Comparison

BoreBuster vs Pixel Backrooms

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

Head to head
About

BoreBuster

Features
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BoreBuster is a fun collection of simple mini games and calming activities made with kids in mind. Play quick games like memory matching, color puzzles, and brain teasers, or relax with calming activities like rainbow breathing and movement games. Features: • Kid friendly design • Simple and easy to use • Multiple mini games and activities • Bright colorful interface • Great for quick play sessions Created as a fun project between a father and his 7 year old son.

About

Pixel Backrooms

Explore endless, unsettling liminal spaces in this 2D pixel art horror game. Venture alone or with friends, using live chat to strategize and survive against lurking enemies. Discover unique anomalies and artifacts in a procedurally generated, atmospheric experience.

Highlights
  • 2D pixel art exploration
  • Endless liminal spaces
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Live in-game chat
  • Discover anomalies and artifacts
  • Atmospheric audiovisual horror
Features
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When you noclip out of reality, you end up in the Backrooms. Pixel Backrooms is the first ever 2D pixel Backrooms exploration game, inspired by liminal spaces, analog horror, and the original internet phenomenon. Explore endless hallways, eerie rooms, and unsettling spaces hidden beneath reality. Enter alone, or play multiplayer and explore the Backrooms with friends. Stay together, split up, get lost, or find out what’s waiting in the dark. Use live chat to stay connected with your friends, call out what you see, and work together to eliminate enemies before they eliminate you. Discover rare anomalies, strange artifacts, mysterious rooms, and creepy phenomena that make every run scarier than the last. Built as an immersive audiovisual horror experience, Pixel Backrooms combines atmospheric sound, pixel art, and unsettling liminal horror inspired by the infamous Backrooms lore. The deeper you go, the stranger it becomes.

Screenshots

BoreBuster3 screens
Pixel Backrooms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoreBuster at none against Pixel Backrooms's 5. BoreBuster also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Pixel Backrooms sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. BoreBuster asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BoreBuster versus Pixel Backrooms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoreBusterPixel Backrooms
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB29 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMichael RodriguezRedesign the World LLC

In-app purchases

None

BoreBuster

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Pixel Backrooms

One-time5
  • Lime Hazmat$1.99
  • Red Hazmat$1.99
  • Blue Hazmat$1.99
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  • Rainbow Hazmat$4.99
  • Supporter Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is BoreBuster free?
BoreBuster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Backrooms free?
Pixel Backrooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoreBuster or Pixel Backrooms have ads?
Neither BoreBuster nor Pixel Backrooms shows ads.

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