Simple Monster Hunter vs Pixel Heroes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Monster Hunter
Engage in thrilling battles against formidable monsters. Collect materials from defeated foes to forge powerful equipment. Explore over 100 unique items for crafting your ultimate gear.
- Defeat powerful monsters
- Collect materials
- Forge super equipment
- Explore over 100 items
- Step-by-step hunter progression
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Beat powerful monsters. Step by step to become a hunter. Beat monsters to get the materials, forging super equipment by materials. More than 100 items to explore and forging. NO IAP. support: ios@game4219.com twitter: https://twitter.com/gd4219
Pixel Heroes
Embark on a thrilling RPG/Roguelike adventure in a randomized world filled with unique heroes, procedurally generated loot, and challenging dungeons. Make critical choices, face epic boss fights, and experience permadeath in this replayable quest to save a township from an ancient cult.
- 30 unique hero classes
- Procedurally generated loot
- 13 mystic dungeons
- 3 unlockable campaigns
- Permadeath
- Detailed hero graveyard
- Crazy NPCs with storylines
- Tons of random events
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„Listen! The end is nigh!! Hear my words and prepare! An ancient cult has set foot in our lands! They call themselves -The Sons of Dawn- and pray to some dark elder god. They have started recruiting people for their cause all over the country. I fear that they want to try to awaken something which should be left sleeping. Something dangerous and sinister! Something that might destroy us all. Spend your last of days wisely...“ Enter the world of PIXEL HEROES and prepare yourself for a thrilling RPG/Roguelike experience like you have never seen before! Explore a randomized world full of hilarious events, deadly dungeons and the weirdest NPCs you will ever meet in a game! Choose three heroes for your party and take them on a journey that will be completely different each time you start a new game. Bath in a pool of procedurally generated loot and defeat the evil forces that threaten the township of Pixton! Features: - 30 unique hero classes to unlock, each with individual skills and attributes. - More procedurally generated axes, spears, maces, swords, shields, bows, crossbows, spells and prayers than a lama has hair on its body. - 13 mystic and beautifully cruel dungeons to explore. With epic bossfights waiting! - 3 campaigns to unlock, each with its own final dungeon and boss. - Permadeath! You know you want it. - A detailed graveyard where you can mourn your dead heroes, compare their statistics and see which of their choices led to their tragic death. - Completely crazy NPCs, each one of them with a significant storyline that you can follow to unlock cool stuff! - Tons of random events that you will encounter on your way, expecting you to make important choices. Will you yell at the cat like a crazy idiot? - Many achievements and unlockables, try to get them all and become the most badass Pixel Heroes player in the world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Pixel Heroes at free against Simple Monster Hunter's paid. Pixel Heroes also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 67 months) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). Simple Monster Hunter's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Simple Monster Hunter costs $0.99 and Pixel Heroes $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Monster Hunter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Simple Monster Hunter's written reviews are positive against 66% of Pixel Heroes's.
Simple Monster Hunter ships an update every 67 months, Pixel Heroes every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Monster Hunter | Pixel Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better | 4.4 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 65.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 67 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #178 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 246 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 肖勇 汪 | Headup GmbH |
Customer experience
Simple Monster Hunter
Pixel Heroes
In-app purchases
Simple Monster Hunter
No in-app purchases
Pixel Heroes
No in-app purchases
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