BusoMeiQ vs Flat Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BusoMeiQ
Embark on a rogue-lite hack-and-slash adventure with strategic turn-based combat. Create unique characters, explore dungeons, collect randomized equipment, and learn powerful skills to defeat bosses and conquer endless challenges. Upgrade your hero and master synergies for ultimate power.
- Character creation with multiple classes
- Dungeon crawling with events
- Strategic turn-based combat
- Randomized equipment drops
- Skill learning and synergy
- Boss battles and stage progression
- Endless mode for replayability
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BusoMeiQ (Armed Labyrinth) is a Rogue Lite + Hack & Slash + RPG It's a smartphone RPG with easy controls and fun hacks and builds! 1. Create your character Choose from various classes such as "Warrior", "Wizard" etc. 2. Dungeon crawling Only go straight in the dungeon! Along the way, there are fountains to restore your strength and events to fight powerful enemies. 3. Command & Turn-based combat You can enjoy simple but strategic combat with equipment, passive effects, buffs, cool time etc. 4. Equipment selection Equipment is given effects at random. Choose only one piece of equipment from the drop. Old equipment is automatically discarded. 5. Learning skills You can learn various skills prepared for each class. Combine skills with other skills to create powerful synergy! 6. Boss battle Defeat the boss at the end of the dungeon to clear the stage! The next stage will be opened. 7. Upgrade Use the gold you bring back to enhance your character's status. 8. Rogue lite When you leave for the next stage, you will start with Lv1 + initial equipment + initial skills. 9. Endless mode Challenge yourself to see how deep into the dungeon you can go! There is also an endless mode where you can revive and strengthen your character even if you get wiped out. Production Tools: RPG Maker MZ
Flat Machine
Control a limbless robot tasked with defending a settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Engage in simple, timing-based battles against various threats and make choices that influence the game's multiple endings. Discover the mystery of your own identity.
- Simple, timing-based battles
- Item combination system
- Respond to various visitors
- Multiple endings based on choices
- Daily events and encounters
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■ Story In the not-so-distant future, a world on the brink of ruin. Awakening in the wasteland is a single robot—with no limbs and no memories. You become the settlement's "gatekeeper," fending off the strange visitors who arrive day after day. Can you protect the settlement through its final days? And what is the true nature of the Flat Machine...? ■ Features [1] Easy, satisfying defense battles—just tap! Tap with the right timing to repel the enemies closing in. Simple to play, yet endlessly strategic through gear and item combinations. Build your own ultimate defense style. [2] Your "choices" change the future—multiple endings Not everyone at the gate is an enemy. Help a struggling mutant, or coldly turn it away? Your decisions steer the story to its ending in this rich sci-fi adventure. [3] Charming pixel art and a wistful apocalyptic world Lovable yet lonely characters brought to life in beautiful retro pixel art. An original atmosphere, deepened by a carefully crafted soundtrack. ■ Perfect for players who love - Pixel-art (retro) games - Dystopian, sci-fi, and apocalyptic worlds - Story-driven indie games - Quick, pick-up-and-play sessions - Tower defense, idle games, and RPGs - Playing free to the end, at your own pace, with no stamina Step into the "everyday apocalypse" woven by an amnesiac gatekeeper robot and the inhabitants of a dying world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flat Machine at every 5 days against BusoMeiQ's every 2 months. Flat Machine also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 8). BusoMeiQ's advantage is iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. BusoMeiQ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flat Machine sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BusoMeiQ against 4.9 for Flat Machine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flat Machine has 68 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of BusoMeiQ's written reviews are positive against 94% of Flat Machine's.
BusoMeiQ ships an update every 2 months, Flat Machine every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BusoMeiQ | Flat Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.9 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 93.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Takashi Fujisawa | zxima.LLC |
Customer experience
BusoMeiQ
Flat Machine
Bugs and requests
BusoMeiQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flat Machine
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ads redirect to app store and prevent item rewards
- Ad BGM continues playing after ad ends
- Ad BGM persists even after restarting app
- Agoda ads prevent continuing the game
Requested features
6 requests- Add Chinese translation
- Add Vietnamese translation
- Add Spanish translation
- Option for one-time purchase to remove ads
- More interactions with certain characters (e.g., training robot)
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- Consider adding taxi or bakery characters in future works
In-app purchases
BusoMeiQ
- 冒険者パック$2.99
Flat Machine
- AD removal$2.99
- Donation(S)$3.99
- Donation(M)$14.99
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- Donation(L)$34.99
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