Comparison

Bullet Hell Heroes vs Scapegoat

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

Head to head
About

Bullet Hell Heroes

Experience a challenging vertical scrolling shooter that blends classic arcade action with RPG elements. Choose from 25 unique heroes and master intricate bullet patterns to defeat over 100 enemy types and formidable bosses. Customize difficulty and enjoy endless replayability.

Highlights
  • 25 unique heroes with special abilities
  • Adjustable difficulty modes
  • Over 100 enemy types with complex patterns
  • Boss battles with intricate bullet patterns
  • Intuitive touch controls for movement and abilities
Features
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Are you a tired unchallenging arcade space shooter and alien shooter games? Try Bullet Hell Heroes! It is a challenging, free, vertical scrolling shooting game that combines the best elements of Touhou, alien shooter, space shooting, Shmup and RPG games! Bullet Hell Heroes is a fantastic option if you're a fan of classic retro arcade shooting like space-shooter, airplane games or alien-shooter games. It is an excellent choice if you love vertical shooting games like of the STG and Shmup genre, or if you enjoy the unique style of Touhou games. Features: · It's not an easy space shooter or an unchallenging alien shooter. With no stamina limitations, you can keep challenging yourself until you conquer the game. · Play as one of 25 different heroes, each with unique abilities like jumping, time manipulation, and teleportation. · Tailor the difficulty to your liking with Easy, Normal, Hard, Maniac, and Lunatic modes, and face off against formidable bosses, memorizing intricate bullet patterns to emerge victorious. · Encounter over 100 types of enemies, including dragons, slimes, ghosts, and orcs, all with challenging bullet patterns. Playing bullet hell heroes is simple! · Move and shoot bullets by touching and dragging! · Touch the screen with another finger to activate special abilities!

About

Scapegoat

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Scapegoat is a new fun rogue-lite, top-down, 2D, shooter game! + Fight intelligent enemy animals + Choose and master an increasing variety of weapons + Enjoy beautiful cartoony hand-drawn assets & scenery + Advance through 11 levels (More on the way!) + No frustrating permadeath + Designed for both Gamepad & Keyboard/Mouse + Collect Chests to gain ammo + Collect Mushrooms to gain health

Screenshots

Bullet Hell Heroes4 screens
Scapegoat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scapegoat at none against Bullet Hell Heroes's 13. Scapegoat also leads on ads (none vs shown). Bullet Hell Heroes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price 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. Bullet Hell Heroes sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Scapegoat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bullet Hell Heroes ships an update every 2 weeks, Scapegoat every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and December 4, 2025 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bullet Hell Heroes versus Scapegoat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBullet Hell HeroesScapegoat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (112 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings112 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 40 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB211 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNanami ShindiJoseph Laurence Meering

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Bullet Hell Heroes

One-time12
  • Andrius$1.99
  • Gold!$1.99
  • Fria$1.99
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  • Serena$1.99
  • Almant$1.99
  • Erinoa$1.99
  • Hero+12 variants$1.99
  • Luliela$1.99
  • Genba$1.99
  • Elba$1.99
  • Erase all ads$1.99
  • Unlock all heroes$7.99
None

Scapegoat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bullet Hell Heroes free?
Bullet Hell Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scapegoat free?
Scapegoat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bullet Hell Heroes or Scapegoat have ads?
Bullet Hell Heroes shows ads; Scapegoat does not.
Which is updated more often, Bullet Hell Heroes or Scapegoat?
Bullet Hell Heroes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Scapegoat every 40 months. Most recently, Bullet Hell Heroes was updated on September 19, 2026 and Scapegoat on December 4, 2025.

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