Pixel Hunter vs Ninja Ranger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Hunter
Embark on a retro-style adventure as a hunter retrieving stolen weapons from animals across diverse 3D voxel worlds. Battle enemies, conquer bosses, and enjoy a unique blend of classic and modern gaming.
- 3D Voxel and 8-bit graphics
- 5 distinct worlds with unique environments
- Boss fights at the end of each level
- Retro and modern game style mix
- Multiple gameplay styles
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Pixel hunter is 3D side-scroller game, designed in Voxel and 8Bit style. The game is about a hunter, whose weapons were stolen by different animals. His only thought is to return them all. The main objective of the game is to go through the worlds such are: - Forest - Mountain - Arctic - Volcano - Beach During your trip you’ll meet with different enemies like: animals, birds, amphibians and fishes. By the end of each level you have to fight with Boss, which will return you the stolen weapon. You are controlling the character with simple, retro style joystick buttons which are right on the device screen. Features: - Awesome 3D Voxel and 8bit graphics! - Perfect mix of retro and modern game styles! - 5 worlds with various environments and unique soundtracks per each! - Epic fights with bosses at the end of each level! - Multiple gameplays within one game (side-scroller, runner, boss fights)! If you like old style games than Pixel Hunter is for you. Check out game trailer on YouTube: http://youtu.be/-97O7XxbW9A
Ninja Ranger
Embark on a pixelated adventure as a ninja superhero, battling evil across challenging levels. Master classic 2D platform action, wield diverse weapons, and upgrade your hero. Earn ninja evaluations and uncover a retro storyline.
- Classic 2D platform action gameplay
- Variety of ninja weapons and sub-weapons
- 7 challenging levels with unique terrain and bosses
- Hero upgrade system for blood and energy
- Ninja evaluation system with gold coin rewards
- Retro 2D scroll story CG
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Ninja Ranger tells the story of a legendary ninja--Ray, he punishes evil and save the world. In the game you will play a ninja superhero and fight against evil enemies. The game uses a realistic pixel style, bringing you back to the 8-bit, 16-bit pixel game era; the gameplay is also using the classic 2D platform action gameplay, this is an action game with a refreshing impact. If you are an action game player, please see the detailed description below. 1 Gameplay: Classic 2D platform action game, the super ninja hero can walk, jump, climb and attack the enemy on various terrain platforms; 2 Weapon system: Includes main weapons, such as samurai sword, chain sickle, hook claw, and ninjutsu sub-weapons, such as shuriken, wind blade, fire blade, amulet fire; 3 Level system: The game provides 7 levels, each level has different terrain features, enemies, and finally the difficult Boss; 4 Upgrade system: In addition to collecting and unlocking the main weapon and the ninjutsu sub-weapon, the game also has an upgrade scroll in the level to upgrade the hero's blood and energy slot; 5 Ninja Evaluation system: Each level challenge will give different levels of ninja evaluation according to the passing time, number of killings, number of injuries etc. Divided into three levels of master ninja, mid ninja and lesser ninja. The Ninja evaluationto corresponds to different gold coin rewards; 6 Storyline: The beginning and the end of the game provide a retro 2D scroll story CG, please enjoy it. Ninja Ranger is a challenging action game. If you are an action game enthusiast and want all the levels to be master ninja, I suggest you understand the characteristics of each main weapon and sub-weapon in the game. The following is a detailed introduction: 1 Samurai sword: The weapon that comes with the game at the beginning of the game, the attack frequency and attack range are relatively balanced, suitable for any battle scene; 2 Chain sickle: Need to unlock with gold coins, low attack frequency but long attack range, very suitable for battle scenes that need to maintain distance; 3 Hook claw: Need to unlock with gold coins, the attack frequency is super high, the attack range is short, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious, it is a weapon to spike the Boss; 4 Shuriken: The ninjutsu that comes with the game at the beginning of the game, throwing a shurikento forward; 5 Boomerang: Need a small amount of gold coins to unlock, throw a shuriken forward and it will return, can attack enemies at a certain distance from the front and rear; 6 Wind Blade: Need a small amount of gold coins to unlock, throw one blade in the up and down direction, attack the enemy from the up and down direction; 7 Fire blade up: You need to unlock with gold coins, throwing five scattered flames in the direction of the oblique upper, attacking enemies in a wide range; 8 Fire blade down: Similar to the Fire blade up, the different is oblique below direction; 9 Amulet fire: It takes a lot of gold coins to unlock. It is the ultimate ninjutsu. The fires can attack the enemy and the ninja will be invincible. Every soldier and Boss in the level, this is left to the player to explore. Come on, pick up the samurai sword and start your ninja trial. When you master every weapon and ninjutsu, you become a real master ninja!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Hunter at none against Ninja Ranger's shown. Pixel Hunter also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). Ninja Ranger's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (346 vs 25). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Hunter sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Ninja Ranger sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ninja Ranger holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ninja Ranger has 346 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Pixel Hunter's written reviews are positive against 72% of Ninja Ranger's.
Pixel Hunter ships an update every 2 months, Ninja Ranger every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Hunter | Ninja Ranger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (346 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | 71.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 346 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lemondo Games | 立鹏 冯 |
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Pixel Hunter
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In-app purchases
Pixel Hunter
- 200 Meat$0.99
- Mountain world$1.99
- Remove Ad$1.99
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- 800 Meat$2.99
- Arctic world$2.99
- 5 Lives$4.99
- Lava world$4.99
- Sea world$4.99
- 3500 Meat$9.99
- 10 Lives$9.99
Ninja Ranger
- 200 Coins$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
- 1000 Coins$3.99
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- 5000 Coins$9.99
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