Comparison

Shakedown vs Maneater

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

Head to head
About

Shakedown

Embark on a 16-bit open-world adventure where you build a business empire. Complete missions, acquire properties, and sabotage rivals to dominate the island. Explore by land, sea, or air, uncovering secrets and engaging in arcade challenges.

Highlights
  • 16-bit open world exploration
  • Business acquisition and management
  • Mission-based gameplay
  • Sabotage competitors
  • Vehicle and boat traversal
  • Arcade challenges and side quests
Features
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A brand new open world adventure from the creator of Retro City Rampage DX! The entire island is up for grabs. Build your own "legitimate" corporation by completing missions, acquiring businesses, sabotaging competitors, "re-zoning" land, and shaking down shops for protection money. Explore the 16-bit open world by foot, by car, or by boat. It's filled with arcade challenges, side quests, stores to shop at, houses to burgle, civilians to interact with, and secrets to discover. Build your empire and destroy the competition... in Shakedown: Hawaii.

About

Maneater

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as a terrifying shark in this open-world action RPG. Grow from a pup to an apex predator, exploring diverse environments and evolving your abilities to exact revenge.

Highlights
  • Open-world action RPG
  • Evolve and customize your shark
  • Explore diverse environments
  • Engage in compelling combat
  • Experience a unique story campaign
  • Day/night cycle
Features
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Become a MANEATER Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a terrifying SHARK! Maneater is a single-player, open-world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where YOU are the shark. Starting as a small shark pup, you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the ecosystem. To do this, you will explore a large and varied open world, encountering diverse enemies - both human and wildlife. Find the right resources, and you can grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended, allowing the player to tailor the shark to their play style. This is fortunate, because to get revenge on the cruel fisherman who dismembered you will take evolving into a massive shark, an apex predator of legends. Eat. Explore. Evolve. Unique Story Play through a full narrative, story-based campaign narrated by Chris Parnell (Rick and Morty, Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) and set against the backdrop of a reality TV show. Diverse, Compelling Combat Battle fierce wildlife, including other apex predators, or fight against various types of human hunters ranging from town drunks all the way up to the Coast Guard. Evolve Into a Legend Feed on humans and wildlife to grow your shark, and find shark loot to evolve your shark down multiple possible paths. Explore the Gulf 7 large regions, including bayous of the Gulf Coast, resort beaches, industrial docks, the open ocean, and more. Experience a living world with a full day/night cycle.

Screenshots

Shakedown4 screens
Maneater4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shakedown at 4.9 against Maneater's 4.4. Shakedown also leads on price ($4.99 vs $10.99) and review sentiment (92% vs 67%). Maneater's advantage is chart position (#68 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Shakedown costs $4.99 and Maneater $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shakedown holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Shakedown's written reviews are positive against 67% of Maneater's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shakedown ships an update fortnightly, Maneater every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Shakedown versus Maneater: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShakedownManeater
Price$4.99 — better$10.99
Rating4.9 (21 ratings) — better4.4 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2123 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#68 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB2.7 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperVblank Entertainment Inc.THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH

Customer experience

Shakedown

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Maneater

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative22.9%

In-app purchases

None

Shakedown

No in-app purchases

None

Maneater

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shakedown free?
Shakedown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maneater free?
Maneater costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shakedown or Maneater?
Shakedown is rated higher. Shakedown averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Maneater averages 4.4 from 23 ratings.
Do Shakedown or Maneater have ads?
Neither Shakedown nor Maneater shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shakedown or Maneater?
Shakedown ships an update fortnightly, and Maneater every 3 weeks. Most recently, Shakedown was updated on September 9, 2026 and Maneater on September 24, 2026.

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