Comparison

Wrong Way Roommates vs Nova Lancer

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

Head to head
About

Wrong Way Roommates

Control two roommates simultaneously in this chaotic split-screen arcade game. Navigate a disaster-prone apartment, catching essential items and dodging hazards. Survive as long as possible to achieve high scores in this fast-paced, one-thumb challenge.

Highlights
  • One-thumb mirrored movement
  • Split-screen portrait play
  • Item catching and hazard dodging
  • Streak bonuses and daily challenges
  • Unlockable cosmetic styles
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Your thumb is the problem. Wrong Way Roommates is a fast, funny split-screen arcade game about controlling two panicked roommates at the same time. Drag left or right and one roommate obeys... while the other moves the wrong way. Catch pizza, coffee, and keys. Dodge cockroaches and flaming bills. One bad hit ends the run. It sounds simple. It is not. Every run becomes a tiny apartment disaster. The longer you survive, the faster the rooms fall apart. Panic Waves crank up the pressure, streak bonuses reward clean catches, and the game over screen tells you exactly which roommate ruined everything. Catch a linked charger plug and cable in both rooms to trigger Right Way Roommates: for a few glorious seconds, both roommates finally move with your thumb. Then the chaos comes back. FEATURES - One-thumb mirrored movement that instantly messes with your brain - Split-screen portrait play built for quick runs - Pizza, coffee, keys, cockroaches, flaming bills, and apartment panic - Streak bonuses, survival time, local best score, and daily challenge seeds - Game Center leaderboard and achievements - Shareable score cards - Unlockable cosmetic room, roommate, and music styles - Procedural arcade music, sound effects, and haptics - Optional Remove Ads purchase No levels. No login. No complicated controls. Just one thumb, two roommates, and a very unfair apartment. Can you beat your best score before your roommates betray you?

About

Nova Lancer

Features
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Nova Lancer is an offline arcade space shooter. Drag to fly. Your cannons fire on their own. Twenty missions. Over 15,000 enemies. Nineteen boss encounters. Every wave was placed by hand, not generated — so each mission has its own shape: where it opens quiet, where it lets you breathe, and where it stops giving you room. BOSSES Three classes of capital ship, each with its own attack patterns and a warning on the way in. The larger ones arrive with an escort wing flying formation around the hull. Bosses shed supplies as you damage them. HANGAR - Ten ships, each with its own hull strength and weapon grade, printed on the card - Two wingmen to hire and upgrade — they scale with your firepower instead of falling behind - Weapon grades that open your fire from one shot into a spread across three cannons NO STRINGS - Completely offline - No ads - No in-app purchases - No account, nothing collected about you Every ship, every wingman, every upgrade is earned by playing.

Screenshots

Wrong Way Roommates4 screens
Nova Lancer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nova Lancer at none against Wrong Way Roommates's 1. Nova Lancer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Wrong Way Roommates's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price 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. Wrong Way Roommates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nova Lancer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wrong Way Roommates ships an update weekly, Nova Lancer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wrong Way Roommates versus Nova Lancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrong Way RoommatesNova Lancer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWolf Real Estate Group IncTrinh Thi Huong

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wrong Way Roommates

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Nova Lancer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wrong Way Roommates free?
Wrong Way Roommates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nova Lancer free?
Nova Lancer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wrong Way Roommates or Nova Lancer have ads?
Wrong Way Roommates shows ads; Nova Lancer does not.
Which is updated more often, Wrong Way Roommates or Nova Lancer?
Wrong Way Roommates ships an update weekly, and Nova Lancer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Wrong Way Roommates was updated on October 31, 2026 and Nova Lancer on November 10, 2026.

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