Comparison

Sproggiwood vs Space Grunts

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

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About

Sproggiwood

Embark on a humorous, story-driven roguelike adventure inspired by Finnish mythology. Build your civilization, explore procedurally generated dungeons, and engage in tactical combat with unique classes and mischievous monsters. Your choices will shape the fate of Sproggiwood.

Highlights
  • Story-driven roguelike gameplay
  • Humorous setting inspired by Finnish mythology
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Six unique, customizable classes
  • Tactical combat against creative monsters
  • Town decoration mode
Features
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Sproggiwood was developed for devices with at least 1GB of RAM. We recommend you only download Sproggiwood if your device meets these minimums: iPhone 5+ iPad 3+ iPad Mini 2+ iPod Touch 5 does NOT meet this minimum. "The game just oozes personality and humor through its characters and game world." -- Touch Arcade "The combination of adorable art, fun dialogue, bite-sized dungeons and a clear sense of progression makes Sproggiwood pretty danged difficult to put down." -- CNET "The adorable graphics and humorous writing bring every detail to life, from talking sheep to vampiric mushrooms." -- Gamezebo "If you're a fan of roguelikes, then this is a must buy. And if you're considering dipping your toe into that particular pond for the first time, this is a darn good place to start.” -- Pocket Gamer "The cutest roguelike you'll ever die to." Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike. Story: You’re a simple farmer from the peaceful island of Clog. One moment, you're tending your grove -- the next, you’re lured through a mysterious portal by a talking sheep. Now you’re the prisoner of Sproggi, a mischievous forest spirit who's built a whole village just for you. You have a simple job: tame the wild creatures that roam the forests of Sproggi's realm... Watch Sproggi's plans go awry when you discover a rival civilization on the rise to greatness. Will you choose to befriend these curious Mushroom people and stand together, or will you crush them and claim Sproggiwood for your own? Seize the day and civilize Sproggiwood now! Gameplay: Sproggiwood distills the roguelike genre down to its core fun ingredients: inspired character classes, loads of interesting loot, and procedurally populated dungeons with monsters and traps that combine to produce totally unique tactical challenges. In Sproggiwood, adventure sessions are compact and chock-full of interesting choices for you to make. Each dungeon dive follows the heroic rise of one adventurer from your civilization. Journey through teeming forests, haunted swamps, teetering cliffs, and glacial mazes to uncover your civilization's whole story. Features: -A wondrous and humorous setting inspired by Finnish mythology -Brain-churning tactical combat vs. an assortment of creative monsters and traps -Six fully unique, customizable classes: simple farmer, brave warrior, merry: archer, cunning thief, brainy wizard, and creepy vampire -Procedural dungeons filled to the brim with scrolls, potions, swords, and staves -Town decoration mode with buildings, trees, roads, and villagers

About

Space Grunts

Engage in a unique blend of fast-paced arcade action and strategic turn-based combat. Explore a distressed moon base, battling aliens and robots to uncover its secrets. Utilize a variety of weapons and consumables to survive and complete your mission.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Arcade action
  • Roguelike shooter elements
  • Alien and robot combat
  • Weapon and consumable collection
  • Secret areas and routes
Features
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Support, tip and tricks: http://www.orangepixel.net "This is a turn-based game for people who don't like turn-based games, and a roguelike shooter for people who hate roguelike shooters." - TouchArcade 4/5 Space Grunts combines fast paced arcade action with turn-based gameplay. The year 2476, Earth's space-federation has been building moon-bases across the galaxy. One of those moon-bases has been sending a distress signal. Space Grunts are a group of intergalactic "problem" solvers, sent to investigate.. You play one, out of a team, of Space Grunts, and your mission is simple: find your way into the moon-base, and figure out what has happened. You'll have to fight your way through aliens, robots, security drones and base-systems. Find the lower levels of the moon-base, and get to the core of the problems. Consumables A large collection of consumables can be found all over the moon base from weapon enhancers, to destructive toys, armor, explosives, system-hacks, and more. Use the items wisely to advance deeper into the moon-base. Weapons Starting with three standard Grunt weapons, you will be able to enhance them for more fire-power and range. On your way you'll also find alternate weapons, and melee weapons. Secrets There are various ways to complete the game, anomalies leading to weird places, underground routes, and mysterious items to transport you to other area's of the moon-base. On top of these there are secret rooms and area's located all over the base, so never a dull moment! Can you find the core of the problems? MFI support Got questions? need tips or help? visit our forums: http://orangepixel.net or connect and say hi: twitter.com/orangepixel facebook.com/orangepixel

