Comparison

Hamster Maze vs Hamster Alive

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

Hamster Alive

Features
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A hamster resurrection game called to heaven

Screenshots

Hamster Maze4 screens
Hamster Alive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hamster Maze at none against Hamster Alive's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Hamster Alive sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hamster Maze versus Hamster Alive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamster MazeHamster Alive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (48K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings48K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB316 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDYasuhiro Mizuki

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

Hamster Alive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
4 purchases

Hamster Alive

One-time4
  • Add 1,000$0.49
  • Add 6,000$2.99
  • Add 13,000$5.99
Show 1 more
  • Add 30,000$11.99

Questions

Is Hamster Maze free?
Hamster Maze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hamster Alive free?
Hamster Alive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hamster Maze or Hamster Alive have ads?
Hamster Alive shows ads; Hamster Maze does not.

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