Comparison

Stormbound vs Dota Underlords

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

Head to head
About

Stormbound

Engage in strategic turn-based tactical battles by building a powerful deck of collectible cards. Outsmart opponents worldwide in real-time PVP, customize your profile, and compete for seasonal rewards.

Highlights
  • Deck building
  • Collectible cards
  • Turn-based tactical battles
  • Real-time PVP
  • Four distinct kingdoms
  • Seasonal events and rewards
  • Profile customization
Features
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Stormbound: PVP Card Battle - Where deck building for Collectible Cards and Strategic gameplay collide in unique PVP Turn-based Tactical battles. Embark on an epic journey in Stormbound, where the clash of four kingdoms unfolds in a strategic battle for dominance. Craft and build a powerful deck, engage in real-time PVP card battles against players worldwide! Ultimate Card Battle: Watch Your Deck Shine Dive into the thrill of collecting dozens of cards to craft your powerful deck! Experience the magic as each card transforms the board into the battle on a battlefield! Strategically play your cards to outsmart your opponent in this tactical card battle. Dominate the board Discover the powers of four mighty kingdoms, each with its own cool advantages and playstyles. Uncover the strengths that set them apart, and shape your effective strategy accordingly to dominate the board. Real-time PVP Card Battle Battle players across the globe in electrifying head-to-head PVP battles! Forge your path to victory through various challenges awaiting you on the game board. Unlock a bounty of valuable resources to enhance your card and deck collection. Master your deck building skills to conquer the card battle ladder. Customize your profile Unleash your emotions with fun and personalized emotes that let you truly express yourself in the heat of the PVP battle. Spice up your customized profile by choosing a cool avatar from our diverse collection, making your account uniquely yours. Battle your way to the top league Battle for seasonal ranking and great rewards, try your best in confronting diverse challenges across various card battle game modes. Upgrade your cards, master your deck building skills and tactics to conquer the battle and get to the top league. Seasonal Events Enjoy seasonal battle events and unlock special rewards, enriching your collection of cards, decks and resources. Use your collection of cards to build strategic decks tailored for seasonal battles. Claim victory in challenging battles where the worlds of strategy and collectible cards collide in tactical gameplay! Terms of Service: https://stormboundgames.com/terms

About

Dota Underlords

Engage in strategic battles where hero recruitment and team synergy are key to victory. Explore a city-based campaign, unlock rewards, and compete in multiplayer modes. Offers both free and paid content with cosmetic rewards.

Highlights
  • Hero recruitment and upgrades
  • Alliance-based team bonuses
  • Unique Underlord abilities
  • City Crawl campaign mode
  • Battle Pass with unlockable rewards
  • Cross-platform play
Features
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Works with: iPhone SE, 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XS, XR, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max; iPad Mini 4, 5; iPad Air 2, iPad Air 3; iPad Pro, iPad 7th gen, iPod Touch 7th Gen Dota Underlords not supported on: iPhone 6, 6 Plus; iPad Air, iPad Air Mini 2, iPad Air Mini 3; iPod Touch 6th Gen and below NEXT GENERATION AUTO-BATTLER In Dota Underlords, strategic decisions matter more than twitch reflexes. Underlords includes compelling singleplayer and multiplayer modes, and offers level progression with rewards. Play a strategic Standard game, a quick Knockout match, or co-op Duos match with a friend. SEASON ONE NOW AVAILABLE Season One comes with a City Crawl full of content, a Battle Pass full of rewards, and multiple ways to play online or offline. Dota Underlords is now out of Early Access and ready to play! CITY CRAWL Mama Eeb’s death has left a power vacuum in White Spire. Take back the city neighborhood by neighborhood, Underlord by Underlord, in the new City Crawl campaign. Complete puzzle challenges, win quick street-fights, and complete in-game challenges to clear paths and take over the city. Unlock rewards like new outfits for your Underlords, new wanted poster artwork, victory dances, and titles. BATTLEPASS Season One comes with a full Battle Pass offering over 100 rewards. Play matches, complete challenges, and unlock areas of the City Crawl to level up your Battle Pass and earn rewards. Rewards include new boards, weather effects, profile customization, skins, and other gameplay cosmetics. Many of these rewards can be earned for free simply by playing the game. For more rewards and content, players can purchase the Battle Pass for $4.99 on all platforms. The paid Battle Pass is not required to play the game, nor does it provide any gameplay specific advantage. WHITE SPIRE AWAITS A LEADER... A vertical metropolis of gambling and grit, just beyond the reach of Stonehall and Revtel; White Spire is known as a smugglers' paradise with loose morals and colorful residents to spare. Despite being overrun with syndicates, gangs, and secret societies, White Spire has never descended into chaos for one reason: Momma Eeb. She was respected… she was loved… and unfortunately, she was murdered last week. Eeb’s death has sent one question rippling through White Spire’s underworld: who is going to run the city? STRATEGIZE TO WIN: Recruit heroes and upgrade them into more powerful versions of themselves. MIX AND MATCH: Each hero you recruit can form unique alliances. Stacking your team with allied heroes will unlock powerful bonuses that can crush your rivals. UNDERLORDS: Choose from four Underlords to lead your crew to victory. Underlords are powerful units who fight on the field alongside your crew, and they each bring their own playstyle, perks, and abilities to the table. CROSSPLAY: Play on your platform of choice and battle players across the globe in a hassle-free crossplay experience. Running late? Start a match on your PC and finish it on your mobile device (and vice versa). Your profile in Dota Underlords is shared across all devices, so no matter what you play on, you're always making progress. RANKED MATCHMAKING: Everyone starts at the bottom, but by playing against other Underlords you'll climb through the ranks and prove you're worthy to rule White Spire. TOURNAMENT-READY: Create your own private lobbies and matches, then invite spectators to watch 8 Underlords duke it out. OFFLINE PLAY: Offering a sophisticated AI with 4 levels of difficulty, offline play is a great place to hone your skills. Pause and resume games at your leisure. SEASONAL ROTATION: Every season we'll say goodbye to certain Heroes, Items, and Alliances to make room for new additions that will shape the ever-evolving world of Underlords.