Screenshots

Sproggiwood4 screens
Space Grunts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Space Grunts at every 5 weeks against Sproggiwood's every 12 months. Space Grunts also leads on chart position (#169 vs unranked) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Sproggiwood's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (74 vs 15). 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

Sproggiwood costs $4.99 and Space Grunts $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sproggiwood holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Sproggiwood's written reviews are positive against 76% of Space Grunts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sproggiwood ships an update every 12 months, Space Grunts every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Sproggiwood versus Space Grunts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSproggiwoodSpace Grunts
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.4 (74 ratings) — better4.2 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better75.9% of reviews
Number of ratings74 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#169 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better8.0
Further details — not scored
Size419 MB52 MB
Age rating+1212+
DeveloperFreehold Games, LLCPascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Sproggiwood

All ratings74 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.7%

Space Grunts

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral12.1%
Negative12.1%

User reviews

Sproggiwood

From 74 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Charming art style
  • 💡 Innovative roguelike gameplay
  • 👍 Accessible for new players
  • 🎮 Great controls
  • 🎵 Excellent music and sound

Room to improve

  • 📉 Steep difficulty curve
  • ⏳ Repetitive gameplay later on
  • 🧱 Limited town building functionality
  • 📚 Too much dialogue
  • 📏 Levels can be too long

Space Grunts

From 15 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Masterpiece quality
  • 🚀 Fast and snappy gameplay
  • 💡 Great tribute to roguelikes
  • 💡 Huge variety of items/enemies
  • 💡 Strategic depth required

Room to improve

  • 🔊 Terrifyingly loud sound effects
  • 🐛 Virtual D-pad bugged (left direction)
  • 🐛 Controls can be funky/iffy
  • 🐛 Virtual controls nightmare
  • 🐛 Virtual D-pad dead zone

Bugs and requests

Sproggiwood

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Crashes during gameplay
  • Game crashes after hours of effort
  • App crashes during loading screen
  • Lost progress due to crashes
  • Double click issue in settings/class selection
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  • Lag develops after extended play
  • Loading screen pixelation
  • Music randomly stops
  • Device heats up significantly
  • Tapping dialogue bubble to advance text is a pain
  • Cannot collect items on stairs/holes
  • Game crashes after finishing a dungeon
  • Download speed issues
  • Does not support standard MFi controllers
  • App restarts progress when switching apps

Requested features

16 requests
  • Update for modern devices (full screen)
  • Confirmation box for starting new game
  • More content (levels/quests/equipment)
  • Add a second story
  • iCloud save synchronization
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  • Support for portrait mode
  • Improve control function (continuous movement)
  • Add more enemy types and level diversity
  • Flesh out town building aspect
  • Add more classes/skills
  • Add more to the city part of the game
  • Add more levels/quests and equipment
  • Implement a better save system
  • MFi controller support
  • Mid-level saving
  • Left/right hand compass control option

Space Grunts

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Virtual D-pad bugged (left direction)
  • Update loop
  • Something wrong with left on directional pad
  • No sound on iPad 3
  • Sensitive movement issue on iOS version
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  • Virtual joystick issues
  • Game progress resets after using other apps

Requested features

23 requests
  • Fix controls, especially left direction
  • Implement class specific leaderboards
  • Add a wait command
  • Add shootable doors
  • Re-implement class specific leaderboards
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  • Add MFi controller support
  • Add more monsters
  • Add weapons to find and swap
  • Add a wait button
  • Add swipe movement/tap to shoot control scheme
  • Implement a swipe-type mechanic for controls
  • Add diagonal shooting
  • Improve on-screen controls
  • Add tutorial
  • Improve graphics
  • Add more variety to weapons
  • Add save mid-dungeon
  • Add controller fix for sensitive movement
  • Add Vita version
  • Add dark mode
  • Add more variety to weapons
  • Add wait button
  • Add swipe movement/tap to shoot control scheme

In-app purchases

None

Sproggiwood

No in-app purchases

None

Space Grunts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sproggiwood free?
Sproggiwood costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space Grunts free?
Space Grunts costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sproggiwood or Space Grunts?
Sproggiwood is rated higher. Sproggiwood averages 4.4 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Space Grunts averages 4.2 from 15 ratings.
Do Sproggiwood or Space Grunts have ads?
Neither Sproggiwood nor Space Grunts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sproggiwood or Space Grunts?
Sproggiwood ships an update every 12 months, and Space Grunts every 5 weeks. Most recently, Sproggiwood was updated on October 27, 2026 and Space Grunts on October 26, 2026.

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