Retro Wanderer vs Questy Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Wanderer
Explore classic puzzle levels with updated graphics and modern features. This game offers a challenging experience where every screen is a unique puzzle to solve. Save your progress and replay your moves.
- Classic puzzle gameplay
- Shiny new graphics
- Game Center support
- Game controller support
- 60 unique screens
- Saveable moves for replay
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Welcome to Retro Wanderer! Wanderer is an old PC puzzle game similar to Boulderdash, Repton, XOR and others. This is port of the original game from the original code. All 60 screens are available with shiny new graphics, game center support and game controller support. Each screen is a separate puzzle to solve, nothing is random and the game can save your moves for a replay. No monsters were harmed while developing this game. (This is open source - see https://github.com/teleportaloo/RetroWanderer )
Questy Chess
A unique puzzle RPG that reimagines chess gameplay. Navigate challenging levels, defeat enemies using chess moves, and uncover a story within a computer world. Designed for both casual players and chess enthusiasts.
- Unique Chess-like RPG-Puzzle gameplay
- Over 24 levels with 4 worlds and bosses
- Brain-teasing puzzle levels
- Normal and Hard difficulty modes
- Multiple themes
- Minimalist design
- Drone soundtrack
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Deep in an ever advancing computer, forgotten and unchanged, remains the first version of Chess. Peace is shattered by a rogue program! It’s installing itself! All pieces from Chess are being overwritten by Evil Chess, until a final Pawn is left. That final pawn is you. All around you, chaos. Your fellow pieces are gone! The King is gone! Can you stop the invading bytes before being overwritten? Questy Chess is a collection of short interesting levels with no previous chess skill required. It can be completed in about an hour. To fully 100% the game may take a bit longer... Features: - Unique Chess-like RPG-Puzzle game - Move like Chess, over 24 levels, with 4 worlds and bosses. - Brain teasing puzzle levels. - Normal and Hard difficulty modes. - Many themes to choose from. - Design and share custom levels. (coming soon!) - Minimal design by renowned graphic designer Arkotype (Polytron FEZ, C-Smash VRS, Hypegeek) - Drone soundtrack by Justin DiCenzo. Gameplay: Using traditional Chess moves, traverse levels. Opening item boxes, navigating traps, gates, doors, terrain and travelators. Move carefully! Enemies can move like chess pieces too. Once all levels (sectors) have been formatted, you can take on the boss! Defeat all 4 bosses to activate the final act.You will be graded after this, so work on your optimisation skills! Every level is free to improve upon during and after completing the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Retro Wanderer at Free against Questy Chess's $4.99. Retro Wanderer also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Questy Chess's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 11 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Retro Wanderer is free to download; Questy Chess costs $4.99 up front. Retro Wanderer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Questy Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Questy Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Retro Wanderer ships an update every 11 months, Questy Chess every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Wanderer | Questy Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teleportaloo | Hawken King |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Retro Wanderer
- Donation$0.99
Questy Chess
- Unlock full gameFree
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