Stranger Cubes vs Chernobyl 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stranger Cubes
A retro-style action game where players catch falling cubes while avoiding obstacles. It offers an easy-to-learn mechanic that quickly escalates in difficulty, challenging players to see how far they can progress in its endless mode.
- Cube catching gameplay
- Spike avoidance mechanics
- Endless mode
- Escalating difficulty
- Retro visual style
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Catch the cubes and avoid the spikes. It's easy to learn but it gets really difficult! How far can you get in Endless Mode?
Chernobyl 3D
Experience intense single-player arena combat with escalating waves of enemies and a variety of weapons. Utilize power-ups and a portal gun for strategic traversal and boss elimination. Compete on a global leaderboard with replay functionality.
- Wave-based arena combat
- 18 enemy types
- Four distinct weapons
- Portal gun for traversal
- Power-ups (QUAD damage, SPEED, BERSERK)
- Global leaderboard with replays
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Chernobyl is a frenetic single-player FPS built from the ground up in C with raylib. Ten waves of escalating chaos, a roster of 18 enemy types, and four weapons (shotgun, machine gun, rocket launcher, tesla cannon) — plus a portal gun for fast traversal. Power up with QUAD damage, SPEED boost, or grab the BERSERK pack to delete bosses with a single tesla discharge. Public global leaderboard. Submit your initials on death and your run lands on chernobyl.ximg.app/scores.html alongside an input replay anyone can watch back at full fidelity. No ads, no in-app purchase, no tracking. Built by one developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chernobyl 3D at 5.0 against Stranger Cubes's 2.0. Chernobyl 3D also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 35 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Stranger Cubes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chernobyl 3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Stranger Cubes ships an update every 35 months, Chernobyl 3D every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stranger Cubes | Chernobyl 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Aaron Nemoyten | Richard Blundell |
Customer experience
Stranger Cubes
Chernobyl 3D
In-app purchases
Stranger Cubes
No in-app purchases
Chernobyl 3D
No in-app purchases
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