what it costs

What the games cost, and what the ads do

Every Wireframe Arcade game is free to download and free to play on Google Play, funded by ads, and the one-time $3.99 VIP Arcade Pass removes the interstitial ads permanently; there are exactly four in-app products in total and nothing in any of the ten games is locked behind a payment.

Last checked 2026-08-15 against the shipped Android builds and the Google Play listings.

Free with ads, and one way to remove them for good

Every game in the suite is free to download and free to play, and it is paid for by advertising. That is the arrangement, stated plainly, because a page that is vague about it is a page you should not trust.

Every game is free to play with ads, and the VIP Arcade Pass costs $3.99 once and removes the interstitial ads permanently — a purchase rather than a subscription, with nothing to renew and nothing that expires.

It is the only route to removing them and it is not sold on its own: there is no standalone remove-ads product, no season pass, no battle pass and no subscription of any kind. Rewarded video stays available afterwards if you want to watch one for coins, and it is optional in every game either way.

The four products, in full

That is the complete list. There is no separate remove-ads product, no season pass, no battle pass, no subscription and no loot box.

ProductPriceWhat it does
VIP Arcade Pass$3.99one-time; removes interstitial ads, doubles coins earned, pays a 25,000-coin bonus
Coin pack (small)$0.99optional coins for cosmetics
Coin pack (medium)$2.99optional coins for cosmetics
Coin pack (large)$9.99optional coins for cosmetics

What coins actually buy

Coins buy cosmetics: 264 unlockable vector skins and 13 synthesized chiptune soundtracks per game. They do not buy lives, continues, difficulty, power, progress or anything that changes a score. You earn them by playing, and the coin packs exist for people who would rather not.

How the ads work

Interstitial ads appear between runs, never during one. Rewarded video is optional: you can watch one to continue a run or to top up coins, and declining it costs you nothing that playing would not also earn.

Ads need a connection to load. With no connection the ad request fails, the game does not wait for it, and you see fewer of them or none at all. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why the games play identically in airplane mode.

What is not here

  • No account, no sign-in, no email capture, no social login.
  • No energy meter, no lives timer, no daily reset, no login streak.
  • No paywalled level, mode, character or difficulty.
  • No cloud save, and therefore nothing to lose access to.
  • No cookies, analytics, forms or tracking on this website.

Questions about cost, ads and in-app purchases

Are Wireframe Arcade games free?

Yes. All ten are free to download and free to play on Google Play, supported by ads. There are four optional in-app purchases, and nothing in any game is locked behind them.

Can I pay once to remove the ads permanently?

Yes. The VIP Arcade Pass is $3.99, paid once, and it removes the interstitial ads permanently. It is a purchase rather than a subscription: it does not renew and it does not expire. Rewarded video stays available if you choose to watch one for coins.

What is the VIP Arcade Pass?

A one-time $3.99 purchase that removes interstitial ads permanently, doubles the coins you earn and pays a 25,000-coin bonus. It is not a subscription and does not renew.

Is there a subscription?

No. There are four one-time products and nothing recurring.

Is there a separate remove-ads purchase?

No. Ad removal is part of the VIP Arcade Pass and is not sold on its own. Buying the pass is the only way to remove the interstitials, and it is the same $3.99 either way.

Do the games show ads when I am offline?

Ads need a connection to load, so with no connection you see fewer of them or none. The games never wait for an ad and never block play when one cannot be fetched.

Do coins affect the game?

No. Coins buy cosmetic skins and soundtracks only. They do not buy lives, continues or any advantage, and they never change a score.

Related

Free to play with ads. Four optional in-app purchases: the one-time VIP Arcade Pass $3.99, which removes the interstitial ads permanently, and coin packs $0.99, $2.99 and $9.99.