Mineblast!! vs HopBound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mineblast!!
Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs in this platformer destruction game. Utilize the fully destructible environments to create paths, uncover gems, and find hidden secrets. Enjoy hours of creative fun with pixel art graphics and chiptune music.
- Fully destructible environments and physics
- Pixel art graphics and chiptune music
- Hidden secrets and levels
- Creative pathfinding with TNT
- Gem collection
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Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs. Mineblast!! is a platformer destruction game with fully destructible environments. Blast walls to open your way, blast soil and crates to find precious gems, blast wooden platforms to use them as a bridge, there is no limit to your creativity. Features: • Fully destructible environments and physics. • Quality pixel art graphics and chiptune music. • Lots of hidden secrets and levels. • Super Cat Tales characters. • Hours and hours of fun!
HopBound
Embark on a surreal journey through a retro-style psychological horror game. Explore unsettling 16-bit platformer stages and endless runner levels as a recluse confronting her past. Experience a haunting narrative with spine-chilling audio and evolving monsters.
- Story-driven psychological horror
- 16-bit horror platformer stages
- Endless runner levels
- Nostalgic 4-color pixel art
- Spine-chilling ambient music
- Evolved monsters
- iMessage sticker pack
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HopBound is a story-driven psychological horror game that revolves around the surreal mind of Mayumi, a recluse who must journey through an unsettling retro game to come to terms with the ghosts of her past. Through 16-bit horror platformer stages and endless runner levels with gorgeous pixel art, she discovers that her sanity will be tested by something lurking behind the screen. ===== NOSTALGIC VISUALS Most of the game's stunning visuals use a palette of only four colors to evoke the charm of 90s handheld games. SPINE-CHILLING AUDIO Listen to unique ambient music that provides a sense of dream-like dread as you explore the game's sinister levels. A STANDALONE CONTINUATION Taking place two years after the events of the critically acclaimed DERE EVIL EXE, HopBound serves as a continuation of that story. However, users do not need to play DERE EVIL EXE to immerse themselves in HopBound's narrative experience. HEART-POUNDING MONSTERS Enemies from previous entries are brought back to life and have evolved into new incomprehensible forms. MULTIPLE GAME MODES Engage in frenzied platforming in story-rich levels and test your skills in infinite runner levels tailored for people who like competing for high scores on the Game Center leaderboard. MEANINGFUL MACHINATIONS Going against sequel conventions, HopBound doesn't go bigger and badder for the scale of its story. Instead, the game focuses inward, resulting in a haunting yet meaningful tale. ADORABLE STICKERS Now comes with an iMessage sticker pack featuring HopBound's adorable cast of characters! ===== This game contains one optional in-app purchase to permanently disable ads. We recommend that users purchase this feature for a truly immersive experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HopBound at 4.7 against Mineblast!!'s 4.0. HopBound also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (81% vs 54%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Mineblast!! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and HopBound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HopBound holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 139 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Mineblast!!'s written reviews are positive against 81% of HopBound's.
Mineblast!! ships an update every 3 months, HopBound every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Mineblast!! | HopBound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (153 ratings) | 4.7 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 139 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gionathan Pesaresi | Darius Immanuel Guerrero |
Customer experience
Mineblast!!
HopBound
Bugs and requests
Mineblast!!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels freezing or not loading properly
- Inability to progress past certain stages
- Saved data being lost after updates
- Ads causing the game to crash or become unresponsive
Requested features
4 requests- Add checkpoint system to avoid restarting levels
- Introduce more playable characters and customization options
- Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Improve level design to reduce frustrating dead ends
HopBound
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mineblast!!
- Gate Ticket$0.99
- Premium$2.99
HopBound
- Remove Ads for HopBound$1.99
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