Reigns vs Card Crusade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reigns
Rule a medieval kingdom by making decisions with a swipe of your finger. Balance the needs of various factions, from the church to the army, to extend your reign. Each choice has consequences that can lead to your dynasty's downfall.
- Swipe-based decision making
- Kingdom faction balance
- Dynasty survival
- Event spanning centuries
- Multiple ways to die
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Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal fingers either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom. Survive the seemingly never-ending gauntlet of requests from your advisors, peasants, allies, and enemies while maintaining balance between the influential factions of your kingdom. But beware; each decision you make might have implications and unfortunate consequences down the road that could put your reign and family’s dynasty at risk! Each year of your reign brings another important – seemingly random – request from your unpredictable kingdom as you strive for balance between the church, the people, the army, and the treasury. Prudent decisions and careful planning make for a long reign but unforeseen motivations, surprise events, and poor luck can take down even the most entrenched monarch. Extend your reign as long as possible, forge alliances, make enemies, and find new ways to die as your dynasty marches along through the ages. Some events will span on centuries, with an intrigue involving burning witches, scientific enlightenment, wicked politics and, maybe, the Devil himself. *iPhone 5 / iPod Touch 6 / iPad Mini / iPad Air or later recommended.
Card Crusade
Embark on a roguelike deck-building adventure through a winding dungeon. Choose from eight character classes, assemble powerful decks, and battle monsters to level up and defeat the final boss.
- Roguelike deck-building gameplay
- Eight unlockable character classes
- Ten-floor winding dungeon exploration
- Assemble powerful card combos
- Battle monsters and gain experience
- Level up characters
- Defeat the final boss
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Card Crusade is a roguelike deck building game. Unlock eight different character classes as you explore the ten floors of a winding dungeon. Assemble your deck to unleash unstoppable combos on your enemies. Fight monsters, gain experience, and level up your character to defeat the final boss and become the Card Crusader! Send feedback to feedback@pollywog.games, or in our Discord: https://discord.gg/KUMqunQ
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Card Crusade at Free against Reigns's $2.99. Card Crusade also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 70%). Reigns's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Card Crusade is free to download; Reigns costs $2.99 up front. Card Crusade sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Reigns asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reigns against 4.8 for Card Crusade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 2.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Reigns's written reviews are positive against 84% of Card Crusade's.
Reigns ships an update every 5 weeks, Card Crusade every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reigns | Card Crusade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) | 4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 2.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | Pollywog Games |
Customer experience
Reigns
Card Crusade
User reviews
Reigns
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👑 Great game concept
- 🤴 Engaging storyline and characters
- 🎨 Stylish art and design
- 🕹️ Addictive and challenging gameplay
- 🕰️ Replayability and multiple endings
Room to improve
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay and card choices
- 🤔 Unclear consequences of decisions
- 🕹️ Frustrating difficulty and randomness
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🐛 Bugs and save file corruption
Card Crusade
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging gameplay loop
- 💡 Surprising depth and build variety
- 🚀 Easy to learn, challenging to master
- 👍 Charming and nostalgic visuals
- 👍 Addictive and replayable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lack of volume/audio settings
- 🐛 Unbalanced enemy encounters
- 🐛 Tedious pot-breaking mechanic
Bugs and requests
Reigns
Reported bugs
4 issues- Blank/corrupted cards
- Crashes and freezes
- Save file corruption
- Compatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- More content and storylines
- Ability to customize the king/kingdom
- Improved UI and feedback on decisions
- Difficulty settings or options
- Cross-platform/cloud save support
Card Crusade
Reported bugs
2 issues- Red Knight encounter not functioning as expected
- Inconsistent leaderboard behavior
Requested features
4 requests- More content (new floors, enemies, cards)
- Ability to speed up animations
- Retreat/escape option from battles
- Leaderboard/progression system improvements
In-app purchases
Reigns
No in-app purchases
Card Crusade
- Unlock Viking$0.99
- Unlock Sorceror$0.99
- Unlock Bishop$0.99
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- Unlock Soothsayer$0.99
- Unlock Hoodlum$0.99
- Unlock Nomad$0.99
- Unlock All Characters$3.99









