Dragon Panic vs Battle Slugs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dragon Panic
Control adorable dragons to incinerate incoming attacks from a knight. Tilt your device to move and tap to shoot fireballs, aiming to survive as long as possible and achieve high scores on the leaderboards. Enjoy retro graphics and sound effects in this fast-paced arcade experience.
- Retro graphics and sound
- Tilt or virtual D-pad controls
- Game Center leaderboards
- Tweet high scores
- Power-up potions
- Enemy attack variety
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"Dragon Panic looks and sounds as old school as you can get. The game is simple, survive as long as you can without getting bonked on the head, which of course is always easier said than done." - http://appadvice.com "...after one round I was hooked. It packs a definite just-one-more-time draw to rank on the leaderboards." - http://toucharcade.com "Dragon Panic offers a unique rushing raw excitement that players would enjoy irrespective of age." - http://iphonefootprint.com "The general look and feel is very reminiscent of games for the C64. If you want a fun, undemanding look back, Dragon Panic is definitely a title to check out." - http://zaxxon1-retrogames.blogspot.com Help Berny and Blaze, the adorable pink and green dragons, thwart the cowardly knight by incinerating his barrage of attacks in his quest for fame, fortune, and of course the princess. Tilt the phone to move the dragon. Tap the screen to shoot a fireball. Burn everything but don't get bonked on the head. Features: Game Center leaderboards Tweet your high score Virtual D-Pad or Tilt control Retro graphics Old school sound FX and music Details: Rocks and Shields destroy a stepping stone in one hit. Swords, Spears, and Axes do less damage. Bombs do more damage. Skulls will hamper the dragons' fireballs. Red potions clear the screen. Green potions make the dragons invincible. Blue potions replace a missing stone. Bats are worth big points. Game is over when Blaze or Berny gets hit.
Battle Slugs
Command an army of slugs in a strategic territory conquest game. Utilize unique slug abilities and battlefield tactics to outmaneuver opponents on hexagonal maps. Enjoy colorful graphics, custom music, and compete for high scores.
- Command slug armies
- Territory conquest gameplay
- Hexagonal playing fields
- Strategic combat
- Colorful cartoony graphics
- Game Center high scores
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Playing Battle Slugs, you take command of a well-trained army of the finest slugs, either green angelic slugs or red devilish slugs (you can decide which, based on what you did last night). Slug it out across a variety of hexagon-celled playing fields, each with its own sweet spots and bottlenecks, using strategy to claim the most territory and conquer the field. The game includes colorful cartoony graphics, plus changing backgrounds and custom soundtrack music. Your progress is saved and sent to the Game Center high scores list. Take on a friend or go up against the cold logic of the CPU on one of three levels of difficulty.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Battle Slugs at Free against Dragon Panic's $0.99. Battle Slugs also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (231 vs 24). Dragon Panic's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.3). On review sentiment, 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
Battle Slugs is free to download; Dragon Panic costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dragon Panic holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battle Slugs has 231 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Dragon Panic's written reviews are positive against 55% of Battle Slugs's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dragon Panic ships an update every 2 months, Battle Slugs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dragon Panic | Battle Slugs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (24 ratings) — better | 3.3 (231 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 54.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 231 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 3.1.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Danny Bliss | BrainVault Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Dragon Panic
Battle Slugs
Bugs and requests
Dragon Panic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Battle Slugs
Reported bugs
6 issues- Crashes when choosing a team
- Crashes when loading a scenario
- Crashes on iPad
- Crashes on iPod Touch
- Crashes when trying to play
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- Doesn't load at all
Requested features
12 requests- Better difficulty levels
- Tall-screen version for iPhone 5
- Bluetooth multiplayer
- Restart option
- Achievements
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- Online multiplayer with leaderboards
- Ability to custom make boards
- Option to turn off UI graphics
- Pause and Replay buttons
- Easier to go to next level
- Swipe left/right to change levels
- Clearer game flow and UI
In-app purchases
Dragon Panic
No in-app purchases
Battle Slugs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dragon Panic free?
Is Battle Slugs free?
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Do Dragon Panic or Battle Slugs have ads?
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