Comparison

Guild Wars® Reforged vs Pixel Gun 2

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

Head to head
About

Guild Wars® Reforged

Embark on a fantasy adventure in this award-winning MMORPG, now enhanced for mobile. Experience a complete saga with hundreds of quests, customizable builds from ten professions, and tactical battles with allies or other players.

Highlights
  • Complete saga experience
  • Hundreds of quests
  • Ten professions with unique builds
  • Thousands of skills
  • Party up with players or NPCs
  • PvP and PvE challenges
  • Cross-play and cross-progression
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Live a fantasy adventure in Guild Wars Reforged, the award-winning MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE PLAYING GAME enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements and enhanced for mobile play. Experience the complete saga: from the fall of Ascalon to the desperate stand against Nightfall, every campaign is an epic chapter of Tyria history. And with full cross-play and cross-progression, you'll play how you want, when you want. Choose your adventure: Incredible stories await across 3 massive parallel campaigns. Explore hundreds of quests, challenging missions, holiday event surprises, and more! Choose your build: Craft unique builds from ten professions and personalize your gameplay by combining armor sets, weapons, and thousands of skills. As you adventure, explore new lands, and conquer new foes, your arsenal of abilities will grow. Choose your allies: Party up with other players, create a team of reliable NPC henchmen, or recruit customizable heroes to join you in fun, tactical battles. Choose your challenge: Test your team's mettle against other players in PVP—or complete a PvE campaign to challenge yourself with hard-mode versions of maps and missions.

About

Pixel Gun 2

Engage in fast-paced multiplayer battles with destructible arenas and dynamic gameplay. Experiment with unique character builds and adapt to an ever-changing world where reality bends.

Highlights
  • Destructible arenas
  • Short, explosive matches
  • Customizable character builds
  • Dynamic gameplay and evolving world
  • Non-stop FPS action
  • Cross-platform play planned
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Pixel Gun 2 is a multiplayer shooter built on disruption — of old rules, map architecture, traditional loadouts and more! Short matches. Destructible arenas. Wild builds. Non-stop FPS action. Ever-evolving world. A piece of controlled mayhem that fits in your pocket — or takes over your evening. Jump in for a few PvP battles or lose track of time (with no regrets). Experiment with loadouts, improvise in ever-changing environments, embrace the chaos, and make the most out of the reality-bending Pixelstorm! EVERY MATCH HITS DIFFERENT Change is the only constant in Pixel Gun 2. The battle arena starts falling apart with every shot fired. Creative builds clash, throwing surprises at everyone involved. As the PvP match goes on, you evolve too — stacking perks, adapting on the fly, and leaning into whatever the situation demands. Will you end up a life-stealing headshot machine, a melee juggernaut, a speed-running gadgeteer — or something nobody saw coming? Next time it will be different. And that’s the point. WRECK HAVOC. MAKE A MESS Pixel Gun 2 maps are breaking apart — and you’d better take advantage of it. Use the destructible environment for smart tactical moves or just for the sake of pure fun. No cover is built to last. If something’s in your way — blow a hole through it. If someone’s camping — make a few “architectural adjustments” to their hiding spot. You’re not here to build. You’re here to destroy. The battlefield keeps changing — and so do your options. YOUR CHARACTER. YOUR BUILD. YOUR VIBE Pixel Gun 2 is all about playing your way. Mix characters, weapons, gadgets, armor, perks, and abilities into builds that feel powerful, clever, aggressive, weird — or all of the above. Get creative. Break the meta. Find something that just clicks. CROSS DIMENSIONS. MORE PLATFORMS AHEAD. Start your journey on mobile, with Pixel Gun 2 coming to PC in the future. Cross-platform play and shared progression are planned, so your progress and rewards can travel with you between devices. Play now — and stay tuned for PC release news. THE PIXELSTORM IS RISING The world of Pixel Gun 2 isn’t about order or stability — it’s about constant change and adaptation. A strange calamity keeps bending the rules of reality, opening new possibilities (and dangers) over time. New heroes, gear, abilities, seasons, game modes, and even entire worlds appear in this ever-shifting multiverse. Pixel Gun 2 is a mobile first-person shooter that evolves around — and for — you. Expect the unexpected.

Screenshots

Guild Wars® Reforged4 screens
Pixel Gun 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Gun 2 at none against Guild Wars® Reforged's shown. Pixel Gun 2 also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Guild Wars® Reforged's advantage is review sentiment (61% vs 46%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Guild Wars® Reforged sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Gun 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Gun 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 546 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Guild Wars® Reforged's written reviews are positive against 46% of Pixel Gun 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Guild Wars® Reforged versus Pixel Gun 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuild Wars® ReforgedPixel Gun 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (546 ratings)4.4 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings5461.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB777 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperArenaNet, LLC.Cubic Games

Customer experience

Guild Wars® Reforged

All ratings541 ratings
Positive78.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative31.4%

Pixel Gun 2

All ratings1,336 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews437 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral14.2%
Negative40.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Guild Wars® Reforged

One-time10
  • Xunlai Storage Pane$3.99
  • Xunlai Material Storage Expansion$3.99
  • Extra Character Slot$5.99
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  • Prophecies Skill Unlock Pack$5.99
  • Prophecies (Ad Free)$6.99
  • Guild Wars® Factions$6.99
  • Guild Wars® Nightfall$6.99
  • Purveyor's Bell$6.99
  • Guild Wars® Eye of the North™$9.99
  • Infinite Identification Kit$9.99
10 purchases

Pixel Gun 2

One-time10
  • Great Offer 1$0.99
  • Great Offer 2$1.99
  • Great Offer 3$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Great Offer 5$4.99
  • Great Offer 6$5.99
  • Great Offer 7$6.99
  • Great Offer 8$7.99
  • Great Offer 10$9.99
  • Great Offer 15$14.99
  • Great Offer 20$19.99

Questions

Is Guild Wars® Reforged free?
Guild Wars® Reforged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Gun 2 free?
Pixel Gun 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Guild Wars® Reforged or Pixel Gun 2?
Pixel Gun 2 is rated higher. Guild Wars® Reforged averages 4.2 out of 5 from 546 ratings, while Pixel Gun 2 averages 4.4 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Guild Wars® Reforged or Pixel Gun 2 have ads?
Guild Wars® Reforged shows ads; Pixel Gun 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Guild Wars® Reforged or Pixel Gun 2?
Guild Wars® Reforged ships an update every 9 days, and Pixel Gun 2 every 9 days. Most recently, Guild Wars® Reforged was updated on November 11, 2026 and Pixel Gun 2 on November 9, 2026.

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