Comparison

Space Grunts 2 vs Payroll Dice

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

Head to head
About

Space Grunts 2

Explore alien planets and battle enemies using a unique card-based combat system. Your inventory doubles as your deck, with every item collected becoming a card for strategic battles. Unlock new abilities and items as you progress through procedurally generated missions.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Unique inventory/deck system
  • Card-based combat
  • Unlockable extras and trinkets
  • Endless variation in gameplay
  • Strategic item collection
Features
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Land on a planet, find an entrance to a space station, and battle aliens, robots and hazardous environments using your deck of cards. Key features: ] Endless variation – Every game plays like a unique mission for your away-team – the layout is different every time. From the level layouts, to special events, and alternate paths. Every game will be unique. ] Unique card/inventory system – Your inventory is your deck of cards, every weapon, shield, or item you pick up is a card you use in battles and sits in your inventory (your deck). ] Unlockable extras – Complete challenges to unlock special Trinkets to help you in your games. Complete multiply missions to permanently unlock Buff cards, and increase your experience level to unlock special passive cards. Gameplay: Every game you play is uniquely generated from building blocks. No two levels are the same, no two game sessions are the same. As you progress through the levels you get to collect items for your inventory : weapons, shields, and dozens of other type items. Each item in your inventory is a card in your deck. Don’t want certain cards? don’t pick them up! That’s how you build your deck in this game: as you go. When you encounter aliens, you will engage with them in a card-battle: Either you or the alien will choose the first card, depending on who attacks who. And then the other picks his card. Defeat the alien, and move on to the next! Card battles are swift, and to the point. The game will randomly generate events, alternate routes and decide what effects plant-spores have on you or the aliens. Like I said: no two games will be the same!

About

Payroll Dice

Strategically manipulate dice rolls to score points and pay off debts. Build unique dice combinations with new faces and synergies to overcome challenges. Face a loan shark in boss rounds with random modifiers and test your skills in an endless mode.

Highlights
  • Strategic dice manipulation
  • Dice face customization
  • Synergy crafting
  • Boss rounds with modifiers
  • Unlockable dice sets
  • Endless mode
  • Bite-sized runs
Features
Currently charting
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CONTROL THE CHAOS This isn't a luck simulator. This is strategic dice manipulation. Throw 3 dice. Rotate each die to any visible face. Score to pay your debts. BUILD YOUR PERFECT DICE Spend pips in the shop after each roll. Add new faces, craft synergies, and build something that probably shouldn't work — until it does. Every decision compounds. Every run feels different. FACE THE LOAN SHARK Clear your debts and the shark himself shows up. He doesn't play fair. Boss rounds twist the rules with random modifiers. 8 DICE SETS TO UNLOCK Different starting faces, unique passive abilities, and entirely new combo potential — every unlocked die opens a fresh tactical rabbit hole. Over 100 Unique Dice Faces Rotate Dice to Control Your Luck 7 Unlockable Dice — each transforms how you play Boss Rounds with Random Modifiers Endless Mode — difficulty scales infinitely 15–30 Minute Runs — perfect bite-sized sessions True Roguelike — no permanent upgrades, pure skill Strategic Combo Crafting High Replayability NO SAFETY NETS. NO EXCUSES. No meta-progression. No permanent upgrades. Every run starts from zero. Build from blank dice to devastating combos in 10 rounds. Think you've figured it out? Endless Mode is waiting. Simple to learn. Impossible to master. Throw. Rotate. Score. Shop. Survive. Can you pay off the loan shark before he cashes in?

Screenshots

Space Grunts 24 screens
Payroll Dice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Payroll Dice at 5.0 against Space Grunts 2's 4.0. Payroll Dice also leads on chart position (#162 vs unranked). Space Grunts 2's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 5) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Space Grunts 2 costs $3.99 and Payroll Dice $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Payroll Dice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Grunts 2 has 28 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Space Grunts 2's written reviews are positive against 80% of Payroll Dice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Grunts 2 ships an update weekly, Payroll Dice every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Space Grunts 2 versus Payroll Dice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace Grunts 2Payroll Dice
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (28 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#162 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB136 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPascal BestebroerGeorge Timms

Customer experience

Space Grunts 2

All ratings28 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Payroll Dice

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Space Grunts 2

No in-app purchases

None

Payroll Dice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Grunts 2 free?
Space Grunts 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Payroll Dice free?
Payroll Dice costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Space Grunts 2 or Payroll Dice?
Payroll Dice is rated higher. Space Grunts 2 averages 4.0 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Payroll Dice averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Space Grunts 2 or Payroll Dice have ads?
Neither Space Grunts 2 nor Payroll Dice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Space Grunts 2 or Payroll Dice?
Space Grunts 2 ships an update weekly, and Payroll Dice every 4 days. Most recently, Space Grunts 2 was updated on September 23, 2026 and Payroll Dice on September 10, 2026.

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