ENYO vs Despot's Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ENYO
Engage in tactical turn-based combat using a hook and shield. Navigate a changing labyrinth, strategically push or pull enemies into environmental hazards to defeat them. Master combos and climb leaderboards in this challenging roguelike.
- Hook & shield combat
- Indirect combat mechanics
- Environmental hazards (lava, spikes)
- Turn-based tactical battles
- Chain combos
- Highscore leaderboards
- Procedurally generated labyrinth
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ENYO is a tactical roguelike about hook & shield combat. Grab your hook & shield and descend as Enyo, the Greek goddess of war, into an ever-changing labyrinth to recover 3 legendary artifacts. ENYO's gameplay is based on indirect combat. Enemies can only be defeated by pushing or pulling them into burning lava pits or onto deadly spiked walls. A limited set of actions per turn keeps ENYO accessible, while its core is highly tactical turn-based battles. Master your weapons and chain powerful combos through clever maneuvers to climb the highscore leaderboards across all 3 game modes.
Despot's Game
Build a dystopian army and guide them through a challenging labyrinth. This roguelike strategy game focuses on item and mutation choices, with automatic combat. Permadeath means starting over, but a secret multiplayer mode awaits those who conquer the game.
- Army building
- Item and mutation customization
- Automatic combat
- Roguelike/roguelite gameplay
- Permadeath with world regeneration
- Secret multiplayer mode
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Available for free: 4 levels of the game and 10 attempts per day in Brawl mode. The full version can be unlocked with one payment in the game. *Supported Devices: iPhone 8 Plus, Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2015) and above. iPod Touches are not supported. Let's play a game: I'll give you some puny humans, and you try to help them make it through my labyrinth. No, you won't be controlling them in battles - they'll fight automatically! My game is about strategy and praying to RNGesus, not mashing buttons. You can buy items for the humans: swords, crossbows, coffins, stale pretzels. Plus, I'll let you give them cool mutations! A few Topochlorians in the blood and some Crocodile Skin never hurt anyone. There's one catch, though: if you die, you have to start over entirely, and the whole world will be generated again from scratch. Yes, my game is a roguelike game. Well, roguelite, if you're a nerd who loves compartmentalizing us creators into strict genres. I almost forgot: my game has a multiplayer mode, too! But I'm not going to tell you anything about it, because King of the Hill is a special secret multiplayer mode that only unlocks once you beat the game. * sincerely, with disrespect for puny humans, your local evil AI: d'Spot
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ENYO at 84% against Despot's Game's 36%. ENYO also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (445 vs 119). Despot's Game's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ENYO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Despot's Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ENYO holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 445 and 119 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of ENYO's written reviews are positive against 36% of Despot's Game's.
ENYO ships an update every 6 months, Despot's Game monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ENYO | Despot's Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (445 ratings) — better | 3.4 (119 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 445 — better | 119 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 456 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | TINYBUILD LLC |
Customer experience
ENYO
Despot's Game
User reviews
ENYO
From 445 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple but deep mechanics
- 🎨 Gorgeous art style
- 🕹️ Unique hook and shield mechanics
- ⏱️ Great for short play sessions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🤔 Unclear enemy mechanics
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls at times
- 💰 Ads can be intrusive
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Despot's Game
From 119 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Epic game, epic difficulty
- 🚀 Fun without end!
- 👍 Great game, different
- 👍 Nice game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes around level 7-8
- 🐛 Crashes frequently, losing progress
- 🐛 Crashes on start
- 🐛 Crashes, can't save progress
- 🐛 Crashes, unplayable
Bugs and requests
ENYO
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scoring system resets unexpectedly
- Crash when opening daily challenge
- Dash button not working after throwing shield
- Enemies getting stuck or behaving unpredictably
Requested features
5 requests- Enemy bestiary or info screen
- Ability to save progress
- More game modes or level variations
- Custom level editor
- Cloud save support
Despot's Game
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on start
- Crashes during gameplay
- Crashes, losing progress
Requested features
3 requests- Add save/continue option
- Fix crashes
- Lower the price
In-app purchases
ENYO
- Unlock ENYO and remove Ads$1.99
Despot's Game
- Despot's Game: Full Version$9.99









