Comparison

Hamster Maze vs Capybara Rush

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

Head to head
About

Hamster Maze

Guide a cute hamster through challenging mazes filled with interactive obstacles. Customize your pet with various accessories and unlock new items as you progress. Experience thrilling new gameplay mechanics like gliding and bubble riding.

Highlights
  • Navigate mazes with obstacles
  • Climb stairs, swing, crawl, roll
  • Intuitive one-hand control
  • Hamster customization and rescue
  • Glider and bubble gameplay
  • Unlockable customizations
Features
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Guide your funny and cute hamster through the maze full of obstacles.  Climb stairs, balance on swing, crawl over balls, roll through tubes and pass many other funny and interactive barriers. Nothing can stop you on your way to the desired food! Lead the hamster with intuitive one-hand control and enjoy the funny animations of your pet. Customize your hamster however you want! Rescue the hamsters to choose them. Change their clothes, accessories, hats and even moustache. Combine them to get the most stylish or the funniest hamster. Progress through the game to unlock even more customizations. Feel the speed and the freedom of the flight with the new glider gameplay. Jump into a pool full of soap bubbles to ride one and reach the higher places. Can you beat the obstacle course and escape the maze? No hamster was harmed during the development of this game!

About

Capybara Rush

Embark on an exciting adventure with capybaras! Collect various items to unlock new capybaras, and engage in diverse activities like running, driving, swimming, stacking, and flying. Enjoy endless fun with beautiful graphics and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Collect items to unlock capybaras
  • Run and avoid obstacles
  • Drive with capybara friends
  • Swim in the water
  • Stack capybaras
  • Fly a plane
Features
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A game about capybaras. Are you ready to dive into the world of capybaras like never before? Take your capybara on an amazing adventure. Collect oranges, ice cream, bananas, and secret letters to unlock awesome capybaras. What to do? -Run and grow your capybara herd while avoiding obstacles -Hop in the car and go for a drive with your capybara friends -Jump in the water and swim in a sea full of adventure -Stack capybaras to form the tallest capybara tower -Fly a plane like a capybara and conquer the skies Features: -Easy and addictive gameplay -5 game modes -60+ handsome capybaras to unlock -Beautiful handmade 3D graphics -Endless capybara fun -Optimization for all screens

Screenshots

Hamster Maze4 screens
Capybara Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hamster Maze at none against Capybara Rush's shown. Hamster Maze also leads on ratings volume (48K vs 2.8K). Capybara Rush's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 62%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Hamster Maze sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Capybara Rush sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Hamster Maze against 4.8 for Capybara Rush. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hamster Maze has 48K ratings behind it against 2.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Hamster Maze's written reviews are positive against 92% of Capybara Rush's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hamster Maze ships an update every 2 months, Capybara Rush fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hamster Maze versus Capybara Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamster MazeCapybara Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (48K ratings)4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews92.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48K — better2.8K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB431 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDPopa Radu

Customer experience

Hamster Maze

All ratings48,314 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews745 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative26.8%

Capybara Rush

All ratings2,771 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews382 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative5.8%

User reviews

Hamster Maze

From 48K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐹 Cute and realistic hamster animations
  • 🎨 Fun and creative obstacle course elements
  • 👍 Easy to control and play
  • 💖 Addictive and entertaining gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Excessive advertisements
  • 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes
  • 🤯 Inability to progress past certain levels due to bugs
  • 😤 In-app purchase issues (ads not removed)

Capybara Rush

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing
  • 🚀 Life-changing
  • 👍 Addictive
  • 👍 Cute capybaras
  • 👍 Fun and relaxing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🐛 Zoomed in view issue
  • 🔋 Drains battery

Bugs and requests

Hamster Maze

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes when trying to name new hamster
  • Unable to progress past level 9 due to glitch
  • Ads still present even after purchasing ad-free version
  • Hamster getting stuck or unable to be saved

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to rename hamsters
  • More customization options for hamster house
  • Reduced ad frequency or ad-free mode
  • Smoother progression and fewer game-breaking bugs

Capybara Rush

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More skins and customization options
  • Add 'After Party' as background music
  • More game modes
  • Level select option
  • Increase income and starting capybaras

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hamster Maze

One-time10
  • Some Fruits$0.99
  • No Ads$1.99
  • A lot of fruits$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Frog Skin Pack$4.99
  • Unicorn Skin Pack$4.99
  • Sheriff Skin Pack$4.99
  • Dress Up Pack$7.99
  • House Upgrade$7.99
  • Starter Pack3 variants$9.99
  • Vitamin Overdose$10.99
6 purchases

Capybara Rush

One-time6
  • No Ads$2.99
  • 25000 oranges$2.99
  • 400 ice creams$2.99
Show 3 more
  • 250 bananas$2.99
  • 1500 watermelons$2.99
  • Best Deal$7.99

Questions

Is Hamster Maze free?
Hamster Maze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Capybara Rush free?
Capybara Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hamster Maze or Capybara Rush?
Capybara Rush is rated higher. Hamster Maze averages 4.7 out of 5 from 48K ratings, while Capybara Rush averages 4.8 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Hamster Maze or Capybara Rush have ads?
Capybara Rush shows ads; Hamster Maze does not.
Which is updated more often, Hamster Maze or Capybara Rush?
Hamster Maze ships an update every 2 months, and Capybara Rush fortnightly. Most recently, Hamster Maze was updated on October 19, 2026 and Capybara Rush on October 12, 2026.

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