Rogue Wizards vs GnollHack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rogue Wizards
Embark on a rogue-lite adventure as a wizard, battling monsters, collecting loot, and mastering spells. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, solve puzzles, and build your personalized Wizard Tower sanctuary. Customize your gameplay through crafting, enchanting, and town building.
- Rogue-lite dungeon crawling
- Randomly generated dungeons
- Master magic and spells
- Collect loot and treasures
- Build and customize Wizard Tower
- Craft gear and brew reagents
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Battle creatures, collect loot, master magic, and build your very own Wizard Tower sanctuary in this rogue-lite, dungeon-crawling role playing game. The Council oversees the elam families, aristocrats who are descended from the first humans in Rilfanor, and the banlits, who were originally people born without magical abilities. The Guild has never admitted banlits because of their lack of magical capacity; and they've never admitted women because they believed women were too weak-minded to control such power. Now, many generations later, the elam magic is weakening, and latent magic talent has reappeared among the banlit population. Many of the elam are in denial, but some of them want to take the radical step of allowing banlits, including women, into the Guild. In your quest you'll explore randomly generated dungeons, collect treasures, master magic, avoid traps, solve puzzles, and of course cleanse the dungeons of all the evil minions within. Every dungeon is unique, no two locations will ever be the same. It's not all dungeon-crawl. Feel at home in your very own Wizard Tower where you can enhance and customize the way you play by building a thriving town, brewing your own reagents, crafting or buying your own gear, powering up your magic, and recruiting help.
GnollHack
Embark on a perilous quest in a remastered classic roguelike. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, battle monsters, and uncover powerful artifacts. With deep strategy, a rich class and race system, and challenging permadeath, every playthrough offers endless replayability.
- Turn-based roguelike gameplay
- Modern user interface
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- 13 classes and 5 races
- Hundreds of items and spells
- Challenging permadeath mode
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ABOUT GnollHack is a remastered and enhanced version of the classic roguelike game NetHack, one of the most iconic games developed in 1980s and 1990s. With GnollHack, you get: - Traditional roguelike with turn-based gameplay - Modern user interface - Legendary strategic depth of NetHack - Endless replayability - Several new features, enhancing your gameplay experience STORY In GnollHack, you are a hero sent by your deity into the perilous Dungeons of Doom, tasked with recovering the stolen Amulet of Yendor from the clutches of the malevolent god Moloch, who has hidden it in the fiery depths of the underworld. Along your journey, you will encounter formidable enemies, discover great magical artifacts, and strive for glory. You must either triumph or perish in the attempt. ROGUELIKE GAMEPLAY Explore procedurally generated dungeons filled with monsters, traps, and treasures. RICH CLASS AND RACE SYSTEM - 13 classes: wizard, barbarian, rogue, etc. - 5 races: human, elf, gnoll, etc. DEEP ITEM AND MAGIC SYSTEM Hundreds of items, spells, and artifacts with diverse effects. CHALLENGING PERMADEATH (Classic Mode Only) Death is permanent, requiring players to adapt, plan, and learn from mistakes to progress further. TUTORIALS AND GAMEPLAY INFORMATION - GnollHack wiki: https://wiki.gnollhack.com SUPPORT - Discord: https://discord.gg/cQuExnzUQy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GnollHack at 4.7 against Rogue Wizards's 4.2. GnollHack also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Rogue Wizards's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Rogue Wizards sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. GnollHack asks for nothing beyond the download.
GnollHack holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 142 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Rogue Wizards's written reviews are positive against 85% of GnollHack's.
Rogue Wizards ships an update every 4 days, GnollHack every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rogue Wizards | GnollHack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (142 ratings) | 4.7 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 111 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 772 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Spellbind Studios | Hyvan mielen pelit ry |
Customer experience
Rogue Wizards
GnollHack
Bugs and requests
Rogue Wizards
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup for some devices
- Vault/inventory wipe bug
- Issues with free daily video ads
- XP gain bug causing slow leveling
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to see pet levels
- More diverse enemy and dungeon types
- Character customization options
- Gear visuals that match equipped items
- Cloud save support for cross-device play
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- Improved inventory management
- Difficulty balancing adjustments
GnollHack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rogue Wizards
- 35 Gems$2.99
- Gem Drops x 2$4.99
- 70 Gems$5.99
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- 120 Gems$9.99
- 175 Gems$14.99
GnollHack
No in-app purchases
Questions
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