Kill Steve vs Playground
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?
Playground
Engage in a virtual sandbox where you can experiment with ragdoll physics. Destroy stickmen using various weapons and explosives, build your own scenarios, and compete for high scores in multiple game modes. It's a space for creative destruction and virtual fun.
- Ragdoll physics experiments
- Multiple destruction modes
- Variety of weapons and explosives
- Build custom scenarios
- Score-based gameplay
- Virtual sandbox environment
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Playground: sandbox, an exciting game in which you can repeat the cruel experiments on Ragdoll. You can do anything here! Blast, throw, build your own world, cut and destroy the stickman, getting points! It's just virtual fun, so don't be afraid of hard collisions and bloody scenes. So don't miss the chance to experience something new! Here you can destroy Ragdoll in several different modes: "Sandbox" - build the game the way you want: you can blast, destroy and scatter a variety of stickmen! "Destroy stickman" - destroy the stickman in various ways: you can explode using grenades or barrels of gasoline, you can shoot using various weapons, and you can hit the stickman against the walls! "Cut the stickman" - destroy the stickman in flight! But be careful and don't detonate the bomb! "Angry Ragdoll " - Launch ragdolls from a rohtaka and destroy buildings with goblins to win! As in the well-known game! You can play with unique weapons. The game has explosives with different destructive powers and ways to release energy. This is the best playground sandbox simulator here you can: Come up with your own unique scenarios and do anything, blow up, shoot various weapons, arrange ragdoll fights, blow up fuel barrels and various grenades, buy new regdolls and ruthlessly destroy them! Playground: sandbox is a collection of the best of your favorite modes, in Playground: sandbox everyone will find their favorite mode. Kill the regdoll using a variety of methods: rockets, barrels of fuel, grenades, pistols and machine guns! Cut the regdoll, get points and set records! Blow up your stories in this sandbox! Destroy goblins by shooting regdolls with a slingshot! In the future, we will add the ability to build houses and cars so that you can do anything in Playground: sandbox and your stories will be more ambitious and exciting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kill Steve at 75% against Playground's 0%. Kill Steve also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Playground's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kill Steve holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kill Steve has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Kill Steve's written reviews are positive against 0% of Playground's.
Kill Steve ships an update every 8 months, Playground every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Kill Steve | Playground |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (53 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 days — better |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 294 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | John Daniel Evensen | Ramil Magsumov |
Customer experience
Kill Steve
Playground
In-app purchases
Kill Steve
No in-app purchases
Playground
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Kill Steve free?
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