Comparison

Vertigus vs Castle Ramble

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

Head to head
About

Vertigus

Embark on a perilous journey to recover stolen diamonds. Navigate through diverse worlds with unique challenges and engage in thrilling boss battles. Experience fluid physics and motion-based gameplay in this vertical platformer.

Highlights
  • 40 handcrafted levels
  • 5 boss fights
  • Vertical level design
  • Fluid physics
  • Motion-based gameplay
  • Slow motion platforming
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Can you help Vertigus find his father's stolen diamonds? Go on a journey that will take you through different worlds full of dangers at every step. Vertigus features: • 40 handcrafted levels including 5 boss fights • Vertical level design • Fluid physics and motion based gameplay • Slow motion platforming

About

Castle Ramble

Embark on an infinite roguelite platforming adventure to reclaim your castle from invading pigs. Train your king, upgrade weapons and armor, and battle diverse enemies across procedurally generated levels. Enjoy daily rewards, quests, and leaderboards for endless replayability.

Highlights
  • Infinite roguelite platformer
  • King training and customization
  • Weapon and armor upgrades
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Diverse enemy types
  • Daily rewards and quests
  • Achievements and leaderboards
Features
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Castle Ramble is an infinite Roguelite Platformer for your mobile devices from the developers of Unbroken Soul! Train your king, customize it, and recover your castle from the invader pigs! - Upgrade your armor, your ranged and your melee attacks! Those pigs and their gadgets are no joke, you better prepare yourself well if you want to get a high score! - 30 Weapons, 20 Crowns and special items to gear up your king in this quest! - Useful objects will help you along the way, from potions to recover health to Inferno’s Gem to increase damage and unlock special abilities. - Fight all kinds of pigs, from mutant bombs or bats to terrifying kings or slimes. Of course, regular pigs crate pigs and cannons will be ready to make this battle a real war! - Procedurally generated levels will customize your game experience every single time, get ready for a Royal Rumble! - Storm your enemies with a legendary hammer and it’s magical powers! Simply attack or use the magical powers the gods have granted you and burn or shock your enemies until you get your castle back! - Unlimited gameplay time plus regular updates and unparalleled support, ask for something, we guarantee you will get a response and we will do our best to implement your suggestions :) - Daily Rewards will surprise you every day to improve your experience ;) - Daily Quests will give you something to do every day and incredible rewards! - 43 achievements and 7 leaderboards to compete with your friends and other players worldwide! - Purchasing the premium version, you will help us improve our products and create new amazing games. Your purchase really makes a difference! About us We are a small indie studio from Spain! At Chorrus Games, we love retro-style games so we usually stick to this style, we are the developers of popular traditional platformer Super Oscar and more recently Unbroken Soul an amazing premium adventure our users have been loving so far! We love getting your feedback so please let us know your opinion or any further improvements you would like to see, we really listen to all our users! If you enjoy Castle Ramble don’t forget to rate or review us, that really makes us happy and helps us grow :D

Screenshots

Vertigus4 screens
Castle Ramble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Castle Ramble at none against Vertigus's shown. Castle Ramble also leads on ratings volume (100 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and 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

Both are free to download. Vertigus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Castle Ramble sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Vertigus against 4.1 for Castle Ramble. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Castle Ramble has 100 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Vertigus's written reviews are positive against 73% of Castle Ramble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vertigus ships an update every 2 months, Castle Ramble monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vertigus versus Castle Ramble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVertigusCastle Ramble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.1 (100 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better72.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2100 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB18 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDominik RinglerCHORRUS GAMES S.L.

Customer experience

Vertigus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Castle Ramble

All ratings100 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative20.8%

Bugs and requests

Vertigus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Castle Ramble

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Game crashes on iPad
  • Cannot return to menu without shutting down
  • Ads are problematic (Donald Trump ads)
  • Date/time exploit for infinite gems
  • No video available for revive sometimes
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  • Game crashes

Requested features

35 requests
  • Add more enemies
  • Add more weapons
  • Add different characters with unique powers
  • Add more texture to walls
  • Add hidden secret rooms
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  • Add items for buffs (damage, health)
  • Add ability to shoot up or down
  • Add power-ups to spawn
  • Add character upgrades
  • Add backstory and cutscenes
  • Add multiplayer or versus friends mode
  • Add more ways to heal
  • Make enemies jump less
  • Add more stuff (weapons, gear, shop, skills)
  • Introduce new enemy types
  • Introduce new color palettes
  • Add more benefit to melee weapons
  • Add more challenge
  • Add Russian language support
  • Fix date/time exploit for gems
  • Clarify currency (diamonds vs. gold)
  • Add power-ups (magnet, speed boost, invincibility)
  • Fix controls
  • Fix progress loss on death
  • Fix limited revives
  • Fix difficulty spikes
  • Fix monotonous gameplay
  • Fix boring backgrounds
  • Fix unclear mechanics
  • Fix crashing issues
  • Fix ranged weapon outclassing melee
  • Fix ads (Donald Trump ads mentioned)
  • Update app icon
  • Fix ability to return to menu
  • Fix screen orientation saving

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Vertigus

One-time10
  • Retries +2$0.99
  • Level Key$0.99
  • Retries +10$1.99
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  • Ammo +20$1.99
  • Lifes +5$2.99
  • Retries +20$3.99
  • Retries +30$4.99
  • Hardcore Mode$4.99
  • Retries +40$6.99
  • Retries +50$7.99
10 purchases

Castle Ramble

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$0.99
  • 2500 Coins$1.99
  • Double Coins!$1.99
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  • No Ads + Free Revive and Heal!$2.99
  • Castle Ramble 5x Coins$2.99
  • 10000 Coins$3.99
  • 10x Coins!$4.99
  • 25000 Coins!$8.99
  • 75000 Coins$17.99
  • 250000 Coins!$44.99

Questions

Is Vertigus free?
Vertigus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Castle Ramble free?
Castle Ramble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vertigus or Castle Ramble?
Castle Ramble is rated higher. Vertigus averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Castle Ramble averages 4.1 from 100 ratings.
Do Vertigus or Castle Ramble have ads?
Vertigus shows ads; Castle Ramble does not.
Which is updated more often, Vertigus or Castle Ramble?
Vertigus ships an update every 2 months, and Castle Ramble monthly. Most recently, Vertigus was updated on October 4, 2026 and Castle Ramble on October 1, 2026.

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