Microbe Explorer vs Virus Shooter Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microbe Explorer
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Become the Microbe Explorer and protect the alien from bugs by dodging through various enemies. Test your dodging skills and see how far you can go without getting hit by the enemies! - Press and drag to move the player - Collect as many items as you can and head to the boss bug - Destroy the boss bug by consuming the items you have collected - Use a booster to speed up Don't miss out on an opportunity to become a Microbe Explorer!
Virus Shooter Game
Engage in intense space combat against diverse viral enemies. Upgrade your spaceship's weapons and defenses, experiment with strategic combinations, and utilize powerful shields and explosions to survive. Collect in-game currency to enhance your arsenal and overcome escalating challenges.
- Intense action gameplay
- Over 20 unique enemy types
- Weapon upgrades and modifications
- Strategic weapon combinations
- Shield for protection
- Explosive power-ups
- In-game currency for purchases
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Virus Shooter is an intense action game. You control a spaceship equipped with many weapons. You are up against more than 20 unique enemies: viruses, microbes, bacteria, meteorites and others, each with their own characteristics. During the battle you improve your weapons, and as the game progresses you unlock new weapon modifications. You can make different combinations of weapons and try different strategies. Your ship has a shield that will protect you from attack; you can restore the shield by collecting the required amount of energy. You can use the explosion to clear the field of all monsters and projectiles. Collect credits to buy weapons and equip your ship with another weapon modification. Game features: -Intense and growing flow of monsters; -As the game progresses, new ship modifications are available to you; -Combine modifications and buy additional weapons before the mission; Use a shield for protection and explosion in difficult situations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Microbe Explorer at every 4 weeks against Virus Shooter Game's every 13 months. Microbe Explorer also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Microbe Explorer ships an update every 4 weeks, Virus Shooter Game every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microbe Explorer | Virus Shooter Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Adknown | Vasilii Dmitriev |
In-app purchases
Microbe Explorer
No in-app purchases
Virus Shooter Game
No in-app purchases
Questions
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