Steredenn vs Bullet Hell Monday Black
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steredenn
Experience an award-winning blend of classic shoot 'em up action and roguelike elements. Engage in intense space combat with a vast arsenal, challenging boss battles, and procedurally generated environments for endless replayability. Choose from multiple ships and customize your loadout to survive.
- Intense boss battles
- Infinite replayability
- 4 playable ships
- 42 weapons and 30 upgrades
- Daily runs and leaderboards
- Arena mode for boss duels
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Steredenn: Binary Stars is an award-winning mashup of a classic shmup and a rogue-like, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Fly solo, fighting off the worst scourges of space in a never-ending struggle for survival. Steredenn: Binary Stars is the critically acclaimed roguelike-shmup for PC/Mac, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch, awarded "Best Shoot'em Up 2015" by jeuxvideo.com. With a user rating around 90% on Steam and an average press rating of 8/10, it is now available on iOS! Steredenn: Binary Stars is the hugely expanded version of Steredenn. Enjoy infinite replayability and unforgiving gameplay through intense boss fights, (almost) randomly generated environments, twisted space events and a massive arsenal of weapons. Enhance your ship during your flight with upgrades aplenty, and forge your own path across the universe! ► Features - QUICK, INTENSE SESSIONS: with rock-hard boss battles that’ll keep you coming back for “just one more run”. - INFINITE REPLAYABILITY: Endless arcade action, where levels are (practically) randomly-generated. - 4 PLAYABLE SHIPS: each with its own special ability and playstyle. - MIGHTY ARSENAL: 42 weapons and 30 upgrades with tons of customisation options. Driller, ultralaser, giant saw, robots, hypergun? We got you covered. Next-gen abilities, mysterious alien powers, improved weapons? Yep, there's an upgrade for that. - SCORING: beat your friends and be the best! - BOSS RUSH: fight a weekly selection of epic bosses and work your way up the leaderboard. - DAILY RUN: Try to get to number one in a special daily leaderboard where all players share the same run, guns and bosses. Be ready - you only get one chance per day! - ARENA: Unlock a boss by defeating it in the main game. Then, train against it in a 1-on-1 duel. Your guns, your laws, your fight. - THE ULTIMATE EDITION: Loads of new content, reworked balancing, scoring, optimisation & always more polish.
Bullet Hell Monday Black
Experience an intense vertical scrolling shooter with overwhelming bullet barrages. Utilize special weapons to overcome extreme difficulty. Features multiple modes, difficulty settings, and replayability with leaderboards.
- Vertical scrolling 2D shooting
- Special weapon system
- High difficulty levels
- Original and Black modes
- Leaderboards
- Cloud saving
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Bullet hell shmup with special weapons. A high remix version of our previous work, Bullet Hell Monday Vertical Scrolling Danmaku 2D Shooting (STG) Bite the overwhelming barrage with special weapons! --- The difficulty level is very high. If you are not good at this genre, start with the relatively easy ORIGINAL mode or the previous game that even beginners can play. --- ■ Characteristics - 2 weapons and 6 specials - Original mode and Black mode - 4 difficulty settings - Replay functionality - A leader board for all stages on all difficulties - Cloud saving * Stage 1 can be played for free. * Stage 2 and beyond required payment to be played. * Available languages: English/Japanese
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bullet Hell Monday Black at Free against Steredenn's $3.99. Bullet Hell Monday Black also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). Steredenn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On ads 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
Bullet Hell Monday Black is free to download; Steredenn costs $3.99 up front. Bullet Hell Monday Black sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Steredenn asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steredenn holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steredenn has 558 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Steredenn's written reviews are positive against 66% of Bullet Hell Monday Black's.
Steredenn ships an update every 10 months, Bullet Hell Monday Black every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steredenn | Bullet Hell Monday Black |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (558 ratings) — better | 4.4 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better | 66.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 558 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 403 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | TyGAMES | MASAYUKI ITO |
Customer experience
Steredenn
Bullet Hell Monday Black
Bugs and requests
Steredenn
Reported bugs
2 issues- Daily run feature not functioning
- Crashes and performance issues on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to customize controls
- Progression system with permanent upgrades
- More ships and weapon variety
- Boss rush or challenge mode
Bullet Hell Monday Black
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Steredenn
No in-app purchases
Bullet Hell Monday Black
- Ultra Supporter$0.99
- Premium Supporter$1.99
- Stage 3$1.99
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- Stage 4$1.99
- Stage 5$1.99
- Stage 2$1.99
- All Stage Pack$4.99
Questions
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