Comparison

Backpack Viking vs Ricochette

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

Head to head
About

Backpack Viking

Embark on a Viking adventure, crafting and merging weapons in your backpack to defeat goblin hordes. Strategically manage your inventory, level up gear, and utilize item buffs to enhance combat abilities and restore peace.

Highlights
  • Craft and merge weapons
  • Backpack inventory management
  • Level up weapons
  • Item buffs and placement
  • Defend against goblin hordes
  • Viking warrior adventure
Features
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Embark on an epic adventure as a Viking Warrior in Backpack Viking! Craft and merge powerful weapons within the limited space of your backpack to fend off relentless hordes of goblins devastating the land. Strategically manage your inventory to maximize your arsenal's potential. Merging weapons levels them up, unleashing greater power. Certain equipment in your backpack grants buffs to other items around them, requiring you to thoughtfully place each item to enhance your combat abilities. Will you survive the onslaught and restore peace to your homeland? Dive into this thrilling blend of strategy and action where every decision in your backpack counts!

About

Ricochette

Features
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A paddle, a ball, and a wall that fights back. 40 stages, with a peak every 10. Clear one without losing a ball and it keeps a frame of its own, along with your best score. A NEW FIELD EVERY DAY The same one for everybody, and one attempt. Losing the three lives ends the day — and pays tokens all the same, because a day played is a day played. The streak counts the days you won, and one forgotten day a week does not break it. 48 POWER-UPS, 5 CATEGORIES The frame tells you what an item does before you catch it. A circle changes the ball, a bar changes the paddle, a red diamond is a trap. You never have to guess what you just caught. 14 BALL TYPES Fire, thunder and eleven more, each with a trail of its own. You never lose sight of your ball, not even with 6 of them on the field. COMBOS THAT HAVE NAMES 6 named combinations waiting to be found. Thermal shock, chain reaction, short circuit. Each one is a discovery, not a tooltip. TWO BOARDS, NEVER ADDED UP Playing without help and using a continue have separate lists, of equal weight. The board of the day resets with the day — everybody played the same field, and that is the only perfectly fair comparison this game makes. STATUSES YOU CAN SEE Paddle and field effects stack. The rail shows 6 of them at a time, each with a time ring and, if you want them, the seconds as a number. Nothing about guessing when the laser runs out. ACCESSIBILITY ON THE FIRST SCREEN High contrast, reduced flashing, numeric timers and 3 speed scales. Nothing hidden in a submenu. TOKENS, AND WHAT THEY ARE FOR You earn tokens by playing, and spend them to continue a run where it ended. Every run also has one continue that costs no tokens. Nothing is locked behind a payment: all 40 stages are there from the start. All forty stages and the daily challenge work offline. Only the boards need a network. Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Ads never interrupt a match and never cover the arena. Between stages there is a full-screen ad, spaced out and off after the first stages. Rewarded videos are optional and always begin with your tap.

Screenshots

Backpack Viking4 screens
Ricochette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ricochette at none against Backpack Viking's 10. Backpack Viking's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Backpack Viking sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ricochette asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backpack Viking ships an update weekly, Ricochette fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Backpack Viking versus Ricochette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackpack VikingRicochette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (338 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings338 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPotato Play Pte. Ltd.Douglas Possas

Bugs and requests

Backpack Viking

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Enemies freeze at spawn point
  • Progression issues with not getting credit for completing stages

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to store gear between rounds
  • Option to watch ads for extra bag space
  • Adjustable 2x speed option

Ricochette

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Backpack Viking

One-time10
  • Bundle $0.99$0.99
  • Bundle $2.99$2.99
  • Bundle $3.99$3.99
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  • Bundle $4.99$4.99
  • Bundle $6.99$6.99
  • Bundle $9.99$9.99
  • Bundle $14.99$14.99
  • Bundle $19.99$19.99
  • Bundle $39.99$39.99
  • Bundle $49.99$49.99
None

Ricochette

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backpack Viking free?
Backpack Viking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ricochette free?
Ricochette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backpack Viking or Ricochette have ads?
Both Backpack Viking and Ricochette show ads.
Which is updated more often, Backpack Viking or Ricochette?
Backpack Viking ships an update weekly, and Ricochette fortnightly. Most recently, Backpack Viking was updated on October 30, 2026 and Ricochette on October 24, 2026.

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