Comparison

Kill Steve vs Smash the Dummy

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

Head to head
About

Kill Steve

A violent game where players can inflict creative torture on an unlucky character named Steve. Explore various methods to cause him harm repeatedly. The game offers a dark sense of humor and a straightforward premise.

Highlights
  • Creative torture mechanics
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Repetitive gameplay loop
  • Dark humor
Features
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Steve is now the unluckiest man alive! This violent game allows you to brutally bloody and torture Steve in the most creative way possible, again and again... What did Steve do to deserve this fate?

About

Smash the Dummy

This game allows you to relieve stress by attacking a virtual rag-doll with various weapons and magic spells. Engage in a brutal, interactive experience where the dummy fights back, adding an element of challenge to your payback. Collect coins to unlock new tools for your virtual vengeance.

Highlights
  • Attack virtual rag-doll with weapons
  • Use magic spells for combat
  • Dummy fights back
  • Collect coins to unlock items
  • Unlock items by watching videos
  • Variety of weapons and spells
Features
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Relieve your stress and give payback to people who annoy you through our punching game! Punch face, beat up, shoot, and kick the dummy or the virtual voodoo doll. Use any weapons you can or use your magic wand to defeat the rag-doll and kick the boss. If you feel like you want to kick buddy or beat boss, just play this punching game as stress relievers. Just be aware that this is a very brutal game where you can hurt & give payback to your enemies! Have you ever felt upset and angry with someone? Maybe you want to kick buddy or beat boss. Of course, you can’t do it on real life. You will need stress relievers to channel your aggression and violent urge. The best thing about our punching game is that the enemy is not a passive kick the dummy, rag-doll or voodoo doll! It can FIGHT BACK! If you don’t hurry up and kill it, it will destroy you first and you will lose. This mechanic will fire you up to continue to punch face, shoot, throw, and beat up your enemy or kick the boss. The more you play and defeat your virtual enemies or kick the boss, the more coins you can collect. What can you do with coins? You can use it to unlock Weapons or Magic Spells you can use. You can even unlock Weapons or Magic Spells for FREE by watching short videos. What you can do to the rag-doll/ dummy with weapons: -Punch face or other parts of the rag-doll. - Throw cubes. - Hit with baseball bat - Throw basketball / soccerball - Use slap machine - Throw Jelly cannon - Spray red - Throw air grenade - Use elastic ball - Shoot with nerf gun - Shoot with paintball gun - Throw cloud rain or whirlwind - Strikes with various weapons - Use bombs, shockers, axes, and other weapons. - Throw flowers, tomatoes, pumpkins, and watermelon - Shoot with bows and arrows. - Nunchaku, shurikens, grand pianos. What Magic Spells can do: - Wave hands - Spins - Ride the bull - Robo taunt - Rodeo dance - Clap hands - Shadow boxing - Shoulder Wave - Shake the behind You can also use the magic wand to randomly throw, beat up, shock, and hurt the rag-doll. It’s an awesome stress relievers because you don’t have to think of which spell or weapons to use. So, whenever you feel like you want to kick buddy, beat boss, or give any kind of payback to your enemies, simply open our app and deliver your payback to the virtual voodoo doll and kick the dummy! --- Disclaimer: this is a gore brutal game intended for adult only. Parents need to be responsible and keep their children off from this brutal game.

Screenshots

Kill Steve2 screens
Smash the Dummy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kill Steve at none against Smash the Dummy's 10. Kill Steve also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 64%). Smash the Dummy's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (445 vs 53). On price, update cadence 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. Smash the Dummy sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Kill Steve asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smash the Dummy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash the Dummy has 445 ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Kill Steve's written reviews are positive against 64% of Smash the Dummy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kill Steve ships an update every 8 months, Smash the Dummy every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Kill Steve versus Smash the Dummy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKill SteveSmash the Dummy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (53 ratings)4.6 (445 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings53445 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB168 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJohn Daniel EvensenRaffaele Derosa

Customer experience

Kill Steve

All ratings52 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

Smash the Dummy

All ratings445 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

Kill Steve

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Smash the Dummy

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Ads not working
  • Can't grab dummy
  • Game won't load
  • Glitch
  • Background looks like water

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more stages
  • Add healing items
  • Add skins
  • Add more weapons
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  • Make earnings bigger
  • Add maps
  • Make dummy talk
  • Make it more ragdolly
  • Make it official
  • Lower item prices

In-app purchases

None

Kill Steve

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Smash the Dummy

One-time10
  • Bunch of Coins$0.99
  • Pinch of Gems$0.99
  • Boost 2x$0.99
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  • Pile of Coins$1.99
  • Bunch of Gems$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Bag of Coins$3.99
  • Pot of Gems$3.99
  • Chest of Coins$7.99
  • Chest of Gems$7.99

Questions

Is Kill Steve free?
Kill Steve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smash the Dummy free?
Smash the Dummy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kill Steve or Smash the Dummy?
Smash the Dummy is rated higher. Kill Steve averages 4.3 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Smash the Dummy averages 4.6 from 445 ratings.
Do Kill Steve or Smash the Dummy have ads?
Smash the Dummy shows ads; Kill Steve does not.
Which is updated more often, Kill Steve or Smash the Dummy?
Kill Steve ships an update every 8 months, and Smash the Dummy every 13 months. Most recently, Kill Steve was updated on October 24, 2026 and Smash the Dummy on October 21, 2026.

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