Skullburn vs WickBurst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skullburn
Explore a harsh post-apocalyptic desert as a lone scavenger. Gather resources, upgrade tools and weapons, and battle bandits to survive. Venture deeper into the wasteland as your gear improves in this idle arcade adventure.
- Post-apocalyptic desert exploration
- Resource gathering and scavenging
- Vehicle travel
- Raiding hostile territories
- Bandit combat
- Gear and weapon upgrades
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The world ended in fire. Now only the wasteland remains. Step into a harsh post-apocalyptic desert where survival is everything. Play as a lone scavenger exploring the ruins of the old world. Break scrap, gather valuable resources, and upgrade your tools to extract better materials from the wasteland. Travel across the desert in your vehicle, discovering dangerous locations and hidden loot. Launch raids into hostile territories, fight ruthless bandits, and collect the resources you need to survive another day. The stronger your gear becomes, the deeper you can venture into the wasteland. Upgrade your weapons, improve your scavenging tools, and keep pushing forward through the endless desert. Explore the wasteland, gather scrap, defeat bandits, and build the ultimate survival setup in this fast-paced idle arcade adventure.
WickBurst
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Light the fuse. Outsmart your rival. Survive the blast. WickBurst is a fast, explosive 1v1 arena game. Race through a maze of crates, drop bombs to trap your opponent, fire plasma blasts down the corridors and hop over bombs to escape the fire. One mistake and the round is over — matches of 3, 4 or 5 rounds — and online, whoever sends the invite picks 3, 5 or 10. FIGHT YOUR WAY • Bombs with chain reactions — blow crates apart and close every escape route • Plasma blaster for long corridors, plus a sniper scope for pinpoint shots • Power-ups: extra bombs, bigger blasts and more speed • Wandering ghosts that hunt both players PLAY YOUR WAY • Online 1v1 against real players — invite a friend from the lobby or find a random rival • Offline against a bot with three difficulty levels • 7 arenas: floating over a neon city, arctic ice, a candy factory and more • 4 characters: Fuse, Diver, Mole and Diggerbot FREE TO PLAY Play the first arena with Fuse against the easy bot — online too. One purchase unlocks the full game: every arena, every character and every bot level. No subscriptions, no ads. Available in English, Polish, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WickBurst at none against Skullburn's shown. WickBurst also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Skullburn's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Skullburn sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and WickBurst sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Skullburn ships an update every 5 weeks, WickBurst every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skullburn | WickBurst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 463 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 24 HIT Riga SIA | ADRIAN SURMA |
In-app purchases
Skullburn
- Hard Pack 1$0.99
- Hard Pack 2$4.99
- No Ads Pack$9.99
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- X2 Fuel$9.99
- Hard Pack 3$9.99
- X2 Tool Damage Forever$11.99
- No Ads VIP for 7 days with discount$15.99
- Hard Pack 4$19.99
- No Ads Vip Renewal for 7 Days$22.99
- No Ads VIP Pack$22.99
- Hard Pack 5$49.99
- No Ads Forever$49.99
- Hard Pack 6$99.99
WickBurst
- Full Version$4.99









