Comparison

Arcane Quest 3 vs Orc Dungeon

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

Head to head
About

Arcane Quest 3

Embark on an epic adventure to save a fantasy realm by assembling a team of heroes, customizing their gear and spells, and battling dark forces. Engage in real-time multiplayer quests or create and share your own challenges with a robust level editor.

Highlights
  • Epic storyline with dozens of quests
  • 10 unique hero classes
  • 150+ equipment customization options
  • Real-time multiplayer quests
  • Quest editor for creating and sharing levels
  • Tabletop game inspired mechanics
Features
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Once again, the Powers of Darkness have returned to threaten the Realm of Auria. Join an epic journey to restore the honor of your guild and save your people, in this fantastic mix of adventure, role-playing, and strategy game. Choose your adventurers from 10 unique classes and vanquish hordes of orcs, undead, evil sorcerers and a lot more. Customize your heroes with more than 150 equipment options, learn powerful spells, and use all your strategy skills to defeat your enemies. Play real-time multiplayer quests with your friends and players from all around the world. Create and share your own quests! Infinite gameplay hours are guaranteed by the free level editor. FEATURES - Loyal to the classic tabletop games: roll the dice, level up your heroes, acquire new abilities and purchase the best equipment - Dive into an epic storyline including dozens of quests, find out the secrets of Auria and restore the honor of your guild - Real-time multiplayer missions to play with other players to obtain great rewards - Complete quests editor to publish and share your own quests, and play quests created by other players - Fully translated into English, French, German and Italian What Arcane Quest players are saying: - “Excellent adaptation of the HeroQuest board game. Brings back many childhood happy memories.” - “If you are looking to play a simple D&D board game for your phone, this is the game. Easy and fun, love it.” - “If you have been looking for a fantasy board game this is the best.“ - “If you were a fan of Hero Quest, Dragon Strike or D&D, board games, this is the perfect app to bring you back.”

About

Orc Dungeon

Embark on a turn-based strategy adventure as an exiled orc prince. Explore dungeons, battle monsters using a unique dice-rolling combat system, and collect powerful weapons and minions. Build your ultimate hero team and compete in online PvP tournaments or join guilds for co-op dungeon raids.

Highlights
  • Turn-based dice combat system
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Weapon and minion collection
  • Hero team building
  • Online PvP tournaments
  • Guild co-op dungeons
Features
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Orc Dungeon is a turn-based strategy game. Explore dungeons, fight monsters, earn weapons, upgrade your orc, build a team, enter PvP tournaments and join guilds for co-op dungeons exploration. PLAY AS AN ORC Start your adventure with Orky Balboa, an orc Prince rejected by his father. He is condemned to explore dungeons and amass a full suit of armor to be allowed to return home. ROLL THE DICE Unique turn-based battle system: Roll the dice to match your orc's weapons dice to trigger your attacks and defenses. Choose how to distribute the rolled dice across your armory. Be careful as the opponent uses the same dice as you to trigger his own equipment and counterattack. So, make the right choice. Plenty of tactics renewed for each fight! A CHOICE OF WEAPONS AND MINIONS Collect and upgrade dozens of weapons and shields for your orc. Upgrade your favorite weapons to unlock special powers and customize them with magic stones! Explore islands to discover eggs and breed minions to fight with you. YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED HEROES Recruit orcs, trolls, demons, skeletons, etc. Build your unique team with weapons, shields, special abilities, skill points, magic dice, minions, etc. Unlock your heroes’ unique abilities and improve them. Assign skill points to improve health, damage, defense, recovery speed, etc. ONLINE PVP TOURNAMENTS Gather a team of orcs, trolls, demons, skeleton, etc. and enter the online tournaments to compete with other players in PvP mode. Climb the worldwide ranking to reach the top! INTER-GUILD COMPETITIONS AND CO-OP DUNGEON EXPLORATION Join a guild, chat with friends and explore cavernous dungeons together. Only the guilds with the bravest adventurers will reach the top of the guilds leaderboard! Orc Dungeon has a refreshing gameplay that will challenge your strategic skills. If you like old-school RPG, but want modern mobile gameplay, Orc Dungeon is for you!

Screenshots

Arcane Quest 34 screens
Orc Dungeon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Orc Dungeon at none against Arcane Quest 3's shown. Arcane Quest 3's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (307 vs 49). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Arcane Quest 3 sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Orc Dungeon sells 8 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 — 4.6 for Arcane Quest 3 against 4.5 for Orc Dungeon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arcane Quest 3 has 307 ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Arcane Quest 3's written reviews are positive against 88% of Orc Dungeon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcane Quest 3 ships an update monthly, Orc Dungeon every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Arcane Quest 3 versus Orc Dungeon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcane Quest 3Orc Dungeon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (307 ratings) — better4.5 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews89.6% of reviews — better87.9% of reviews
Number of ratings307 — better49
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size354 MB176 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNex Game Studios OUGreen Skin

Customer experience

Arcane Quest 3

All ratings307 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.4%

Orc Dungeon

All ratings46 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative3.0%

Bugs and requests

Arcane Quest 3

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and save file loss
  • Multiplayer mode not working as intended
  • Unresponsive controls and camera issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add in-game save option
  • Improve multiplayer functionality
  • Expand character progression and customization
  • Rebalance difficulty curve
  • Add more free character options

Orc Dungeon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Arcane Quest 3

One-time9
  • Gold Pack 1$0.99
  • Arcanes Pack 1$0.99
  • Gold Pack 2$1.99
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  • Arcanes Pack 2$1.99
  • Hero Pack 1$1.99
  • Hero Pack 2$1.99
  • Hero Pack 3$1.99
  • Gold Pack 3$2.99
  • Ultimate Pack$2.99
8 purchases

Orc Dungeon

One-time8
  • Bag of Gems$0.99
  • Welcome Pack$1.99
  • Big bag of Gems$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Booster Pack$3.99
  • Chest of Gems$8.99
  • Value Pack$8.99
  • Big chest of Gems$17.99
  • Huge chest of Gems$44.99

Questions

Is Arcane Quest 3 free?
Arcane Quest 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orc Dungeon free?
Orc Dungeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arcane Quest 3 or Orc Dungeon?
Arcane Quest 3 is rated higher. Arcane Quest 3 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 307 ratings, while Orc Dungeon averages 4.5 from 49 ratings.
Do Arcane Quest 3 or Orc Dungeon have ads?
Arcane Quest 3 shows ads; Orc Dungeon does not.
Which is updated more often, Arcane Quest 3 or Orc Dungeon?
Arcane Quest 3 ships an update monthly, and Orc Dungeon every 2 months. Most recently, Arcane Quest 3 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Orc Dungeon on October 24, 2026.

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