Comparison

LUMINES REMASTERED vs The Lava Squirrel

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

The Lava Squirrel

Navigate a perilous ascent of 1000 stairs as a space squirrel. Master precise tapping and holding to jump and leap your way to freedom and a waiting rescue rocket.

Highlights
  • Tap to jump
  • Hold to leap
  • Ascend 1000 stairs
  • Escape hostile environment
  • Rescue rocket objective
Features
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You're a tiny space squirrel in a fishbowl helmet. Your escape pod landed you in a hostile environment and the only way out is up! One thousand stairs stand between you and the rescue rocket. Tap to jump. Hold to leap.

Screenshots

LUMINES REMASTERED4 screens
The Lava Squirrel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Lava Squirrel at none against LUMINES REMASTERED's 2. The Lava Squirrel also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). LUMINES REMASTERED's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (58 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. The Lava Squirrel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Lava Squirrel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LUMINES REMASTERED has 58 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LUMINES REMASTERED versus The Lava Squirrel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLUMINES REMASTEREDThe Lava Squirrel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (58 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size596 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSound GamesIn Theory Digital, LLC

Customer experience

LUMINES REMASTERED

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

The Lava Squirrel

All ratings2 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

The Lava Squirrel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LUMINES REMASTERED free?
LUMINES REMASTERED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Lava Squirrel free?
The Lava Squirrel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LUMINES REMASTERED or The Lava Squirrel?
The Lava Squirrel is rated higher. LUMINES REMASTERED averages 4.5 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while The Lava Squirrel averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do LUMINES REMASTERED or The Lava Squirrel have ads?
The Lava Squirrel shows ads; LUMINES REMASTERED does not.
Which is updated more often, LUMINES REMASTERED or The Lava Squirrel?
LUMINES REMASTERED ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Lava Squirrel every 2 weeks. Most recently, LUMINES REMASTERED was updated on November 9, 2026 and The Lava Squirrel on November 5, 2026.

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