Xibalba vs Spartan Runner.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xibalba
Embark on a retro first-person shooter adventure through the Mayan Underworld. Explore diverse environments, battle dangerous creatures, and utilize powerups and weapons. Experience immersive gameplay with intuitive controls and a captivating atmosphere.
- Retro first-person shooter gameplay
- Mayan Underworld setting
- Diverse environments (jungles, catacombs, bases)
- Multiple enemy types
- Variety of weapons and powerups
- Challenging hard mode
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Fight your way through the Mayan Underworld in this retro First Person Shooter. The path leads you through lush jungles, eerie catacombs and high tech bases filled with dangerous creatures, traps, vital powerups and weapons. The intuitive and precise controls provide an amazing gaming experience while the dark ambient soundtrack and high quality sound effects build a dense atmosphere. The game features 6 different levels, 3 weapons, 6 types of enemies and an epic boss battle. And if that isn't enough, you can test your skill with the even more challenging "hard mode". Headphones recommended!
Spartan Runner.
Embark on an action-packed 2D adventure where you equip a Spartan with a shotgun to battle an alien invasion. Explore over 40 missions, customize your character, and upgrade weapons. Compete with friends on the global leaderboard.
- Old-school 2D graphics
- Over 40 missions
- Spartan customization
- Weapon upgrades
- Rewards and achievements
- Weekly challenges
- Global leaderboard
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Here comes a new fun action running game that will keep you entertained for weeks! Equip your Spartan with his shotgun to go on a wild ride in his endless quest to stop the Alien invasion. FEATURES: * Discover old-school 2D graphics * Over 40 missions to complete * Customise your Spartan with emblematic Helmets * Splatter everything on your way with awesome vehicles * Upgrade your favourite weapons to make them devastating * Earn rewards and achievements from each game * New challenges every week * Test your reflexes with easy-to-learn controls * Battle against your friends in the world leaderboard Download Spartan Runner now for a new action packed adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Xibalba at none against Spartan Runner.'s 6. Spartan Runner.'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 18 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Spartan Runner. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Xibalba asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Xibalba against 4.8 for Spartan Runner.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 556 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Xibalba's written reviews are positive against 89% of Spartan Runner.'s.
Xibalba ships an update every 18 months, Spartan Runner. every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xibalba | Spartan Runner. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (556 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 556 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PhobosLab | William Bourdon |
Customer experience
Xibalba
Spartan Runner.
User reviews
Xibalba
From 556 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Retro/nostalgic feel
- 🎮 Great controls
- 💎 Unique atmosphere and story
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional control issues
- ⏱️ Short campaign length
- 🤖 Limited enemy/weapon variety
- 🔍 Lack of crosshair/aiming assistance
Spartan Runner.
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👌 Perfecto
- 🎮 New game idea
- 🕹️ Halo in a nutshell
- 👍 Good before bed game
- 🏃♂️ Spartan runner
Room to improve
- 🙅♂️ Bad app support
- 🙅♂️ Worst game ever
- 💰 Good if you don't care about ads
- 🐛 Fix level 16
- 🙅♂️ Can't X out of ads
Bugs and requests
Xibalba
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game not working on certain devices
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content
- Multiplayer mode
- Level editor
- Weapon/enemy upgrades
- Checkpoint system
Spartan Runner.
Reported bugs
5 issues- Level 16 the add always freezes up and I have restarted the level 3 times
- Mission 21 is impossible to get all 12 marines
- The banshee levels could be fixed and the automatic weapons should kill elites in two or three shots, not one. The automatic weapons could be given more ammo to counter this. Also brutes, hunters and elites should deal more damage than jackals and there should be energy sword elites and maybe gravity hammer brutes later in the run that can kill you in one hit
- All of the characters in the game are copyrighted so kiss money goodbye, fake halo game
- The enemy sprites need to be added instead of just blobs cause the blobs just get in the way of the experience of the game it's supposed to feel like halo yes well the enemy's you can't tell what they are you can't tell if it's forerunners or Covinet or Prometheus you can't tell
Requested features
6 requests- Make a RTS halo game!
- Put this spartan into super Mario bros?
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Playable Eleates (Elites) where you can customize their armor and stuff and get like different suits with an alien weapon
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- More customization options and select which part to be colored
In-app purchases
Xibalba
No in-app purchases
Spartan Runner.
- Credits pack 1$1.99
- Credits pack 2$2.99
- Ads removal$2.99
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- Credits pack 3$4.99
- Credits pack 4$8.99
- Credits pack 5$49.99
Questions
Is Xibalba free?
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Which has better reviews, Xibalba or Spartan Runner.?
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Which is updated more often, Xibalba or Spartan Runner.?
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