Comparison

Fallen Sword vs Baalzebub

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

Baalzebub

Embark on a turn-based dungeon crawl through 14 randomly generated levels of Hell. Collect items from fallen foes, manage your inventory, and survive by hunting for food. Compete for a high score on the global leaderboard in this retro-inspired survival game.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Permadeath
  • Procedural level generation
  • Limited inventory management
  • Retro styling
  • Global high score leaderboard
Features
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You do not remember how this happened - all of a sudden you found yourself in Hell! Make your way out through the 14 levels of randomly generated infernal dungeon, get keys, food, weapons and other items from dead monsters, overcome bosses and escape that horror! Take a chance to beat the high score in the global Hall of Fame. This is a survival turn-based dungeon crawler game resembling the classics from decades ago. Game controls: Swipe up, down, left or right to move your hero. Tap locations to set spell cast target or to shoot arrows. Game features: - easy to control on mobile device touch screens - easy to play - permadeath (if your character dies, the game is over) - turn-based gameplay - limited inventory - traps - hidden items - you must hunt for food to survive - inventory weight matters - more than a hundred of different creatures - enemies can steal your inventory items - attack and shooting accuracy based on weapon condition and luck - weapon wear and repair - procedural level generation - stamina, mana and health recover by using potions, scrolls and food only - retro styling with a smooth camera movement - no tutorials, no guides, no hand-holding - your global rank is shown throughout the game Game progress is saved automatically with every level completion and also from the menu. An average gameplay (all 14 levels) can take up to 2-3 hours if you are lucky. Good luck!

Screenshots

Fallen Sword4 screens
Baalzebub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Baalzebub at 5.0 against Fallen Sword's 3.9. Baalzebub also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Fallen Sword's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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 and Baalzebub sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Baalzebub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fallen Sword has 72 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Fallen Sword's written reviews are positive against 50% of Baalzebub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fallen Sword ships an update monthly, Baalzebub every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fallen Sword versus Baalzebub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFallen SwordBaalzebub
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (72 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB169 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHunted Cow Studios Ltd.Boris Kalinin

Customer experience

Fallen Sword

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

Baalzebub

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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
2 purchases

Baalzebub

One-time2
  • Book of the Dead$0.99
  • Scroll of Life$0.99

Questions

Is Fallen Sword free?
Fallen Sword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Baalzebub free?
Baalzebub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fallen Sword or Baalzebub?
Baalzebub is rated higher. Fallen Sword averages 3.9 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Baalzebub averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fallen Sword or Baalzebub have ads?
Fallen Sword shows ads; Baalzebub does not.
Which is updated more often, Fallen Sword or Baalzebub?
Fallen Sword ships an update monthly, and Baalzebub every 3 days. Most recently, Fallen Sword was updated on November 1, 2026 and Baalzebub on October 17, 2026.

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