Comparison

Bendy's Nightmare Run vs DETERMINATION.

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

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About

Bendy's Nightmare Run

Embark on an endless running adventure through a nightmarish cartoon world. Dodge obstacles, battle unique bosses, and collect rewards to unlock characters and upgrades. Test your survival skills in challenging modes.

Highlights
  • Endless running gameplay
  • Battle unique cartoon bosses
  • Unlockable characters and costumes
  • Collectibles and power-ups
  • Multiple themed episodes
  • Nightmare Mode for high scores
Features
Currently charting
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Bendy's Nightmare Run is back! Run as Bendy, Boris, or Alice in a nightmare-fueled endless runner where the goal is simple: survive the chase and defeat crazy cartoon bosses. RUN FROM TROUBLE Dash through four themed episodes filled with enemies, obstacles, collectibles, weapons, and powerups. Swipe left and right to move, swipe up to jump or double jump, and swipe down to slam onto enemies as you race away from increasingly difficult bosses. Collect Bacon Soup and XP as you run, and use your rewards to unlock characters, levels, weapons, costumes, and powerful upgrades. DEFEAT THE BOSSES Every level puts you in a chase against a unique cartoon boss. Collect weapons during your run to throw them back at that big, bad bully. Dodge attacks, manage your health, use powerups, and defeat the boss before it defeats you. FOUR NIGHTMARISH EPISODES Explore four original environments, each with its own boss: • Bendy in Treasure Trouble — Dash across sandy islands, wooden docks, and pirate ships while Chester the treasure chest chases you through the tropics. • Bendy in Death and Taxis — Race through city streets and tunnels to escape Gaskette, a taxi cab with a death wish ... yours. • Bendy in Soup Gone Bad — Fight your way through a smelly trash dump while sharp-edged Canoodle tries to cut you down to size. • Bendy in Dewey Decimated — Crash through a not-so-quiet library, along bookshelves and across tabletops, while inky Dewey tries to spear you with his pointy pen. • Who else will Bendy have to escape from? More bosses and episodes to come! Stay tooned! PLAY AS BENDY, BORIS, OR ALICE Choose from three characters from the Bendy universe. Collect character-specific XP and Bacon Soup as you play, then use your rewards to unlock characters, discover new levels and weapons, unlock costumes, and upgrade your powerups and equipment. More beloved characters to come! TAKE ON NIGHTMARE MODE Complete all five levels in an episode to unlock Nightmare Mode. Keep running and try to defeat the boss again and again, pushing your score higher until the nightmare finally consumes you. COMPLETE OBJECTIVES Each level includes objectives that challenge you to master your run. Collect Bacon Soup, defeat bosses without taking damage, and complete other objectives as you work towards unlocking all the good stuff. MORE CARTOON CRAZINESS TO COME! Get ready for endless mode, player profiles, leaderboards, new costumes, seasonal events, new episodes, new bosses and more! A CARTOONY NIGHTMARE IN THE BENDY UNIVERSE Bendy's Nightmare Run returns with its distinctive cartoon-themed runner gameplay, featuring Bendy, Boris, and Alice alongside original bosses and environments created specifically for Bendy's Nightmare Run. The nightmare is waiting. How long will you survive?

About

DETERMINATION.

An indie-inspired obstacle-dodging game that challenges your reflexes with unique bullet patterns. Experience minimalistic graphics and catchy audio in this ad-free, no-microtransaction experience.

Highlights
  • Unique and challenging bullet patterns
  • Color-coded bullets
  • Catchy music and sound effects
  • Minimalistic graphics style
  • No ads or microtransactions
Features
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DETERMINATION is an obstacle-dodging game with several challenging bullet patterns that put your skills to the test. It's inspired from the gameplay mechanics in a popular 2015 indie game. Features: * unique and challenging bullet patterns * color-coded bullets that hit different * catchy music and sound effects * minimalistic graphics style * no ads or microtransactions

Screenshots

Bendy's Nightmare Run4 screens
DETERMINATION.3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DETERMINATION. at none against Bendy's Nightmare Run's 14. DETERMINATION. also leads on ads (none vs shown). Bendy's Nightmare Run's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (745 vs 37). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bendy's Nightmare Run sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. DETERMINATION. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bendy's Nightmare Run holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bendy's Nightmare Run has 745 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Bendy's Nightmare Run's written reviews are positive against 96% of DETERMINATION.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bendy's Nightmare Run ships an update every 3 days, DETERMINATION. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bendy's Nightmare Run versus DETERMINATION.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBendy's Nightmare RunDETERMINATION.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (745 ratings) — better4.4 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings745 — better37
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#209 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size808 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJoey Drew Studios Inc.Milin Gupta

Customer experience

Bendy's Nightmare Run

All ratings732 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.8%

DETERMINATION.

All ratings37 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Bendy's Nightmare Run

One-time14
  • Handful of Ink$0.99
  • BORIS STARTER BUNDLE$1.99
  • PRESTIGE STARTER BUNDLE$1.99
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  • PRESTIGE BOOST BUNDLE$1.99
  • Stockpile of Ink$1.99
  • DIVIDENDS$2.99
  • Bathtub of Ink$2.99
  • VALUE BUNDLE$4.99
  • OG SKIN BUNDLE$5.99
  • Pool of Ink$6.99
  • ALICE STARTER BUNDLE$9.99
  • River of Ink$14.99
  • HALLOWEEN BUNDLE$24.99
  • Ocean of Ink$29.99
None

DETERMINATION.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bendy's Nightmare Run free?
Bendy's Nightmare Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DETERMINATION. free?
DETERMINATION. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bendy's Nightmare Run or DETERMINATION.?
Bendy's Nightmare Run is rated higher. Bendy's Nightmare Run averages 4.7 out of 5 from 745 ratings, while DETERMINATION. averages 4.4 from 37 ratings.
Do Bendy's Nightmare Run or DETERMINATION. have ads?
Bendy's Nightmare Run shows ads; DETERMINATION. does not.
Which is updated more often, Bendy's Nightmare Run or DETERMINATION.?
Bendy's Nightmare Run ships an update every 3 days, and DETERMINATION. weekly. Most recently, Bendy's Nightmare Run was updated on October 28, 2026 and DETERMINATION. on October 25, 2026.

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