Alien Shooter vs Dash Heroes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Shooter
Engage in non-stop action against hordes of alien creatures in this classic PC shooter, now on mobile. Blast through missions, upgrade your abilities, and compete globally. Survive the invasion with a vast arsenal and intense battles.
- 10 action-packed missions
- User-friendly controls with auto-aim
- Face huge monster crowds
- Level up and gain superhuman abilities
- Global leaderboard competition via Game Center
- Wide array of weapons
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"With a wonderful array of weapons, non-stop action, splendid graphics, eerie music and a wonderful adventure setting, Alien Shooter is a game that delivers on every front." - Game Tunnel Legendary PC Alien Shooter is now available on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch! Deserted military complex. Hordes of merciless creatures. Here you are. Your mission is simple – clear the base so there are just dead monsters' corpses left around. - burst through 10 missions and find out the reason of alien invasion! - Enjoy user friendly control schemes with auto-aim option available! - stand up to the huge crowds of monsters appearing on one screen at a time - level up, try out superhuman fighting abilities in an intense battle - corpses of the monsters eliminated do not disappear - check out what happens at the end of every level! - compete with the gamers from all over the world use Game Center! Mow them down and stay alive! REVIEWS: - "A thoroughly enjoyable game, I totally recommend it." - binaryjoy.co.uk - "It's hard to stop once you start." - AG.ru - "All in all, I highly recommend Alien Shooter, especially if you loved the old Doom by ID's because, although substantially different, they share the same frenzy and the same immediacy of play. Definitely a great title." - retrogaminghistory.com "Step forward Alien Shooter, which in the absence of any empirical studies, I'm happy to stake has a higher body count than all the Dooms, Dukes and Gauntlets put together. It's also a bloody good game with an arsenal of weapons any FPS would be proud of." - PC Zone Magazine CUSTOMER REVIEWS: by earthcreator a really good game, totally old school and totally classic by Alien Gonzo Alien Shooter is the best! It is full of action and it just keeps coming at you, you can hardly stop playing until you complete the game. The harder it gets the more you will try. by I Ain't Afraid of No Aliens Alien Shooter is a MUST HAVE for people who can stand a 'little' bit of gore, blood, bodies and a horror scene. by Gaming Grownup Go Ahead - Have Some Grownup Fun.
Dash Heroes
Embark on an epic quest through a vertical labyrinth, gaining the ability to scale walls. Navigate treacherous traps and enemies across 1000 levels, choosing from diverse heroes with unique skills. Compete in races, collect coins, and enjoy multiple game modes, including a level editor.
- Vertical labyrinth exploration
- Wall-scaling abilities
- 1000 challenging levels
- Diverse roster of heroes
- Level editor mode
- Competitive racing
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Swipe once and your hero dashes until it hits a wall. That single move is all it takes to play Dash Heroes, a pixel maze escape built for one thumb. Grab the key, reach the portal and get past every skull, spike and trap in the tower. The catch is that your hero does not stop halfway. Every swipe is a commitment: the dash keeps going until something gets in the way, so you read the maze before you move, not after. Speed along the arrows and time your run past turrets, flames, spears and patrolling skulls. In some stages you guide two heroes at once and swap between them to reach the exit. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: hand-built stages across three towers of brick, ice and stone. Grab the key, open the portal and collect the gold to earn up to three stars on every stage. • Arcade: an endless climb through a maze that never runs out, with the water rising behind you. Your five best runs are saved, with the hero who set them and the day you did it. • Blitz: generated stages, one after another, with the water on your heels. • Race: 32 heroes race up the same tower. Get through two qualifying rounds and win the final. A MAZE ESCAPE THAT FIGHTS BACK • A key, a portal and gold in every stage, and traps that shoot, burn and patrol in between. • In Arcade the maze gets tighter the higher you climb, and the water does not wait for you to think. • Fast to read, easy to misjudge. It is a reflex game as much as a labyrinth. 60 HEROES, 10 POWERS • Collect 60 heroes, from common to mythic, and unlock them in the Hero Machine with the gold you pick up in the towers. • Every hero brings a power: more gold from every coin, a magnet that pulls coins in, a chance to start with a shield, slower rising water, a higher Arcade score and more. • Level your heroes up to make their powers stronger. • Take a team of two on every run. Both powers count, so the pair you choose changes the way you play. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • Nine daily missions, plus a bonus for finishing them all. • A daily reward that keeps growing as long as your streak lasts. • Arcade boosts to pick before a run: shield, slow water, magnet or double score. • 50 achievements, from your first stage to the very long haul, and a sheet with all your stats. ONE THUMB, NO INTERNET • Swipe controls made for one hand, in portrait. • No internet connection needed, so the maze comes with you anywhere. • Keyboard and gamepad work too. • Separate music and sound volume, and screen shake you can switch off. If you like a pixel maze game where one wrong swipe sends you straight into a spike, this is your kind of maze escape. Pick two heroes, swipe and see how high the water lets you get.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dash Heroes at Free against Alien Shooter's $4.99. Dash Heroes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Alien Shooter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 39 months). On in-app purchases 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
Dash Heroes is free to download; Alien Shooter costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dash Heroes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alien Shooter has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Alien Shooter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dash Heroes's.
Alien Shooter ships an update every 2 months, Dash Heroes every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alien Shooter | Dash Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SIGMA TEAM COMPANY LIMITED | CHORRUS GAMES S.L. |
Customer experience
Alien Shooter
Dash Heroes
Bugs and requests
Alien Shooter
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game suddenly lost sound
- Controls are messed up and glitchy
- Camera fixed and cannot zoom out
- Character doesn't shoot enemies unless in line of sight
- Left fire button is stuck
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- Game crashes on startup
- Bug after update, buttons don't work
- Button to proceed to next stage not working after update
- Audio cuts out at times
- Collision detection issues with objects
Requested features
16 requests- More weapons and updates
- Add the Experiment chapter
- Add more levels
- Add Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded
- Add Zombie Shooter to iPhone
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- Add Alien Shooter 3
- Add Alien Shooter Vengeance
- Bring all levels and series
- Make game for iPhone X screen
- Add support for DS4 controller
- Add joystick support
- Add in-app purchase restore feature
- Add cheats
- Make port for Apple TV
- Add more episodes
- Add more content
Dash Heroes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Alien Shooter
No in-app purchases
Dash Heroes
No in-app purchases








