Heck Deck vs NothingDoor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heck Deck
Experience a unique blend of bullet hell action and strategic card gameplay. Navigate through five distinct stages, each with its own challenges, enemies, and bosses. Collect and strategically use dozens of cards, managing your health as you progress through this hand-drawn world.
- Bullet hell card gameplay
- 5 unique stages with distinct music and enemies
- Dozens of attack and spell cards
- Card purchase system
- Hand-drawn art style
- Over 30 enemies and bosses
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Heck Deck is a bullet hell card game where all the bullets are cards and time only progresses as you move. Explore 5 stages full of unique enemies and bosses, discover dozens of cards, and visit shops to buy and sell cards for health! Throughout 5 different stages, Heck Deck will challenge your precision and dexterity during the bullet hell phases and your strategy when using your cards. Each card you pick up will cost you at least one life point, so you will have to be careful about which ones you pick on your way. The abstract and minimalist world of Heck Deck is created with a cute hand-drawn art style. Each level of the game has its own universe, its own music, its own set of enemies, and of course, its own boss. Heck Deck main features: • 5 different levels with their own music • A cute hand-drawn art style • One unique setting for each level • Dozens of attacks and spells for the player • Over 30 enemies and bosses • A card purchase system via the shop The strategy created by the use of cards mixed with the dexterity required during the bullet hell phases makes Heck Deck truly unique!
NothingDoor
Navigate a dark dimension in this retro-inspired puzzle game. Your goal is to destroy everything to escape. Plan your moves carefully to avoid being trapped forever.
- 1-bit retro graphics
- Destruction-based puzzles
- 40 mind-bending levels
- Strategic item usage
- Enemy and boss encounters
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The Nothing Door is your only escape. But the door is picky. It lets nothing through... except you. Where will it lead you? Nothing Door is a clever, 1-bit, retro-inspired puzzle game where winning means destroying everything, living or undead. Think ahead and make your moves carefully, because if you fail. You're trapped... forever. - 40 Mind-bending levels - 4 Easy-to-learn items (...and 1 really tricky one) - 6 Enemies - 3 Big Bosses
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NothingDoor at Free against Heck Deck's $2.99. NothingDoor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (94% vs 74%). Heck Deck's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
NothingDoor is free to download; Heck Deck costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Heck Deck against 4.7 for NothingDoor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Heck Deck's written reviews are positive against 94% of NothingDoor's.
Heck Deck ships an update weekly, NothingDoor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heck Deck | NothingDoor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (129 ratings) | 4.7 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Plug In Digital | Adam Frank |
Customer experience
Heck Deck
NothingDoor
Bugs and requests
Heck Deck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NothingDoor
Reported bugs
4 issues- Achievements not working
- Overlay glitch with wands in level 3-8
- Game mutes background music
- Level select bug: cannot re-enter previous levels
Requested features
12 requests- Add more levels
- Add new worlds/areas
- Add new mechanics
- Add an undo button
- More distinct biomes
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- Option to choose between D-pad and swipe controls
- Add multiplication to mechanics
- Make OST available on streaming platforms
- Add a D-pad to the interface
- Add more challenging levels
- Make boss fights more distinct
- Implement a penalty for failure (e.g., return to previous level)
In-app purchases
Heck Deck
No in-app purchases
NothingDoor
No in-app purchases
