Comparison

Pixel Starships™ vs Hedgewars

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Starships™

Command every aspect of your starship in a persistent online universe. Build, battle, explore, and manage resources in this 8-bit spaceship management game. Form alliances and conquer with friends.

Highlights
  • Build custom starships
  • Command multiple races and factions
  • Online player battles
  • Manage resources and power
  • Explore planets and secrets
  • Form alliances
  • Program AI for automatic combat
Features
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Featured by Apple in Best New Games! From one of the most successful Mobile Game Kickstarter campaigns of the year comes Pixel Starships! Pixel Starships is the world’s first total spaceship management game in an 8bit massive online universe. In Pixel Starships, you command every aspect of your ship from construction to battles in a single persistent world. Featured Reviews - Touch Arcade - Pixel Starships tasks you with outfitting your very own ship with resource rooms, staff, and weapons. This looks Awesome! MMGN - The graphics in this 8Bit indie game is the best we've seen in a retro style game for a long time PocketTactics - I’m intrigued by the cutaway side-view of the starship with turbolifts and transporters at the ready TechTimes - The World’s First 8-Bit Total Starship Management Game Hits The Online Universe The Discovery Channel - A fully immersive starship captain experience. Key Features - ● Build Epic Starships of your own design. ● Many races, aliens, factions to command and conquer. ● Battle it out with other real players in a single massive online universe. ● Manage diplomacy, recruitment, research, exploration! ● Control ship's power and limited resources. Discover epic weapons. ● Build and deploy support ships to support your Starfleet. ● Cross section full ship control and battles. ● Explore planets, discover secrets of space. ● Form alliances and battle with your friends to achieve victory! ● Program situational AI commands to systems and crew allowing automatic combats and offline play. If you're a fan of Star Wars and Star Trek; if you enjoy games like EVE, Clash of Clans, FTL, or Homeworld, you'll love Pixel Starships! Note - Pixel Starships is totally free to play and is designed for perfect balance for all players. However, there are in-app items that can be purchased for real money to help speed up progress or offer cosmetic improvements. If you don't want this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Note on Auto-Renewing Subscription - Pixel Starships contains a optional Subscription Membership. Members receive extra missions, bonuses, and daily rewards. Membership content is regularly updated. The Monthly Membership Subscription cost is USD $3.99 per month or a similarly adjusted currency price in your local region. Please refer to IAP menu or in app display for localised pricing. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription is auto renewable and will renew monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription can be cancelled via iTunes subscription manager. There is also a 7 day free trial for the membership; the free trial period is not transferrable and any remaining free time is cancelled if a paying subscription starts. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. EULA: http://www.pixelstarships.com/eula Privacy Policy: http://www.pixelstarships.com/privacypolicy As per Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to play or download Pixel Starships.

About

Hedgewars

Engage in hilarious, turn-based strategy combat with a team of armed hedgehogs. Utilize a vast arsenal of weapons and tools to outmaneuver and defeat your opponents across diverse, destructible landscapes. Enjoy single-player or multiplayer battles with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy combat
  • Hilarious artillery action
  • Up to 8-player local multiplayer
  • Randomly generated maps
  • 55+ devastating weapons
  • 25 game modifiers
  • Extensive team customization
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Hedgewars, it's a Blast! Description: This is the funniest and most addictive game you'll ever play - hilarious fun that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime. Hedgewars is a turn based strategy game but the real buzz is from watching the devastation caused by those pesky hedgehogs with those fantastic weapons - sneaky little blighters with a bad attitude! In other words Hedgewars is a turn based strategy, artillery, action and comedy game, featuring the antics of pink hedgehogs with attitude as they battle from the depths of hell to the depths of space. As commander, it's your job to assemble your crack team of hedgehog soldiers and bring the war to your enemy. Each player controls a team of several hedgehogs. During the course of the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use whatever tools and weapons are available to attack and kill the opponents' hedgehogs, thereby winning the game. Hedgehogs may move around the terrain in a variety of ways, normally by walking and jumping but also by using particular tools such as the "Rope" or "Parachute", to move to otherwise inaccessible areas. Each turn is time-limited to ensure that players do not hold up the game with excessive thinking or moving. A large variety of tools and weapons are available for players during the game: Grenade, Cluster Bomb, Bazooka, UFO, Shotgun, Desert Eagle, Fire Punch, Baseball Bat, Dynamite, Mine, Rope, Pneumatic pick, Parachute. Most weapons, when used, cause explosions that deform the terrain, removing circular chunks. The landscape is an island floating on a body of water, or a restricted cave with water at the bottom. A hedgehog dies when it enters the water (either by falling off the island, or through a hole in the bottom of it), it is thrown off either side of the arena or when its health is reduced, typically from contact with explosions, to zero (the damage dealt to the attacked hedgehog or hedgehogs after a player's or CPU turn is shown only when all movement on the battlefield has ceased). * Hilarious and devastating turn based combat for up to 8 players * Local multiplayer with optional AI opponents * Battle on an infinite number of randomly generated maps with over 31 environments, or choose from 48 set image maps * Utilise 55 (and counting) devastating weapons! Defeat your foes with simple weapons like Grenades or take it to the next level and trash entire landscapes with weapons like the Melon Bomb or Piano Strike * Play the game your way, with 25 different game modifiers, tweak almost every aspect of the match * Customize your team, with over 280 costumes, 32 graves, 13 forts, 100s of flags and unique voice packs * Huge battles with up to 64 hogs

