Dead Cells vs Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game

Dead Cells

Playdigious
Google Play
$179.5K/mo
~$2.15M/yr · 1.9M installs
VS

Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game

Playgendary Limited
Google Play
$867.5K/mo
~$10.41M/yr · 506.4M installs
Revenue winner Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game wins +383% vs other
Installs winner Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game wins +26942% vs other
MAU winner Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game wins +7111% vs other
Rating winner Dead Cells wins +17% vs other

Why Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game earns roughly 5× more per month than Dead Cells - $867.5K vs $179.5K.
  2. Premium pricing. Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game charges $9.95/mo vs Dead Cells's $1.98/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game has ~506.4M lifetime installs vs Dead Cells's ~1.9M - 270.4× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Dead Cells
vs
Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$179.5K
$867.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.15M
$10.41M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.9M
506.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
112K
8.1M
App Store rating
4.81★
4.13★
Total ratings
126K
3.6M
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$1.98
$9.95
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Dead Cells

Playdigious
Google Play
Category
Action
Price
USD7.99
Released
Jun 2, 2020
Last updated
Sep 8, 2025
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
3.5.9
Languages
-
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Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game

Playgendary Limited
Google Play
Category
Action
Price
Free
Released
May 22, 2018
Last updated
Mar 31, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
2.16.2
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Dead Cells or Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game? v
Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game earns about $867.5K per month, while Dead Cells earns about $179.5K. That is a 4.8× revenue gap (~$688.0K more per month for Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game). Annual revenue: Dead Cells ≈ $2.15M/year, Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game ≈ $10.41M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Dead Cells or Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game? v
Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game leads with about 506.4M estimated downloads vs 1.9M for Dead Cells - a 270.4× gap. Dead Cells reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Dead Cells and Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Action category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Dead Cells and Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game offer? v
Dead Cells: IAP range $0.49 - $7.99 per item. Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Dead Cells runs a "Paid app ($7.99)" monetization model; Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game runs "Free game · IAP-driven (0 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Dead Cells or Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game? v
Dead Cells edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Dead Cells 6K ratings, Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game 195K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Dead Cells vs Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $179.5K for Dead Cells and $867.5K for Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Action) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Dead Cells or Kick the Buddy-Fun Action Game to a different Google Play app? v
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