The Escapee vs Stellar Horizon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Escapee
Embark on an action-adventure across an alien planet to find your way home. Solve mysteries, battle strange creatures, and overcome challenging puzzles in this remastered classic. Experience a visually stunning world with a captivating soundtrack.
- Hand-drawn graphics
- Cinematic intro/outro sequences
- In-game hint system
- 7 levels on an alien planet
- High-quality soundtrack
- Puzzles and adventure elements
- Challenging enemies
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AWARD WINNING CLASSIC ACTION & ADVENTURE IS AVAILABLE ON IPHONE, IPAD AND IPOD TOUCH! _________________________________________ ... maybe they thought I was dead, and they threw me out like rag doll, in the middle of dirt, waste and litter. I was an Escapee - was I the only one? /Daniel White - captured from the Earth/ That was only the beginning, and has been followed by adventures through a distinct cyberspace. You are on the run from powerful alien beings on an alien planet, having been transported there for a reason that no-one knows at the beginning. Find your way home back to Earth and solve the mystery. ______________________________________ The Escapee has been REMASTERED and a great number of improvements has been added, such as built in hint system, improved gameplay and controls. FEATURES - incredible amount of hand drawn graphics - 5 minutes long intro and outro sequences - tens of death cutscenes - in-game hint system - easy controls - 7 levels through the alien planet - top quality soundtrack with more than 30 tracks - main character with more than 1200! hand drawn animation frames - tens of monsters and robots to kill and avoid - surprising end sequence - puzzles and adventure elements - heated action against tricky enemies REVIEWS Graphics 95% "It's like being in a movie, it works well with the Gameplay" Playability 94% "Simple to play with plenty of moves" Sound 94% "The atmosphere makes the scenes tense and scary" Addiction 95% "It arrived just before the holiday and I played it all over the holiday. It's hard not to play." Lastability 94% "This game challenges your mind and it's be a joy and an achievement to discover more" Overall 95% "Everything from the Graphics to Gameplay have been designed to work together, to create a game of near perfection." "During the course of the game you have to pass seven stages, each of which has its own distinct atmosphere and visual appearance, so you simply don't have a chance to get bored." "The Escapee is a thrilling and atmospheric game, the graphics were done with much love for detail, and the music and sound effects blend nicely with the atmosphere." The Escapee has been released on the Amiga originally, it has received a number of awards, such as "Game of the Year" or the CU Superstar award from the word biggest selling gaming magazines! Now the REMASTERED version is available on iOS.
Stellar Horizon
Embark on an interstellar journey in a vast, procedurally generated universe. Explore planets, discover alien life, build space stations, and engage in trade or combat. Your choices shape your path to skill, knowledge, wealth, and power.
- Explore procedurally generated universe
- Discover planets and alien species
- Build and manage space stations
- Engage in trading and combat
- Complete missions and analyze samples
- Discover wormholes and ancient secrets
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Travel among the stars, explore planets, discover new animal species and ancient monoliths, build your own space station, encounter aliens, trade and combat in an infinite procedurally generated universe ! Stellar Horizon is a game about exploration and survival. Starting with only a small starship and a few credits, do whatever it takes to earn skill, knowledge, wealth and power. Trading, hunting, mining, exploration : how you play Stellar Horizon is up to you. A TRULY OPEN UNIVERSE You can fly seamlessly from the surface of a planet to another, and every star in the sky is a sun that you can visit. Where you’ll go and how fast you’ll make your way through this universe is up to you. BUILD FOR AN EPIC JOURNEY Whether you want to explore and see things never before discovered, or directly find the best trade routes, how you play Stellar Horizon is up to you. Explore and map new star systems, earning yourself recognition and credits. Help rebels overthrow an oppressive regime or a government put down a rebellion, working as a gun-for-hire or assassin. Trade and influence the commodity market prices. Buy your own spatial stations and become an entrepreneur! Complete geographic missions, or analyse vegetal/water samples from different systems to become a renowned scientist! Discover new animal species, or learn alien language to communicate with local inhabitants! Build your own base on a beach, on your favorite planet! Discover wormholes that allow you to reach thousands light years distant systems! Discover new planets and enjoy gorgeous landscapes : every planet is different from the next. Find ancient monoliths that could reveal the secrets behind the universe... Explore giant bunkers, and find legendary items 4 BILLION STAR SYSTEMS. INFINITE FREEDOM. BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** What is procedural generation ? Core to Stellar Horizon is that its virtual galaxy, including the stars and planets, are all created through random procedural generation using deterministic algorithms. A single seed number is used to create these features via mathematical computation thus eliminating the need to create each of these features by hand. This enables the game to have a massively open nature: it is estimated that with the 32-bit seed number, Stellar Horizon virtual galaxy will include over 4 billion planets. Any player will be able to visit a specific planet once they know its galactic coordinates, given their spacecraft has the capability to do so, and find the same features as any other player, as these coordinates serve as the seed for the planet's topography and environment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Escapee at 5.0 against Stellar Horizon's 3.9. The Escapee also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 64%) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Stellar Horizon's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 59 months) and ratings volume (57 vs 2). On 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
The Escapee costs $2.99 and Stellar Horizon $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Escapee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stellar Horizon has 57 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of The Escapee's written reviews are positive against 64% of Stellar Horizon's.
The Escapee ships an update every 59 months, Stellar Horizon every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | The Escapee | Stellar Horizon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.9 (57 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews — better | 63.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 59 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Invictus | S.MARSAULT |
Customer experience
The Escapee
Stellar Horizon
Bugs and requests
The Escapee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Stellar Horizon
Reported bugs
11 issues- Game crashes on launch for some devices (iPhone 5, iPad Mini)
- Launch button disappears during gameplay
- Cannot launch from flat surfaces
- Game hangs when not skipping animations
- Planetary exploration gets stuck and prevents takeoff
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- Discovery scanning not working (version 1.0.105)
- Manual docking at orbital stations is impossible
- Slow frame-by-frame movement causing 10+ second delays per action
- Navigation pointer doesn't correctly point to mission targets
- Crashes when approaching stations
- Interface bugs with skip function
Requested features
20 requests- Free-flowing joystick movement on planets instead of grid-based
- Improved star map with zoom and selection capabilities
- Tutorial or guided onboarding system
- Larger, scalable text options
- Multiple planets per star system
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- Moons and orbital mechanics
- Real-time smooth planetary exploration
- Direct mission navigation with auto-pilot
- Multiplayer or PvP functionality
- Better ship and station graphics
- More interactive content on planets (aliens, combat, NPCs)
- Difficulty settings
- Faster planetary movement animations
- Asteroid mining and resource gathering in space
- Story-driven campaign or narrative elements
- MFi controller support
- Motion/tilt controls for flight
- Variable speed control during flight
- Automatic docking computer
- Strategy guide or in-game hints
In-app purchases
The Escapee
No in-app purchases
Stellar Horizon
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Escapee free?
Is Stellar Horizon free?
Which has better reviews, The Escapee or Stellar Horizon?
Do The Escapee or Stellar Horizon have ads?
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