Shakedown vs Tearscape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 16-bit open world exploration
- Business acquisition and management
- Mission-based gameplay
- Sabotage competitors
- Vehicle and boat traversal
- Arcade challenges and side quests
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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.
Tearscape
Embark on a 2D action-adventure in a gothic world, featuring fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art. Master precise fighting, unlock new abilities, and delve into challenging dungeons filled with secrets.
- Fast-paced combat
- Exploration
- Pixel art style
- Unlockable abilities
- Dungeon crawling
- Boss fights
- 2-Player Local Co-Op
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FEATURES • Achievements • Cloud Saves • Controller support • 2-Player Local Co-Op (Requires 2 Controllers) Discover a Gothic world in this 2D top-down action-adventure, blending fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art inspired by Game Boy Color classics. Fight monstrous foes, unlock new abilities, and explore a non-linear map filled with hidden secrets and dangerous challenges. COMBAT Master precise combat, where every strike and dodge matters. Manage your stamina as you face off against grotesque enemies. You have a limited number of healing flasks so use them wisely. Upgrade your character's stats to remain effective in combat. TOOLS Discover powerful new tools hidden in the dungeons that enhance both combat and exploration. Unlock new abilities to defeat enemies more effectively and access hidden paths, uncovering deeper secrets within the world. DUNGEONS Uncover hidden dungeons throughout Tearscape's dark, interconnected world. Each dungeon holds unique challenges, powerful items, and deadly enemies, pushing your combat and exploration skills to the limit. BOSS FIGHTS Face off against challenging bosses: massive, grotesque creatures born from dark experiments. Each encounter demands precise timing, strategy, and mastery of your abilities to emerge victorious. EXPLORATION Explore the vast, interconnected map filled with branching paths, hidden shortcuts, and secret areas. The non-linear design encourages exploration, rewarding you with powerful items and new abilities. NPCs Encounter a diverse cast of NPCs, some offering guidance, others seeking your help, and a few with their own hidden agendas. Every interaction adds depth to the story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shakedown at 4.9 against Tearscape's 4.3. Shakedown also leads on price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (20 vs 6). Tearscape's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Shakedown costs $4.99 and Tearscape $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shakedown holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Shakedown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tearscape's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shakedown ships an update fortnightly, Tearscape every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shakedown | Tearscape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (20 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #191 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vblank Entertainment Inc. | NERDS TAKE OVER |
Customer experience
Shakedown
Tearscape
In-app purchases
Shakedown
No in-app purchases
Tearscape
No in-app purchases
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