Comparison

Abalon vs Dicefolk

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

Dicefolk

Assemble a team of mythical beasts and lead them to victory using a unique dice-based combat system. Recruit and evolve your creatures to create the ultimate Chimera Summoner.

Highlights
  • Recruit mythical beasts
  • Create custom teams
  • Unique dice mechanics
  • Command creatures to victory
  • Evolve your team
Features
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As a Chimera Summoner, recruit and create your perfect team of mythical beasts and command them to victory using unique dice mechanics.

Screenshots

Abalon4 screens
Dicefolk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Abalon at 4.8 against Dicefolk's 4.4. Abalon also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (991 vs 47). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Abalon sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Dicefolk 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

Abalon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Abalon has 991 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 84% and 84% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abalon ships an update every 2 days, Dicefolk fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Abalon versus Dicefolk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbalonDicefolk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (991 ratings) — better4.4 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews84.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings991 — better47
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB400 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperD20Studios, LLCGood Shepherd Entertainment

Customer experience

Abalon

All ratings991 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews287 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.9%

Dicefolk

All ratings47 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Abalon

From 991 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

Dicefolk

From 47 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Improves on the pick up and play aspect
  • 👍 Lots of depth and the right amount of meta progression
  • 👍 Reasonably priced
  • 👍 Intuitive gameplay
  • 👍 Strategic and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes on launch after update
  • 👎 Not the full game, must purchase separately

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

Dicefolk

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Crashes on launch after update

Requested features

1 request
  • Dark mode option

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
2 purchases

Dicefolk

One-time2
  • Full Game Unlock$4.99
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Abalon free?
Abalon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dicefolk free?
Dicefolk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Abalon or Dicefolk?
Abalon is rated higher. Abalon averages 4.8 out of 5 from 991 ratings, while Dicefolk averages 4.4 from 47 ratings.
Do Abalon or Dicefolk have ads?
Neither Abalon nor Dicefolk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abalon or Dicefolk?
Abalon ships an update every 2 days, and Dicefolk fortnightly. Most recently, Abalon was updated on September 23, 2026 and Dicefolk on September 14, 2026.

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