Comparison

The Quest vs Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

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

Head to head
About

The Quest

Embark on a hand-drawn open-world RPG adventure with grid-based movement and turn-based combat. Explore a vast kingdom, customize your character with various skills and gear, and make choices that shape your destiny. Uncover mysteries, face dangerous creatures, and complete quests in a world full of magic and intrigue.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn open world exploration
  • Grid-based movement
  • Turn-based combat
  • Customizable characters and skills
  • Main story and side quests
  • Day/night cycle and weather system
  • In-game card game
Features
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The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement and turn based combat. In the kingdom of Monares trouble is brewing. The governor of Freymore is missing and the island is in tumult. The mages all prophesy a dark shadow looming over the safety of the kingdom. As an Agent of the king, it's your job to find out what is happening and avert any danger. Choose from five customizable races and an array of skills, weapons, armor and enchantments, and explore a huge world of four cities and a wilderness of mountains, caves, lakes and forests – full of mystery, magic and intriguing challenges. Meet the many inhabitants, each with its own agenda and attitude towards your character. Some will be helpful, some greedy or lascivious or just plain mean. You will have many choices, including some that may place you against the law, along your way to the dramatic ending of your own choosing. Key Features: - Pursue a long and dramatic main story and solve many optional side quests. - Create a highly customizable character and cast dazzling spells, enchant powerful items, concoct potent potions and persuade people to further your goals. - Discover an open world with interesting locales, day/night cycle, weather, fascinating people, dangerous creatures, readable books, pick-able locks, repairable items, houses that can be broken into, dungeons, traps and much more. - Play an absorbing card game with three different decks, accessible at the inns.

About

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

A challenging roguelike RPG with pixel art graphics and simple controls. Explore randomly generated dungeons, master diverse character classes, and utilize a wide array of equipment and items. The game offers multiple difficulty levels and reworked bosses for an epic experience.

Highlights
  • Reworked character classes
  • Four difficulty variants
  • Variety of equipment options
  • Reworked bosses
  • New items, enemies, and traps
  • Improved user interface
  • Reworked systems (healing, stealth, etc.)
Features
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Yet Another Pixel Dungeon is a roguelike RPG with pixel graphics and simple controls. Like most other games in this genre, it features randomly generated levels, relatively high difficulty and a large number of things to learn. And like most other games of its genre, it is quite challenging. This game is based on an open source game, Yet Another Pixel Dungeon, which is based on Pixel Dungeon. The features of this mod at this point: - Four character classes were reworked and now have different strengths and weaknesses - Four difficulty variants, to provide adequate challenge for every type of a player - A variety of equipment options - dual wielding, firearms, shields, and more! - Most enchantments on the weapons and armor now are more powerful than before - Environment now affects stealth and evasion, encouraging a more tactical approach - All bosses have been completely or partially reworked and are now even more epic! - New items, enemies, traps, and interactions added between them! - Loading tips and more detailed information about items and character stats - Improved user interface - auto-aiming, extended journal and other stuff - Both new and modified potions, scrolls, wands, rings and other items... - Healing, stealth, wand usage and item durability systems were reworked! - Many old enemies gained new abilities or were moved to other parts of the dungeon - Each chapter now contains six floors (a total of 31 floor dungeon instead of 26) - Shops are now on every fifth level, and their assortment has become more varied

Screenshots

The Quest4 screens
Yet Another Pixel Dungeon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Quest at 4.3 against Yet Another Pixel Dungeon's 3.0. The Quest also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 40%) and ratings volume (151 vs 6). Yet Another Pixel Dungeon's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $7.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

The Quest costs $7.99 and Yet Another Pixel Dungeon $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Quest has 151 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of The Quest's written reviews are positive against 40% of Yet Another Pixel Dungeon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Quest ships an update every 3 months, Yet Another Pixel Dungeon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
The Quest versus Yet Another Pixel Dungeon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe QuestYet Another Pixel Dungeon
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.3 (151 ratings) — better3.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings151 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#187 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size398 MB46 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperRedshift礼阳 谷

Customer experience

The Quest

All ratings151 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.3%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative17.5%

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

The Quest

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Sound not working on some devices
  • Crashes on iPhone 12 and other devices
  • Weapon bobbing animation glitch
  • Game doesn't support iPhone X+ screen resolutions
  • Black bars on newer iPhone models
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  • Broken quests in certain areas (Vastares)
  • Quest completion not registering properly
  • Character poisoning without cure availability
  • Sound issues after iOS updates

Requested features

13 requests
  • Controller/gamepad support (MFi controllers, Bluetooth)
  • Cloud save functionality across devices
  • Language translations (Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean)
  • iPhone X and newer screen resolution support
  • iCloud sync for cross-device play
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  • Quest markers on map
  • Updated quest journal with descriptions
  • Enemy respawning system
  • Bulk item selling feature
  • Quick save button
  • Expansion packs in HD versions
  • Split controls for iPad (movement and attack on different sides)
  • More NPC visual variety

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

The Quest

No in-app purchases

None

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Quest free?
The Quest costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yet Another Pixel Dungeon free?
Yet Another Pixel Dungeon costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Quest or Yet Another Pixel Dungeon?
The Quest is rated higher. The Quest averages 4.3 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Yet Another Pixel Dungeon averages 3.0 from 6 ratings.
Do The Quest or Yet Another Pixel Dungeon have ads?
Neither The Quest nor Yet Another Pixel Dungeon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Quest or Yet Another Pixel Dungeon?
The Quest ships an update every 3 months, and Yet Another Pixel Dungeon every 2 months. Most recently, The Quest was updated on November 6, 2026 and Yet Another Pixel Dungeon on November 7, 2026.

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