Hammer Guy vs Don't Kill The Dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hammer Guy
A physics-based action puzzle game where you use a hammer to resolve a strange family conflict. It's designed for one-handed play and offers an exciting, addictive experience with many levels.
- One-handed gameplay
- Physics-based puzzles
- Action elements
- Addictive gameplay
- Multiple scenes
- Future updates planned
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"Hammer Guy" is a simple physics action puzzle game. You can play it with one hand. A Hammer Guy has two children. They always fight each other. To make it up, the Hammer Guy throw hammer and put them back together. It's a little bit strange situation, but it's an exciting and addicting game. There are many scenes to play and other scenes will be added in future update!
Don't Kill The Dots
Navigate a challenging arcade experience with simple one-touch controls. Dodge obstacles and eliminate targets to achieve the highest score possible. This game requires quick reflexes and mastery of its unique mechanics.
- Simple one-touch controls
- Dodge blue dots
- Kill red dots
- High score chasing
- Hard to master gameplay
- Sharp reflex requirement
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Hit the red dots. Avoid the blue ones. Don't let a single red dot get past you. Don't Kill The Dots is a one touch dot dodge game. A spinner sits in the middle of the screen while waves of dots fly toward it. Hold the screen to spin one way and let go to spin the other. Hit every red dot and keep clear of every blue one. One mistake ends the run. HOW TO PLAY • Hold anywhere to spin one way • Let go to spin the other way • Hit every red dot before it gets past you • Don't touch the blue dots • Let gold dots reach the middle to collect gold HARD MODE In Hard Mode the spinner turns faster from the start. Can you keep control? COLLECT AND UNLOCK • More than 100 spinner colors • Spend gold on new colors • 100 challenges, with special colors as rewards • Spin the prize wheel for free every 12 hours COMPETE • Normal and Hard Mode leaderboards • 19 achievements to earn • Share your high score and challenge your friends to beat it YOUR WAY Reverse the spin direction in settings if it feels better. PLAY OFFLINE No wifi needed. Don't Kill The Dots plays offline, so it's ready for flights, road trips and waiting rooms. Easy to learn, hard to master, and made for one finger. How long can you last?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Don't Kill The Dots at 100% against Hammer Guy's 57%. Don't Kill The Dots also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Hammer Guy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Don't Kill The Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hammer Guy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Don't Kill The Dots holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Hammer Guy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Don't Kill The Dots's.
Hammer Guy ships an update every 3 months, Don't Kill The Dots monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hammer Guy | Don't Kill The Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUYA KAMIOKA | Power-Up Game Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Hammer Guy
Don't Kill The Dots
In-app purchases
Hammer Guy
No in-app purchases
Don't Kill The Dots
- Remove Ads$1.99
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