Hostile Void vs Vertex Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hostile Void
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Light is all you have. Every step drains it. Every mistake costs you. Move through a hostile void where survival depends on how you manage what little light remains. Use it wisely — it keeps you alive...
Vertex Core
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SWIPE. FIRE. SURVIVE THE TUBE. Vertex Core is a neon vector tube shooter built for one-thumb-fire, one-thumb-swipe mobile play. Spin around a glowing wireframe web, blast down everything crawling toward your rim, and chain kills into screen-clearing power. • PURE VECTOR STYLE - every line on screen is drawn in real time. No sprites, no textures. Just glowing neon against black. • SEVEN ENEMY TYPES - cartwheeling Tumblers, splitting Splitters, wall-climbing Impalers, lane-electrifying Conductors, swarming packs, and Hunters that shoot back. Learn them, or lose to them. • THREE POWER-UPS - a tube-clearing Plasma Bomb, piercing Laser Storm, and a time-bending Chrono Field. Bank them. Unleash them when it counts. • BOSS BATTLES EVERY 6 LEVELS - a colossal, ever-morphing Core Guardian descends from the sky. Armored. Evasive. Only vulnerable in the instant its core cracks open. Beat it and earn a wingman. • ENDLESS VARIETY - 10 tube shapes and 8 color schemes cycle independently, so the run never looks the same way twice. • CHASE THE LEADERBOARD - a local top-8 table, three-letter arcade name and all. No ads mid-run, no pay-to-win. Free through the first boss fight. Unlock the full run whenever you're ready to go further. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hostile Void at none against Vertex Core's 1. Vertex Core's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). 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. Vertex Core sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hostile Void asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hostile Void ships an update every 5 weeks, Vertex Core daily. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hostile Void | Vertex Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darius Dubickas | SPRUCE PROJECT, Y.K. |
In-app purchases
Hostile Void
No in-app purchases
Vertex Core
- Vertex Core Full Version$2.99
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