Space Squad Survival vs Planet Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Squad Survival
Command your spaceship and crew to survive in the vastness of space. Explore planets, manage resources, hunt alien creatures, and battle ruthless pirates to ensure your squad's survival. Your strategic decisions are key to overcoming the challenges of the cosmos.
- Ship Management
- Hunting Alien Creatures
- Planet Exploration
- Battling Space Pirates
- Building and Development
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Survive in endless space as the commander of your own spaceship! Take charge of your crew, explore uncharted planets, hunt for food, and defend against ruthless space pirates. Your decisions will determine the fate of your squad! Download now and begin your space adventure! AWESOME FEATURES: ● Ship Management: Expand your ship, optimize resources, and maintain crew morale. ● Hunting Alien Creatures: Gather food and defend against alien threats using a variety of weapons and tactics. ● Planet Exploration: Mine resources, discover mysterious locations, and build up your base. ● Battling Space Pirates: Defend your ship from pirate attacks and board enemy vessels to collect unique resources and gain experience. ● Building and Development: Upgrade technologies, create new modules, and enhance your survival skills in the harsh environment of space. Lead your space squad and prove you can survive in the toughest conditions!
Planet Runner
Embark on dangerous missions as a planetary space mercenary, battling alien creatures on hostile worlds. Utilize an arsenal of weapons, deploy turrets, and call for orbital support to survive overwhelming odds. Experience intense sci-fi combat with stunning graphics and immersive sound.
- Planetary space mercenary gameplay
- Combat against alien creatures
- Weapon arsenal and orbital support
- Deployable turrets and air strikes
- Supply drops with new weapons
- Next-level mobile graphics
- Immersive sound design
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You play as a planetary space mercenary, traveling to hostile planets to complete dangerous missions. Each planet is filled with strange and deadly creatures. Using your weapon arsenal and orbital support, you must fight and survive against overwhelming enemies. During combat, you can deploy turrets, call air strikes, or request supply drops with new weapons right in the middle of the action. The game features powerful explosion effects, immersive sound design, and next-level graphics built specifically for mobile, delivering an intense sci-fi experience on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Squad Survival at 85% against Planet Runner's 0%. Space Squad Survival also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 9). Planet Runner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Space Squad Survival sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Planet Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Squad Survival holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Squad Survival has 1.2K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Space Squad Survival's written reviews are positive against 0% of Planet Runner's.
Space Squad Survival ships an update every 4 days, Planet Runner daily. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Space Squad Survival | Planet Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 325 MB | 376 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cezary Rajkowski | Andiano Barreiro |
Customer experience
Space Squad Survival
Planet Runner
Bugs and requests
Space Squad Survival
Reported bugs
3 issues- Saved game not syncing between devices
- Camera issues
- Shooting system needs improvement
Requested features
5 requests- Add an endless mode without a timer
- Allow redesigning the ship at will
- Implement ship-to-ship battles
- Add more destructible elements
- Support gamepad controls
Planet Runner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Space Squad Survival
- Pinch of Gems$0.99
- Starterpaket$3.99
- Stack of Gems$4.99
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- Pile of Gems$9.99
- Premium Offer$9.99
- Hoard of Gems$49.99
Planet Runner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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