Dan The Man Platformer vs Polygon Wars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dan The Man Platformer
Embark on a retro-style arcade adventure with a compelling story, upgradeable skills, and an arsenal of weapons. Engage in a classic beat-em-up cooperative multiplayer mode, either with a friend or a quick match, to defeat hordes of enemies and epic bosses.
- Cooperative multiplayer mode
- Retro arcade gameplay
- Upgradeable fighting skills
- Epic arsenal of weapons
- Funny story
- Boss fights
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MULTIPLAYER UPDATE Wait what?! That's right! MULTIPLAYER has finally come to Dan The Man! Our most requested feature of all time comes in the form of a classic "beat up a horde" style coop mode. Grab a friend and relive the glory days of retrocoop split screen... online! Don't have any friends? Dan the Man has you covered. Just search for a quick match and get an instant brawl buddy! We are sure you'll agree that two Dans are better than one, as you both co-operative take to down an Army of Soldiers, Robots, Bats, and even Epic Bosses to clean up the streets of fury. Just make sure you take all the coins! With more than 10 MILLION installs and growing each day, it’s easy to see why Dan the Man has been awarded as one of the “Best of Games for 2016” across the major mobile platforms! With a cracking funny story, awesome upgradeable fighting skills and an epic arsenal of weapons that will make even the most heroic of heroes envious, Dan The Man's arcade fight fest has enough enemies and boss fights to satisfy every hardcore gamer. What are you waiting for? Join the epicness! Be legendary! PLAY NOW! *** Catch up on the story before you play the game! Watch each stage of the web series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuNyw_z6mVdXCUK05PYmwYQ3Yozs9hsGs *** This game contains optional in-app purchases. You can disable this feature in the settings menu of your device. View our privacy policy at http://halfbrick.com/pp Views our terms of service at http://halfbrick.com/tos
Polygon Wars
Engage in a retro-style arcade twin-stick shooter. Navigate your ship, blast enemies, and upgrade your arsenal. Compete for high scores on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Twin-stick shooter gameplay
- On-screen controls or controller support
- In-game shop for upgrades
- Game Center leaderboards
- 16 unlockable achievements
- Regular updates
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Enemies come in all shapes and sizes in Polygon Wars! Polygon Wars is an arcade twin stick shooter with a retro feeling. Use the on screen controls, or connect an external controller to move around and shoot your opponents. How to control your ship is up to you. Get a speed boost or weapons upgrade from the shop to help you reach new heights! Compete with your friends for the highest score with the Game Center leaderboard. Earn up to 16 different achievement, can you collect them all? The game is in active development, and will receive updates on a regular basis Keep coming back for new features! Songs: “Open Sore” (menu), “Final lap” (game time), "Phobos" (at boss time) Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Polygon Wars at none against Dan The Man Platformer's 10. Polygon Wars also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Dan The Man Platformer's advantage is ratings volume (162K vs 8) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and rating 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. Dan The Man Platformer sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Polygon Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Dan The Man Platformer against 4.8 for Polygon Wars. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dan The Man Platformer has 162K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Dan The Man Platformer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Polygon Wars's.
Dan The Man Platformer ships an update every 4 weeks, Polygon Wars every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dan The Man Platformer | Polygon Wars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (162K ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 162K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Halfbrick | Wesley Jacobs |
Customer experience
Dan The Man Platformer
Polygon Wars
Bugs and requests
Dan The Man Platformer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Checkpoint ads not loading
- Weapons getting stuck in the environment
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save progress across devices
- Offline mode without ads
- More varied enemy types and boss fights
- Separate story mode for hard difficulty
Polygon Wars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dan The Man Platformer
- PREMIUM SPECIAL OFFER$0.99
- 1,000 Gold Coins$0.99
- Premium (remove ads)$2.99
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- Starter Pack 1$3.99
- Barry Steakfries$4.99
- 5,500 Gold Coins$4.99
- BARRY + PREMIUM$5.99
- Winter Campaign$5.99
- Fright Zone$5.99
- 12,000 Gold Coins$9.99
Polygon Wars
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dan The Man Platformer free?
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