An Indie Game vs Big Pixel Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
An Indie Game
Embark on an adventurous auto-runner experience inspired by a famous archaeologist. Jump, shoot, and swing your way through challenges to achieve high scores and compete globally.
- Auto-runner gameplay
- Jump, shoot, and swing mechanics
- Global high score competition
- Cross-platform leaderboards
- Score-based progression
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Auto-runner, inspired by everyone's favorite archaeologist! Run, jump, shoot, swing and look out for enemies while scoring points and trying to reach high scores. Global Highscores that spans across multiple platforms, so you can compete with players on other platforms!
Big Pixel Run
Test your reflexes in this challenging, retro-inspired endless runner. Guide your player with a single finger, collecting coins to open gates and avoid obstacles. Power-ups offer temporary invincibility in this highly addictive game.
- Retro-inspired endless runner
- One-finger control
- Coin collection for gate opening
- Obstacle avoidance
- Power-up gems for invincibility
- 9 levels
- Infinite gameplay
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Challenge your reflexes in this addicting and difficult game. Blast through this retro-inspired endless runner, and use your finger to control your player. Pass through the walls by being quick to gather all the coins needed to open the gate. Be careful not to hit the obstacles as you go through the narrow passage. Obtain the power up gem to protect yourself with invincibility, until you hit an obstacle. As you progress through each level, you'll encounter more coins, faster obstacles, and even moving obstacles. Be warned, this game is highly addictive and gets hard very quickly. Features: - 9 Levels - One finger control - Infinite gameplay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Big Pixel Run at 100% against An Indie Game's 50%. Big Pixel Run also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.8). An Indie Game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
Big Pixel Run is free to download; An Indie Game costs $0.99 up front. Big Pixel Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. An Indie Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
Big Pixel Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of An Indie Game's written reviews are positive against 100% of Big Pixel Run's.
An Indie Game ships an update every 2 months, Big Pixel Run fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | An Indie Game | Big Pixel Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Roberts | Mighty Apps, Limited Liability Company |
Customer experience
An Indie Game
Big Pixel Run
In-app purchases
An Indie Game
No in-app purchases
Big Pixel Run
- No Ads$2.99
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