Comparison

Gunbrick vs Residual

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

Head to head
About

Gunbrick

Engage in a unique action-packed puzzle platformer where you control a vehicle with a gun on one side and a shield on the other. Battle cube-based enemies through diverse locations with casual swipe controls. Features include epic boss fights and unlockable achievements.

Highlights
  • Gun and shield vehicle mechanics
  • Action-packed puzzle platforming
  • Wasteland mutant and cube enemy battles
  • Three unique world locations
  • Epic boss fights
  • Casual swipe and tap controls
  • Unlockable achievements
Features
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In a future where cars are obsolete, the Gunbrick has become a worldwide sensation! The Gunbrick - A gun one side... a shield on the other. Encounter wasteland mutants, crazed nerds, law enforcement and all manner of cube based adversaries. Roll your way through this action packed puzzle platformer. “My neighbour’s dog won’t know what’s hit him when my new Gunbrick arrives. Try pooping on my lawn now Fluffykins” - Bob Corner “Wait until the guys in the office see my new Gunbrick upgrade, rotating water bed anyone... SHWEET!” - Martin Fourside “My pet cat looks adorable in his new Kittybrick, it even comes in sparkly pink!” - Mary Cubebrick *SPECIAL DELIVERY* your new Gunbrick has now been despatched! Features: • A Jam packed world set over three unique locations full of platform puzzling action. • Epic Boss fights, including a thrilling chainsaw death match. • Music by Eirik Suhrke (Creator of Ridiculous Fishing & Super Crate box) • Casual swipe and tap controls, designed specifically for mobile devices. (There are no ugly virtual buttons here) • Unlockable Achievements • Don’t worry parents there are zero In App purchases in this game. Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - Advertising of Nitrome products.

About

Residual

Explore procedurally generated alien planets, harvest resources, and craft sci-fi tools to survive and repair your ship. Uncover ancient secrets in a non-violent survival platformer with a unique nature engine.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated worlds
  • Resource harvesting and crafting
  • Sci-fi tool creation
  • Non-violent survival gameplay
  • Alien lore discovery
  • Customizable survival parameters
Features
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Residual… a new breed of survival platformer from OrangePixel. In a forgotten galaxy full of strange planets, a lone explorer crash-lands on one with an ancient alien secret. Venture forth from the shipwreck across a harsh, unpredictable, procedurally generated world. Harvest food and make campfires to stay alive. Craft science-fiction survival tools like teleporters and mining devices. Unearth alien technology capable of repairing the ship. Hunger, cosmic storms, hostile plant life and the mysterious ooze are among the many obstacles you’ll face. You won’t be alone! PDB (a snarky floating Personal Disaster Bot) will follow and assist you along the way. Sometimes. PDB also helps you discover the hidden lore, revealing the history of the planet as you explore deeper and deeper, assuming you can survive! OrangePixel’s uniquely designed Nature Engine generates 1000’s of planets from a vast set of environment-based rules, then drops explorers on a world brimming with potential. If a planet orbits close to the sun, intense heat, high winds, and sparse vegetation will pose a set of challenges wildly different from other worlds. Further from the sun, long nights make stamina easier to maintain, but reduced solar power turns every suit function—like scanning the planet—into a critical decision. Residual welcomes players to a non-violent survival experience with limitless possibilities and no traditional combat. Jump and descend through colorful, highly detailed pixel art evoking classic 2D platformers. Solve light puzzles to reveal secrets of a long-lost civilization. Select a male, female, or non-binary protagonist, customize survival parameters like how fast time advances, and race to repair the ship, dig up ancient secrets, or collect data entries on hundreds of undiscovered objects.

Screenshots

Gunbrick4 screens
Residual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gunbrick at 4.3 against Residual's 3.5. Gunbrick also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Residual's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 29 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Gunbrick costs $5.99 and Residual $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gunbrick holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Gunbrick's written reviews are positive against 67% of Residual's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gunbrick ships an update every 29 months, Residual monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gunbrick versus Residual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGunbrickResidual
Price$5.99$5.99
Rating4.3 (16 ratings) — better3.5 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews58.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size368 MB116 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNitromePascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Gunbrick

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive58.4%
Neutral12.0%
Negative29.7%

Residual

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Gunbrick

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on certain levels or devices
  • Freezing or loading issues
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Difficulty options or customization
  • Virtual button controls

Residual

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gunbrick

No in-app purchases

None

Residual

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gunbrick free?
Gunbrick costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Residual free?
Residual costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gunbrick or Residual?
Gunbrick is rated higher. Gunbrick averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Residual averages 3.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Gunbrick or Residual have ads?
Neither Gunbrick nor Residual shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gunbrick or Residual?
Gunbrick ships an update every 29 months, and Residual monthly. Most recently, Gunbrick was updated on October 21, 2026 and Residual on October 19, 2026.

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