Drop Wizard Tower vs Yokai Dungeon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop Wizard Tower
Embark on an arcade-style platforming adventure to rescue captured wizards and an ancient egg. Battle enemies across diverse environments, unlock new characters with unique abilities, and overcome challenging boss fights. Enjoy randomized levels and a captivating storyline.
- Over 50 floors with traps and enemies
- Unlockable wizards with unique abilities
- 8 epic boss fights
- Hazard-filled environments
- Randomized levels for replayability
- Collect almanac pages for lore
- Leaderboards and achievements
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The Shadow Order have captured all the Wizards in the land and they have the ancient egg too. What is a lone Wizard to do? Break free, defeat the evil Shadow Order and find that egg of course ...Hmmm I wonder what's inside? Bring back the joy of arcades and join Teo and his wizard friends in this action packed, fun fueled platformer. Features: • Ascend over 50 floors jam packed with traps and enemies! • Unlock new wizards with unique stats, magic and abilities. • 8 Epic Boss fights! full of nasty surprises. • Experience hazard filled environments - Water temple, Frozen larder, Wizards Lab and many more! • Easy one handed controls. Perfect for on the go play! • Randomised levels for replay! No two playthroughs are ever the same. • Collect the missing pages from your almanac and gain insight into monsters and lore. Can you find them all? • Catchy head bopping chip tunes. You will be humming these for hours! • Uncover the mystery of the 'ancient egg'... I wonder what's inside? • Leader boards and Achievements for replayability -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other Nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
Yokai Dungeon
Embark on an adventure to save a lantern festival from invading Yokai. Push blocks to defeat enemies, explore ever-changing dungeons, and uncover the rich tapestry of Japanese folklore. Collect unique heroes and powerful items on your quest.
- Randomly generated dungeons
- Unlock 20 unique heroes
- Equip items with special abilities
- Explore Japanese folklore
- Block-pushing combat
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Yokai have just interrupted the lantern festival, it's up to Tanuki and his friends to save the day. Push blocks to crush the pesky yokai, explore randomly generated dungeons, and dive into beatiful Japanese folklore. Features: • Randomly generated dungeons. • Unlock 20 heroes with unique stats. • Equip items with special abilities. • A journey into Japanese folklore. • Made with love!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Drop Wizard Tower at none against Yokai Dungeon's shown. Drop Wizard Tower also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). Yokai Dungeon's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 51%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Drop Wizard Tower sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Yokai Dungeon sells 4 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 — 4.3 for Drop Wizard Tower against 4.2 for Yokai Dungeon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Drop Wizard Tower's written reviews are positive against 70% of Yokai Dungeon's.
Drop Wizard Tower ships an update every 2 months, Yokai Dungeon every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Drop Wizard Tower | Yokai Dungeon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (86 ratings) — better | 4.2 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Drop Wizard Tower
Yokai Dungeon
Bugs and requests
Drop Wizard Tower
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game freezes every 5 minutes during play
- Blank screen on launch preventing gameplay
- Achievement not unlocking for specific characters
- Progress restoration loop on level 51
- Game crashes when playing with secret character
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- Visual glitches after game pause
- Hitbox inconsistencies between platform types
- Ad close button too small and unresponsive
- Ads not available when needed for revival
- Character drifts in unintended direction
Requested features
10 requests- Landscape mode support
- Full-screen support option
- Save progress feature for longer sessions
- Endless arcade mode
- High score tracking and leaderboards
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- More playable characters between existing ones
- Ability to manually control shooting
- Drop-down level button for better control
- Game Center integration
- Sequel with expanded content
Yokai Dungeon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drop Wizard Tower
- Bunch of Gems$1.99
- Pot of Gems$2.99
- Premium$3.99
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- Chest of Gems$4.99
Yokai Dungeon
- Bag of Coins$0.99
- Vase of Coins$1.99
- Premium$2.99
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- Tanooki$2.99
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