Comparison

LUMINES REMASTERED vs Hokus

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

Head to head
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.

About

Hokus

Experience a unique blend of air hockey and roguelike dungeon crawling. Flick your paddle to defeat bosses, strategically place magical tokens with unique abilities, and build a powerful deck to overcome increasingly challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • 40+ collectible tokens
  • Deck building and customization
  • Dungeon exploration with boss battles
  • Token shop and quest rewards
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Hokus is a fast-paced air hockey game with a twist — magical tokens, boss battles, and dungeon exploration. Flick your paddle to slam the ball into enemy bosses while placing tokens on the field to gain the upper hand. Build your deck from dozens of unique tokens — walls, cannons, fireballs, frost traps, vampires, and more — each with distinct abilities that change how you play. FEATURES * Intuitive touch controls: drag your paddle and flick to add power * 40+ collectible tokens with unique abilities * Build and customize your deck between battles * Battle through dungeons with increasingly tough bosses * Earn coins to buy new tokens in the shop * Complete quests for token rewards

Screenshots

LUMINES REMASTERED4 screens
Hokus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hokus at none against LUMINES REMASTERED's 2. Hokus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). LUMINES REMASTERED's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (57 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. LUMINES REMASTERED sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hokus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hokus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LUMINES REMASTERED has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LUMINES REMASTERED ships an update every 2 weeks, Hokus every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LUMINES REMASTERED versus Hokus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLUMINES REMASTEREDHokus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (57 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size596 MB301 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSound GamesLambdaClass

Customer experience

LUMINES REMASTERED

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

Hokus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LUMINES REMASTERED

One-time2
  • Unlock Full Game$7.99
  • Unlock Full Game$9.99
None

Hokus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LUMINES REMASTERED free?
LUMINES REMASTERED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hokus free?
Hokus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LUMINES REMASTERED or Hokus?
Hokus is rated higher. LUMINES REMASTERED averages 4.6 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Hokus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LUMINES REMASTERED or Hokus have ads?
Hokus shows ads; LUMINES REMASTERED does not.
Which is updated more often, LUMINES REMASTERED or Hokus?
LUMINES REMASTERED ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hokus every 5 days. Most recently, LUMINES REMASTERED was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hokus on November 5, 2026.

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