Melon vs Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melon
Unleash your creativity in a chaotic sandbox game. Experiment with realistic ragdoll physics, a massive arsenal of weapons, and custom devices to create mayhem. Explore open worlds and build your own playground for destructive fun.
- Realistic ragdoll physics
- Massive arsenal of weapons
- Custom device creation
- Open-world sandbox maps
- Brutal experiments
- Destructive fun
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Melon Sandbox: Ultimate Sandbox of Chaos! Welcome to Melon Sandbox, a thrilling sandbox game where you unleash your creativity through brutal experiments with realistic ragdoll physics! No limits, no rules—just pure destructive fun! What can you do? • Experiment with physics – Throw, smash, and test unique interactions between objects! • Massive arsenal – Use firearms, melee weapons, explosives, and vehicles to tear through ragdolls! • Create chaos – Stab, crush, burn, or vaporize with custom devices! • Open-world sandbox – Explore diverse maps and build your own playground of destruction! • Get ready for endless mayhem in the ultimate ragdoll simulation! Get on board now and start experimenting!
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
A 2D physics sandbox where you can build worlds, create custom characters, and experiment with over 100 elements including weapons and explosives. Mutilate fruit, cause natural disasters, and enjoy realistic physics in this offline simulation.
- 2D physics sandbox
- Create custom characters
- Over 100 elements for destruction
- Realistic blood simulation
- Build vehicles and machinery
- Natural disaster simulation
- Offline gameplay
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Pure Gore is a 2D physics action sandbox & people playground simulation, where you can build your own world. You can create or use pre-built vehicles, machinery, rockets, bombs and most importantly mutilate melons (fruit) with one of the over 100 elements. You see... there is no border for creativity. The simulation is perfect for adults, who want to release emotions and love experimenting with physics. Satisfied with the world or item you built? Submit it. It may get added to community maps section. You get coins for playing the game, everything can be unlocked with coins. ## Features ## # PURE GORE: - Tear things by connecting them with a rope joint to a launching rocket or car, - smash melons with heavy blocks or melee weapons - shredder tomato's inside of a grinder, - crush and torture onions with pistons - or shoot lemons with an AK-47! - or have fun with ragdolls # RAGDOLLS / STICKMANS: You have the possibility to create your stickman by connecting different body parts to each other! You could create a doll with multiple heads and legs, everything is possible! # WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES: Pure gore offers over 20 weapons/explosives, like nukes, AK-47´s, bazookas, lasers, grenades, knifes, spears, implosions bombs, black hole bomb´s... Every weapon has a different shoot behaviour and can be used to mutilate things. # BLOOD SIMULATION: The game is not just a people playground its also a blood simulation! You can let ragdoll´s bleed! That means if they get hurt they will start to bleed. JOINTS: Joints or Connectors can be used to build complex vehicles, buildings or machinery. You could build for example a grinder on wheels or ships, tanks... The game offers different joints like ropes, pistons, bolts, motors... # MORE FEATURES: - Tools: useful utilities, like detonators, erasers, gravity changers... - Nature: build Terrains, create natural disasters (tsunami, tornado, meteors, wind, earthquake...), - highly configurable: many sandbox elements can be customized (change color, adjust timers and more) - Physically objects like building materials, thrusters, black holes, balloons, glue, wheels, decoration... - offline game. No internet connection needed - great and realistic „Box2D“ physics - save the whole sandbox or just creations If you have any suggestions or problems, then join my discord or write me an email. Strong phones are are suggested to run the action sandbox smoothly! Now download the offline game, build some cool stuff and have fun in Pure Gore by Gaming-Apps.com (2022)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Melon at weekly against Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s every 7 months. Melon also leads on ratings volume (138K vs 969) and chart position (#26 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Melon sells 26 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per 7 days and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Melon against 4.6 for Pure Gore (Physics sandbox). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melon has 138K ratings behind it against 969, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Melon's written reviews are positive against 83% of Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s.
Melon ships an update weekly, Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melon | Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (138K ratings) | 4.6 (969 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 138K — better | 969 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 522 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Payge Ltd | Lukas Oertel |
Customer experience
Melon
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
User reviews
Melon
From 138K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great mobile alternative to People Playground
- 👍 Lots of creative possibilities
- 🎨 Customizable characters and scenarios
- 💡 Unique fruit/vegetable characters
- 👍 Addictive and fun gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs with save system and resizing
- 🔍 Limited camera controls
- 🔍 Lack of detailed instructions
- 🔋 Frequent ads interrupting gameplay
- 🔍 Limited character and clothing options
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
From 969 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and creative game
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay and physics
- 💡 Wide variety of maps and features
- 🎨 Good graphics and visuals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
- 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🔒 Limited character customization and control
- 🎨 Green blood instead of red
Bugs and requests
Melon
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saved creations glitching or disappearing
- Resizing issues causing damage to characters
- Ads with no close button, forcing app restart
- Inconsistent character behavior and animations
Requested features
7 requests- More character options (grapes, bananas, etc.)
- Additional weapons, vehicles, and items
- Ability to create custom maps
- Improved physics and gore effects
- Mod support and customization on iOS
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- Day/night cycles and weather effects
- Multiplayer or online functionality
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Water maps causing screen to fade to black
- Saved progress being lost due to glitches
- Difficulty in spawning and controlling characters
Requested features
4 requests- Add more character types and customization options
- Improve the water and liquid physics
- Increase the limit of objects that can be placed
- Implement a red blood option
In-app purchases
Melon
- Premium Membership - 1 Week$3.497 Days
- Melon Premium 1 Month$9.991 Month
- Pile of Mels$0.59
- Heap of Mels$0.99
- First Buy Offer$0.99
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- Bunch of Dices$4.99
- Bucket of Mels$4.99
- First Buy Offer$4.99
- Small Box of SlimeCoins$4.99
- Small Box of Stars$4.99
- Small Box of Easter Eggs$4.99
- Small Box of Clovers$4.99
- Small Box of Valentines$5.59
- Small Gifts Box$5.59
- Barrel of Mels$9.99
- First Buy Offer$9.99
- Medium Box of Valentines$13.99
- Medium Gifts Box$13.99
- Medium Box of Stars$14.99
- Medium Box of Easter Eggs$14.99
- Medium Box of Clovers$14.99
- Chest of Mels$19.99
- Big Gifts Box$24.99
- Cart of Mels$49.99
- Lot of Mels$99.99
- Huge Gifts Box$99.99
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
- 250 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$1.99
- 1000 Coins$2.99
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- 2000 Coins$3.99
- 5000 Coins$7.99
Questions
Is Melon free?
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