Arcane Trigger vs Six Hollows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcane Trigger
Defend your cottage from shadow creatures pouring from a dimensional rift. Utilize an arcane rifle, craft unique ammunition, and strategically combine buffs to survive increasingly difficult waves and challenging bosses in this roguelike shooter.
- Arcane rifle combat
- Bullet crafting with varied attributes
- Mix and match trajectory buffs
- Roguelike progression
- 7 distinct bosses
- 240 unique bullet types
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After years of diligent work, the young mage finally saved up enough to build a beautiful cottage in the woods—only to find it sits right at the convergence point between the Shadow Plane and the Material Plane. Every time night falls, entropic shadow creatures pour forth from the rift, laying waste to everything nearby. 200 sealing artifacts, 40 events, 15 difficulty tiers, and 7 wildly distinct bosses await you! Take up your arcane rifle! Squeeze the trigger and rain down fury on these ill-mannered pests! Mix and match to craft devastating high-damage trajectories. Some buffs rely on proper positioning, so think carefully before you pull the trigger. Don't forget to forge new bullets! Click the winged hammer in the bottom-left corner to craft new ammunition with varied attributes — choose from 240 unique bullet types! When the smoke clears, the roguelike spirit remains. At the end of each run, select the optimal build buffs based on your current setup.
Six Hollows
Draft and strategize in this pixel roguelike autobattler. Pick items for your tree each round, and watch the fights unfold. Compete asynchronously against ghost builds of other players in ranked matches.
- Draft-and-watch autobattler gameplay
- Asynchronous PvP against ghost builds
- Strategic item drafting and upgrading
- Seasonal ranked play
- Offline play for ongoing runs
- Variety of item synergies and effects
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Six trees walk into the forest. One walks out. Make sure it is yours. Free to play. No ads. Six Hollows is a draft-and-watch autobattler: each round you pick one item, slot it into your tree, and the fight plays itself. No tapping, no timers, no filler. Your job is the plan. The joy is watching it work. A ROOM FULL OF GHOSTS This is async PvP at your pace. Every run seats you in a room of six; your five rivals are ghosts, builds recorded from other runs near your rank, replayed against you round by round exactly as they were drafted. No live matchmaking, no one rushing your turn, no penalty when life interrupts mid-run. Outbuild them, outlast them, and when a rival falls, their echo lingers for someone to duel. Then leave your own mark: every run you play leaves a ghost behind for other players to face. Make it something worth fearing. EIGHT WAYS TO RUIN A TREE Cinder burns. Blight poisons. Deadeye crits. Rend bleeds. Salvo fires again. Clockwork accelerates. Frostbite stops slots cold. Zap jumps the line. An arsenal across four rarities, every piece growing through three levels. Stack one family until it sings, or splice several into something the room has no answer for. EVERY RUN ITS OWN STORY Open with a Spirit that bends the whole run. Crown an item at max level and pick a boon that bends it further. If a fight drags, sudden death steps in and finishes it. Runs stay short, sharp, and one decision away from legendary. CLIMB THE FOREST Ranked from your first fight: six ranks, Sapling to Elder, and a fresh season on the first of every month. Plant your tree. The room is waiting. Six Hollows needs an internet connection to start a run; a run already in progress finishes fine offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Six Hollows at 100% against Arcane Trigger's 25%. Six Hollows also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Arcane Trigger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Six Hollows sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Arcane Trigger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Six Hollows holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Arcane Trigger's written reviews are positive against 100% of Six Hollows's.
Arcane Trigger ships an update every 2 weeks, Six Hollows every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arcane Trigger | Six Hollows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 907 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MiniWhale | CODE IN MOTION SRL |
Customer experience
Arcane Trigger
Six Hollows
In-app purchases
Arcane Trigger
No in-app purchases
Six Hollows
- Supporter Pack$4.99
- Premium Season Pass$4.99
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