Don't Look Back vs Monocular Enemy 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Look Back
Experience a critically acclaimed retro-style game that challenges players to confront their past. This short, narrative-driven experience explores themes of morality and personal growth through its unique gameplay mechanics.
- Retro graphics
- Narrative-driven gameplay
- Moral exploration
- Short game experience
- Critically acclaimed
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Don't Look Back is a short game I made in 2009. Some reviews of the original version: "A perfect example of doing more with less" - The Escapist "Every game with a lead character necessarily has a moral. Every single one. It's just rare that the moral is so uplifting." - Jayisgames "It may be a pop song, but it´s like a Smashing Pumpkins single or something, from a concept album." - PlayThisThing
Monocular Enemy 2
Embark on a side-scrolling adventure as a robot fighting to save the world from monsters. Overcome enemies, navigate traps, and defeat powerful bosses to restore peace. This action-packed game offers free play with no waiting or billing, featuring auto-save functionality.
- Side-scrolling 2D action
- Robot protagonist
- Defeat enemies and bosses
- Avoid traps
- No waiting or billing
- Auto save
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Monocular Enemy is a side-scrolling 2D action game. A robot stood up to save the world dominated by monsters. Defeat your enemies, avoid traps, defeat bosses and restore peace to the world. This game has no tedious waiting times or billing elements. You can play for free until the ending. It supports auto save. ■ Operation method Lkey: Move left Rkey: Move right Akey: Dash Bkey: Jump Bkey + Bkey: Attack ■ Attack method Press Bkey while jumping to attack. Attack by pressing Bkey while falling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Don't Look Back at none against Monocular Enemy 2's shown. Don't Look Back also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (85% vs 73%). Monocular Enemy 2's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Monocular Enemy 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 186 and 143 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Don't Look Back's written reviews are positive against 73% of Monocular Enemy 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Don't Look Back ships an update every 23 months, Monocular Enemy 2 every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Look Back | Monocular Enemy 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (186 ratings) | 4.7 (143 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | 143 |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Distractionware Limited | YUSEI MIYOSHI |
Customer experience
Don't Look Back
Monocular Enemy 2
Bugs and requests
Don't Look Back
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent boss behavior
- Graphical glitches on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- Additional levels or a sequel
- Controller support
- Save/checkpoint system
Monocular Enemy 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Don't Look Back
No in-app purchases
Monocular Enemy 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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