Micro Battles 3 vs 12 orbits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Micro Battles 3
Engage in head-to-head 8-bit style battles with friends on a single device. Relive classic arcade fun with games like Snakes, Cars, Robots, and Samurais. New challenges are added daily for endless entertainment.
- Head-to-head battles
- 8-bit retro style
- Single device multiplayer
- Daily changing battles
- Classic game themes
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Whoop your friends in HEAD-TO-HEAD battles, 8-BIT STYLE! Picking up where the glorious 2-player based video games of the 1970-1980s left off, it's time to bring back SNAKES, CARS, ROBOTS and SAMURAIS to once again settle the score between players. HOW TO PLAY Using two buttons (one for each player) on a single device, you can place your portable battleground anywhere. Grab a friend, neighbor, dog or anyone who's up for a battle, pick a strategy and LAUGH OUT LOUD as you chase, whack, bump into or outsmart your opponent. Battles are changed on a daily basis, so be sure to open the app every day for another fun challenge. - - - - - - - - - - - - * Micro Battles 3 is free from ads and playable at no cost. A premium upgrade is provided as an optional one-time in-app purchase, allowing players to access mini-games outside the daily scheme. * Friend not included ;)
12 orbits
This app offers a unique local multiplayer experience for 2 to 12 players on a single device. It features four distinct game modes, simple controls, and adjustable difficulty for any group size. Enjoy competitive or team-based play with quick setup and easy learning curves.
- Local multiplayer for 2-12 players
- Four distinct game modes
- Single-screen gameplay
- Simple one-button controls
- Adjusts to any player count
- Quick setup
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The only local multiplayer game that lets you challenge 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... up to 12 players at once on just one screen. One smartphone or tablet is all you need. • Competitive local multiplayer for everyone at once. Anywhere. On anything. • 4 vastly different game modes to choose from • Setup takes seconds, even for 12 players at once • The basic mechanics are simple and can be taught to a group quickly • ...yet they provide you with a lot of room for mastery and competition • Works just as well for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… players as it does for 12 You can choose from 4 very different game modes: ○ Arena Fill the arena with spheres of your own color and avoid those of your opponents. A bullet hell game that constantly grows more intense. ○ Multiball (Teams) Kind of like football, but with exploding goals and multiple balls at once, which change color all the time. Teamplay is more important than mastery. ○ Trails Collect spheres to grow longer than your opponents. Then block their path and pay attention to your own. And should the other players try to keep their distance, just fling your spheres at them. ○ Blizzard (Teams) Think tennis. But you have to defend against a whole shower of spheres at once, and send them right back where they came from. Whether you prefer playing local multiplayer versus or as a team, defensively or offensively, competitively or in utter chaos, anything is possible. Even so, 12 orbits requires only one button per player. This makes it easy to learn and teach others how to play it, yet it still provides a surprising amount of control for perfectionists. 12 orbits is a local multiplayer game for many players at once. But of course, you can also start off with a smaller group. All game modes automatically adjust to 2 players just as well as to any other number: 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, 9 players, 10 players, 11 players, and of course 12 players can all easily compete with each other. Just try it out! The free version comes with all of the features and no more than a few ads. No micro transactions, no sharing of your data, and no unnecessary permissions. If you enjoy 12 orbits and would like to support me in its development, you can buy an ad-free version right here, in the Store. Thank you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 12 orbits at 4.7 against Micro Battles 3's 3.9. 12 orbits also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 56%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 45 months). Micro Battles 3's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (152 vs 41). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Micro Battles 3 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 12 orbits sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
12 orbits holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 152 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Micro Battles 3's written reviews are positive against 91% of 12 orbits's.
Micro Battles 3 ships an update every 45 months, 12 orbits every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Micro Battles 3 | 12 orbits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (152 ratings) | 4.7 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.7% of reviews | 90.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 45 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Donut Games | Roman Uhlig |
Customer experience
Micro Battles 3
12 orbits
Bugs and requests
Micro Battles 3
Reported bugs
13 issues- Cannot play any minigame you want (premium only)
- Game needs money to play more than 1 game
- Only battle daily, wants money for anything else
- Only one game available
- Game is hard to control
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- Player chooses game for you
- Frozen app due to hack/exploit
- Keeps giving snakes even if deleted
- Cannot get the snakey game
- Only one match per day without paying
- Randomizer lands on the same game
- Racing game has no use for button
- Totem game struggles with single button
Requested features
8 requests- Make more Micro Battles games
- Add Micro Battles 4
- Add cooperative 2 player vs AI
- Add hunger games
- Make all games free
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- Add a 'best of' compilation
- Add Bluetooth/wifi for multiplayer
- Add thief town game mode
12 orbits
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Micro Battles 3
- Premium$1.99
12 orbits
- “Remove all ads from 12 orbits, forever”$1.99
Questions
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