Residual vs Call KCC for Buck
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Call KCC for Buck
Read full descriptionHide full description
In 2150 the solar system mostly works. The airlocks open. The machinery runs. Shareholders remain confident. But sometimes something weird happens: clowns on the Moon, rogue teddy bears on Mars, or plants with teeth. Then you call KCC for Buck. Call KCC for Buck is a mission-based isometric action game about dangerous work, strange contracts, and the contractor sent in when ordinary maintenance is no longer an option. Guide Buck through hazardous worksites, abandoned facilities, and places management insists are completely under control. Fight hostile creatures, rescue stranded workers, recover valuable salvage, disable dangerous machinery, and make it to extraction. Along the way, MARGO will explain the mission, monitor your performance, and remain professionally unconcerned about your chances of survival. Features - Fast isometric action built around movement, aiming, shooting, and environmental awareness. - A campaign of strange contracts across the solar system. - Clowns, rogue machinery, aggressive vegetation, and other workplace hazards. - Rescue, salvage, sabotage, access, and extraction objectives. - Multi-level environments filled with secrets, hazards, and things that should not be moving.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Call KCC for Buck at $1.99 against Residual's $5.99. Call KCC for Buck also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Residual's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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 Call KCC for Buck $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Residual ships an update monthly, Call KCC for Buck every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Residual | Call KCC for Buck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pascal Bestebroer | Joao Donker |
In-app purchases
Residual
No in-app purchases
Call KCC for Buck
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Residual free?
Is Call KCC for Buck free?
Do Residual or Call KCC for Buck have ads?
Which is updated more often, Residual or Call KCC for Buck?
Other comparisons















