Comparison

Surgeon Simulator vs 60 Parsecs!

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

Head to head
About

Surgeon Simulator

Take on the role of a surgeon with shaky hands and attempt to save a patient through a series of increasingly absurd surgical procedures. Experience hilarious failures and unexpected outcomes as you operate.

Highlights
  • Perform absurd surgeries
  • Alien autopsy transplants
  • Heart and kidney transplants
  • Teeth and eyes transplants
  • Operate in hospital corridors
  • New control system
  • Unlock achievements
  • Multiplayer mode
Features
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You are the surgeon. Bob is the victim. Do your worst! More difficult than real surgery! Can you rise to the challenge? Take urgent care of the world's unluckiest patient, Bob, with your very own shaky hands. As the would-be surgeon Nigel Burke, perform all kinds of crazy surgeries to try to save his life -- or fail hilariously in the process while poor Bob... Well, dies. Join the ranks of more than three million players who butchered Bob for the amusement of 250 million people who watched the failed surgeries on YouTube, now from the comfort of your awesome iPhone / iPad, anytime, anywhere. Hospitals don't get any better than this, really. - Over 3 Million units sold Worldwide! - No. 1 Paid App on App Store Charts - March 2017 - BAFTA 2014 Nominee: Strategy and Simulation - Mobile Entertainment Awards 2014: Best Design - Develop 2013 Awards Nominee: Best New IP "Some of the most fun you can have screwing up" - IGN "The world's hardest game" - redbull.com "Bob! Booooob! Don't die on me, Bob!" - PewDiePie "Where's the %$£%$@£ heart?!? It's gone! It's on the floor now, and I don't think the 5 seconds rule apply, dude!" - RoosterTeeth "Shhhhh. I Doctor Now." - Anonymous meme creator. Awesome work, mate! You should have signed it, though... In this spiffy version of the classic game, you'll find: - Six Alien Autopsy transplants, featuring organs you’ve never heard of (and will barely be able to pronounce); - The trusty Heart and Double-Kidney transplants; - Two new surgeries: Give Bob a smile with Teeth transplant, and a great look with Eyes transplant; - Feeling lucky? Abandon the Operation Theatre and try your hand on a moving trolley in the hospital corridors; - Brand-new control system: gone is Nigel's left arm, in are your nimble fingers; - More than 50 new achievements to unlock and prove you rule; - Tons more we won't tell you so we don't spoil the surprise; - Multiplayer. Show your friends who's the boss. It's a good day to save lives.

About

60 Parsecs!

Embark on a dark comedy sci-fi adventure where you have 60 seconds to scavenge supplies and crew before your space station explodes. Lead your unprepared astronauts through the cosmos, making tough decisions to survive and find a new home in a procedurally generated, permadeath journey.

Highlights
  • Scavenge and evacuate in 60 seconds
  • Dark comedy sci-fi setting
  • Crew and resource management
  • Procedural generation
  • Permadeath adventure
  • Crafting and exploration
Features
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Atomic Space Age was a blast! Until it became the Post-Apocalyptic Space Age. Your space station is about to explode and you only have 60 seconds before things get messy. What (or who) will you grab before you make a mad dash for the emergency shuttle and begin your journey into THE GREAT UNKNOWN? This is 60 Parsecs!, a dark comedy sci-fi adventure set in the Atomic Space Age - complete with all the Cold War paranoia, chrome-plated wall accents and cockroaches with space helmets. Lead a crew of woefully unprepared astronauts, equipped with whatever junk - sorry - "supplies" you can grab before blasting off, on a journey across the cosmos that's best described as misguided. Make the best of it, while dealing with soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. Will you have what it takes to find a new home and survive? Bon voyage! SCAVENGE & EVACUATE With only 60 seconds before nukes reduce the space station to floating particles in the vacuum of space, frantically grab whatever supplies and crew you can before getting out of there. You never know when that sock puppet will come in handy. SURVIVE & DECIDE Space funerals are inconvenient, so try to avoid dying where possible. Use your limited supplies and (hopefully not limited) wits to make difficult choices and ensure your survival, even though the odds are definitely stacked against you. EXPLORE & CRAFT Duct tape fixes all problems, but how do you fix (or at least craft) duct tape? Chart expeditions to find resources, craft survival essentials and explore strange new worlds in a procedural, very-much-permadeath adventure. LEAD & PROTECT As captain, it's your duty to keep the crew happy - they're less likely to kill you that way. Manage relationships as you watch them grow closer and hopefully not throw each other out the airlock.

Screenshots

Surgeon Simulator4 screens
60 Parsecs!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 60 Parsecs! at 4.7 against Surgeon Simulator's 3.8. 60 Parsecs! also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 56%) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Surgeon Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Surgeon Simulator costs $4.99 and 60 Parsecs! $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

60 Parsecs! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 419 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Surgeon Simulator's written reviews are positive against 73% of 60 Parsecs!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surgeon Simulator ships an update every 3 months, 60 Parsecs! every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Surgeon Simulator versus 60 Parsecs!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurgeon Simulator60 Parsecs!
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.8 (1.1K ratings)4.7 (419 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better419
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#68 — better#140
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size491 MB459 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperInfogrames LLCRobot Gentleman sp. z o.o.

Customer experience

Surgeon Simulator

All ratings1,067 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews825 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative34.3%

60 Parsecs!

All ratings419 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative15.6%

User reviews

Surgeon Simulator

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤌 Fun and entertaining
  • 👍 Good graphics
  • 🚀 Challenging gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🤯 Frustrating controls
  • 🤔 Limited number of levels

60 Parsecs!

From 419 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🚀 Lots of replayability
  • 💡 Interesting characters and storylines
  • 👍 Smooth controls and interface
  • 👍 Great graphics and art style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Performance issues on older devices
  • 🤔 Can feel repetitive after a while
  • 🤔 Some mechanics could be better explained

Bugs and requests

Surgeon Simulator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on certain levels
  • Controls are unresponsive at times
  • Achievements reset when exiting the game

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more surgery types (brain, ambulance, TF2)
  • Improve controls and camera movement
  • Add difficulty settings
  • Fix achievement reset issue

60 Parsecs!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes at the end of a playthrough
  • Certain events/choices not working as expected
  • Screen goes black on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more planets and environments to explore
  • Implement controller support
  • Provide difficulty options
  • Add more language support (e.g. Spanish, Vietnamese, etc.)

In-app purchases

None

Surgeon Simulator

No in-app purchases

None

60 Parsecs!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Surgeon Simulator free?
Surgeon Simulator costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 60 Parsecs! free?
60 Parsecs! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Surgeon Simulator or 60 Parsecs!?
60 Parsecs! is rated higher. Surgeon Simulator averages 3.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while 60 Parsecs! averages 4.7 from 419 ratings.
Do Surgeon Simulator or 60 Parsecs! have ads?
Neither Surgeon Simulator nor 60 Parsecs! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surgeon Simulator or 60 Parsecs!?
Surgeon Simulator ships an update every 3 months, and 60 Parsecs! every 4 months. Most recently, Surgeon Simulator was updated on October 19, 2026 and 60 Parsecs! on October 19, 2026.
Which is more popular, Surgeon Simulator or 60 Parsecs!?
Surgeon Simulator currently peaks at #68 in the App Store charts, and 60 Parsecs! at #140. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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