Comparison

Fallen Sword vs Isleward

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

Head to head
About

Fallen Sword

Embark on an epic retro RPG adventure in a vast fantasy world. Battle monsters, master combat skills, forge powerful gear, and trade with other players. Join guilds and participate in community events for a truly immersive experience.

Highlights
  • Vast fantasy world exploration
  • Fast-paced combat and leveling
  • Deep crafting and trading systems
  • Guild system for social play
  • Regular community events
  • Cross-platform play
Features
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A LEGACY COMES TO THE APP STORE The classic web-based Fallen Sword is now mobile! Dive into fifteen years of history and join thousands of adventurers in the retro RPG world of Erildath. Whether you’re a veteran fan, a returning adventurer, or a new player with a taste for old-school fantasy, the vast realms of Fallen Sword are now available at your fingertips! ENDLESS ADVENTURE Battle through a massive and ever-expanding world! From snowy peaks to treacherous swamps, from fae-touched forests to volcanic plains, you’ll discover thousands of characters, quests, and monsters as you embark on your very own hero’s journey. SLICE & DICE WITH FAST PACED COMBAT Monstrous creatures bar your way at every turn! Level up your character, collect ever more powerful equipment with which to arm yourself, and develop new skills and abilities to enhance your strategy. Learn to duel and hunt other players in exciting PvP challenges! BECOME A MASTER OF TRADE Maybe you are a master blacksmith forging powerful gear from recipes, or a skilled alchemist turning magical fragments into potions that grant special buffs. Maybe you are just a dedicated hunter with a knack for finding rare items! Between a bustling auction house, multiple trading features, and a buff market for casting your own skills on other players, you are bound to find a channel for sharing your skills and earning gold! JOIN A GUILD Adventures are best when shared! With hundreds of thriving guilds, you’ll have no trouble finding or creating a team of like-minded adventurers to aid each other in growing stronger. Join forces with your friends to defeat powerful guild-only enemies, earn and trade gear, build and defend mighty structures, and compete against other players in Guild vs Guild events! REGULAR COMMUNITY EVENTS Rally for battle as Legendary Creatures appear for weekend-long events! Muster your Guild to bring the fight to monstrous Titans, who stride across the Realms! Fend off global invasions with the entire community to earn powerful rewards! PLAY YOUR WAY No need to create a new account! Simply sign in on the app to pick up exactly where you left off in your current Fallen Sword game. Then switch seamlessly between your browser and mobile devices for an effortless cross-platform experience. Game Features: - Thousands of levels worth of content, realms and creatures. - Hundreds of skills and abilities for your character. - Thousands of items and quests to collect. - Trading and auction systems. - Stay social with chat, messaging, friends lists and more! - Variety of exciting community events. - Regular updates and improvements. - An active and dynamic community of thousands of other players.

About

Isleward

This open-source, moddable roguelike MMO blends elements of popular MMOs, ARPGs, and roguelikes. It offers cross-platform play, allowing friends to join the same persistent world from various devices.

Highlights
  • Open-source roguelike MMO
  • Moddable gameplay
  • Cross-platform play
  • Browser-based and client options
  • MMO, ARPG, and Roguelike elements
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Have you ever played a roguelike and thought: You know what would be fun? Slaughtering these monsters with some of my friends! Isleward is the world's only open source, moddable, roguelike MMO. It's a browser-based game that combines all your favorite elements from popular MMOs, ARPGs and Roguelikes. It also features crossplay. Whether you're playing in your browser, on mobile or through the stand-alone client, you'll join the same world as everyone else.

Screenshots

Fallen Sword4 screens
Isleward2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Isleward at 4.6 against Fallen Sword's 3.9. Isleward also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Fallen Sword's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 17). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fallen Sword sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Isleward asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Isleward holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Fallen Sword's written reviews are positive against 67% of Isleward's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Fallen Sword versus Isleward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFallen SwordIsleward
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (72 ratings)4.6 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72 — better17
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB81 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHunted Cow Studios Ltd.Shaun Kichenbrand

Customer experience

Fallen Sword

All ratings72 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral15.2%
Negative36.4%

Isleward

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Fallen Sword

One-time5
  • Fallen Sword Bundle$4.99
  • Fallen Sword Bundle$9.99
  • Fallen Sword Bundle$19.99
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  • Fallen Sword Bundle$39.99
  • Fallen Sword Bundle$59.99
None

Isleward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fallen Sword free?
Fallen Sword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Isleward free?
Isleward is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fallen Sword or Isleward?
Isleward is rated higher. Fallen Sword averages 3.9 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Isleward averages 4.6 from 17 ratings.
Do Fallen Sword or Isleward have ads?
Fallen Sword shows ads; Isleward does not.

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