Comparison

Pilgrims vs Abyss Block

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

Head to head
About

Pilgrims

Embark on a playful adventure game where you explore a world, interact with unique characters, and solve puzzles in multiple ways. Discover humorous outcomes and collect achievements in this hand-crafted experience.

Highlights
  • Playful exploration
  • Multiple solutions
  • Dozens of items and characters
  • 45 achievements
  • Hand-crafted animations
  • Original music
Features
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Try for free. In-app purchase the full game. Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find? It is most enjoyable if you’re into: - Playfulness: Don’t beat it - play with it! Solve the various tasks using dozens of items and unique characters without being obliged to follow a single designated path. - Replayability: Packed with 45 achievements, Pilgrims is a game designed to be played through more than just once. Can you collect them all? - Hand-crafted appeal: Hundreds of unique animations and custom made sound effects result in countless humorous and unexpected outcomes. Try to discover as many as you can! - Original music: Floex (Machinarium, Samorost 3) is back at it with his mix of live instruments and organic electronics, joined by guests on guitar or clarinet.

About

Abyss Block

Features
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ABYSS BLOCK Roll. Think. Survive the void. You are a volcanic block, suspended above an endless cosmic abyss. One wrong move and you fall forever. Every puzzle is a question and the answer is always: the right roll at the right moment. HOW TO PLAY Swipe to roll your block across a grid of floating tiles. Reach the goal tile in as few steps as possible. Simple to learn. Unforgiving to master. Your block is not a cube, it's a 1x2x1 rectangular solid. It stands tall. It lies flat. Its shape changes with every roll, and so does the space it occupies. Every decision has consequences. 50 HAND-CRAFTED PUZZLES No procedural filler. Every level was designed, tested, and tuned by hand. The difficulty curve is honest, you'll earn every solution. Hard Start - puzzles that demand respect from level one. Precision - one wrong move costs you everything. Moving - tiles that shift with every step you take. Islands - isolated platforms, impossible gaps. Abyss - the final test. THE TILES The world beneath your block is never safe: FRAGILE crumbles after you leave. CRUMBLING collapses the moment you step off. HEAVY sinks under your weight, rises when you leave. ICY you slide, whether you want to or not. MOVING travels between two points, locked to your step count. TELEPORT launches you across the void instantly. BRIDGE appears and disappears based on switches you've triggered. SWITCH controls the bridges. GOAL where you need to be. DESIGNED FOR FOCUS No ads. No energy bars. No timers. No internet required after the first launch. The game respects your attention. You play when you want, as long as you want, without interruption. VISUAL IDENTITY Seven layers of parallax sky. A block that glows orange in calm, blazes blue through portals, turns victory green at the goal. The void is beautiful and it wants to swallow you. SUPPORTS Arabic and English. iPhone optimized in landscape and portrait. No account required. Progress saved automatically. Abyss Block. The void is waiting.

Screenshots

Pilgrims4 screens
Abyss Block4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abyss Block at none against Pilgrims's 1. Abyss Block also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Pilgrims sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Abyss Block asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pilgrims ships an update every 2 months, Abyss Block fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pilgrims versus Abyss Block: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilgrimsAbyss Block
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (483 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings483 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size413 MB134 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAmanita Design s.r.o.mahmoud hamdo

Bugs and requests

Pilgrims

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Restore purchases not working for some users

Requested features

2 requests
  • Longer story and more content
  • Additional chapters or a sequel

Abyss Block

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pilgrims

One-time1
  • Pilgrims Full Game$0.99
None

Abyss Block

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pilgrims free?
Pilgrims is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Abyss Block free?
Abyss Block is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pilgrims or Abyss Block have ads?
Neither Pilgrims nor Abyss Block shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pilgrims or Abyss Block?
Pilgrims ships an update every 2 months, and Abyss Block fortnightly. Most recently, Pilgrims was updated on October 30, 2026 and Abyss Block on October 25, 2026.

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