Severance Pain vs Stellar Mercenaries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Severance Pain
A brutal and bloody roguelike top-down slasher where players whirl around to defeat enemies. Expect frequent deaths as you delve into dangerous dungeons to retrieve valuable artifacts.
- Roguelike top-down slasher gameplay
- Fast-paced, high-difficulty combat
- Dungeon exploration
- Artifact collection
- Unique movement mechanic
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Brutal and bloody roguelike topdown slasher. Expect to die a lot, and quickly. You have only one move - whirl around like a maniac and woe betide any fool that gets in your way. Delve into dungeons like the Cursed Crypt of Neverending Tragedies and retrieve valuable artifacts like the Forbidden Grimoire of Inscrutable Vampire Mating Rituals. For example.
Stellar Mercenaries
Engage in offline, vertical scrolling arcade action with this sci-fi RPG. Upgrade your ship, weapons, and abilities to battle rival mercenaries and conquer the solar system. Enjoy endless procedurally generated missions with diverse objectives and challenges.
- Vertical scrolling arcade shooter
- Offline capable gameplay
- Upgradable ships and weapons
- Customizable loadouts
- Procedurally generated missions
- Rival mercenary system
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Ready to vanquish your enemies and change the solar system forever from anywhere? Stellar Mercs is a vertical scrolling, offline capable, action arcade shooter with upgradable ships, weapons, and special abilities. Customize your loadouts for each mission depending on the environments and enemies you'll face! Each mission will reward you with unlocks and cash to continue building your arsenal. You're not the only mercenary out there - the more successful and accomplished you become, the more attention you'll attract. Enemy mercenaries can become persistent arch-rivals, leveling up along side you. Defeating them will net you great rewards, but if you die at their hands, they'll grow even further in power. The fun is never-ending! Fly missions through endless procedurally generated missions with a variety of environments, objectives, hazards, enemies, and rewards. Hijack cargo from speeding space trains, break into heavily guarded research and development space stations to acquire new prototype ships to fly, or defeat mighty leviathan capital ships in your quest to become the wealthiest, most powerful mercenary in the system! Stellar Mercs operates as a single handed action arcade game, so you can play comfortably on the go. SM is offline capable, so even without signal you can keep gaming and conquering the solar system! Configure your spacecraft's loadout and autoshoot your way to victory - focus on maneuvering through hazards and waves of enemies while you employ special abilities for maximum carnage!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Severance Pain at none against Stellar Mercenaries's 9. Severance Pain also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Stellar Mercenaries's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Stellar Mercenaries sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Severance Pain asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stellar Mercenaries holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 38 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Severance Pain's written reviews are positive against 86% of Stellar Mercenaries's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Severance Pain ships an update every 15 months, Stellar Mercenaries every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Severance Pain | Stellar Mercenaries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Jovanovic | Quest Builders LLC |
Customer experience
Severance Pain
Stellar Mercenaries
In-app purchases
Severance Pain
No in-app purchases
Stellar Mercenaries
- Currency - Small Pack$1.99
- Starter Pack - Basic$1.99
- Gem Pack - Small$2.99
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- Currency - Medium Pack$3.99
- Stater Pack - Advanced$5.99
- Gem Pack - Medium$7.99
- Currency - Large Pack$7.99
- Gem Pack - Large$15.99
- Starter Pack - Legendary$15.99
Questions
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