Chroma Squad vs Dungeons of Aether
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chroma Squad
Lead a team of stunt actors in a tactical RPG inspired by super sentai shows. Manage your studio, craft gear, and engage in turn-based combat with unique teamwork maneuvers and giant mecha battles. Your choices shape the branching storyline and lead to one of three endings.
- Studio customization and management
- Tactical turn-based combat
- Teamwork maneuvers
- In-depth RPG systems
- Crafting weapons and mechas
- Branching storyline with multiple endings
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Chroma Squad is a tactical RPG about five stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own super sentai-inspired TV show! Requires 1GB of RAM or more. Cast actors, purchase equipment and upgrades for your studio, craft weapons and giant Mechas out of cardboard and duct tape. Once the cameras are rolling, you will control your cast of five colored-jumpsuit-clad warriors in dramatic, turn-based battles! • Customize your TV studio: hire actors, upgrade your gear, do marketing, craft weapons, costumes and giant cardboard robots! • Tactical RPG combat with a twist: combine your heroes’ abilities with Teamwork maneuvers! • In-Depth RPG systems with skill trees, random equipment, crafting, and branching storyline with 3 different endings! • Giant Mecha combat – destroy the city to save the city! • A love letter to Power Rangers, Tokusatsu and the Japanese series of our childhoods! • Deliciously-animated pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack that shines like justice!
Dungeons of Aether
Embark on a challenging turn-based dungeon crawler where strategic dice drafting determines your fate. Explore diverse biomes, uncover journal entries, and master unique hero skills in a quest for treasure or an early demise.
- Turn-based dice drafting combat
- Four unique heroes with special skills
- Story mode with steampunk town exploration
- Multiple dungeon biomes
- Challenge dungeons for roguelike difficulty
- Collectible journal entries
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Dungeons of Aether is a turn-based dungeon crawler designed by Nikita ‘ampersandbear’ Belorusov from the Aether Studios team. Rivals of Aether is known for its intense competition and twitch skills, while Dungeons of Aether allows you to take things at your own pace - but it’s still just as challenging! Every choice you make can lead you deeper into the dungeons or to an early demise. Will you carry out a treasure chest, or be carried out in a pine box? The combat in Dungeons of Aether uses a dice draft system that ensures each battle is unique while challenging the player to adapt the pool of dice each turn. Use fortune to your favor to defeat your foes, collect treasures and shift the odds in your favor... Game Features: - Meet four NEW HEROES from the world of Aether, each with their own unique skills and memorable personalities. - Play STORY MODE and travel to the steampunk town of Julesvale and brave the sprawling caverns underneath it. - Explore each DUNGEON BIOME as you dive into Julesvale Mines, the Lava Caves, the Underground Oasis and the Mineral Deposits, collecting revealing Journal Entries along the way. - Brave the CHALLENGE DUNGEONS if you are looking for true roguelike difficulty to test your skills in the randomly generated dungeons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dungeons of Aether at every 8 days against Chroma Squad's every 5 months. Dungeons of Aether also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 73%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Chroma Squad's advantage is ratings volume (155 vs 28). On price, 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
Chroma Squad costs $4.99 and Dungeons of Aether $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dungeons of Aether holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chroma Squad has 155 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Chroma Squad's written reviews are positive against 93% of Dungeons of Aether's.
Chroma Squad ships an update every 5 months, Dungeons of Aether every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chroma Squad | Dungeons of Aether |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (155 ratings) | 4.8 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #182 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 604 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Akupara Games, LLC | Dan Fornace |
Customer experience
Chroma Squad
Dungeons of Aether
Bugs and requests
Chroma Squad
Reported bugs
12 issues- Screen resolution incompatible with iPhone X and newer models
- Studio upgrade menu buttons unresponsive
- Character selection screen not functioning
- Game crashes after tutorial or during missions
- Mecha battle not awarding audience/director instructions
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- Sprite flash glitches during gameplay
- Save data deletion on app refresh
- Save file corruption between sessions
- Movement squares persisting after character moves
- Screen cropping on iPad and larger devices
- Menu switching issues on certain devices
- App crashes on older devices (iPad Mini 1)
Requested features
12 requests- Sequel or expansion content
- Additional hero/character options (6th team member)
- New Game Plus mode
- Episode/mission editor
- More villain and monster varieties
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- Additional seasons and story content
- Chapter select or replay previous episodes
- More character classes and customization
- Save points during battles
- Skip tutorial option
- Fire and hire crew members feature
- Base customization options
Dungeons of Aether
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chroma Squad
No in-app purchases
Dungeons of Aether
No in-app purchases
Questions
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