Slayin vs Serious Scramblers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slayin
Embark on an endless action RPG adventure with charming retro graphics and a captivating chiptune soundtrack. Choose from multiple heroes, battle monsters, and collect powerful gear and spells. Be warned, death is permanent in this challenging and rewarding quest to become a true hero.
- Endless action RPG gameplay
- Multiple playable classes
- Monster and boss battles
- Loot collection (weapons, armor, spells)
- Challenging quests
- Retro pixel graphics
- Chiptune soundtrack
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PREPARE FOR THE WORLD’S FIRST ENDLESS ACTION RPG Slayin will test your skills like no other endless game on the App Store. Don’t get yourself fooled by its charming retro graphics and motivating chiptune soundtrack. In this game, death lurks behind every corner! Your task sounds all so simple. First choose from one of three heroes: knight, wizard and knave. Then slay as many monsters as possible, while leveling up and getting more powerful equipment and spells along the way. But there’s a catch: once you die, you’re gone for good! On your journey you will travel through numerous locations and encounter dozens of different monsters and fearsome bosses. Eventually, you will even have to face the giant dragon of legend. But he will not part with his treasure easily. Only the most worthy adventurers will be able to complete this task and become a true hero. Get ready for some slayin! • World’s first endless action RPG • Challenging and rewarding • Pixel perfect retro graphics • Chiptune soundtrack by Matt Creamer (Retro City Rampage) • 6 unique playable classes: knight, wizard, knave, archer, tamer and ninja • Endless loot: tons of weapons, armor and spells • Face legendary monsters and bosses • More than a hundred challenging quests to master • 3 unique game modes • Compete with your friends on Game Center
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Serious Scramblers at Free against Slayin's $0.99. Serious Scramblers also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). Slayin's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (89% vs 68%). On rating, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Serious Scramblers is free to download; Slayin costs $0.99 up front. Slayin sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Slayin holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slayin has 3.1K ratings behind it against 224, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Slayin's written reviews are positive against 68% of Serious Scramblers's.
Slayin ships an update every 10 months, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slayin | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better | 4.5 (224 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better | 67.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 224 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FDG Entertainment GmbH & Co.KG | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Slayin
Serious Scramblers
User reviews
Slayin
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Perfect game
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🕹️ Retro and nostalgic feel
- 💰 Great value for money
- 🕰️ Timeless classic
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
- 🔧 Needs updates for newer devices
- 💰 Grindy progression system
- 🕹️ Repetitive gameplay
Serious Scramblers
From 224 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
Bugs and requests
Slayin
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ninja character invisibility bug
- Archer character issues
- Game not loading on some devices
- Sound issues
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More characters and content
- Fullscreen mode for modern devices
- Save/load progress across devices
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
In-app purchases
Slayin
- Bard's Poem$0.99
- Bard's Sonnet$2.99
- Bard's Epic$5.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
