Comparison

Bibots vs Star Survivor

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

Head to head
About

Bibots

Embark on a top-down roguelite shooter adventure as a unique character who can transform into ancient mechanical beings. Explore procedurally generated worlds, battle monsters, unlock abilities, and customize your weapons and skills to save your planet from an evil mastermind.

Highlights
  • Top-down roguelite shooter gameplay
  • Bullet hell action
  • Character transformation into Bibots
  • Procedurally generated regions
  • Weapon and ability customization
  • Character skill progression
Features
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Bibots is a top-down shooter rogue like with an emphasis on bullet hell action. Explore and clear areas full of monsters, unlock abilities, customize your character and save the world! Play as Tayar, the crob explorer and the unexpected savior of his world, Takaful. Pick your guns, guts and go counter the plans of an evil mastermind. Tayar is not alone to accomplish this feat, chosen by a Bibot (actually luckily stumbled upon one) he gains the ability to transform into one of those ancient mechanical creatures. Each Bibot has his own strengths, try them all and pick your favourite according to your own playstyle. Venture through mysterious temples in a colourful world full of characters to discover but also inhabited by dangerous monsters. The world is divided into regions, each with its own atmosphere to discover. The regions are procedurally generated and contain hand crafted battle rooms, treasures, merchants and secrets changing each time you play. Protect your home from vile enemies corrupting the fauna and threatening Takaful. Choose the Bibot that will join Tayar in his epic journey, accumulate energy during your fights and use it to summon the devastating power of these mechanical beings. Each Bibot has its own playstyle and abilities, use them to fight your toughest enemies or save yourself from impossible situations. Learn to master them! The more you fight with the same Bibot, the more its synergy with Tayar will increase, unlocking new variants of its attacks to customize them before going into battle. Equip Tayar with a variety of weapons which you can customize with chips that you will find while exploring or encountering merchants. Experiment and combine their effects to customize your playstyle and create the weapons of your dream with countless possibilities and powerful synergie. Accumulate experience during your fights to improve Tayar's skills. Make it a survivalist, a soldier, a scientist or mix it all up. Each branch grants you access to permanent passives upgrading a wide range of skills and offering you new possibilities to enhance the synergy between Tayar and his Bibot. Die, try and repeat to break your records… Or well, to save the world!

About

Star Survivor

Engage in a sci-fi roguelike bullet-heaven experience where you pilot a lone ship against overwhelming alien swarms. Upgrade your vessel with a crafted deck of equipment and power-ups to survive endless waves and conquer challenging sectors. Test your reflexes in this intense offline action shoot'em up.

Highlights
  • Survive endless alien swarms
  • Upgrade ship with equipment and power-ups
  • Create unique builds each run
  • Select from multiple ships
  • Build and customize upgrade decks
  • Campaign adventure mode with sector conquest
Features
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SURVIVE the swarm in this rogue-lite + survivors + asteroids bullet heaven mashup! Exterminate as many space invaders and alien drones as you can. Upgrade your ship from the crafted deck of equipment and power-ups. You are the Last ship against the Endless... Will your choices be enough to overcome the thousands hunting you in this offline action shoot'em up game? 【One vs Thousands】 You are the last ship, survive the endless swarm with every overpowered weapon and upgrade the fleet has to offer. 【Slaughter the Endless with Unique Builds Every Run】 In this rogue-lite survival asteroids game, select from a variety of weapons and upgrades to create fun run-worthy, overpowered builds every run. Carefully control your ship with Newtonian physics past the swarm of thousands of enemies. Each kill will gain you resources to upgrade your vessel, unlock new ships, or stack the odds in your favor. 【Select Your Ship】 Choose from a selection of ships that offer a variety of unique gameplay experiences and equipment synergies. 【Build Your Deck】 Turn the odds in your favor with Challenge Mode. Unlock new cards each run, purchase, and add new cards to your deck that is drawn when you level up in combat. Upgrade them to increase your power and customize your upgrade deck for strategic builds. A space shooter twist to the randomness of rogue-lites. 【Choose Your Path】 In Campaign adventure mode, choose your path wisely and build your ship as you conquer each sector on your way to slay the Endless Queens in an epic space war. Immerse yourself in the thrilling arcade-style battle, and test your reflexes in this intense shooting game! 【Contact Us】 Discord:@Erabit or join via https://discord.gg/P6vekfhc46 Twitter:@erabit_studios Facebook:@Star Survivor Email:support@erabitstudios.com

Screenshots

Bibots4 screens
Star Survivor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Star Survivor at 73% against Bibots's 48%. Star Survivor also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and price ($2.99 vs $5.99). Bibots's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Bibots costs $5.99 and Star Survivor $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Star Survivor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Star Survivor has 187 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Bibots's written reviews are positive against 73% of Star Survivor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bibots ships an update every 6 days, Star Survivor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bibots versus Star Survivor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBibotsStar Survivor
Price$5.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.3 (28 ratings)4.6 (187 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews73.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28187 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB535 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPlug In DigitalErabit Studios

Customer experience

Bibots

All ratings28 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral19.0%
Negative33.3%

Star Survivor

All ratings187 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive73.5%
Neutral16.8%
Negative9.7%

Bugs and requests

Bibots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Star Survivor

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Game crashes around 23 minutes in fast mode or 1 hour in regular mode
  • Controller support broken in gameplay (only works in menus)
  • iPad Pro screen shifts 1/2 inch lower, cutting off bottom
  • Magic Keyboard triggers text entry in shop menus
  • Upgrades don't apply unless app is restarted
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  • Sound levels inconsistent (deafening or inaudible)
  • Meteorites spawn directly on player location causing instant death
  • Screen visibility issues with dark backgrounds
  • Enemy AOE attacks are too faint to see
  • Missile and fire build effects obscure visibility
  • Level-up menu distracting and causes deaths
  • Xbox controller doesn't respond for movement
  • View Items button easy to press accidentally during stage completion

Requested features

14 requests
  • Full controller support with analog stick movement
  • Additional ships beyond the first one
  • Colorblind mode for better visibility
  • Longer campaign or campaign length options
  • Endless mode with proper deck building
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  • Weapon combo reference page
  • Moveable and resizable joystick and buttons
  • Improved visual contrast for enemies and asteroids
  • More weapon options in level-up cards
  • Manual weapon firing controls
  • Faster experience pickup mechanics
  • Larger virtual joystick size
  • Graphics settings to reduce battery drain
  • Better explanations of game mechanics and upgrades

In-app purchases

None

Bibots

No in-app purchases

None

Star Survivor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bibots free?
Bibots costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Star Survivor free?
Star Survivor costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bibots or Star Survivor?
Star Survivor is rated higher. Bibots averages 4.3 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Star Survivor averages 4.6 from 187 ratings.
Do Bibots or Star Survivor have ads?
Neither Bibots nor Star Survivor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bibots or Star Survivor?
Bibots ships an update every 6 days, and Star Survivor fortnightly. Most recently, Bibots was updated on September 23, 2026 and Star Survivor on September 20, 2026.

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