Comparison

Syobon Action vs Dark Kosmos

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

Head to head
About

Syobon Action

Embark on a challenging platformer adventure where you play as a brave cat-emoticon to rescue a sacred artifact. Navigate a world filled with cunning traps and unexpected obstacles, requiring skill and logical thinking to overcome. Save the 2ch world from an evil chicken's manipulation.

Highlights
  • Jump and run gameplay
  • Challenging traps and obstacles
  • Multiple lives system
  • Trial-and-error puzzle solving
  • Parody of classic platformers
Features
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The world of 2ch is in danger! The Muscular Evil Chicken has stolen the sacred artichoke from the great forum administrator. (`O '*) With the power of sacred artichoke, he tries to manipulate the peaceful emoticons inhabitants of 2ch for his evil purposes. "O (¯ - ¯ *) The only hope of salvation of the 2ch world lies in Syobon (`· ω · '), a young cat-emoticon. Syobon, with its multiple lives, is the only one who can challenge the power of the sacred artichoke and beat the muscular chicken. (〃 ^ ∇ ^) o You'll need to be careful and memorise a thousand traps that you face in your way. Only you and Syobon with his infinite lives can save the 2ch world. Syobon Action is a jump and run Game/Platforms parody of Super ***** Bros. But there are traps and nasty peculiarities which make the game more hard. A simple run and jump is not possible. Skill and a bit of imagination is needed here. The game requires the player to think logically through trial-and-error in order to complete the game.

About

Dark Kosmos

Features
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Dark Kosmos is a pixel-art arcade space shooter. Pilot a UFO through the stars, dodge meteors, shoot down enemy ships and keep an eye on your fuel — without it, the flight is over. The game was imagined and drawn by a young creator — every ship, meteor and boss started as a drawing on paper. HOW TO PLAY • Drag your finger to steer the UFO and tap FIRE to launch a rocket. • Fuel burns on its own as you fly, and every crash costs you more. A blue canister tops you up a little, a red barrel fills the tank. • Ammo has a price: an ammo pickup gives you +10 rockets but costs one bar of fuel. Want to shoot? Pay with fuel. • Survive every level until the countdown ends. Between levels, bonus stages rain down fuel and ammo. ENEMIES • Fighters that turn towards you. • Battleships — tough as steel, and they shoot back. • Meteor creatures: pink ones drift slowly, spiky ones bounce off the edges of the screen. • At the end of every round, a giant boss battleship. Beat it three times, across three increasingly tough rounds. FOR EVERY PILOT • Three difficulty levels: normal, easy and very easy — where your fuel never runs out. • High scores on your device and Game Center leaderboards, one for each difficulty. • Play in English, Polish or Spanish — pick the language in the menu. • On iPhone and iPad. • No ads and no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Syobon Action4 screens
Dark Kosmos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dark Kosmos at none against Syobon Action's shown. Dark Kosmos also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Syobon Action's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Syobon Action ships an update every 3 months, Dark Kosmos weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Syobon Action versus Dark Kosmos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSyobon ActionDark Kosmos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB47 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGorka Ramirez OlabarrietaInterSID

Bugs and requests

Syobon Action

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Impossible to complete certain levels
  • Checkpoint resets and softlocks
  • Enemies and obstacles behaving unexpectedly
  • Controls not registering inputs properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and game modes
  • Easier difficulty options
  • Level editor or creator
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Dark Kosmos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Syobon Action

No in-app purchases

None

Dark Kosmos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Syobon Action free?
Syobon Action is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dark Kosmos free?
Dark Kosmos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Syobon Action or Dark Kosmos have ads?
Syobon Action shows ads; Dark Kosmos does not.
Which is updated more often, Syobon Action or Dark Kosmos?
Syobon Action ships an update every 3 months, and Dark Kosmos weekly. Most recently, Syobon Action was updated on October 26, 2026 and Dark Kosmos on October 24, 2026.

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