Comparison

Shotgun King vs LUMINES REMASTERED

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

Head to head
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!

About

LUMINES REMASTERED

Experience an addictive audio-visual puzzle game with block-dropping action and a vibrant soundtrack. Try free modes before unlocking the full experience with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • Audio-visual puzzle gameplay
  • Multiple game modes
  • House, trance, and techno soundtrack
  • Intuitive touch controls or gamepad support
  • Online leaderboards
  • Cloud saves
Features
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY] Try the first 15 levels in Challenge Mode and the full 60-second Time Attack Mode for free, then unlock the full game with a single in-app purchase. LUMINES REMASTERED brings the ultimate audio-visual puzzle phenomenon straight to your fingertips, beautifully marrying sound, light, and puzzle-action into one addictive yet simple game. Immerse yourself at the center of high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats. LUMINES REMASTERED is engineered perfectly for mobile. Take control by choosing from multiple intuitive touch layouts or connecting a gamepad for old-school precision. Take Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s critically acclaimed masterpiece with you everywhere and lose yourself in the music. Key Features: - Feel the vibes: 40 stages and a legendary soundtrack of house, trance, and techno beats—from chill to upbeat. Shuffle stages like a music playlist in Skin Edit mode. - Feel the challenge: From the non-stop puzzle fun of Challenge mode to the Time Attack, Puzzle, Mission, VS CPU and a 2P Battle (local only) modes, there's more than enough to sink your teeth into. - Feel the fun: Unlock all the music, stages, and avatars, and climb the ranks to the top of the online leaderboards. Cloud saves keep your progression going. - Feel the music: Grab your favorite pair of headphones and turn on vibration (if offered) on your device to immerse yourself in the experience.

Screenshots

Shotgun King4 screens
LUMINES REMASTERED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LUMINES REMASTERED at Free against Shotgun King's $6.99. Shotgun King's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LUMINES REMASTERED is free to download; Shotgun King costs $6.99 up front. LUMINES REMASTERED sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Shotgun King asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shotgun King holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shotgun King has 771 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Shotgun King's written reviews are positive against 63% of LUMINES REMASTERED's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shotgun King ships an update every 5 days, LUMINES REMASTERED every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Shotgun King versus LUMINES REMASTERED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShotgun KingLUMINES REMASTERED
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (771 ratings) — better4.5 (58 ratings)
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews — better62.8% of reviews
Number of ratings771 — better58
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#61 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size468 MB596 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPlug In DigitalSound Games

Customer experience

Shotgun King

All ratings709 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative22.5%

LUMINES REMASTERED

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral16.3%
Negative20.9%

In-app purchases

None

Shotgun King

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

LUMINES REMASTERED

One-time2
  • Unlock Full Game$7.99
  • Unlock Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is Shotgun King free?
Shotgun King costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LUMINES REMASTERED free?
LUMINES REMASTERED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shotgun King or LUMINES REMASTERED?
Shotgun King is rated higher. Shotgun King averages 4.8 out of 5 from 771 ratings, while LUMINES REMASTERED averages 4.5 from 58 ratings.
Do Shotgun King or LUMINES REMASTERED have ads?
Neither Shotgun King nor LUMINES REMASTERED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shotgun King or LUMINES REMASTERED?
Shotgun King ships an update every 5 days, and LUMINES REMASTERED every 2 weeks. Most recently, Shotgun King was updated on November 8, 2026 and LUMINES REMASTERED on November 9, 2026.

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