Comparison

Rucksack Rumble vs Pixel Odyssey

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

Head to head
About

Rucksack Rumble

Engage in strategic multiplayer battles by assembling the ultimate inventory of weapons and gear. Outplay opponents to earn gold, unlock new heroes, and customize your appearance.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer inventory management autobattles
  • Assemble ultimate weapon and trinket combinations
  • Battle for Grand Champion rank
  • Earn gold and unlock new heroes
  • Unlock hero skins
Features
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Rucksack Rumble is the number one mobile multiplayer inventory management autobattleground! Assemble the ultimate combination of weapons, trinkets, bags, and backpacks to battle your way to the rank of Grand Champion. Outplay your competition and earn piles of gold and unlock new heroes and skin!

About

Pixel Odyssey

This portrait-mode MMORPG offers a fair play experience with no ads or pay-to-win mechanics. Engage in turn-based combat, explore a pixel-art world, trade with players, and compete in PvP arenas. Customize your character and play at your own pace, anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Portrait mode, one-handed play
  • Turn-based combat
  • Real player economy
  • PvP Coliseum
  • Endless Tower challenges
  • Customizable character skins
Features
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There's no button to buy power. There never will be. Everything you're carrying, you earned — and everyone can tell. A real MMORPG you can play while the show is on: combat resolves on its own, nothing is timed, and it waits for you when you put it down. You start with a stick. Months later you're selling rare gear on a player-driven market where every price was set by a person, not a shop — and caring far more than you expected to. No ads. No pay-to-win. An optional subscription adds convenience, never power. Built and updated by one developer, with a small community that's kind to new players. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rucksack Rumble4 screens
Pixel Odyssey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rucksack Rumble at daily against Pixel Odyssey's every 3 weeks. Rucksack Rumble also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). Pixel Odyssey's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 41%) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Rucksack Rumble sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Odyssey sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Odyssey holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 165 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Rucksack Rumble's written reviews are positive against 69% of Pixel Odyssey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rucksack Rumble ships an update daily, Pixel Odyssey every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rucksack Rumble versus Pixel Odyssey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRucksack RumblePixel Odyssey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (91 ratings)4.4 (165 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.7% of reviews69.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91165 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size248 MB96 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPaulSoft LLCLino Iten

Customer experience

Rucksack Rumble

All ratings78 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral17.3%
Negative42.0%

Pixel Odyssey

All ratings164 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.1%

Bugs and requests

Rucksack Rumble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pixel Odyssey

Reported bugs

79 issues
  • Items and steps disappear
  • Crafting not working
  • Tower/PVP infinite enemy health
  • Spells become closed
  • Crafting bugs out
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  • Notification something wrong with crafting
  • Enemies health bars disappear
  • Spells delete themselves
  • Player market bugs out
  • User interface menus are wonky
  • Critical features not functioning consistently
  • Daily reward glitchy
  • Daily mine task gives error
  • Player market unresponsive
  • Cheaters and hackers
  • Food consumed but steps didn't register
  • Market list button covered by keyboard on iOS
  • Game crashing on startup
  • Item names don't fit on top of the screen
  • Mass crafting not working
  • Materials gone after mass crafting attempt
  • Cannot touch inventory after selling item
  • Skills perk points reset
  • UI bugs where cannot click things or numbers don't match up
  • Items collected not going to inventory
  • Losing steps when items not going to inventory
  • Error window appears when updating inventory or re-entering game
  • Cannot gain or use anything from inventory
  • Lost steps and items due to inventory bug
  • Progress halted due to inventory bug
  • Items picked up not registering
  • Frequent infinite loading spinners
  • Cannot open chests or buy from merchants due to connection issues
  • Unlocking purchased skin didn't work and it's gone
  • Nerfed tower XP
  • Confusing obol window shapes
  • Daily reward not received
  • Cannot click or close daily reward easily
  • When trying to buy something on player market nothing happens
  • Market page becomes unresponsive
  • Steps didn’t register after consuming food
  • Cheaters and hackers are everywhere
  • Keyboard covers list button on iOS market
  • Game keeps crashing on start up
  • Item names don't fit on top of the screen on iPhone SE
  • Mass crafting 30 iron ingots resulted in nothing
  • Materials gone and none made after mass crafting attempt
  • Cannot touch inventory after selling item
  • Perk points reset for skills
  • UI bugs where cannot click things or numbers don't match up
  • All collected items disappeared
  • Bags become empty after each game restart
  • Crafting button greyed out
  • Steps not registering after consuming food
  • Steps lost when items not going to inventory
  • Error window appears when updating inventory or re-entering game
  • Cannot gain or use anything from inventory
  • Lost steps and items due to inventory bug
  • Progress halted due to inventory bug
  • Items picked up not registering
  • Frequent infinite loading spinners
  • Cannot open chests or buy from merchants due to connection issues
  • Unlocking purchased skin didn't work and it's gone
  • Nerfed tower XP
  • Confusing obol window shapes
  • Daily reward not received
  • Cannot click or close daily reward easily
  • When trying to buy something on player market nothing happens
  • Market page becomes unresponsive
  • Steps didn’t register after consuming food
  • Cheaters and hackers are everywhere
  • Keyboard covers list button on iOS market
  • Game keeps crashing on start up
  • Item names don't fit on top of the screen on iPhone SE
  • Mass crafting 30 iron ingots resulted in nothing
  • Materials gone and none made after mass crafting attempt
  • Cannot touch inventory after selling item
  • Perk points reset for skills
  • UI bugs where cannot click things or numbers don't match up

Requested features

16 requests
  • Russian language support
  • More things to do
  • More challenges
  • Smithing addition
  • More content in the future
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  • Dark mode option
  • Chat as a main button
  • Show item source on click
  • Show zone drops on click
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Make the game more idle
  • Fix keyboard covering market list button on iOS
  • Add ability to remove or replace obols without replacing them with others
  • More guides on where things are and how they work
  • Make step regeneration faster
  • Make it known that you can craft more than one item at a time

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rucksack Rumble

One-time3
  • Buy 400 Diamonds$4.99
  • Buy 1000 Diamonds$9.99
  • Buy 2500 Diamonds$19.99
7 purchases

Pixel Odyssey

Subscriptions1
  • Noble Knight$4.991 Month
One-time6
  • Handful of Diamonds$0.99
  • Pouch of Diamonds$2.99
  • Pouches of Diamonds$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Chest of Diamonds$24.99
  • Overloaded Chest of Diamonds$49.99
  • Barrel of Diamonds$99.99

Questions

Is Rucksack Rumble free?
Rucksack Rumble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Odyssey free?
Pixel Odyssey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rucksack Rumble or Pixel Odyssey?
Pixel Odyssey is rated higher. Rucksack Rumble averages 4.2 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while Pixel Odyssey averages 4.4 from 165 ratings.
Do Rucksack Rumble or Pixel Odyssey have ads?
Neither Rucksack Rumble nor Pixel Odyssey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rucksack Rumble or Pixel Odyssey?
Rucksack Rumble ships an update daily, and Pixel Odyssey every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rucksack Rumble was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pixel Odyssey on October 27, 2026.

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