Door Kickers vs Elderand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Door Kickers
Experience intense side-scrolling action as a SWAT trooper battling criminals in a retro-style shooter. Choose your character, gear up, and strategically engage enemies. Master combat mechanics and utilize special abilities to overcome challenges and save the day.
- Retro graphics
- Playable characters with unique abilities
- Strategic Abilities system
- Non-linear levels
- Endless Tower Mode
- Extensive weapon and gear options
- Zombie invasion mode
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Door Kickers: Action Squad is a crazy old school side scroller action game that puts you in the role of a SWAT trooper and sends you to deal with the bad guys in Nowhere City USA. Choose your gear, then kick the doors down and face the action. Adapt and react by the seat of your pants, and if needed – restart without a care and rethink. Master weapons recoil and time your reloads, use distance and cover to your advantage and use the in-game Strategic Abilities to decide for yourself when healthpacks or gear refills are needed, or if that team-mate of yours is worth saving. Or just save up the Points earned and unleash your Ultimate to waltz through that tricky final room. Features: ◼ High detail retro graphics ◼ 6 playable characters, each with unique gameplay and level up options ◼ Unique in-game Strategic Abilities system ◼ 84 non linear levels to complete ◼ Endless Tower Mode ◼ 60 weapons and gear items ◼ 20+ enemy types and 4 mission objectives ◼ Zombie invasion mode allowing you to play the game again in a new way
Elderand
Embark on a brutal, skill-based action platformer in a Lovecraftian world. Wield diverse weapons and customize your character with RPG elements to battle terrifying creatures and explore a dark, hand-drawn pixel environment. Collect loot to upgrade your arsenal and uncover the land's secrets.
- Skill-based combat
- Metroidvania exploration
- Lovecraftian horror themes
- RPG character customization
- Diverse weapon arsenal
- Hand-drawn pixel art
- Loot collection and crafting
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Become the hero of an epic quest in Elderand, a metroidvania that will test your will and skill. Heads will literally roll in this gruesome, retro-inspired action platformer, where only the strong will survive in brutal, skill-based combat against terrifying creatures. Through the darkness and madness, promised glory awaits. Wield a variety of killing instruments and abilities to test your metal against towering, bone-chilling bosses. Explore a twisted Lovecraftian world shrouded in darkness and madness. RPG elements allow you to customize your battle experience to your liking, from your character’s appearance to skills, stats, and weapons. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world. Glory and riches await those who can spill the required blood and guts to collect it. KEY FEATURES: •Wield an arsenal of killing devices, including whips, swords, daggers, axes, bows, and more. From a magical staff that shoots bursts of energy to a giant sword, different weapons have different stats and capabilities, so find the ones that you enjoy battling beasts with the most! •Satisfying Metroidvania-style exploration meets terrifying Lovecraftian creatures in this detailed hand-drawn pixel world with glorious gothic aesthetics and handcrafted level design. •RPG elements let you customize your experience to best suit your play style, from your character’s appearance to their skills, stats, and weapons. Collect loot from exploration and fallen enemies and then use it to upgrade your weapons via crafting. •Travel to the many corners of this perilous land, such as an inviting village with merchants, a forest, a temple prison, floating islands, a cursed Cathedral, and the hellscape that is Elderand itself. •More than 60 different enemy types and around a dozen bosses for your slaying pleasure. •Collect lost letters and other correspondence from the poor souls who came before you to learn more about the darkness taking hold of this grim land.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Door Kickers at 4.6 against Elderand's 4.2. Door Kickers also leads on price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). 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
Door Kickers costs $2.99 and Elderand $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Door Kickers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 143 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Door Kickers's written reviews are positive against 74% of Elderand's.
Door Kickers ships an update every 5 days, Elderand weekly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Door Kickers | Elderand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (143 ratings) — better | 4.2 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better | 73.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 818 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KILLHOUSE GAMES SRL | Plug In Digital |
Customer experience
Door Kickers
Elderand
Bugs and requests
Door Kickers
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when upgrading characters
- Inability to descend stairs on certain levels
- Repeated sound glitches and audio issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add local co-op multiplayer
- Implement controller support
- Improve UI customization options
- Add more levels and content updates
Elderand
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Door Kickers
No in-app purchases
Elderand
No in-app purchases








