Comparison

Retro vs Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake

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

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About

Retro

Navigate a treacherous pyramid maze, collecting treasures and avoiding deadly creatures. Use your gun to defend yourself against ghosts, mummies, vampires, and skeletons. Discover helpful cheats to aid your escape.

Highlights
  • Pyramid maze navigation
  • Treasure collection
  • Enemy avoidance and combat
  • Multiple enemy types
  • In-game cheats (POKEs)
  • 6 levels of increasing difficulty
Features
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Escape from the pyramid and discover its treasures. Find the exit at the top level of the maze while avoiding deadly creatures and collecting objects. You can shoot your gun to scare ghosts away, make mummies disappear and kill vampires and skeletons. Press back to access the in-game menu and enable helpful cheats (POKEs). Fred was originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1983 by Fernando Rada, Paco Menéndez and Carlos Granados and distributed by Indescomp. It was licensed, together with Bugaboo (The Flea) by Quicksilva near the end of 1983. It was initially published in the United Kingdom, and shortly after in Spain by Investrónica. Retro-Fred is a modern port of Fred. It aims to replicate the original game as closely as possible. A version developed in Scratch is also available. Retro-Fred is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is available for free. It does not store any user data and it does not need any usage permissions. Visit https://www.8bitfred.com and https://github.com/8bitfred/retro-fred for more information. The game The objective of the game is to reach the exit of the pyramid, located in the top level. The game has 6 levels of increasing difficulty. Each level has more and more difficult enemies: * Ghosts: they can go through the maze walls. They cannot be killed, but when they are shot they change the direction of movement. * Rats: they move laterally. Fred must jump vertically to avoid them. They cannot be killed. * Acid drops: run quickly to avoid getting hit by them. * Mummies: they walk slowly on the horizontal passages and fall quicky down the vertical corridors. They disappear when they get hit by a bullet, and reappear in a different location. * Chameleons: they walk on the side of the vertical corridors and jump from one side to the other. * Vampires: they fly in the maze and change directions randomly. They can be killed by shooting them. * Skeletons: they walk on the horizontal corridors and climb up and down the ropes, trying to follow Fred. They die when hit by a bullet. Objects There are different types of objects that Fred can collect inside the maze: * Treasures: they are worth 500 to 1500 points, plus extra bonuses when you reach the exit. * Power-up: increases the power level. * Ammo-up: recharges the number of bullets to the maximum level. * Map: shows a map of the section of the map near Fred. The corridors are shown in white and the walls in blue. After finishing a level you will get 5000 points, and 1000 bonus point for each treasure collected during the game.

About

Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake

Embark on a rebuilt dungeon-crawling adventure as a treasure hunter. Explore a larger, more complex dungeon filled with new puzzles, items, and secrets. Battle formidable bosses in this expanded metroidvania experience with updated graphics and music.

Highlights
  • Expanded dungeon exploration
  • New puzzles and items
  • Ferocious new boss battles
  • Hidden secrets and treasures
  • Rebuilt graphics and soundtrack
  • Improved physics
Features
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Classic mini metroidvania Tiny Dangerous Dungeons returns in a completely rebuilt adventure! Guide Timmy the little treasure hunter through a new, twice as large dungeon than in the original game! Discover new puzzles, new items, new secrets, and battle ferocious new bosses! NEW GRAPHICS AND MUSIC Tiny Dangerous Dungeons has been completely rebuilt from scratch with better physics, new colorful graphics, and completely new soundtrack! EXPANDED NEW DUNGEON New rooms have been added to the dungeon, giving the players more reasons to explore and backtrack. The new dungeon is over twice as large than in the original game! FEROCIOUS NEW BOSSES Brand new boss fights have been added to the game, Seek out and fight against 5 fearsome boss creatures! NEW SECRETS Secret levels and mysterious new treasures have been hidden in the dungeon! What happens if you collect them all...?

Screenshots

Retro3 screens
Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Retro at Free against Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake's $3.99. Retro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Retro is free to download; Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Retro versus Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroTiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews—78.9% of reviews
Number of ratings227 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB91 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMiguel CatalinaJussi Simpanen

Customer experience

Retro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake

All ratings27 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

None

Retro

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro free?
Retro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake free?
Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Retro or Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake?
Retro is rated higher. Retro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake averages 4.4 from 27 ratings.
Do Retro or Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake have ads?
Neither Retro nor Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Retro or Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake?
Retro ships an update every 3 days, and Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake every 3 days. Most recently, Retro was updated on September 17, 2026 and Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake on September 28, 2026.

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