Don't Bug Me! vs Mystery Digger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Bug Me!
Engage in a sci-fi survival experience on Mars, blending tower defense with first-person shooter action. Strategically build and upgrade your base, manage resources, and uncover a compelling story to escape the planet.
- Tower defense with FPS combat
- Build and upgrade base defenses
- Resource management
- Story-driven survival
- Fast-paced arcade missions
- Controller and touch optimized
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The Orion III is down and Commander Abigail Blackwell is stranded. Build a sci-fi tower defense grid, swap to light FPS to thin out swarms, and manage scarce solar energy to keep your base defense online. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Tower Defense, evolved: Place, upgrade, and synergize turrets to counter Martian types. • Swap to FPS on demand: Step in to snipe priority targets when the line falters. • Smart resource strategy: Time solar recharges, repair systems, and choose upgrades under pressure. • Story-driven survival: Uncover Blackwell’s log entries and the mystery behind the crash. • Arcade pacing: Fast missions, quick retries, satisfying progression. CORE FEATURES: • Tactical tower defense + FPS hybrid on Mars. • Build, upgrade, and customize your base defense. • Multiple enemy factions and boss encounters. • Progression, gear unlocks, and challenge modes. • Controller + touch optimized. Can you protect the crash site and get home?
Mystery Digger
Explore underground mysteries in this idle clicker game. Upgrade your drilling machine to uncover hidden notes and intriguing items that reveal a captivating story. Enjoy straightforward controls and soothing gameplay for a relaxing adventure.
- Idle clicker gameplay
- Underground exploration
- Drilling machine upgrades
- Uncover hidden notes
- Collect intriguing items
- Captivating story progression
- Relaxing adventure
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Mystery Digger is a clicker idle game in which you explore underground mysteries while upgrading your drilling machine. You uncover hidden notes and intriguing items that piece together a captivating story. With straightforward controls and soothing gameplay, each journey into the depths offers a fresh and relaxing adventure tailored to your curiosity.
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Verdict
Don't Bug Me! and Mystery Digger both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of Mystery Digger's written reviews are positive against 50% of Don't Bug Me!'s. Mystery Digger also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Don't Bug Me!'s advantage is ratings volume (146 vs 30). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Don't Bug Me! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mystery Digger asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Don't Bug Me! against 4.5 for Mystery Digger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Don't Bug Me!'s written reviews are positive against 92% of Mystery Digger's.
Don't Bug Me! ships an update every 3 weeks, Mystery Digger every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Bug Me! | Mystery Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (146 ratings) — better | 4.5 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 92.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Frosty Pop | Nikolai Perminov |
Customer experience
Don't Bug Me!
Mystery Digger
In-app purchases
Don't Bug Me!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Mystery Digger
No in-app purchases
Questions
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