Comparison

Truffle Hogs vs Virus Terminator

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

Head to head
About

Truffle Hogs

Embrace your inner pig in this multiplayer strategy game. Customize your pig with hats, compete with friends to find truffles, and decorate your virtual treehouse. Enjoy a colorful and accessible gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Play as customizable pigs
  • Compete in truffle collection
  • Steal and defend truffles
  • Decorate your treehouse
  • Unlock new hats
  • Color-blind accessible mode
Features
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It’s exactly like the experience of being a pig in real life, except completely different. BE PIGS. WEAR HATS. WITH 8 FRIENDS AT ONCE. Ever wanted to be a purple pig and wear a mushroom hat? Now you can! Choose your pig’s color and hat, and unlock more hats as you play. IT’S LOWKEY COMPETITIVE Truffle Hogs is silly, colorful, and fun... but it's also competitive! The game itself is a fast-paced strategy game where you’ll run around searching for buried truffles, stealing truffles found by other players, defending your own truffles, and grabbing some crazy powerups. DECORATE YOUR TREEHOUSE When you play the game with others, you’ll invite them over to your treehouse. So, why not make your treehouse look absolutely sweet? There are thousands of combinations of roofs, floors, walls, and more. Want a super edgy all-black goth house? Or a pretty pink house with a hearts and rainbow floor? The only limit is your imagination (and me adding more decoration options into the game). 100% INDIE Truffle Hogs is being made by one person (my name is Avi, hi!), with additional art and music produced by a few of his friends. The game is currently free-to-play, with no in-app purchases, and is only supported by optional ads that do not affect the game competitively. There are no lootboxes or other icky gambling mechanics here! COLOR BLIND ACCESSIBLE 
Truffle Hogs relies on colors to distinguish between teams, but you can turn on color-blind mode to use patterns as well as colors to distinguish between teams. It also just looks cool, so you might want to turn it on even if you’re not color-blind!

About

Virus Terminator

Engage in a strategic match-3 game with roguelike elements, battling viruses as a warrior in a virtual world. Collect powerful heroes and skills to clear stages, defeat bosses, and uncover hidden truths.

Highlights
  • Match-3 gameplay
  • Roguelike elements
  • Hero and skill collection
  • Boss battles
  • Endless challenge mode
  • Unlockable areas
Features
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Virus Terminator is a playful and strategy-based game that combines match-3 with roguelike elements. You will play as a warrior and enter infected areas in the virtual world to fight deadly viruses. [Easy to Play] Eliminate tiles to kill all kinds of viruses. It's easy to play and has no complicated combat mechanism; by matching a variety of powerful heroes and skills, you can easily clear stages and have fun! [Various Characters] Make yourself a legend with your heroes. Defeat all enemies as fast as possible to get more powerful heroes! [Endless Challenge] You will have to delve into magic and skills to improve your abilities. Challenge yourself in the difficult mode, and feel the thrill of killing enemies in the endless mode! Challenge stages, defeat powerful bosses, unlock new infected areas, and uncover the hidden truth. In Virus Terminator, you'll be the last hope and fight for the future of the human being. Come, join with us!

Screenshots

Truffle Hogs4 screens
Virus Terminator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Truffle Hogs at none against Virus Terminator's 4. Truffle Hogs also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (410 vs 1). Virus Terminator's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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. Virus Terminator sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Truffle Hogs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Virus Terminator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Truffle Hogs has 410 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Truffle Hogs ships an update fortnightly, Virus Terminator every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Truffle Hogs versus Virus Terminator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTruffle HogsVirus Terminator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (410 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings410 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB276 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMagic Circle Studio, Inc.WAN JI TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

Truffle Hogs

All ratings410 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Virus Terminator

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

Bugs and requests

Truffle Hogs

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons not working in certain situations
  • Lobby issues when the host leaves
  • Crashes upon game start for some players

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more game modes and variety
  • Implement a private room/lobby feature
  • Improve matchmaking and lobby system
  • Introduce a chat function to communicate with players

Virus Terminator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Truffle Hogs

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Virus Terminator

One-time4
  • Handful of Gems$0.99
  • Pouch of Gems$1.99
  • Sack of Gems$4.99
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  • Box of Gems$9.99

Questions

Is Truffle Hogs free?
Truffle Hogs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virus Terminator free?
Virus Terminator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Truffle Hogs or Virus Terminator?
Virus Terminator is rated higher. Truffle Hogs averages 4.8 out of 5 from 410 ratings, while Virus Terminator averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Truffle Hogs or Virus Terminator have ads?
Virus Terminator shows ads; Truffle Hogs does not.
Which is updated more often, Truffle Hogs or Virus Terminator?
Truffle Hogs ships an update fortnightly, and Virus Terminator every 9 days. Most recently, Truffle Hogs was updated on October 13, 2026 and Virus Terminator on October 7, 2026.

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