Astrocave vs Slimbo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Astrocave
Pilot a lander through dangerous underground caves, collecting fuel to ascend. Test your bravery and skill to reach the exit, with procedurally generated levels and a unique soundtrack. Compete on global leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Procedurally generated cave levels
- Fuel collection for survival
- Touch and tilt controls
- Bluetooth controller support
- Sci-Fi Industrial Obscurity soundtrack
- Custom seed level generation
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Pilot your lander through the dangers of an underground cave system to reach the exit at the top. Collect fuel during your ascent to stay alive. Only 0.24% (based on App analytics) are brave enough to try and only 1 in 100 (based on leaderboard statistics) are successful. Are you brave enough to try? Can you reach the top? Simple to play! Just touch the screen to thrust and tilt device to steer. Supports bluetooth game controllers too! Includes an incredible Sci-Fi Industrial Obscurity music soundtrack! Uses a unique seed based subtractive algorithm for generating levels. Create unique levels using custom seeds. More than 50 secret seed awards to discover! Earn free credits by guessing the secret seeds. 14 Game Center leaderboards to conquer! 25 Game Center achievements!
Slimbo
A physics-based puzzle game where players drop soft jelly blocks into a pit to build towers and reach a lollipop. Experience gentle chaos with squishy physics, unique challenges, and no time limits.
- Squishy soft-body jelly physics
- 18 handcrafted puzzle sites
- Gravity-based block dropping
- No timers or lives
- Challenging obstacles and bugs
- Hint system
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Slimbo is a physics puzzle about goo, gravity and gentle chaos. Drop soft jelly blocks into a stone pit and watch them squash, sag and settle. Nothing snaps to a grid — every piece leans on the ones below it, so your tower is only as good as the physics holding it up. The goal is simple: reach the lollipop. Getting there is not. • 18 handcrafted sites, each with its own trick • Soft-body jelly that stretches, tears and collapses for real • Hooks, ledges, thorns — and a hungry little bug that eats your work • A winged candy that hops away just as you close in • A hint when a site refuses to give in • No timers, no lives — think as long as you like One finger is enough. Tap to rotate, drag to drop, and let gravity do the rest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Astrocave at 5.0 against Slimbo's 4.5. Astrocave also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). Slimbo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price and device support 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. Astrocave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Slimbo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Astrocave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Astrocave ships an update every 2 days, Slimbo every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Astrocave | Slimbo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 248 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | SAMOKAT, TOV |
Customer experience
Astrocave
Slimbo
In-app purchases
Astrocave
- 5,000 CREDITS...$0.99
Slimbo
No in-app purchases









