Artful Intelligence vs Last Gunner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artful Intelligence
Manage the artificial intelligence of a fantasy video game. Your goal is to keep the player engaged and entertained, preventing boredom or rage, to help them reach the final battle.
- Play as game AI
- Manage player emotions
- Prevent boredom and rage
- Guide player to final battle
- Unique simulation gameplay
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Artful Intelligence is a game made by a group of St. Louis developers as part of Global Game Jam 2014. The premise of the game is that you play the role of the artificial intelligence for a fantasy video game. Your job is to watch the player of the game and keep him or her entertained without letting them get too bored or too enraged. Can you keep your user excited long enough to get to through the final battle?
Last Gunner
Engage in intense action with dual-stick controls, eliminating hordes of creatures across survival and defense modes. Upgrade your arsenal with powerful weapons and helpful sub-weapons to protect your base and clear challenging stages.
- Dual-stick controls
- Survival mode
- Defense mode
- Multiple weapon types
- Sub-weapons and traps
- Health potions
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- Great graphics, bold actions, excellent controls! - Dual stick! - Shooting! - Action! - You lookin for a decent game? - A game to fill your needs for more! - The game that will fill up the 2% not fulfilled by any other games! - Last Gunner !!! - Show off your power by controlling the main character and eliminating numerous creatures! [Feature] - Stage - Stages of 2 different modes. - Survival and defense! - Survival - A stage where you have to eliminate a certain number of creatures. - You have to dodge creature attacks and hit back to clear the stage. -Defense - You have to defend your base for the given time. - The only thing left for you if you cannot defend the base is death! - Weapons - You get weapons, traps, hps for killing the red monsters. - Machine gun - Rapid fire, endless ammo! - Shotgun - A wide range of attack. - Rocket launcher - A strong damage to many enemies. - Railgun - Hits enemies in a line very quickly. - Sub weapons - Machine gun - A machine gun that helps players. - UFO - A trap that slows down creatures. - Ect Item - Health potion - Last Gunner is GameCenter Enabled. [How to play] - Movements - Drag the left bottom. - Dodge (Roll) - Double-tap the left bottom. - Attack - Drag the right bottom. (Attacks automatically if enemies spotted.) - Weapon Icons - Change weapons. - Trap - Set traps. - Pause - Contine or Main menu
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Artful Intelligence at 5.0 against Last Gunner's 3.5. Artful Intelligence also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Last Gunner's advantage is update cadence (every 42 months vs every 114 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Last Gunner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Artful Intelligence asks for nothing beyond the download.
Artful Intelligence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Artful Intelligence ships an update every 114 months, Last Gunner every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artful Intelligence | Last Gunner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 114 months | Every 42 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrew Rauscher | playus soft |
Customer experience
Artful Intelligence
Last Gunner
In-app purchases
Artful Intelligence
No in-app purchases
Last Gunner
- No Ads$0.99
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