Comparison

A Firelit Room vs Progress Knight

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

A Firelit Room

An experimental game where players must discover mechanics and objectives through exploration and experimentation. Build a village, make choices, and explore diverse environments without any guidance.

Highlights
  • Discover gameplay mechanics
  • Build a village
  • Make important decisions
  • Explore the world
  • Fly into space
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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The less you know about this game before you play it, the better. If you don't want to spoil the fun, stop reading this and just download the game. There are no instructions so you will have to figure everything out on your own. I'll give you only two UI-related hints — hold ⓘ button and swipe on the buttons with arrows. Some stuff that is waiting for you: • Build a huge village • Make important decisions • Explore the world • Fly into space • No ads or in-app purchases This game is based on an award-wining browser-based text RPG "A Dark Room" by Michael Townsend.

About

Progress Knight

Embark on a fantasy life-simulation where you progress through careers, gain skills, and manage expenses. Choose your path from commoner to military or magic, and eventually prestige for faster progression in subsequent lives.

Highlights
  • Fantasy medieval life simulation
  • Career progression
  • Skill acquisition
  • Expense management
  • Multiple career paths (commoner, military, magic)
  • Prestige system for multipliers
  • Idle gameplay
Features
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Progress Knight is a life-sim incremental based in a fantasy/medieval setting, where you must progress through the career ladder and acquire new skills to become the ultimate being. You first start off as a beggar, barely being able to feed yourself as the days go by. However, over the years you learn new skills and gain plenty of work experience to enter new high paying jobs while managing your living expenses... Will you decide to take the easy route of doing simple commoner work? Or will you go through harsh training to climb the ranks within the military? Or maybe will you decide to study hard and enrol in a magic academy, learning life-impacting spells? Your career path is open-ended, the decision is up to you. Eventually, your age will catch up to you. You will be given an option to prestige and gain xp multipliers (based on the performance of your current life) for your next life at the cost of losing all your levels and assets. Fear not though, as you will re-gain your levels much, much more quickly than in your previous life...

Screenshots

A Firelit Room4 screens
Progress Knight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Progress Knight at Free against A Firelit Room's $0.99. Progress Knight also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (257 vs 7). A Firelit Room's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Progress Knight is free to download; A Firelit Room costs $0.99 up front. Progress Knight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. A Firelit Room asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress Knight holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Progress Knight has 257 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of A Firelit Room's written reviews are positive against 72% of Progress Knight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
A Firelit Room versus Progress Knight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Firelit RoomProgress Knight
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (7 ratings)4.4 (257 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.4% of reviews72.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7257 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB53 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDenis TokarevNoe LE PHILIPPE

Customer experience

A Firelit Room

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral13.4%
Negative31.2%

Progress Knight

All ratings257 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative16.5%

Bugs and requests

A Firelit Room

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Progress Knight

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Progress and data loss issues
  • Skill level resets after transcendence
  • Autopause not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content and updates
  • Auto-purchase feature for the store
  • Offline progress tracking
  • Improved autopause functionality

In-app purchases

None

A Firelit Room

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Progress Knight

One-time1
  • Remove the ads$2.99

Questions

Is A Firelit Room free?
A Firelit Room costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Progress Knight free?
Progress Knight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, A Firelit Room or Progress Knight?
Progress Knight is rated higher. A Firelit Room averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Progress Knight averages 4.4 from 257 ratings.
Do A Firelit Room or Progress Knight have ads?
Progress Knight shows ads; A Firelit Room does not.
Which is updated more often, A Firelit Room or Progress Knight?
A Firelit Room ships an update every 3 weeks, and Progress Knight every 3 weeks. Most recently, A Firelit Room was updated on October 20, 2026 and Progress Knight on October 20, 2026.

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