Comparison

SLAMMED! vs Bugborne

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

Head to head
About

SLAMMED!

Experience a 250,000-word interactive novel where you navigate the treacherous world of professional wrestling. Build your character, choose your wrestling style, and make impactful decisions that shape your journey to stardom, from the ring to backstage politics.

Highlights
  • Interactive text-based novel
  • Pro-wrestling career simulation
  • Character development and style choice
  • Story choices impact outcome
  • Manage relationships and rivalries
  • Play as male or female, various orientations
Features
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Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel! You've always dreamed of becoming pro wrestling's biggest star...but a wrestler's world is fraught with hardship and betrayal, in and out of the ring. Become a powerhouse, a technician, a high-flier, or focus on your promo skills. There's more than one road to success. But none of those roads will be easy. This is a world where your biggest fans are your harshest critics; where the front office is more dangerous than the squared circle; where friends can become enemies with a single heel turn; where, sometimes, the only way to win is to lose, spectacularly. This is professional wrestling. And you're about to change it, forever. Slammed! is an epic interactive professional-wrestling novel by Paolo Chikiamco, where your choices determine how the story proceeds. The game is entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—but driven by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. There's never been a professional wrestling game like this, a game where the outcome of your final match, your choice of opponent, and your relationships affect the ending. When's the last time you played a pro-wrestling RPG with a "kayfabe" stat?--or where your trash-talking "promo" ability is as important as your core strength and wrestling technique? * Enjoy a 250,000-word personal tale of friendship, competition, and revenge. * Develop not only your physical abilities, but a favored wrestling style. * Become a heroic face, or a villainous heel—or even turn heel. * Turn a scripted match into a real fight—and vice versa. * Decide when to keep kayfabe, and when to break it. * Play as male or female, gay or straight.

About

Bugborne

Experience intense, challenging combat with precise timing and discipline. This soulslike mobile game offers visceral knife fights and strategic dashes for skilled players.

Highlights
  • Intense soulslike combat
  • Precise timing and discipline
  • Visceral knife fights
  • Strategic dashes
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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Bugborne is a soulslike mobile game made by Lemmy LLC which features intense combat that tests your patience, timing and discipline. Built for only the highest echelon of gamers, Bugborne delivers on everything it promises.. visceral knife fights, precise dashes and much much more.

Screenshots

SLAMMED!4 screens
Bugborne4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bugborne at Free against SLAMMED!'s $6.99. Bugborne also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). SLAMMED!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (32 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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

Bugborne is free to download; SLAMMED! costs $6.99 up front. Bugborne sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SLAMMED! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bugborne holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SLAMMED! has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of SLAMMED!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Bugborne's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SLAMMED! ships an update every 8 months, Bugborne every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SLAMMED! versus Bugborne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSLAMMED!Bugborne
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (32 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB311 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChoice of Games LLCLemmy

Customer experience

SLAMMED!

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.2%

Bugborne

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SLAMMED!

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game freezes on iOS 9 and later versions
  • Car crash flashback sequence causes game to freeze when fighting JJ
  • Gender pronoun switches for love interests
  • Hometown data display errors
  • Choice response mismatches with selected options

Requested features

8 requests
  • Sequel or continuation of the story
  • Save slots for mid-game checkpoints
  • Chapter select functionality
  • More wrestling-based story games
  • Extended ending that continues after final match
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  • More character customization options
  • Additional match participation opportunities
  • More romance options for certain playthroughs

Bugborne

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SLAMMED!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bugborne

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is SLAMMED! free?
SLAMMED! costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bugborne free?
Bugborne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SLAMMED! or Bugborne?
Bugborne is rated higher. SLAMMED! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Bugborne averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SLAMMED! or Bugborne have ads?
Both SLAMMED! and Bugborne show ads.
Which is updated more often, SLAMMED! or Bugborne?
SLAMMED! ships an update every 8 months, and Bugborne every 4 days. Most recently, SLAMMED! was updated on October 13, 2026 and Bugborne on September 23, 2026.

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