Sisyphos vs Manipulator!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sisyphos
Experience the Sisyphean task of pushing a rock uphill. This game offers a unique, philosophical challenge that explores themes of futility and perseverance. It's a minimalist yet profound gaming experience.
- Push a rock uphill
- Philosophical gameplay
- Minimalist design
- Humility and ego destruction themes
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Sisyphos lets you experience the joy and pain of pushing a rock up a mountain. "A lesson in humility—a destruction of the human ego" - killscreensdaily.com "Utterly ridiculous ,utterly pointless and utterly brilliant" pocketgamer.com
Manipulator!
Experience a unique hack and slash game set to a death-grind album. Battle enemies through brutal songs, testing your auditory and visual endurance. Can you conquer all 20 tracks?
- Hack and slash gameplay
- Companion to a death-grind album
- Battle through songs as levels
- Auditory and visual stamina test
- 20 tracks to survive
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The first grindcore video game? Manipulator! is the interactive hack and slash companion piece to the death-grind album Drawing Secret Circles by Manipulator. Work your way through each brutal song (level) from the album as you battle a litany of baddies trying to keep you at bay. Prepare your ears for some ridiculous blast beats, HM2 guitar sounds, hilarious samples and unhinged vocal passages (and even a hint of melody once or twice). Manipulator! is a test of auditory and visual stamina. Can you survive to track 20?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Manipulator! at 5.0 against Sisyphos's 4.2. Manipulator! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Sisyphos's advantage is ratings volume (371 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sisyphos sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Manipulator! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Manipulator! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sisyphos has 371 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Sisyphos's written reviews are positive against 100% of Manipulator!'s.
| Parameter | Sisyphos | Manipulator! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (371 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 371 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 573 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Florian Grolig | Peter John Randol |
Customer experience
Sisyphos
Manipulator!
Bugs and requests
Sisyphos
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes or freezes
- Unresponsive controls
- Audio issues
Requested features
4 requests- Endless hill mode
- Character customization options
- Varied landscapes or biomes
- Progression system or achievements
Manipulator!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sisyphos
- A MODEST OFFERING2 variants$0.99
- A GENEROUS OFFERING$1.99
- A GENEROUS OFFERING$2.99
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- THE GODS ARE DELIGHTED$4.99
- THE GODS ARE DELIGHTED$5.99
Manipulator!
- Donate $0.99$0.99
- Donate $2.99$2.99
- Donate $9.99$9.99
