Abandon Ship vs El Paso, Elsewhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Abandon Ship
Command a sailing ship and crew through a reactive fantasy world filled with story-driven islands and tactical combat. Survive harsh conditions, permanent death, and make choices that shape your journey and the world around you.
- Explore a vast, story-filled world
- Engage in tactical ship combat
- Survive permanent death and consequences
- Customize ships and crew
- Multiple story campaigns and modes
- Dynamic weather and environmental effects
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Engage in piracy and become a hunted Captain. Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings. SURVIVE ON THE EDGE IN A WORLD WITH CONSEQUENCES Discover a huge amount of unique, story-filled islands across diverse biomes and themed areas: Fight ghost ships in the Haunted Seas. Ward off giant arachnids in the Spider Islands. Regions filled with poisonous gas, icebergs, cannibals and much more await. Engage enemy ships, fortifications and sea monsters in vicious combat, employing your best tactics to out-manoeuvre and out-gun the enemy. Weather and environmental conditions affect your battles: Tidal waves, lightning strikes, volcanic bombardments and blizzards are just some of the modifiers that impact your strategy. Abandon Ship focuses on ‘Age of Sail’ ships in a Fantasy setting, framed in an Art Style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings. SHIP DESTRUCTION IS NOT THE END Life in this world can be brutal. Death is permanent. But the journey doesn’t end if your vessel is destroyed. You are the Captain, and as long as the Captain is alive, there is always hope. By escaping to a Lifeboat, or even being stranded, alone in the water, there is a chance to survive and fight your way back to the top. SNATCH VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT Combat is tactical and savage. Each battle is hard-fought, always on the edge of defeat. Your only chance of overcoming the odds is to employ every advantage you can bring to bear. Dozens of diverse weapons and upgrades are available to utilise on the various ship classes you can acquire. Customise your vessels appearance by capturing enemy ships intact. Your trusty crew gain experience and traits to help provide an edge over the enemy. REAP WHAT YOU SOW Explore a fantasy world that reacts to your actions. Engage in piracy and become a hunted Captain. Undertake quests that may drastically change the environment – or the entire world. Make decisions that create allies or enemies that return to help or seek vengeance. Play multiple stories, including the main campaigns tale of overthrowing a Cthulhu-esque Cult, a Freeplay mode about rebuilding the legacy of your forebears, and shorter tales, such as the combat campaign focused on rescuing your sister, or Sword of the Cult, where you play as one of Father’s children, climbing the ranks until you’re granted the ultimate weapon: The Kraken. THIS VERSION IS A FREE DEMO, AN IN-GAME PURCHASE IS REQUIRED TO UNLOCK THE FULL CONTENT.
El Paso, Elsewhere
Engage in a supernatural neo-noir shooter featuring slow-motion gunfights against vampires, werewolves, and other creatures. Explore a reality-shifting motel beneath El Paso and uncover an emotional story of heartbreak and revenge.
- Cinematic bullet-time action
- Battle supernatural horrors
- Immersive neo-noir story
- Explosive combat with unique weapons
- Dynamic and destructible environments
- Original hip-hop soundtrack
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El Paso, Elsewhere. A supernatural neo-noir shooter filled with monsters, mystery, and slow-motion action. Fight your way through a haunted, reality-shifting motel, now mysteriously 46 floors deep beneath El Paso, Texas. Hunt vampires, werewolves, fallen angels, and other terrifying creatures in cinematic slow-motion gunfights inspired by action classics. Uncover an emotional neo-noir story of heartbreak and revenge as you face Draculae—the vampire lord you once loved. WHY YOU’LL LOVE EL PASO, ELSEWHERE: • Cinematic bullet-time action: Slow-motion dives, dodges, and gunplay. • Face supernatural horrors: Battle vampires, werewolves, and fallen angels. • Immersive neo-noir story: Fully-voiced campaign filled with drama and mystery. • Explosive combat: Use holy-fire Molotov cocktails and dual pistols. • Dynamic environments: Destroy objects and enemies with realistic physics. • Original hip-hop soundtrack: Featuring RJ Lake & Xalavier Nelson Jr. From the acclaimed creators at Strange Scaffold, makers of Life Eater and I Am Your Beast. Download now and dive into neo-noir chaos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: El Paso, Elsewhere at none against Abandon Ship's shown. El Paso, Elsewhere also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Abandon Ship sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and El Paso, Elsewhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Abandon Ship against 4.7 for El Paso, Elsewhere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.7K and 752 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Abandon Ship's written reviews are positive against 82% of El Paso, Elsewhere's.
Abandon Ship ships an update weekly, El Paso, Elsewhere every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abandon Ship | El Paso, Elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.7K ratings) | 4.7 (752 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.2% of reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 752 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 2.7 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Plug In Digital | Frosty Pop |
Customer experience
Abandon Ship
El Paso, Elsewhere
User reviews
Abandon Ship
From 1.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
- 🔍 Compelling story
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics
- 💰 Worth the money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 📚 Overwhelming tutorial
- 💰 Expensive for full game
- 🤖 Simplistic AI
- 🔒 Requires internet connection
El Paso, Elsewhere
From 752 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent gameplay
- 👍 Great story and characters
- 🎨 Fantastic art style and visuals
- 🎵 Awesome soundtrack
- 🕹️ Smooth controls and mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. softlocks, invisible barriers)
- 🎮 Suboptimal touch controls, need for customization
- 💰 Paid full version after demo
- 🇨🇳 Lack of Chinese language support
Bugs and requests
Abandon Ship
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tutorial pop-ups blocking gameplay
- Screen freezing during weapon purchase
- Saved progress lost after crashes
- Navigation issues in certain areas
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to skip tutorial
- More ship customization options
- Offline play
- Improved crew management
- Larger screen UI
El Paso, Elsewhere
Reported bugs
4 issues- Elevator not working in level 28
- Frankenstein enemy health gets stuck in level 27
- Character movement issues during chapter name display
- Crashes on iPhone 6 Plus
Requested features
4 requests- Add controller support
- Implement cloud save functionality
- Increase frame rate cap
- Introduce a free-to-play zombies mode
In-app purchases
Abandon Ship
- Combat Campaigns 1 & 2$1.99
- Cult Campaign$2.99
- Haunted Seas Campaign$2.99
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- Main Campaign & Freeplay Mode$6.99
- Bundle Full Game + all DLCs$9.99
El Paso, Elsewhere
- El Paso, Elsewhere$4.99
Questions
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