Comparison

Crash Blocks vs Shotgun King

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

Head to head
About

Crash Blocks

A strategic puzzle game with a chessboard-style design. Players navigate challenging levels by sliding a character, using tools and obstacles to plan optimal routes and eliminate enemies. It encourages creative problem-solving and thoughtful planning without time pressure.

Highlights
  • Chessboard-style puzzle design
  • Sliding character mechanics
  • Creative tool and obstacle usage
  • Enemy elimination objectives
  • Limited undo and restart options
  • Minimalist visual style
Features
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Crash Blocks is a highly creative and strategic puzzle game with a chessboard-style design. With its simple and intuitive interface, the game offers gameplay reminiscent of chess-like moves and thoughtful planning. Players control a character that slides in one of four directions—up, down, left, or right—continuing to move until hitting an obstacle or stopping at a specific point. Your mission is to navigate challenging levels by skillfully using tools and obstacles to plan the optimal route and achieve your objectives. Game Features • Creative Problem-Solving: The tools in the game are ingeniously designed without explicit instructions. Players must explore their functions within the levels. Use tools to move, attack, or even create entirely new paths, unlocking diverse ways to solve puzzles. • Strategy and Timing Challenges: Beyond route planning, the sequence of picking up tools, the timing of their use, and path selection are critical. Push or pull objects in the environment to alter terrain and gain strategic advantages. • Balancing Enemy Elimination and Objectives: Eliminating enemies is a required condition for completing a level. However, the key lies in choosing the right moment to attack. At times, you can temporarily leave enemies in place to assist with route planning or create advantageous positions, but they must all be defeated in the end to clear the stage. • Challenge and Experimentation: In Crash Blocks, encountering dead ends is part of the experience. The game provides a limited number of undo and restart options, allowing players to either take back their last move or retry the entire level. With no time pressure or forced “best routes,” players are encouraged to explore freely, unleash creativity, and find their own solutions. • Minimalist Chessboard-Style Design: The visual style is clean and focused, emphasizing the functionality of each tool and obstacle. This simplicity allows players to concentrate on strategic planning, creating an experience akin to an exciting chess match. Start the adventure now and experience this brainstorming experience!

About

Shotgun King

Experience a unique twist on chess where you command a king armed with a shotgun. Fight your way through enemy pieces, strategically reload, and upgrade your abilities to reclaim your kingdom. This roguelike chess adventure offers challenging gameplay and extensive replayability.

Highlights
  • Chess with a shotgun mechanic
  • Roguelike progression with upgrades
  • 15 difficulty ranks
  • Unlockable cards
  • Over 100 achievements
  • Endless and chase modes
Features
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Chess, but all your army has gone over to the white side, leaving you with nothing but your royal shotgun and your wounded pride. Carried by your dark folly, you decide it's time to teach those white pieces to fear the Shotgun King. Every turn, you may either move your king or shoot at enemy pieces, after what you'll need to move again to reload your shotgun. Avoid checkmate and kill the enemy king to complete the floor. After each floor, you may choose between two random combinations of one upgrade for you and one upgrade for the other side. Choose wisely and keep on winning floors and you just may get your kingdom back. Runs may take ~20 minutes to complete. The game features 15 ranks of difficulty, unlockable cards, over 100 achievements to complete, an endless mode, and now a chase mode where you get continually assailed from all sides!

Screenshots

Crash Blocks4 screens
Shotgun King4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crash Blocks at 100% against Shotgun King's 66%. Crash Blocks also leads on price ($0.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Shotgun King's advantage is chart position (#44 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Crash Blocks costs $0.99 and Shotgun King $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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Crash Blocks versus Shotgun King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrash BlocksShotgun King
Price$0.99 — better$6.99
Rating—4.8 (768 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—768 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#44 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB468 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYI HSIU HSIEHPlug In Digital

Customer experience

Crash Blocks

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shotgun King

All ratings709 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral11.0%
Negative22.9%

In-app purchases

None

Crash Blocks

No in-app purchases

None

Shotgun King

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crash Blocks free?
Crash Blocks costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shotgun King free?
Shotgun King costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crash Blocks or Shotgun King have ads?
Neither Crash Blocks nor Shotgun King shows ads.

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