Comparison

Gunslugs vs Steredenn

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gunslugs

Experience a chaotic arcade action platformer with randomized levels and permadeath. Unlock heroes, battle an evil army across diverse worlds, and utilize vehicles and unique weapons. Collect coins for upgrades and enjoy secret levels and achievements.

Highlights
  • Random level generation
  • Unlockable characters
  • Variety of weapons
  • Tank driving
  • Jetpack flying
  • Secret levels
  • Objectives/achievements
Features
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A chaotic arcade action platformer. Randomized levels and perma-death will keep you on your toes as you try to unlock your Gunslugs buddies and defeat the Black Duck Army. Take it one world at a time, and see if you can defeat the evil Hell boss Evil army? check! Explosions, chaos, and screen-shakes? check! A group of familiar looking heroes? check! Welcome to Gunslugs! Fight the evil Black Duck army as they try to take over the planet using their technology and a huge collection of foot-soldiers. You’ll get to fight on plane yards, jungles, arctica, egypt and finally the gates of Hell. Drive tanks, fly jetpacks and shoot eggs out of a chicken-gun… ..! Gunslugs is a fast paced run and jump game with procedurally generated levels and a rogue-like permadeath element. You get one live, and the only way you can extend that is by running into the Voodoo priest selling continue statues. Unlock the roster of Gunslugs heroes as you go, and use them to advance your way to the gates of Hell to defeat the final boss. Collect coins to buy upgrades, improvements, and mini-games like the Donkey Kong inspired Arcade game, the Gameboy level, the train-ride, sketchbook world and much more.. you might even bump into the man with a bow-tie and a blue box.. FEATURES * Random level generation - no 2 game sessions will be the same! * Unlockable characters * Thumping sound track * Fun variation of weapons * Tank driving! * Jetpack flying! * Secret levels * Objectives/achievements * Destruction * Chaos * Rain, snow, and big bad hell worms * Wizards, princesses, geeks, voodoo priests and many more surprises... !

About

Steredenn

Experience an award-winning blend of classic shoot 'em up action and roguelike elements. Engage in intense space combat with a vast arsenal, challenging boss battles, and procedurally generated environments for endless replayability. Choose from multiple ships and customize your loadout to survive.

Highlights
  • Intense boss battles
  • Infinite replayability
  • 4 playable ships
  • 42 weapons and 30 upgrades
  • Daily runs and leaderboards
  • Arena mode for boss duels
Features
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Steredenn: Binary Stars is an award-winning mashup of a classic shmup and a rogue-like, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Fly solo, fighting off the worst scourges of space in a never-ending struggle for survival. Steredenn: Binary Stars is the critically acclaimed roguelike-shmup for PC/Mac, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch, awarded "Best Shoot'em Up 2015" by jeuxvideo.com. With a user rating around 90% on Steam and an average press rating of 8/10, it is now available on iOS! Steredenn: Binary Stars is the hugely expanded version of Steredenn. Enjoy infinite replayability and unforgiving gameplay through intense boss fights, (almost) randomly generated environments, twisted space events and a massive arsenal of weapons. Enhance your ship during your flight with upgrades aplenty, and forge your own path across the universe! ► Features - QUICK, INTENSE SESSIONS: with rock-hard boss battles that’ll keep you coming back for “just one more run”. - INFINITE REPLAYABILITY: Endless arcade action, where levels are (practically) randomly-generated. - 4 PLAYABLE SHIPS: each with its own special ability and playstyle. - MIGHTY ARSENAL: 42 weapons and 30 upgrades with tons of customisation options. Driller, ultralaser, giant saw, robots, hypergun? We got you covered. Next-gen abilities, mysterious alien powers, improved weapons? Yep, there's an upgrade for that. - SCORING: beat your friends and be the best! - BOSS RUSH: fight a weekly selection of epic bosses and work your way up the leaderboard. - DAILY RUN: Try to get to number one in a special daily leaderboard where all players share the same run, guns and bosses. Be ready - you only get one chance per day! - ARENA: Unlock a boss by defeating it in the main game. Then, train against it in a 1-on-1 duel. Your guns, your laws, your fight. - THE ULTIMATE EDITION: Loads of new content, reworked balancing, scoring, optimisation & always more polish.

Screenshots

Gunslugs4 screens
Steredenn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Steredenn at 558 against Gunslugs's 8. Steredenn also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Gunslugs's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Gunslugs costs $2.99 and Steredenn $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steredenn holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steredenn has 558 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Gunslugs's written reviews are positive against 78% of Steredenn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gunslugs ships an update every 3 months, Steredenn every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gunslugs versus Steredenn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGunslugsSteredenn
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)4.8 (558 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8558 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB403 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPascal BestebroerTyGAMES

Customer experience

Gunslugs

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.6%

Steredenn

All ratings557 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral12.2%
Negative9.8%

Bugs and requests

Gunslugs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Steredenn

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Daily run feature not functioning
  • Crashes and performance issues on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize controls
  • Progression system with permanent upgrades
  • More ships and weapon variety
  • Boss rush or challenge mode

In-app purchases

None

Gunslugs

No in-app purchases

None

Steredenn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gunslugs free?
Gunslugs costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steredenn free?
Steredenn costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gunslugs or Steredenn?
Steredenn is rated higher. Gunslugs averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Steredenn averages 4.8 from 558 ratings.
Do Gunslugs or Steredenn have ads?
Neither Gunslugs nor Steredenn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gunslugs or Steredenn?
Gunslugs ships an update every 3 months, and Steredenn every 10 months. Most recently, Gunslugs was updated on October 19, 2026 and Steredenn on October 29, 2026.

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