Residual vs Warm Snow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Residual
Explore procedurally generated alien planets, harvest resources, and craft sci-fi tools to survive and repair your ship. Uncover ancient secrets in a non-violent survival platformer with a unique nature engine.
- Procedurally generated worlds
- Resource harvesting and crafting
- Sci-fi tool creation
- Non-violent survival gameplay
- Alien lore discovery
- Customizable survival parameters
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Residual… a new breed of survival platformer from OrangePixel. In a forgotten galaxy full of strange planets, a lone explorer crash-lands on one with an ancient alien secret. Venture forth from the shipwreck across a harsh, unpredictable, procedurally generated world. Harvest food and make campfires to stay alive. Craft science-fiction survival tools like teleporters and mining devices. Unearth alien technology capable of repairing the ship. Hunger, cosmic storms, hostile plant life and the mysterious ooze are among the many obstacles you’ll face. You won’t be alone! PDB (a snarky floating Personal Disaster Bot) will follow and assist you along the way. Sometimes. PDB also helps you discover the hidden lore, revealing the history of the planet as you explore deeper and deeper, assuming you can survive! OrangePixel’s uniquely designed Nature Engine generates 1000’s of planets from a vast set of environment-based rules, then drops explorers on a world brimming with potential. If a planet orbits close to the sun, intense heat, high winds, and sparse vegetation will pose a set of challenges wildly different from other worlds. Further from the sun, long nights make stamina easier to maintain, but reduced solar power turns every suit function—like scanning the planet—into a critical decision. Residual welcomes players to a non-violent survival experience with limitless possibilities and no traditional combat. Jump and descend through colorful, highly detailed pixel art evoking classic 2D platformers. Solve light puzzles to reveal secrets of a long-lost civilization. Select a male, female, or non-binary protagonist, customize survival parameters like how fast time advances, and race to repair the ship, dig up ancient secrets, or collect data entries on hundreds of undiscovered objects.
Warm Snow
Embark on a dark fantasy adventure as a warrior fighting against corrupt clans in a world plagued by a mysterious, mind-altering snow. Explore a unique narrative, master a thrilling flying sword combat system, and customize your character's growth through countless combinations of skills and relics.
- Roguelike action combat
- Dark fantasy narrative
- Flying sword system
- Varied relics and excaliburs
- Talent point customization
- Mobile version optimizations
- Button customization
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While the rich stinks of meat and wine, the bones of the poor litter the roadside. Great injustice often leads to strange occurrences Snow in July can only be remedied through blood. Warm Snow is a Roguelike action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction. 【A Dark Tale of Sword and Snow】 A strange phenomenon appeared during the 27th Year of the Longwu Era. Snow fell from the sky, which was warm rather than cold to the touch, and did not melt. People who breathed in the 'Warm Snow' lost their minds and became monsters. This phenomenon was later known as 'Warm Snow'. Embark on a journey as Warrior 'Bi-an' to search for the truth behind the 'Warm Snow' and put an end to the this never-ending darkness. 【Countless Combinations】 Seven sects, varied Relics, unpredictable excaliburs, the game is full of Rogue-like elements which will keep each challenge in your journey fresh and unique. Each time you venture into the world would be a whole-new experience, pick your favorite playing style and challenge yourself. 【Thrilling Flying Sword System】 Perform critical destruction with swords that flicker between shadow and light. Control your flying swords with different attributes, attack modes and Relic boosts. 【Reincarnate and Collect the Fragments of Truth】 You decide how you will grow stronger! Boost your abilities with talent points that you can assign at will. The truth about this world is hidden in the randomly dropped 'Memory Fragments'. Are you ready to discover the secrets behind the Five Great Clans and reveal the truth of this world? 【Mobile Version Optimizations】 · Button customization and Auto-Dash: Adjust the position and size of buttons according to your preferences. Enable the Auto-Dash feature to start auto dashing with the left joystick. · Adjust the viewing distance freely: Adjust the size of the screen display according to your preferences. · Auto Enemy Tracking: Enable the Auto Enemy Tracking feature for a silky smooth combat experience. Minimum device requirement: iOS 12.0 or higher. Memory requirement: 4GB. Available RAM: 4GB SUPPORT If you encounter any issues during the game, you can send us feedback via the in-game Customer Service Center. Customer Service Email: warmsnowgh@bilibili.com Official Site: https://warmsnow.biligames.com Twitter:https://twitter.com/WarmSnowGame Discord: https://discord.gg/gC2nRfEQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@warmsnow6951
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Warm Snow at 4.5 against Residual's 3.5. Warm Snow also leads on chart position (#87 vs unranked) and ratings volume (122 vs 14). Residual's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($5.99 vs $7.99). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Residual costs $5.99 and Warm Snow $7.99 up front. Warm Snow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Residual asks for nothing beyond the download.
Warm Snow holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Warm Snow has 122 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Residual's written reviews are positive against 70% of Warm Snow's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Residual | Warm Snow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (14 ratings) | 4.5 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #87 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 3.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pascal Bestebroer | BILIBILI HK LIMITED |
Customer experience
Residual
Warm Snow
Bugs and requests
Residual
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Warm Snow
Reported bugs
11 issues- Update requires reinstallation
- Touch input not recognized
- Account wiped/stuck on loading screen
- Crashing after update
- Network exception error
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- Game won't start
- Mechanical case bug
- Mandatory online connection
- Phone overheating
- Dimmed perimeter of viewing field
- Small font and color choice difficult to read
Requested features
10 requests- Install game again after update
- Translation to French
- Cross-save from PC
- Latest DLC release on Switch/PlayStation
- DLC release on App Store
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- Controller support
- Simplified Chinese language support
- Offline mode
- Allow other audio to play in background
- Korean language support
In-app purchases
Residual
No in-app purchases
Warm Snow
- The End Of Karma(DLC)$3.99









