Into The Fragment vs Explosive Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Into The Fragment
Explore an unstable digital space by fixing bugs and stabilizing the environment. This free-to-play game offers a unique experience inspired by limbo, where players transfer their consciousness to repair a glitchy world.
- Explore an unstable digital space
- Fix bugs to stabilize the environment
- Transfer consciousness mechanic
- Inspired by limbo gameplay
- Free-to-play
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Into The Fragment is a free to play game inspired by limbo. The Fragment is a space where one can transfer their consciousness however the fragment is currently very unstable, not ready for public use and filled with bugs. It is up to the player to explore the fragment and fix as many bugs as possible.
Explosive Chess
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Explosive Chess is a turn-based strategy game that combines chess movement with tactical, timed bomb explosions. Move your pieces like chess — but the only way to destroy anything is with bombs. Every turn you choose: move a piece, or arm a bomb. Bombs detonate on a fuse, blast in patterns determined by the piece that armed them, and friendly fire is real. Your own King can be destroyed by your own bomb. HOW TO PLAY Select a piece and move it — or switch to Arm mode and place a bomb on any square it threatens. Every piece has a unique blast shape. Rooks blast in a cross. Knights blast in an L-pattern that ignores everything in between. Pawns blast diagonally forward. The only way to win is to destroy the enemy King. FEATURES · Single-player vs AI with three difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, and Hard · Pass & Play multiplayer on one device · Three power-ups hidden in destructible rubble: Extra Bomb, Fuse Control, and Shield · Randomized board layouts every game — no two games play the same · No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Buy it once, own it forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Into The Fragment at Free against Explosive Chess's $2.99. Into The Fragment also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Into The Fragment is free to download; Explosive Chess costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Into The Fragment ships an update every 9 days, Explosive Chess every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Into The Fragment | Explosive Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Just Faith Studios LLC | Jason Fawley |
In-app purchases
Into The Fragment
No in-app purchases
Explosive Chess
No in-app purchases
Questions
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