NPC Streamer vs Cave Balloon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NPC Streamer
A stress relief game designed for relaxation. Players can engage in satisfying actions like beating, slapping, and bashing an NPC streamer to release anger and forget about their frustrations.
- Stress relief gameplay
- Relaxing game mechanics
- Beat and bash NPC streamer
- Anger management tool
- Satisfying virtual interaction
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A stress relief game, it's a relaxing game where you can beat, slap and bash the annoying npc streamer and forget about your anger
Cave Balloon
Guide a balloon through 40 levels of caves, collecting stars and avoiding hazards. This calm arcade game offers a friendly experience for all ages with offline play and no ads or in-app purchases.
- 40 hand-tuned levels
- Collect stars and unlock skins
- Dodge friendly hazards
- Gentle music per world
- Offline play
- Optional spoken guidance
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Cave Balloon is a calm, friendly arcade game for the whole family. Slide your finger up or down and the balloon smoothly follows it; let go and it gently floats up on the cave wind. (A classic hold-to-dive mode is available in the Parents area.) Glide through 40 hand-tuned levels across bright, crystal, windy, icy and golden caves — collect stars, dodge spikes, and find the way out to the sky. • 40 levels across 5 worlds • Earn stars and unlock balloon skins in the shop • Collect 14 album stickers for flying feats • Friendly hazards: bats, spiders, worms and falling stalactites on later levels • Each world has its own gentle music • Optional spoken guidance for early readers (off by default) • Three languages: Russian, English, German • Works 100% offline — play anywhere Made for kids, gentle for everyone. No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No data collection. A simple parental area (behind a math gate) holds all settings and links.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cave Balloon at 100% against NPC Streamer's 0%. Cave Balloon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). NPC Streamer's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cave Balloon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NPC Streamer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of NPC Streamer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cave Balloon's.
NPC Streamer ships an update every 15 months, Cave Balloon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NPC Streamer | Cave Balloon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Swim LLC | AKRUS-PRO, OOO |
Customer experience
NPC Streamer
Cave Balloon
In-app purchases
NPC Streamer
No in-app purchases
Cave Balloon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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