Comparison

Gargoyle Ruins vs Residual

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

Head to head
About

Gargoyle Ruins

Embark on a retro adventure inspired by classic tabletop arcade games. Solve a kingdom's mystery, rescue kidnapped girls, and defeat evil forces through challenging gameplay and engaging story.

Highlights
  • Retro VFD tabletop arcade style
  • Story Mode with mystery and upgrades
  • Arcade Mode with global leaderboards
  • Over 50 upgradeable items
  • 40 challenging achievements
  • Multiple death scenarios
Features
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Step into the boots of a true hero in Gargoyle Ruins, the prequel to Game Stew's first title and TouchArcade's Arcade 2012 Game Of The Year--Tower of Fortune! With your companion by your side it is your hero's duty to save a wealthy kingdom where girls are kidnapped by gargoyles once a year. Solve the mystery and defeat the evil forces in this retro VFD tabletop arcade game inspired by the early Game & Watch games! Features - Retro-style visuals with funny animation and detailed 8-bit art - 7 fun and challenging games to enjoy including Princess Rescue, Dead Man’s Gold, Queen’s Chamber, and more - Play Story Mode to unveil the mystery behind the troubled kingdom as you equip the hero and upgrade the game with over 50 pieces of content to take on the next rewarding challenge - Arcade mode lets you challenge other player's high scores and see your ranking in the world - From getting stabbed, drowned, or burned, prepare to die in more than 13 unique ways during your journey - 40 challenging achievements to conquer if you have what it takes to be a hero ----------------------------------------------------------- Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TowerofFortune Gameplay Movie http://youtu.be/8cv-TIUTgyc

About

Residual

Explore procedurally generated alien planets, harvest resources, and craft sci-fi tools to survive and repair your ship. Uncover ancient secrets in a non-violent survival platformer with a unique nature engine.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated worlds
  • Resource harvesting and crafting
  • Sci-fi tool creation
  • Non-violent survival gameplay
  • Alien lore discovery
  • Customizable survival parameters
Features
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Residual… a new breed of survival platformer from OrangePixel. In a forgotten galaxy full of strange planets, a lone explorer crash-lands on one with an ancient alien secret. Venture forth from the shipwreck across a harsh, unpredictable, procedurally generated world. Harvest food and make campfires to stay alive. Craft science-fiction survival tools like teleporters and mining devices. Unearth alien technology capable of repairing the ship. Hunger, cosmic storms, hostile plant life and the mysterious ooze are among the many obstacles you’ll face. You won’t be alone! PDB (a snarky floating Personal Disaster Bot) will follow and assist you along the way. Sometimes. PDB also helps you discover the hidden lore, revealing the history of the planet as you explore deeper and deeper, assuming you can survive! OrangePixel’s uniquely designed Nature Engine generates 1000’s of planets from a vast set of environment-based rules, then drops explorers on a world brimming with potential. If a planet orbits close to the sun, intense heat, high winds, and sparse vegetation will pose a set of challenges wildly different from other worlds. Further from the sun, long nights make stamina easier to maintain, but reduced solar power turns every suit function—like scanning the planet—into a critical decision. Residual welcomes players to a non-violent survival experience with limitless possibilities and no traditional combat. Jump and descend through colorful, highly detailed pixel art evoking classic 2D platformers. Solve light puzzles to reveal secrets of a long-lost civilization. Select a male, female, or non-binary protagonist, customize survival parameters like how fast time advances, and race to repair the ship, dig up ancient secrets, or collect data entries on hundreds of undiscovered objects.

Screenshots

Gargoyle Ruins4 screens
Residual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Residual at none against Gargoyle Ruins's 8. Residual also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and rating (3.5 vs 3.3). Gargoyle Ruins's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $5.99). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Gargoyle Ruins costs $1.99 and Residual $5.99 up front. Gargoyle Ruins sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Residual asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Residual holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Gargoyle Ruins's written reviews are positive against 67% of Residual's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gargoyle Ruins ships an update every 8 months, Residual monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gargoyle Ruins versus Residual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGargoyle RuinsResidual
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)3.5 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings414 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGame StewPascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Gargoyle Ruins

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive51.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative30.3%

Residual

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Gargoyle Ruins

One-time8
  • 1000G$0.99
  • 2500G$1.99
  • 7500G$4.99
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  • 25000G$9.99
  • 42000G$14.99
  • 62000G$19.99
  • 85000G$24.99
  • 150000G$29.99
None

Residual

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gargoyle Ruins free?
Gargoyle Ruins costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Residual free?
Residual costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gargoyle Ruins or Residual?
Residual is rated higher. Gargoyle Ruins averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Residual averages 3.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Gargoyle Ruins or Residual have ads?
Neither Gargoyle Ruins nor Residual shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gargoyle Ruins or Residual?
Gargoyle Ruins ships an update every 8 months, and Residual monthly. Most recently, Gargoyle Ruins was updated on November 1, 2026 and Residual on November 7, 2026.

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