Alien Hominid vs Spartan Runner.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Hominid
Embark on a challenging 2D platforming adventure filled with gems to collect and enemies to defeat. Master over 500 levels and unlock more with a single purchase. This game offers addictive gameplay that tests your skills and provides hours of fun.
- 2D platformer gameplay
- Gem collection
- Enemy combat
- Over 500 levels
- 20+ achievements
- In-app purchases for additional levels
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From the creators of Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid comes a highly addictive 2D platformer. Easy to learn, difficult to master, this game will challenge your wits and bring a smile to your face. Jump for gems and squash enemies as you make your way through the level. Challenges await you with over 20 achievements to complete across 500 levels. The game is free to try and supports in-app purchasing. We won't nickel and dime you to death, a one time purchase gets you 500 more levels! Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thebehemoth and on Twitter @thebehemoth!!!
Spartan Runner.
Embark on an action-packed 2D adventure where you equip a Spartan with a shotgun to battle an alien invasion. Explore over 40 missions, customize your character, and upgrade weapons. Compete with friends on the global leaderboard.
- Old-school 2D graphics
- Over 40 missions
- Spartan customization
- Weapon upgrades
- Rewards and achievements
- Weekly challenges
- Global leaderboard
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Here comes a new fun action running game that will keep you entertained for weeks! Equip your Spartan with his shotgun to go on a wild ride in his endless quest to stop the Alien invasion. FEATURES: * Discover old-school 2D graphics * Over 40 missions to complete * Customise your Spartan with emblematic Helmets * Splatter everything on your way with awesome vehicles * Upgrade your favourite weapons to make them devastating * Earn rewards and achievements from each game * New challenges every week * Test your reflexes with easy-to-learn controls * Battle against your friends in the world leaderboard Download Spartan Runner now for a new action packed adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spartan Runner. at every 6 weeks against Alien Hominid's every 43 months. Spartan Runner. also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Alien Hominid's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Alien Hominid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spartan Runner. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spartan Runner. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 440 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 89% and 89% positive.
Alien Hominid ships an update every 43 months, Spartan Runner. every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alien Hominid | Spartan Runner. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (440 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 440 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 43 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Behemoth | William Bourdon |
Customer experience
Alien Hominid
Spartan Runner.
User reviews
Alien Hominid
From 440 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Smooth controls
- 💎 Lots of levels for the price
- 🎨 Retro art style
- 🕹️ Reminiscent of classic games like BattleBlock Theater
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of level editor/creator
- 📱 Controls not optimized for larger screens
- 🔋 Potential performance issues on older devices
Spartan Runner.
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👌 Perfecto
- 🎮 New game idea
- 🕹️ Halo in a nutshell
- 👍 Good before bed game
- 🏃♂️ Spartan runner
Room to improve
- 🙅♂️ Bad app support
- 🙅♂️ Worst game ever
- 💰 Good if you don't care about ads
- 🐛 Fix level 16
- 🙅♂️ Can't X out of ads
Bugs and requests
Alien Hominid
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Joystick controls not responsive enough
Requested features
3 requests- Add multiplayer support
- Implement level editor/creator
- Expand to other popular Behemoth games like Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid
Spartan Runner.
Reported bugs
5 issues- Level 16 the add always freezes up and I have restarted the level 3 times
- Mission 21 is impossible to get all 12 marines
- The banshee levels could be fixed and the automatic weapons should kill elites in two or three shots, not one. The automatic weapons could be given more ammo to counter this. Also brutes, hunters and elites should deal more damage than jackals and there should be energy sword elites and maybe gravity hammer brutes later in the run that can kill you in one hit
- All of the characters in the game are copyrighted so kiss money goodbye, fake halo game
- The enemy sprites need to be added instead of just blobs cause the blobs just get in the way of the experience of the game it's supposed to feel like halo yes well the enemy's you can't tell what they are you can't tell if it's forerunners or Covinet or Prometheus you can't tell
Requested features
6 requests- Make a RTS halo game!
- Put this spartan into super Mario bros?
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Playable Eleates (Elites) where you can customize their armor and stuff and get like different suits with an alien weapon
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- More customization options and select which part to be colored
In-app purchases
Alien Hominid
- Purchase All World Packs$0.99
Spartan Runner.
- Credits pack 1$1.99
- Credits pack 2$2.99
- Ads removal$2.99
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- Credits pack 3$4.99
- Credits pack 4$8.99
Questions
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