Comparison

Crossy Road Castle vs Getting Over It+

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

Head to head
About

Crossy Road Castle

Embark on an endless arcade platforming adventure with friends in a spinning tower. Climb as high as you can, with each run offering a unique challenge. Collect characters, dress them up, and enjoy co-op fun, even offline.

Highlights
  • Endless co-op arcade platforming
  • Procedurally generated towers
  • Multiplayer on single or multiple devices
  • Character and hat collection
  • Offline play
  • Boss battles
Features
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Bring your friends and see how far you can get in this endless spinning tower of arcade fun! Keep climbing as high as you can. Every run is different. Highlights: Play Together: Designed for co-operative arcade platforming chaos. You can also play solo, but everything’s more fun with friends, right? Connect Easily: Connect all players on a single device with game controllers, or connect together across multiple devices (or any mix that suits you). Collect Everything: Unlock Crossy Chicken and friends. Dress up in silly hats. Find New Stuff: Each tower run is procedurally generated and will be different every time! Defeat an Oversized Angry Eagle: Why is it so angry?! Play Offline: No internet? No worries. Everything except Challenge Events is enjoyable offline! Get New Content: New Towers and Characters coming regularly! Challenge Events: Test your tower climbing skills and compete for the best score!

About

Getting Over It+

Navigate a challenging climb using only a hammer and a pot. Experience agonizing gameplay with the risk of losing all progress. This game is designed to test your patience and introduce new levels of frustration.

Highlights
  • Climb a giant mountain with a hammer and pot
  • Philosophical observations during gameplay
  • Agonizing and frustrating gameplay
  • Risk of losing all progress
  • Unpredictable gameplay duration
Features
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A game I made For a certain kind of person To hurt them. • Climb up an enormous mountain with nothing but a hammer and a pot. • Listen as I make philosophical observations about the problem at hand. • Between 2 and ∞ hours of agonizing gameplay, depending. The median time to finish for my playtesters was 5 hours, but the mean was closer to ∞. • Lose all your progress, over and over. • Feel new types of frustration you didn't know you were capable of.

Screenshots

Crossy Road Castle4 screens
Getting Over It+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crossy Road Castle at 4.7 against Getting Over It+'s 3.4. Crossy Road Castle also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 46%) and monetization model (free vs paid). Getting Over It+'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crossy Road Castle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossy Road Castle has 50K ratings behind it against 1.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crossy Road Castle's written reviews are positive against 46% of Getting Over It+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossy Road Castle ships an update every 5 weeks, Getting Over It+ every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Crossy Road Castle versus Getting Over It+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossy Road CastleGetting Over It+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (50K ratings) — better3.4 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews — better46.3% of reviews
Number of ratings50K — better1.9K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size392 MB259 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIPSTER WHALEBennett Foddy

Customer experience

Crossy Road Castle

All ratings49,329 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews1,359 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative6.8%

Getting Over It+

All ratings1,878 ratings
Positive57.4%
Neutral8.3%
Negative34.3%
Written reviews505 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral11.9%
Negative41.8%

User reviews

Crossy Road Castle

From 50K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🏰 Excellent game design and mechanics
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🎨 Cute and creative characters/visuals
  • 🔥 Highly addictive and replayable
  • 🎮 Great multiplayer experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Difficulty in finding/accessing secret rooms/gems
  • 🕰️ Repetitive levels and lack of variety
  • 🔒 Restricted multiplayer access for younger players
  • 🔌 Performance issues on older devices

Getting Over It+

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and challenging
  • 🎮 Great game concept
  • 👍 Calming narrator
  • 💡 Symbolic of life's struggles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Hammer gets stuck in scenery
  • 🐛 Black screen after loading
  • 🎮 Frustrating mobile controls
  • 🔋 Finger strain from constant movement

Bugs and requests

Crossy Road Castle

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing/crashing issues
  • Inconsistent controls and button responsiveness
  • Multiplayer connection problems
  • Progression/save data loss
  • Graphical/visual glitches

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more towers/castles to explore
  • Implement a level creator/editor
  • Allow players to start from higher levels
  • Improve online multiplayer connectivity
  • Add more communication options for multiplayer

Getting Over It+

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Hammer gets stuck in walls
  • Black screen after completing the game
  • Inconsistent sensitivity and acceleration
  • Inability to start a new game after completion

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add reset button
  • Improve new game functionality
  • Optimize mobile controls
  • Fix invisible obstacles at the end

In-app purchases

None

Crossy Road Castle

No in-app purchases

None

Getting Over It+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crossy Road Castle free?
Crossy Road Castle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Getting Over It+ free?
Getting Over It+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crossy Road Castle or Getting Over It+?
Crossy Road Castle is rated higher. Crossy Road Castle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 50K ratings, while Getting Over It+ averages 3.4 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Crossy Road Castle or Getting Over It+ have ads?
Neither Crossy Road Castle nor Getting Over It+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crossy Road Castle or Getting Over It+?
Crossy Road Castle ships an update every 5 weeks, and Getting Over It+ every 11 months. Most recently, Crossy Road Castle was updated on October 26, 2026 and Getting Over It+ on October 24, 2026.

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