Crossy Road vs Thickety Creek

How do Crossy Road and Thickety Creek compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Crossy Road	Thickety Creek
Genre	Family	Family
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	medium	easy
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	medium	none
Typical session	short	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.6 / 5
Ratings count	734,126	192
Reviews say	What players like Highly addictive and entertaining gameplay Large character collection (300+ skins to unlock) Works offline without WiFi requirement Common complaints Excessive ads after just 2 runs; many ads even with optional viewing Difficulty spikes sharply for new players with too many cars No character preference switching; locked into random unlocks	What players like Beautiful hand-painted graphics Engaging story and atmosphere Relaxing yet mentally stimulating Common complaints Game too short for paid price Puzzles lack challenge compared to genre alternatives Unintuitive item-location matching requires excessive clicking

Crossy Road — An endless arcade hopper where you guide quirky retro characters across roads, trains, and rivers while collecting 300+ unlockable characters. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure) Thickety Creek — A hand-painted point-and-click adventure through a mysterious forest filled with puzzles and hidden items to uncover a lost fortune. (rated easy difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.