WORLDSTACK vs Hallowkin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
WORLDSTACK
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Behind every door, a new law of physics. Open one, and that law joins your run. WORLDSTACK is a colourful, surreal action roguelite. You are the Keeper, carrying the Last Star your light, your health, and your score through unstable pocket worlds. Each world ends at three floating doors. Every door adds a rule to your active stack: lower gravity, flood the world, magnetise metal, let fire spread, wake sleeping hazards, or double your score while making the Last Star fragile. Rules donโt just stack, they interact. Low gravity softens landings so glass floors survive. Fire meeting floodwater fills the world with steam. Magnetised metal near the Star redirects lightning. Your run, your rules, your own beautiful disaster. โข 32 world-bending rules with real interactions โข 8 designed world archetypes, procedurally rebuilt every run โข 12 visually distinct door families โข 5 guardians whose fights respond to your active laws โข Special events every fifth door: repair, remove, fuse, upgrade or take a risk โข Every completed run becomes a constellation you keep โข A shared daily seed and rotating weekly missions โข Missions, achievements and earnable cosmetics โข Fully playable offline with no account โข One-handed portrait controls โข Reduced flashing, reduced shake, large-text and left-handed modes, plus adjustable sensitivity The doors are patient. The doors are waiting.
Hallowkin
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Death is not the end. It is an introduction. Hallowkin is a survivors-style horde game. You move and dodge; your weapons fire themselves. Monsters pour in from every side until the ground is thick with them, and if you last long enough, the chapter's boss comes looking for you. Then comes the part no other survivors game does. BEFRIEND WHAT YOU BEAT Defeat a boss and you do not simply move on. Offer it spirit, pass its trial, and it awakens as your kin - a companion that fights beside you in every run that follows. Return to that chapter later and its finale rises again as an Echo of the friend you made. EVERY CHAPTER FIGHTS DIFFERENTLY Chapters are not reskins of one arena. The Moonlit Meadow opens wide, with room to run and nothing to hide behind. The Moonlit Road funnels the whole horde into a narrow corridor where dodging is barely an option. The Haunted Forest closes in around you and never lets go. Each one brings its own cast of monsters, its own mid-boss, and its own finale - and more chapters are on the way. KNOW WHAT IS HUNTING YOU Wisps, moonbats and goblins early. Ghouls, wraiths and grave-shades later. Somewhere in the middle, a Brute shoulders through the horde with a chest you want and a lunge you do not. BUILD A HERO THAT LASTS Level up mid-run and choose your upgrades as you go. Between runs, spend gold on permanent hero levels, awaken more kin, and stock Moon Charms so one bad run never ends a good streak. PLAY IN SHORT SESSIONS Runs last six to ten minutes. Hearts refill on their own while you are away, and clearing a chapter for the first time refills them completely. No forced ads to keep playing. No pay-to-win - everything that makes you stronger can be earned. The night is full of monsters. Some of them are going to be your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WORLDSTACK at none against Hallowkin's 10. Hallowkin's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Hallowkin sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. WORLDSTACK asks for nothing beyond the download.
WORLDSTACK ships an update every 2 weeks, Hallowkin daily. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WORLDSTACK | Hallowkin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 242 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MEHMET FATIH AKARCA | Glaium Inc. |
In-app purchases
WORLDSTACK
No in-app purchases
Hallowkin
- Handful of Moonstones$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Crescent Trove$4.99
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- Pouch of Moonstones$4.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Half-Moon Hoard$9.99
- Sack of Moonstones$9.99
- Full Moon Treasury$19.99
- Chest of Moonstones$19.99
- Vault of Moonstones$49.99
Questions
Is WORLDSTACK free?
Is Hallowkin free?
Do WORLDSTACK or Hallowkin have ads?
Which is updated more often, WORLDSTACK or Hallowkin?
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