Screenshots

Pixel Starships™4 screens
Hedgewars3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hedgewars at none against Pixel Starships™'s 10. Hedgewars also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Pixel Starships™'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (82% vs 53%). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Pixel Starships™ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hedgewars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Starships™ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Starships™ has 35K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Pixel Starships™'s written reviews are positive against 53% of Hedgewars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Starships™ ships an update every 9 days, Hedgewars monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pixel Starships™ versus Hedgewars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Starships™Hedgewars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35K ratings) — better4.3 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings35K — better25
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size450 MB181 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSavy Soda Pty LtdAnton Malmygin

Customer experience

Pixel Starships™

All ratings35,060 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews781 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative13.3%

Hedgewars

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative38.0%

User reviews

Pixel Starships™

From 35K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Decent game with no pay wall harassment
  • 🚀 Great little game
  • 🚀 Good game
  • 🚀 Straight gas
  • 🚀 Amazing game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy
  • 🐛 Horrible backend, would not recommend for slower devices
  • 🐛 Cleverly disguised ad farm
  • 🐛 Needs some fixing
  • 🐛 Unfair in battle

Hedgewars

From 25 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Amazing free game
  • 👍 Unbeatable hours of play
  • 🚫 No ads, data, or tracking
  • 💯 Fabulous game, almost PC quality
  • 🎮 Good free alternative to Worms

Room to improve

  • ❓ No instructions or tutorial
  • 📉 UX needs work
  • 🐛 Too many bugs
  • 😵 Unplayable on mobile
  • 🐛 Instant crash in portrait

Bugs and requests

Pixel Starships™

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Crew abilities not working as intended
  • Losing resources and trophies due to connection issues
  • Ads not rewarding the promised amount of Starbux
  • Scrolling issues when rearranging ship layout
  • Inconsistent loading times
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  • Missions consuming daily allowance even on error
  • Starbux purchases not being credited
  • Resources not properly credited after selling on the market

Requested features

17 requests
  • Lower how much bux people can ask for items and resources
  • Set a limit on bux that's not too ridiculous
  • Add more galaxies to explore
  • Add larger ships
  • Add smaller support craft that can fight alongside the main ship
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  • Add a faction war mode with 3v3 or 5v5 battles
  • Add a way to have multiple ships in your fleet
  • Add a ranking system for top players and top ships
  • Add more ship customization options
  • Add a way to remove items from the market
  • Add a panel to view all crew stats
  • Add a button to fix all modules at once
  • Add multiple AI preset options for combat
  • Add a way to fight against your own ship to test vulnerabilities
  • Add a permanent live PvP mode
  • Add a way to change the email associated with an account
  • Add a daily login bonus that increases over consecutive days

Hedgewars

Reported bugs

117 issues
  • No instructions, no tutorial
  • Too many bugs
  • UX needs a lot of work
  • Unplayable on mobile
  • Instant crash when portrait orientation
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  • Crashes a lot
  • Crashes after loading a game
  • Game freezes
  • Vertical jump button useless
  • Not working on iPhone 4s
  • Zoomed, not playable
  • Screen freezes
  • Zoomed in screen, no controls
  • Unplayable
  • Zoomed in view of part of screen
  • Crashes constantly
  • Weird bug
  • Buttons disappear, zooms weirdly, visual glitches
  • Starts loaded and freezes
  • Crashes
  • Game screen only shows up on a fourth of the actual screen
  • Keeps kicking me off when I use certain weapons
  • Crashes 4 out of 5 games
  • Crashes even worse with the update
  • Freezes every time I try to play
  • Crashes halfway through
  • Won't start a game
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version still premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add multiplayer feature
  • Improve menu to match PC version
  • Enhance jumping
  • Add possibility to exit current level/return to main menu
  • Create own maps and weapons
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  • Add network mode and AI mode
  • Improve UI
  • Add mini map
  • Fix sound driver
  • Improve stability
  • Make weapon icons easier to distinguish
  • Play against someone over Wifi or bluetooth
  • Add dual controls
  • Add retina support

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pixel Starships™

Subscriptions1
  • One Month Membership7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time9
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • Clip of Starbux$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
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  • Season Pass$8.99
  • Roll of Starbux$9.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
  • Stash of Starbux$19.99
  • Special Offer$19.99
  • Case of Starbux$49.99
None

Hedgewars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Starships™ free?
Pixel Starships™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hedgewars free?
Hedgewars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Starships™ or Hedgewars?
Pixel Starships™ is rated higher. Pixel Starships™ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while Hedgewars averages 4.3 from 25 ratings.
Do Pixel Starships™ or Hedgewars have ads?
Neither Pixel Starships™ nor Hedgewars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Starships™ or Hedgewars?
Pixel Starships™ ships an update every 9 days, and Hedgewars monthly. Most recently, Pixel Starships™ was updated on November 11, 2026 and Hedgewars on November 1, 2026.

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