Comparison

Abalon vs Letterlike

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

Head to head
About

Abalon

Engage in tactical turn-based combat and deck-building strategy in a tabletop-inspired world. Command units, cast spells, and outwit opponents with creative combos and strategic positioning. Explore diverse biomes, collect cards, and build the perfect deck to become a legend.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical combat
  • Deck building strategy
  • Top-down battlefield control
  • Over 500 unique cards
  • Character-based abilities
  • Creative combo system
  • Procedurally generated world exploration
Features
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Welcome to Abalon, a legendary tactical roguelike and deck building RPG! CARDS. DICE. TACTICS. Embark on epic roguelike adventures to explore a tabletop inspired world and discover its secrets. Abalon combines turn based tactical combat with deck building strategy. Defeat monstrous hordes and powerful bosses to reap the rewards of treasures, allies, and spells. Roll the dice and become a dungeon crawling legend! COMMAND LIKE A GOD Command from a top-down perspective that gives you ultimate control over battlefield tactics. Your characters look up to you (literally) as their god to indicate they are ready to receive your orders. Commands are intuitive: Drag cards to cast spells. Drag warriors to enemies to attack. Drag healers to injured allies to heal. Play fast and fluid with 3-5 minute battles and without having to wait for animations. You can even undo failed attacks to try different approaches. Endless possibilities are at your fingertips! OUTWIT YOUR OPPONENTS Defeat overwhelming odds by mastering tactical positions, backstabbing, feinting counterattacks, knocking enemies into allies to trigger combos, leveraging traps for bonus damage and exploiting spell synergies to manipulate the battlefield in your favor. Abalon is deceptively simple to learn with an unrivaled depth of mechanics that are challenging to master. Position matters. Facing matters. Terrain matters. BUILD THE PERFECT DECK Choose compelling characters like squirrel hurling druids, menacing liche kings, psychic lizard wizards and steampunk time traveling rats. Abalon has over 500 cards including 225 hand-crafted characters with distinct strengths and weaknesses. Select your favorite summoner, build your team and construct a deck of 20 cards. Abalon differs from other role-playing games by removing grindy leveling systems in favor of fixed character stats and abilities and interchangeable gear-based upgrades. Use everyone you have and experiment to create unique strategies. UNLEASH CREATIVE COMBOS Combine your units and spells to create game-breaking synergies: Hurl a squirrel at your opponent and command your critter to bite them in the butt. Cast Animal Growth to mutate it into a super hulk squirrel. Then use Breed to multiply it into an army of hulk squirrels and decimate your opponent in the most satisfying way! Discover something new each time you play. EXPLORE. ROLL DICE. MAKE FRIENDS. Explore an ever-changing fantasy world filled with colorful woodlands, frozen peaks, barren deserts, and perilous dungeons. Abalon is rich in lore, both gritty and humorous, and each biome offers its own characters to find and mysteries to unravel. Collect and roll D20 dice to determine the outcome of fate encounters and make friends with charming bears and birthday goblins. EXPAND YOUR COLLECTION Play for free and grow your collection with paid expansions. Abalon is a premium CCG and RPG that respects your time and money. There are no ads, randomized booster packs, cards to dust, or grinding to level up. Each expansion contains a curated set of content so you know what you are paying for upfront. Like a board game hobby, Abalon’s expansions enhance your existing content. We aim to support the game’s development for the next 10 years and beyond with additional cards, challenge modifiers, game modes and more for infinite replayability. PLAY ON ANY DEVICE ANYTIME ANYWHERE Abalon offers a true cross-platform experience with support for phones, tablets, computers, TVs, portrait and landscape orientations and offline play. ABOUT D20STUDIOS We’re a passionate indie game team who aim to inspire creativity, critical thinking and positive community in people around the world. We value player-driven development, quality products and excellent customer service, and we’d love to hear how we can make your Abalon experience exceptional. Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios Email: contact@d20studios.com

About

Letterlike

Embark on a solo roguelike word adventure with procedurally generated challenges. Create words to score points, unlock upgrades, and conquer bosses. Enjoy endless replayability with New Game Plus and offline play.

