Corrypt vs Shotgun King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Corrypt
Embark on a mysterious puzzle adventure in a strange world filled with peculiar creatures. Solve increasingly complex and brain-curdling problems that challenge your logic and problem-solving skills.
- Intricate puzzle gameplay
- Explore a mysterious world
- Meet strange creatures
- Solve fiendish problems
- Brain-curdling complexity
- Challenging levels
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Corrypt is an intricate and mysterious puzzle game. Explore a strange world, meet the weird creatures who live there, and solve the fiendish problems that trouble them. "it’s got one of those simple game mechanics that grows up through the levels to produce brain-curdling complexity as you go on" - RockPaperShotgun “this-is-impossible-oh-my-god-no-it-isn’t!” - IndieStatik The PC version was named by indiegames.com as the #1 free puzzle game of 2012.
Shotgun King
Experience a unique twist on chess where you command a king armed with a shotgun. Fight your way through enemy pieces, strategically reload, and upgrade your abilities to reclaim your kingdom. This roguelike chess adventure offers challenging gameplay and extensive replayability.
- Chess with a shotgun mechanic
- Roguelike progression with upgrades
- 15 difficulty ranks
- Unlockable cards
- Over 100 achievements
- Endless and chase modes
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Chess, but all your army has gone over to the white side, leaving you with nothing but your royal shotgun and your wounded pride. Carried by your dark folly, you decide it's time to teach those white pieces to fear the Shotgun King. Every turn, you may either move your king or shoot at enemy pieces, after what you'll need to move again to reload your shotgun. Avoid checkmate and kill the enemy king to complete the floor. After each floor, you may choose between two random combinations of one upgrade for you and one upgrade for the other side. Choose wisely and keep on winning floors and you just may get your kingdom back. Runs may take ~20 minutes to complete. The game features 15 ranks of difficulty, unlockable cards, over 100 achievements to complete, an endless mode, and now a chase mode where you get continually assailed from all sides!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shotgun King at every 5 days against Corrypt's every 11 months. Shotgun King also leads on ratings volume (709 vs 36). Corrypt's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $6.99) and review sentiment (80% vs 66%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
Corrypt costs $3.99 and Shotgun King $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Corrypt against 4.8 for Shotgun King. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shotgun King has 709 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Corrypt's written reviews are positive against 66% of Shotgun King's.
Corrypt ships an update every 11 months, Shotgun King every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Corrypt | Shotgun King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better | 4.8 (709 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews — better | 66.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 709 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #167 | #60 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 468 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Michael Brough | Plug In Digital |
Customer experience
Corrypt
Shotgun King
In-app purchases
Corrypt
No in-app purchases
Shotgun King
No in-app purchases
