend a cast of charming animal characters. * Complete fun and silly side quests at your own pace. * Master arcade games to unlock new game modes and prize items! * Dress up in fun costumes and decorate your room. ARCADE GAMES * Gobabots is the latest craze sweeping the arcade. Two teams of four cute fruit robots battle it out in an intergalactic competition to make the biggest smoothie! Each Gobabot has its own unique weapons and attacks -- collect them all at the arcade prize counter, form your perfect team, and become arcade champions! * Zoom down Watermelon Mountain in tuned-up electric cars in rEVolution Racer, a pastel take on classic arcade racing games. Race as Evie in her custom EV Sprinter against her fierce rival Spin. Drift to charge your batteries then unleash extreme boosts to speed past the competition! * Prisma Beats is a rainbow rhythm game with funky visuals and awesome tunes! Hit notes on the beat and show off your best dance moves -- and try out the challenge modes, if you’re feeling competitive.

About

Cataclysm Bright Nights

Experience a turn-based survival RPG in a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge for resources, battle diverse enemies, and escape a harsh environment. This game offers deep survival mechanics and challenging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Turn-based survival gameplay
  • Procedurally generated world
  • Scavenging for resources
  • Vehicle mechanics
  • Diverse enemy types
  • Challenging combat
Features
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Cataclysm: Bright Nights is a turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Struggle to survive in a harsh, persistent, procedurally generated world. Scavenge the remnants of a dead civilization for food, equipment, or, if you are lucky, a vehicle with a full tank of gas to get you the hell out of Dodge. Fight to defeat or escape from a wide variety of powerful monstrosities, from zombies to giant insects to killer robots and things far stranger and deadlier, and against the others like yourself, that want what you have…

Screenshots

Button City4 screens
Cataclysm Bright Nights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Button City at $4.99 against Cataclysm Bright Nights's $17.99. Cataclysm Bright Nights's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and ratings volume (32 vs 7). On rating, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Button City costs $4.99 and Cataclysm Bright Nights $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Button City holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Button City's written reviews are positive against 80% of Cataclysm Bright Nights's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Button City versus Cataclysm Bright Nights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButton CityCataclysm Bright Nights
Price$4.99 — better$17.99
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better4.1 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings732 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size858 MB196 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer(Subli)minal Gaming LLCYury Apollov

Customer experience

Button City

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Cataclysm Bright Nights

All ratings32 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

None

Button City

No in-app purchases

None

Cataclysm Bright Nights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Button City free?
Button City costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cataclysm Bright Nights free?
Cataclysm Bright Nights costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Button City or Cataclysm Bright Nights?
Button City is rated higher. Button City averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Cataclysm Bright Nights averages 4.1 from 32 ratings.
Do Button City or Cataclysm Bright Nights have ads?
Neither Button City nor Cataclysm Bright Nights shows ads.

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