Highlights
  • Roguelike word gameplay
  • Procedurally generated runs
  • Word creation for points
  • Progressive gem upgrades
  • Offline play
  • New Game Plus mode
Currently charting
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Play the demo for free at playletterlike.com or by clicking the Developer Website link below. Prepare for endless possibilities with Letterlike, a roguelike word game! SOLO WORD GAME Designed to be played alone, but specific runs can be replayed by friends using a shared seed! MAKE WORDS, SCORE POINTS Advance through rounds and stages by making longer words and scoring more points! ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Letterlike offers procedurally generated runs with random items and random bosses to provide for endless possibilities! PROGRESSIVE UPGRADES Gain special gems throughout the game to gain powerful upgrades for each run! ONE-TIME PURCHASE We are dedicated to making Letterlike ad-free without any in-app purchases so your purchase goes a long way! FREE UPDATES Any updates to Letterlike (including expansions of items and bosses) will always be free! NEW GAME PLUS Unlimited fun playing again with new game plus PLAY OFFLINE The entire game is available offline to be enjoyed on the go! By downloading the Letterlike App, you agree to the Letterlike Privacy Policy (https://playletterlike.com/privacy), Terms and Conditions (https://playletterlike.com/terms), and Apple Terms of Sale

Screenshots

Abalon4 screens
Letterlike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Abalon at Free against Letterlike's $4.99. Abalon also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 122) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). Letterlike's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and chart position (#54 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Abalon is free to download; Letterlike costs $4.99 up front. Abalon sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Letterlike asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Abalon against 4.7 for Letterlike. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Abalon has 1K ratings behind it against 122, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Abalon's written reviews are positive against 89% of Letterlike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abalon ships an update every 2 days, Letterlike every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Abalon versus Letterlike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbalonLetterlike
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (1K ratings) — better4.7 (122 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews89.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better122
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#54 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB48 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperD20Studios, LLCRonald Lee

Customer experience

Abalon

All ratings1,010 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews290 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.8%

Letterlike

All ratings122 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

Abalon

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic strategy game
  • 👍 Fun game
  • 👍 Highly recommended
  • 👍 Great for busy RPG parents
  • 👍 Way better than expected

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Not recommended at the moment
  • 🐛 Very unbalanced and costs $30
  • 🐛 Game crashes after loading
  • 🐛 Koumpounophobia (fear of buttons)
  • 🐛 Controlling units is frustrating

Letterlike

From 122 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Addictive and fun gameplay
  • 👍 Clever combination of Scrabble and roguelike
  • 🚀 Challenging but rewarding progression system
  • 💎 Satisfying upgrade and customization options
  • 🕹️ Enjoyable for short bursts or long sessions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional difficulty spikes and unbalanced runs
  • 🗣️ Annoying AI opponent trash talk
  • 💰 Diamonds could be more reasonably priced

Bugs and requests

Abalon

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Bugs in second chapter dungeon
  • Unable to use satchel items

Requested features

3 requests
  • Controller support for Backbone and other third party controllers
  • More variation in encounter types
  • Dark mode option

Letterlike

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes or freezes on some devices
  • Inconsistent letter distribution

Requested features

4 requests
  • Save progress and resume games
  • Leaderboards and social features
  • More visual customization options
  • In-game dictionary or word definitions

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Abalon

One-time5
  • Animal Gear$3.99
  • Angels & Demons$7.99
  • Dark Legion$7.99
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  • Mean & Green$7.99
  • Space & Time$7.99
None

Letterlike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abalon free?
Abalon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Letterlike free?
Letterlike costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Abalon or Letterlike?
Abalon is rated higher. Abalon averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Letterlike averages 4.7 from 122 ratings.
Do Abalon or Letterlike have ads?
Neither Abalon nor Letterlike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abalon or Letterlike?
Abalon ships an update every 2 days, and Letterlike every 4 days. Most recently, Abalon was updated on October 26, 2026 and Letterlike on October 25, 2026.

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