Comparison

Into the Breach vs BOY1

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

Head to head
About

Into the Breach

Lead a squad of mechs and pilots to defend humanity from giant alien creatures in this turn-based tactical strategy game. Analyze enemy attacks, build powerful mechs, and strategize to protect cities and save different timelines.

Highlights
  • Defend cities and civilian buildings
  • Analyze enemy attacks for perfect counters
  • Build ultimate mechs with new weapons and pilots
  • Send help back through time after defeat
  • Advanced edition content with new upgrades
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Available exclusively for Netflix members. Civilization is in peril, and it's up to you to defend it. Lead a team to save the world from alien threats in this turn-based strategy game. The remnants of human life are threatened by giant creatures breeding beneath the earth. Carefully choose your squad of powerful pilots and mechs to protect your territory. Each attempt to engage the enemy presents a new challenge in this futuristic combat game, which PC Gamer named Ultimate Game of the Year in 2018. Features: • Defend cities: Civilian buildings power your mechs. Defend the structures from the enemy and watch your fire! • Perfect your strategy: Enemy attacks are telegraphed in minimalistic, turn-based battles. Analyze your opponent's attack and come up with the perfect counter every turn. • Build the ultimate mech: Find powerful new weapons and unique pilots as you fight alien infestations across multiple islands. • Another chance: Failure is not an option. If you're defeated, send for help back through time to save another timeline. • Advanced edition content: This newly expanded version of the game includes advanced weapons, mechs, pilots, enemies, missions and more.

About

BOY1

A turn-based stealth puzzle game where a discarded robot must ascend a tower by strategically donning and doffing a human-like face. This grants abilities but attracts attention, creating a core puzzle of managing visibility and power.

Highlights
  • Turn-based movement
  • No random elements
  • Strategic ability usage
  • 30 levels across 5 zones
  • 16-bit pixel art
  • Offline play
  • One-handed play
Features
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BOY1 is a turn-based stealth escape puzzle. A robot lies discarded in the tower's deepest dark. The verdict was a single line. Defect: too human. BOY1, a humanoid thrown away by the system that built him, picks up an abandoned FACE and begins to climb the tower, one floor at a time. Take the FACE off and you become a mindless machine, lost among the other robots. The patrols ignore you, but you can't do anything. Put the FACE on and your human abilities awaken. You can open doors, fool the robots and break through walls, but now the machines can see you. Knowing when to take it off and when to put it on is the whole puzzle. Your flaw is the key. A perfectly logical system can only be broken by human illogic. FEATURES Every move is one tile, one turn. When you step, every robot steps along its fixed patrol route Nothing is random. Every floor is a fixed, deliberately designed layout, and reading patrol patterns is the heart of the game Lure, halt, break through. Combine the human abilities that awaken in each zone to slip past the patrols 30 floors, 5 zones. The higher you climb, the more human the robots become, and the less your disguise works 16-bit pixel art, chiptune sound, one-handed portrait play Fully offline, no ads, no in-app purchases Destroy the system and escape.

Screenshots

Into the Breach4 screens
BOY14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Into the Breach at Free against BOY1's $2.99. BOY1's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On ads 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

Into the Breach is free to download; BOY1 costs $2.99 up front. Into the Breach sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. BOY1 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Into the Breach ships an update every 2 months, BOY1 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Into the Breach versus BOY1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInto the BreachBOY1
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (5.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size592 MB67 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNetflix, Inc.Kyusik Jung

Customer experience

Into the Breach

All ratings5,811 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews636 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative12.1%

BOY1

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Into the Breach

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on final island
  • Inability to select certain tiles
  • Inconsistent advanced content unlocking

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to purchase game outright
  • Ability to listen to own music/podcasts
  • Cloud save sync between devices
  • Offline play mode

BOY1

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Into the Breach

Subscriptions1
  • Netflix Standard Plan$19.991 Month
None

BOY1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Into the Breach free?
Into the Breach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BOY1 free?
BOY1 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Into the Breach or BOY1 have ads?
Neither Into the Breach nor BOY1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Into the Breach or BOY1?
Into the Breach ships an update every 2 months, and BOY1 weekly. Most recently, Into the Breach was updated on November 1, 2026 and BOY1 on October 24, 2026.

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