Comparison

Among Thieves vs Aeon's End

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

Head to head
About

Among Thieves

Compete to become the ultimate thief by planning robberies and heists. Sabotage opponents and set traps to secure the greatest fortune. Play solo against AI or invite friends for online multiplayer challenges.

Highlights
  • Plan street robberies and heists
  • Set traps and sabotage opponents
  • Accumulate the greatest fortune
  • Online multiplayer
  • Solo AI play
  • Invite friends via Facebook
Features
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In Among Thieves, you take the role of a thief, trying to prove he’s the best in the trade by accumulating the greatest fortune. You will do this by carefully planning street robberies and dangerous heists, but also by setting traps for the others and sabotaging their well-prepared burglaries. And don’t forget – players are just as good as any other victim, for there is no honor among thieves! You play with 5 types of cards: Trap, Sabotage, Heist, Steal and No Honour Among Thieves card. You play with 2 of them on every turn. Choose wisely. The game has online multiplayer, as well as solo AI play (vs robots). Login with Facebook and you can invite your friends and play with them.

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Aeon's End

Engage in a cooperative deck-building game where mages defend the last city against a relentless onslaught. Utilize unique mechanics like randomized turn order and no deck shuffling to strategize your way to victory. Protect Gravehold from the Nameless and ensure humanity's survival.

Highlights
  • Cooperative deck-building
  • Randomized turn order
  • No deck shuffling
  • Multiple win/loss conditions
  • Unique breach mages
  • Varied Nemesis opponents
Features
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Randomized turn order, no shuffling, and multiple win and loss conditions make this a deck-building experience like no other! “This is not the end of the world. That already happened. This is what is left: us, Gravehold, and the Nameless. For generations we have taken refuge in an ancient and haunted place. It has taken our mages an aeon to hone their craft, but they are ready... and they are lethal. The breaches, the very conduits through which the Nameless travel, have become our weapon.” - Yaleesa Rhykk, Gravehold survivor The situation is bleak. The final city - Gravehold - needs the power of the breach mages to hold back the Nameless. Join the fight, and maybe… just maybe, Gravehold will live to see another dawn. Aeon’s End is a deck-building game where 1-4 mages fight cooperatively to defeat a Nameless nemesis. You begin with a starting deck of 10 cards. Each turn you play gems to gain aether, buy new gems and relics, learn new spells, and increase your casting potential by opening breaches. You can also play relics to give yourself or your allies a boost. Then prep spells to your breaches to be ready to cast them on your next turn. What makes Aeon’s End unique is how it uses randomness. Unlike other deck-building games, you do not shuffle your deck when it runs out. The order in which you discard is preserved, so plan your discards carefully to set yourself up for later. At the start of each round, the turn order deck is shuffled to determine the order of play. Will the nemesis go twice in a row, pushing back the mages’ defense? Will the mages get 4 turns in a row to set up for the coming onslaught? It can be hard to know what’s coming next when you are deep in the melee! The breach mages of Aeon’s End are not just fighting for their own survival, but the survival of all of humanity. If the city of Gravehold is ever reduced to 0 life, the mages have lost and humanity is but a memory. Protect the city at all costs! * What is included * 8 Breach Mages: • Adelheim • Brama • Jian • Kadir • Lash • Mist • Phaedraxa • Xaxos Each Mage has a unique starting card and an ability that can be charged to use in the fight. For example, Kadir has a gem that heals any mage, and an ability to let any mage prep a lot of spells. Xaxos has a spell that reveals the top card of the turn order deck and an ability that helps allies charge their abilities. You build your deck with player cards from the market. 3 gems, 2 relics, and 4 spells allow you to grow your powers to hold back the nemesis. The market is constructed from 27 unique gems, relics, and spells. Either take a randomly generated market, or build the perfect one yourself during setup. 4 Nameless Nemeses: • Carapace Queen • Crooked Mask • Prince of Gluttons • Rageborne Each Nemesis plays differently with unique mechanics to keep even the most powerful breach mages on their toes. Rageborne lays on the damage in a frontal assault using its Strike Deck, whereas the Prince of Gluttons fights more of a war of attrition, devouring player cards from the market. Aside from their unique mechanics, the Nemesis deck is created before each game from a combination of basic and nemesis-specific cards. You may encounter the same Nemesis many times, but it will never attack you in exactly the same way twice. Expand your gameplay options with In App Purchase: • Promo Pack 1 includes mage Xae from One Deck Dungeon, along with 3 digital exclusive player cards and 3 basic nemesis cards. • The Nameless includes 2 nemeses, 1 mage, and 7 player cards. • The Depths includes 1 nemesis, 3 mages, and 8 player cards. • The New Age more than doubles the content in the core game, and introduces the Expedition system! The last of humanity need your protection! Pick up the mantle, focus your breaches, and beat back the Nameless - We’re all counting on you! Aeon's End is an officially licensed product of “Aeon's End” from Indie Boards and Cards and Action Phase Games.

Screenshots

Among Thieves4 screens
Aeon's End4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Among Thieves at $4.99 against Aeon's End's $12.99. Among Thieves also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (86% vs 70%). Aeon's End's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 33 months) and chart position (#163 vs unranked). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Among Thieves costs $4.99 and Aeon's End $12.99 up front. Aeon's End sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Among Thieves asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Among Thieves against 4.2 for Aeon's End. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aeon's End has 44 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Among Thieves's written reviews are positive against 70% of Aeon's End's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Among Thieves ships an update every 33 months, Aeon's End every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Among Thieves versus Aeon's End: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmong ThievesAeon's End
Price$4.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.2 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings544 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#163 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.7
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB413 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperLAN - GAMES EOODHandelabra Studio LLC

Customer experience

Among Thieves

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

Aeon's End

All ratings44 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative27.5%

In-app purchases

None

Among Thieves

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Aeon's End

One-time4
  • Promo Pack 1$0.99
  • The Nameless$2.49
  • The Depths$2.49
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  • The New Age$4.95

Questions

Is Among Thieves free?
Among Thieves costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aeon's End free?
Aeon's End costs $12.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Among Thieves or Aeon's End?
Among Thieves and Aeon's End are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 44 ratings respectively.
Do Among Thieves or Aeon's End have ads?
Neither Among Thieves nor Aeon's End shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Among Thieves or Aeon's End?
Among Thieves ships an update every 33 months, and Aeon's End every 2 months. Most recently, Among Thieves was updated on October 17, 2026 and Aeon's End on October 15, 2026.

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