Mazetron vs Vicious Varmints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mazetron
Navigate a red rectangle through an endless minefield of squares. Tap the screen to control your movement and survive as long as possible to achieve a high score. This is a simple, high-score focused survival game.
- Endless block-maze gameplay
- High-score based survival
- Simple tap controls
- Navigate a red rectangle
- Minefield avoidance
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Mazetron is a simple high-score based game in which you guide a red rectangle through an endless minefield of squares. Tap the sides of the screen to control your rectangle. Survive as far as you can to get a high score! Mazetron II is in development. There will be no more major updates to Mazetron.
Vicious Varmints
Defend your yard from hungry critters by quickly zapping them with a foam dart gun. You have limited time and ammo to stop them from eating your food. Protect your family's treasures from these fast-eating varmints.
- Zap critters with foam darts
- Limited time and ammo
- Protect food treasures
- Family-friendly gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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Ma, git me my foam dart gun. Them vicious critters is after our dang yard waffles! Vicious Varmints are on the loose again and after all your foodly treasures. The traps have been set and the Varmints have taken the bait. All that's left is for you to load up your non-lethal, 9v battery modified foam dart gun, and Zap 'em back to where they came from. Once they get on your glorious goodies, they git to work pretty quickly, eatin' their way to the center so they can run off with the rest. You have a limited amount of time and ammo to stop 'em. The whole family is countin' on you to keep them Vicious Varmints off the food. Good luck nephew!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vicious Varmints at 5.0 against Mazetron's 4.5. Mazetron's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Vicious Varmints sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Mazetron asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vicious Varmints holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mazetron has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mazetron ships an update monthly, Vicious Varmints every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mazetron | Vicious Varmints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Davis | Player1games Inc. |
Customer experience
Mazetron
Vicious Varmints
In-app purchases
Mazetron
No in-app purchases
Vicious Varmints
- Ten Credits$0.99
- Credit 25$1.99
