Comparison

Alexus 2040 vs Space Force Hero

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

Head to head
About

Alexus 2040

Experience a classic space shooter with simple controls and auto-fire, focusing on reaction time and thrilling arcade action. Collect power-ups, unlock new ships, and battle challenging bosses. Customize your spacecraft with an easy-to-use pixel art tool.

Highlights
  • Classic space shooter gameplay
  • Simple left-right controls with auto-fire
  • Original power-ups
  • Unlockable spaceships
  • Boss battles
  • Pixel art spaceship customization
Features
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Alexus 2040 captures the essence of a classic space shooter, condensed into short sessions, and offers a highly challenging and thrilling arcade experience. - Simple left-right only controls, with auto-fire. Focus on reaction time and get in the flow! - Stack up original power-ups and enjoy your new sense of power... while it lasts! - Unlock spaceships with their exclusive power-ups! - Bosses, we all love them, don’t we? - Paint your own spaceships in seconds with this new super easy-to-use 'pixel art' tool! - Break the score by reaching the 'system limitations' of an arcade game from the early 80's.

About

Space Force Hero

Embark on a retro-modern adventure to rescue a princess from aliens. Utilize futuristic gear like rocket boots and a plasma weapon across 20 challenging levels. Experience a unique blend of classic and contemporary game design.

Highlights
  • Rocket-powered flight boots
  • Energy defense shield
  • Plasma weapon
  • 20 levels of play
  • Dual game modes (1977 & 2024)
  • Controller support
Features
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Space Force Hero The princess has been abducted by aliens. Be a HERO and save her. Your spacesuit comes equipped with rocket powered flight boots, an energy defense shield, and a plasma weapon. Play Tip: Do nothing to travel down past pipes and press down to land on a pipe. Includes two games that represent 40+ years of game technology change . Present & Past … a video game history experience. Maybe you will experience nostalgia or perhaps discover a new kind of fun. 20 levels of play. Present - 2024 Hardware A new modern game by an early 1980’s Activision game developer. Over 100MB of 3D C# code running at 60 FPS. 64 bit processor, Gigabytes of RAM, floating point vector math, 4K display, millions of colors, GPU 3D rendering, real-time shadows, particle effects, OS, physics engine, stereo sound, music, and a modern analog controller. Warning: Retro home and arcade games were hard. Players would restart the game and attempt to get farther in the levels for a higher score. Can be played with keyboard, d-pad, analog or retro digital joystick. Past - 1977 Hardware A new game for 1970’s game hardware by the same developer. 16KB of 2D assembly language code that chases the CRT beam at 60 FPS. 8 bit processor, can only divide / multiply by 2, 128 Bytes of RAM, 160x192 display, 128 colors, 5 sprites, low resolution background, no OS, no physics engine, mono sound, no music, no saved game progress, intentional repetition, and simple five digital button controls. Warning: Huge 1977 pixels may be disturbing to some players.

Screenshots

Alexus 20404 screens
Space Force Hero3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Space Force Hero at 5.0 against Alexus 2040's 3.5. Space Force Hero also leads on ads (none vs shown). Alexus 2040's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Alexus 2040 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Space Force Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Force Hero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alexus 2040 has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Alexus 2040 versus Space Force Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlexus 2040Space Force Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB204 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperRomain MacreRESETgame

Customer experience

Alexus 2040

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral27.3%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Space Force Hero

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Alexus 2040

One-time4
  • Buy 50 coins$1.49
  • Buy 200 coins$1.99
  • Premium$3.49
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  • Buy 1000 coins$3.49
1 purchases

Space Force Hero

One-time1
  • All level play for both games2 variants$1.99

Questions

Is Alexus 2040 free?
Alexus 2040 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Force Hero free?
Space Force Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alexus 2040 or Space Force Hero?
Space Force Hero is rated higher. Alexus 2040 averages 3.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Space Force Hero averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Alexus 2040 or Space Force Hero have ads?
Alexus 2040 shows ads; Space Force Hero does not.

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