Kill Steve vs Severance Pain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Creative torture mechanics
- Physics-based gameplay
- Repetitive gameplay loop
- Dark humor
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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?
Severance Pain
A brutal and bloody roguelike top-down slasher where players whirl around to defeat enemies. Expect frequent deaths as you delve into dangerous dungeons to retrieve valuable artifacts.
- Roguelike top-down slasher gameplay
- Fast-paced, high-difficulty combat
- Dungeon exploration
- Artifact collection
- Unique movement mechanic
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Brutal and bloody roguelike topdown slasher. Expect to die a lot, and quickly. You have only one move - whirl around like a maniac and woe betide any fool that gets in your way. Delve into dungeons like the Cursed Crypt of Neverending Tragedies and retrieve valuable artifacts like the Forbidden Grimoire of Inscrutable Vampire Mating Rituals. For example.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kill Steve at none against Severance Pain's shown. Kill Steve also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). Severance Pain's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (91% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Severance Pain holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Kill Steve's written reviews are positive against 91% of Severance Pain's.
Kill Steve ships an update every 8 months, Severance Pain every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kill Steve | Severance Pain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (52 ratings) | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | John Daniel Evensen | Vladimir Jovanovic |
Customer experience
Kill Steve
Severance Pain
In-app purchases
Kill Steve
No in-app purchases
Severance Pain
No in-app purchases