Screenshots

Stormbound4 screens
Dota Underlords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dota Underlords at none against Stormbound's shown. Dota Underlords also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Stormbound's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 48%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stormbound sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Dota Underlords sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stormbound holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9K and 6.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Stormbound's written reviews are positive against 48% of Dota Underlords's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stormbound ships an update every 3 weeks, Dota Underlords weekly. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stormbound versus Dota Underlords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStormboundDota Underlords
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (9K ratings) — better4.4 (6.1K ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews — better48.4% of reviews
Number of ratings9K — better6.1K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size526 MB1.1 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperStormbound Games Sp. z o.o.Valve

Customer experience

Stormbound

All ratings9,043 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews1,591 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral11.2%
Negative25.3%

Dota Underlords

All ratings6,052 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews1,504 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral14.1%
Negative37.5%

User reviews

Stormbound

From 9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Better than Clash Royale
  • 🔒 No ads
  • 👍 Fantastic game
  • 👍 Fun and creative cards
  • 👍 Cohesive combat

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Pay to win
  • 🐛 Unbalanced cards
  • 🐛 Unfair matchmaking
  • 🐛 Slow progression for F2P
  • 🐛 Frustrating level caps

Dota Underlords

From 6.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game concept
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Variety of strategies and builds
  • 🎨 Good graphics and visuals
  • 🔓 Free-to-play with no monetization issues

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🕹️ Clunky and confusing UI
  • 🕰️ Overly long match durations
  • 🤖 Imbalanced hero/alliance issues

Bugs and requests

Stormbound

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login/loading issues
  • Card placement bugs
  • Deck editing problems
  • Inconsistent card rotation

Requested features

7 requests
  • Offline mode
  • Clan/guild system
  • Chat functionality
  • Spectate mode
  • Leaderboard/ranking display
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  • More PvE content
  • Improved social features

Dota Underlords

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to log in or connect to Steam
  • Saves/progress not carrying over between devices
  • Matchmaking and multiplayer issues
  • Objective/quest completion bugs
  • Graphical glitches and UI problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More hero and alliance options
  • Improved tutorial and onboarding
  • Ability to track progress and rank
  • Better performance optimizations
  • Smoother cross-platform experience

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Stormbound

Subscriptions1
  • Premium pass$7.991 Month
One-time12
  • Daily resources$1.99
  • Daily cards$1.99
  • Welcome Pack$4.99
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  • Handful of Rubies$4.99
  • Premium Pass$4.99
  • Generic package 7$$6.99
  • Premium Pass$7.99
  • Shredded Journal$9.99
  • Tribal Tome$9.99
  • Bunch of Rubies$9.99
  • Weekly cards$9.99
  • Heap of Rubies$19.99
2 purchases

Dota Underlords

One-time2
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • 500 Coins$4.99

Questions

Is Stormbound free?
Stormbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dota Underlords free?
Dota Underlords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stormbound or Dota Underlords?
Stormbound is rated higher. Stormbound averages 4.5 out of 5 from 9K ratings, while Dota Underlords averages 4.4 from 6.1K ratings.
Do Stormbound or Dota Underlords have ads?
Stormbound shows ads; Dota Underlords does not.
Which is updated more often, Stormbound or Dota Underlords?
Stormbound ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dota Underlords weekly. Most recently, Stormbound was updated on October 27, 2026 and Dota Underlords on October 27, 2026.

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