Comparison

Residual vs RIFTFALL

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated worlds
  • Resource harvesting and crafting
  • Sci-fi tool creation
  • Non-violent survival gameplay
  • Alien lore discovery
  • Customizable survival parameters
Features
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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.

About

RIFTFALL

Experience a retro first-person shooter with a 20-mission campaign, diverse environments, and an upgradeable arsenal. Engage in fast-paced combat with unique boss battles and utilize squad tactics. Built for touch controls with full controller support.

Highlights
  • 20 hand-crafted missions
  • Unique boss arenas
  • Upgradeable arsenal with alt-fires
  • Squad system with AI marines
  • Advanced movement mechanics
  • Retro pixel art with modern lighting
  • Bluetooth controller support
Features
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RIFTFALL is a full-throttle retro first-person shooter built for iPhone and iPad. The rifts have opened, the legions of hell are pouring through, and you are the only thing standing in the breach. FIGHT THROUGH 20 HAND-CRAFTED MISSIONS Storm volcanic keeps, haunted manors, frozen citadels, pirate coves, a walking colossus and the void itself. Every mission ends in a unique boss arena with its own rules, its own monster, and its own way to die. AN ARSENAL THAT HITS LIKE A TRUCK Six weapons, each with a devastating alt-fire. Shotgun-blast your way in, vaporize the swarm with the arc rail, then scope the sniper for the kill. Every weapon can be upgraded across a 15-branch tree. BUILT FOR TOUCH, PROPERLY Controls follow the mobile-FPS conventions you already know: left thumb moves, right thumb aims, smart auto-aim (fully adjustable or off) keeps the action fast without playing the game for you. Bluetooth controllers are fully supported. A REAL CAMPAIGN, NOT A TIMER FARM - 20-mission campaign + TUTORIAL SURVIVAL mode - 5 milestone boss arenas + secret side arenas - Squad system: deploy up to 4 AI marines with distinct weapon roles - Rage mode, double jump, melee, dash - movement is a weapon - Retro pixel look, modern lighting - 16 languages - Pay once. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Ever. HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED. The rift is waiting.

Screenshots

Residual4 screens
RIFTFALL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Residual at 3.5 against RIFTFALL's 3.0. Residual also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 2) and price ($5.99 vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Residual costs $5.99 and RIFTFALL $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Residual holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Residual has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Residual versus RIFTFALL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResidualRIFTFALL
Price$5.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.5 (14 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB470 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPascal BestebroerTo be filled

Customer experience

Residual

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

RIFTFALL

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Residual

No in-app purchases

None

RIFTFALL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Residual free?
Residual costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RIFTFALL free?
RIFTFALL costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Residual or RIFTFALL?
Residual is rated higher. Residual averages 3.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while RIFTFALL averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Residual or RIFTFALL have ads?
Neither Residual nor RIFTFALL shows ads.

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