Comparison

Zombotron Re vs Hacker Puzzle

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

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About

Zombotron Re

Engage in intense combat against zombies, robots, and undead creatures on a forgotten alien planet. Explore the mystery of the world, rescue survivors, and utilize a destructible environment and diverse arsenal to overcome your foes.

Highlights
  • Destructible physical world
  • Multiple weapon types
  • Environmental destruction for combat
  • Varied enemies with unique abilities
  • Gamepad and headphone support
Features
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Fight with zombies, with evil robots and other undead creatures to survive in the crazy world of Zombotron. The action takes place on an unknown one day colonized planet, which over time was abandoned and forgotten by people. Find and rescue survivals to discover the mystery of the mysterious planet together. Zombotron Re-Boot is a remaster of the original Zombotron Flash game series, with updated graphics, an improved physics engine and new, incredibly rich effects! Key Features: — Well-developed destructible physical world; — Lots of different weapons; — You can destroy enemies using the environment; — Various enemies with unique abilities; — Use the gamepad and headphones for best experience.

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Hacker Puzzle

Features
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You never type a single command or see a line of real code. You are the handler — the one who reads the map, makes the call, and decides what is worth the risk. On the other end of the line is Ghost, a hacker who does exactly what you tell him, nothing more. This is the hack-from-the-shadows fantasy, no syntax required. HOW IT PLAYS Ghost gets you inside a network's edge, and from there you decide where he goes next. You don't type — you solve a puzzle, choose a path, or pick the right thing to say, and Ghost turns it into action. His terminal fills with commands and results while you watch. Get it right and the target never notices; get it wrong and the noise adds up. Each episode strings together short scenes — a briefing, a live 3D map of the target's network, a puzzle standing between you and the next room, a decision with consequences later on. There's no fail state that dumps you to a menu, only quieter and louder, safer and riskier. WHAT YOU DO Nine puzzle types, each a different way of thinking rather than typing: — ROUTE THE NETWORK: read a live 3D map, choose the path that gets Ghost through without tripping a camera or an alarm. — CRACK THE LOCK: a folder guarded by a short code — every lock comes with a clue about the person who set it. — BREAK THE CIPHER: a message hidden in plain sight, shifted letter by letter. — SPOT THE PATTERN: numbers and codes that follow a rule — find it, and you find what comes next. — SEARCH THE LOG: a wall of raw activity hides one line that matters. Read it like an investigator. — MATCH THE WIRES: a torn label panel, a puzzle of cables and ports — wire each device to the port that fits. — CALL THE TIMING: a door that only opens for a fraction of a second. Watch the rhythm, call the moment. — TALK YOUR WAY IN: not every door is a firewall. Some are a tired man on a phone at midnight. — PIECE IT TOGETHER: scattered fragments that only make sense once you put them in order. None of it asks you to remember a command. All of it asks you to think. THE TRACE One number watches every choice: the trace, 0 to 100. Careful moves barely move it; greedy moves — grabbing more than needed, forcing a door instead of finding the key — push it higher. Cross a threshold and you make the call: pull back, or push forward and risk it all. Hit 100 and Ghost is burned; the operation resets from your last safe point. No perfect run is required, but careful players see a different ending than reckless ones — Ghost's trust, built or lost decision by decision, shapes how he talks to you and which of three endings you reach. THE FIRST CASE: COLD TRAIL Mara Venn's sister Iris took a night-shift job at a logistics yard eleven weeks ago; nine days ago she stopped answering. Police said what they always say — adults are allowed to disappear. Mara doesn't believe it, and she's found someone who can get inside the company's network: Ghost. What he looks at, and what it's worth risking to find, is your call. By the end of episode one you already know something that shouldn't be true: Iris's badge still swipes into the yard gate every night, nine days after she vanished. Someone wants it to look like she never left — finding out why means going deeper into a network built to keep you out. Cold Trail runs five episodes, each built for a single sitting, each ending on a reason to come back tomorrow. FREE AND PRO The entire first case, Cold Trail — all five episodes — is free. One episode unlocks per day, with a second any day by watching a short video; no puzzle is ever paywalled — every scene you can reach, you can fully solve. A subscription unlocks what comes after Cold Trail: further cases as they release, unlimited episodes, unlimited hints, an ad-free experience, and more of Ghost's voice. None of it is required to finish the case you've started. Ghost sends no invoice. He just says the next case is on you. Privacy Policy: https://coddykit.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://coddykit.com/terms

Screenshots

Zombotron Re4 screens
Hacker Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zombotron Re at none against Hacker Puzzle's 2. Zombotron Re also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Hacker Puzzle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.90 per month. Zombotron Re asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zombotron Re versus Hacker Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZombotron ReHacker Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (591 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings591 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size379 MB60 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAnton KarlovMEHMET CANKER (TR)

Bugs and requests

Zombotron Re

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on launch for some users
  • Rotation support not working correctly
  • Dropped weapons overlapping with controls

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add controller support
  • Implement weapon drop feature
  • Expand the game with more levels and chapters
  • Introduce customization options

Hacker Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Zombotron Re

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Hacker Puzzle

Subscriptions2
  • Ghost Handler Pro monthly$19.901 Month
  • Ghost Handler Pro annual$39.901 Year

Questions

Is Zombotron Re free?
Zombotron Re is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hacker Puzzle free?
Hacker Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zombotron Re or Hacker Puzzle have ads?
Hacker Puzzle shows ads; Zombotron Re does not.

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