Home Behind vs DungeonSquad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Behind
Embark on a perilous journey as a refugee fleeing war-torn lands. Manage survival needs like hunger and sickness while navigating random events and combat. Craft gear, cook food, and fight enemies to reach safety and reunite with your family.
- Randomly generated events
- Survival resource management
- 15 unlockable jobs
- Crafting and upgrading gear
- Combat against enemies and bosses
- Exploration and item collection
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In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe? The thoughts of civil war had been brewing in your homeland for years, and the violence has finally erupted. In the chaos, your village was burned to the ground, and your daughter disappeared. When faced with death, you chose to survive and to overcome the difficulties of disease, war, and famine. Can you make it long enough to be reunited with your daughter? -All events and experiences you come across are randomly generated, so no play through is exactly the same! -Keep track of your mood, nutrition, and water levels while avoiding terrible diseases! -Take on the ultimate struggle of survival as your travel 1500 kilometers to safety. -Unlock all 15 jobs, each with their own special starting skills, items and rewards. -Experience tons of random events both in the outside world and indoors, and be the master of your destiny. -Survive both day and night, as well as random weather events. -Collect hundreds of items and craft your own weapons and armor. -Explore the limits of crafting and upgrading to forge the strongest gear. -Try loads of food to stay alive and cook your own meals Lizards Insects Braised beef. -Explore a world inspired by real events and real stories. -Fight a wide range of enemies, including wild beasts and rebel soldiers. Can you survive attacks from all your enemies and extremely difficult bosses?
DungeonSquad
Lead a solo mission into an enemy-controlled planet to defeat invading heroes. Summon monsters using fallen foes' equipment and harness the power of Dark Gods to overcome colossal enemy forces. Rebuild the Abyss to grow stronger in this roguelike adventure.
- Summon monsters from defeated heroes
- Equip monsters with fallen sacrifices' gear
- Harness Dark God blessings
- Rebuild the Abyss for power
- Roguelike gameplay with random choices
- Over 100 unique skills
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The new game of the developer ""GameCoaster"", who made Dungeon Maker and Dungeon Defense! A seemingly infinite stream of heroes invaded the dungeon and brought ruin to the Abyss. Now you must go straight to the source of the enemy and return your home to its former glory. Defeat the Army of Light and take back the power of the Abyss. You are tasked with infiltrating a planet dominated by light all on your own. You must bring down the heroes and use them to summon monsters to fight alongside you, armed with the equipment of these fallen sacrifices. Once you are strong enough, you may receive the blessings of the Dark Gods, and combine their powers with those of your monsters to bring down colossal groups of enemies. ◇ 10 elite monsters and over 100 unique skills ◇ The Power of the Abyss gets stronger as you rebuild ◇ Roguelike with random choices and opportunities
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: DungeonSquad at #119 against Home Behind's unranked. DungeonSquad also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 62%). Home Behind's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Home Behind costs $2.99 and DungeonSquad $4.99 up front. Home Behind sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and DungeonSquad sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DungeonSquad holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 288 and 610 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Home Behind's written reviews are positive against 71% of DungeonSquad's.
Home Behind ships an update fortnightly, DungeonSquad every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Behind | DungeonSquad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (288 ratings) | 4.8 (610 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 288 | 610 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #119 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 371 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Coconut Island Games Limited | GameCoaster |
Customer experience
Home Behind
DungeonSquad
User reviews
Home Behind
From 288 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging storyline and emotional impact
- 👍 Unique and interesting gameplay
- 👍 Good value for price
- 👍 Educational and thought-provoking
- 👍 High replayability (for some)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Unintuitive UI/UX
- 🐛 Repetitive gameplay loop
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes and unfair deaths
- 🐛 Lack of save function (early versions)
DungeonSquad
From 610 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Great art and pixel design
- 🕹️ Satisfying gameplay loop
- 🔝 High quality game
- 🤑 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🤔 Lack of explanations/tutorials
- 🕰️ Excessive grinding
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🍼 Overly sexualized art style
Bugs and requests
Home Behind
Reported bugs
20 issues- Purchase restoration failures
- Game crashes on startup/loading
- UI overlaps (inventory/skills)
- Text sometimes appears in Chinese (in English mode)
- In-game purchases not working/initializing
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- Game not starting after intro
- Black screen after intro with music playing
- Dialogue sometimes switches languages
- Shards/postcards not increasing stats
- Progress not saving correctly
- Game not working after iOS 12 update
- Buttons showing 'new label'
- Game not opening
- Requires internet connection
- Crash during combat/when fighting wolves
- Endless mode stuck at 0%
- DLC not unlocking after purchase
- Inconsistent language support after updates
- Game not compatible with newer iPhones/iOS versions
- Ads causing game to freeze
Requested features
14 requests- New maps/levels
- Sequel (Home Behind 2)
- More character variety/unlocks
- Co-op/team play option
- Female character option
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- More intuitive crafting/skill system
- Adjustable difficulty
- More diverse random events
- Option to skip intro cutscenes
- Separate music and sound effect volume controls
- Save game function (for earlier versions)
- Better inventory management
- More colorful scenery
- Aesthetics/skins for unlock
DungeonSquad
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on title screen
- Incorrect display of equipment icons
- Saves lost after updates
- Language change causes crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Better tutorial and in-game encyclopedia
- Ability to save/load character builds
- More language support (e.g. Chinese)
- Cross-platform cloud save
In-app purchases
Home Behind
- 退伍軍人$1.99
- 飼養員$1.99
- 額外負重$1.99
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- Endless Mode DLC$1.99
- 手工藝人$2.99
- 郵差$2.99
- 科学家$4.99
DungeonSquad
- Season 3 Battle Pass$1.99
- Unlock Beholder$2.99
- Time Flow$2.99
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- Autonomy$2.99
- Uniform Pack$3.99
- Mecha Pack$4.99
- Neo Package$4.99
- Wedding Pack$4.99
- Nurse Pack$4.99
- Unlock Temperament$6.99
- Season Pass$6.99
- Corrupted Pack$6.99
- Resource Storage$6.99
- Unlock Prisoner Codex$6.99
- Character Pass$11.99
- Monster Pack$19.99
Questions
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