Card Thief vs Dicey Elementalist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Thief
A solitaire-style stealth game where you play as a master thief. Sneak through darkness, steal treasure, and escape without getting caught. It offers deep strategy and roguelike replayability in short, engaging sessions.
- Solitaire-style stealth gameplay
- 4 unique heists
- Unlockable equipment cards
- Hireable thieves with special rules
- Mini deck-building mechanics
- Daily Heist mode with leaderboards
- Roguelike replayability
- Offline play
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Card Thief is a solitaire-style stealth card game that transforms your deck into a shadowy world of cunning heists and daring escapes. Sneak through the darkness as a master thief. Extinguish torches, pickpocket guards, and steal precious treasure without getting caught. Every card you flip is a calculated risk. Every move could be your last. From the makers of Card Crawl, the hit indie card dungeon crawler, Card Thief distills the tension of classic stealth games into a sleek, strategic card game you can play in minutes. Easy to learn, endlessly deep. Plan. Steal. Escape. Repeat. With a rich layer of tactical decision-making, risk/reward choices, and roguelike replayability, Card Thief is the perfect pick-up-and-play strategy card game for fans of stealth, puzzle games, and solo card games alike. Features - Solitaire-style stealth gameplay with no internet required - 4 unique heists with distinct enemies, traps, and obstacles - 12 unlockable and upgradable equipment cards with unique abilities - Hire 10 thieves, each with special gameplay rules - Mini deck-building mechanics for deep strategic customization - Daily Heist mode with global leaderboards - Roguelike replayability so every run plays differently - Perfect session length of 2 to 3 minutes per game - Offline play, great for travel
Dicey Elementalist
Engage in a strategic RPG combining dice rolling with deck building. Roll dice up to three times to score, then use those results to activate elemental cards. Build your deck wisely to overcome challenges and become the Dice Master.
- Dice rolling with Yahtzee-like scoring
- Deck building mechanics
- Rogue-lite random variables
- Unique hero characters
- Elemental card activation
- Strategic deck construction
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Inspired by a popular dice game called Yahtzee. - Five dice are rolled three times, keep the best score. On this basis. Add some deck building Add some random variables (Rogue-lite) Add some unique heroes Add some different game mechanics And...Here it comes! The Dice Master! THE RULE IS SIMPLE Light up the elements of a card required to play, bingo! If you can't light the card, the card will be unusable = useless! So Be sure to build your deck reasonably well with your "brilliant strategic"!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dicey Elementalist at monthly against Card Thief's every 4 months. Dicey Elementalist also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 981). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Card Thief sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dicey Elementalist sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Card Thief against 4.7 for Dicey Elementalist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dicey Elementalist has 5.1K ratings behind it against 981, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 70% and 70% positive.
Card Thief ships an update every 4 months, Dicey Elementalist monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Thief | Dicey Elementalist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (981 ratings) | 4.7 (5.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.9% of reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 981 | 5.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | 兆万 林 |
Customer experience
Card Thief
Dicey Elementalist
User reviews
Card Thief
From 981 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Fun and unique stealth mechanics
- 👍 Very fun for offline gaming
- 👍 New favorite card game
- 👍 Creative and addictive game
Room to improve
- ❓ What is the goal?
- 🐛 Issueee
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Crashes on load
- 🐛 Cannot select path
Dicey Elementalist
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Super fast, responsive gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful, unique art style
- 👍 Highly replayable and addictive
- 🕹️ Fun gameplay loop
- 💰 Reasonable in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. freezing, crashes)
- 📢 Increasing number of ads
- 🔒 Lack of option to permanently remove ads
- 🤯 Overpowered enemies and unbalanced gameplay
Bugs and requests
Card Thief
Reported bugs
9 issues- Crystals which you can get when playing are useless
- Notch covers game information on iPhone X+
- Ads error prevents chest opening
- Hideout heists have unrealistically high scores
- Can't open hideout, game crashes
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- Crashes right after starting on M1 iPad Pro with iPadOS 14.7.1
- Crashes all the time
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
9 requests- More enemies or traps to deal with
- More equipment to try out
- 4x4 layout rather than 3x3
- Endless mode
- Multiplayer compatibility
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- Sync game data between Android and iOS
- Shop to use crystals
- More levels, incentives, and variations in the Hideout games
- Ability to cash in stolen goods for new tool cards or special cards
Dicey Elementalist
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tavern and daily challenge bugs
- Enemies with broken abilities (e.g. Blizzard, Joker)
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- More content and updates
- Ability to pay to remove ads permanently
- Improved balance and difficulty scaling
- Better explanation of game mechanics and status effects
In-app purchases
Card Thief
- Unlock Card Thief$4.99
Dicey Elementalist
- Daily Pack$0.99
- The Chanter$0.99
- Hoard of Diamond$0.99
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- The Prophet$1.99
- The Telepathic$1.99
- The Greedy$1.99
- Super Pack$4.99
- Barrel of Diamond$4.99
- Character Gift Box$5.99
- Big Wagon of Diamond$9.99
- Lost Crown$9.99
- SVIP$19.99
- Luxurious Character Gift Box$34.99
Questions
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