Idle Superpowers vs Pause Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Superpowers
Embark on a roguelike idle RPG adventure as a superhero with combinable superpowers. Unlock over 99 unique abilities, discover synergistic power combinations, and face procedurally generated enemies and items in each unique run. Overcome challenges to unlock new upgrades and adapt your playstyle.
- Unlock 99+ superpowers
- Combine powers for synergies
- Procedurally generated items
- Roguelike gameplay
- Idle RPG mechanics
- Unlockable upgrades
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Idle Superpowers is a roguelike idle rpg where you are a superhero who can get multiple superpowers that are combinable and synergize with each other! - 99+ superpowers to unlock - random generation of powers ensures that each run plays different - combine superpowers to create overpowered synergies - procedural generated items and enemies - challenges to unlock new upgrades, which require different playstyles
Pause Game
An incremental role-playing game controlled with a single button. Progress through the game by making strategic choices and managing resources. Offers a simple yet engaging experience for players who enjoy idle or clicker-style gameplay.
- One-button gameplay
- Incremental progression
- Resource management
- RPG elements
- Idle gameplay
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Pause Game is a little one-button-incremental RPG!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Superpowers at 75% against Pause Game's 50%. Idle Superpowers also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (836 vs 67). Pause Game's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Idle Superpowers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pause Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Superpowers holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Superpowers has 836 ratings behind it against 67, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Idle Superpowers's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pause Game's.
Idle Superpowers ships an update fortnightly, Pause Game every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Superpowers | Pause Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (836 ratings) — better | 4.4 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 836 — better | 67 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lutz Schoenfelder | Angelo Foti |
Customer experience
Idle Superpowers
Pause Game
Bugs and requests
Idle Superpowers
Reported bugs
5 issues- Fix new bug please
- Money UI getting pixelated
- Latest update (notifications) is causing crashes
- Ok, so idk what I did but my game now crashes after about a minute of me being the game
- Pretty fun, but extreme flickering bar on bottom of 12 pro max prevents playing for extended amounts of time
Requested features
6 requests- Beta
- Give it a real chance
- Needs an update
- Updates
- An amazing game with no random adds. Literally No random Adds!
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- It can be improved
Pause Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Superpowers
- 500 Gems$3.99
- No Ads$8.99
- Starter Pack$8.99
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- 1000 Gems + 100 Free$8.99
- Season Pass$9.99
- 2000 Gems + 250 Free$17.99
- Hero Pack$35.99
- Superhero Pack$44.99
- 5000 Gems + 1500 Free$44.99
- 10K Gems + 5K Free!$89.99
Pause Game
- Boost Pack$6.99
Questions
Is Idle Superpowers free?
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