Comparison

Hypastorm vs Polygon Wars

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

Head to head
About

Hypastorm

Engage in fast-paced, physics-based twin-stick action in a distant future arena. Shoot, bounce, and strategically use environmental elements to overcome challenges and achieve victory. Collect medals to level up your craft and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Physics-based twin-stick action
  • Over 25 challenging levels
  • Medal collection for leveling up
  • Jump, bounce, and plasma gun combat
  • Full game controller support
  • Game Center achievements and leaderboards
  • Universal purchase across Apple devices
Features
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A fast, physics based, twin stick indie game. In a distant future, take your craft and enter the arena to shoot and bounce your way to victory and glory. • Over 25 levels designed with increasing difficulty and challenges to solve. • Collect medals after eliminating drones to level up your craft. • Jump, bounce and use your plasma gun to beat each level. • Full support for game controllers. • Eliminate all the drone spawners in a level to reach victory. • Drones won't hurt you, so use them to jump higher. • Their bullets will hurt you though. • Jump on walls to get higher, also an air based double jump is possible before hitting the ground. • Sit on top of a spawner too long and it will push you away. Use that to your advantage to solve some levels. • Game Center achievements and high score leaderboard. • Universal purchase, enjoy the game across iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS.

About

Polygon Wars

Engage in a retro-style arcade twin-stick shooter. Navigate your ship, blast enemies, and upgrade your arsenal. Compete for high scores and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Twin-stick shooter gameplay
  • On-screen controls
  • External controller support
  • In-game shop for upgrades
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • 16 unlockable achievements
Features
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Enemies come in all shapes and sizes in Polygon Wars! Polygon Wars is an arcade twin stick shooter with a retro feeling. Use the on screen controls, or connect an external controller to move around and shoot your opponents.
 How to control your ship is up to you. Get a speed boost or weapons upgrade from the shop to help you reach new heights! Compete with your friends for the highest score with the Game Center leaderboard. Earn up to 16 different achievement, can you collect them all? The game is in active development, and will receive updates on a regular basis Keep coming back for new features! Songs: “Open Sore” (menu), “Final lap” (game time), "Phobos" (at boss time) Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

Screenshots

Hypastorm3 screens
Polygon Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Polygon Wars at Free against Hypastorm's $0.99. Polygon Wars also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2). Hypastorm's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (5 vs 2). On 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

Polygon Wars is free to download; Hypastorm costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hypastorm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hypastorm ships an update every 3 weeks, Polygon Wars every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hypastorm versus Polygon Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHypastormPolygon Wars
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB57 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBitbebop Company LimitedWesley Jacobs

Customer experience

Hypastorm

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Polygon Wars

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hypastorm

No in-app purchases

None

Polygon Wars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hypastorm free?
Hypastorm costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polygon Wars free?
Polygon Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hypastorm or Polygon Wars?
Hypastorm is rated higher. Hypastorm averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Polygon Wars averages 4.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Hypastorm or Polygon Wars have ads?
Neither Hypastorm nor Polygon Wars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hypastorm or Polygon Wars?
Hypastorm ships an update every 3 weeks, and Polygon Wars every 10 days. Most recently, Hypastorm was updated on June 4, 2026 and Polygon Wars on July 31, 2026.

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