zDungeon vs Wumpus Cave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
zDungeon
Explore a cave using text commands to find hidden treasure. Discover items, avoid monsters, and solve puzzles to progress. Enjoy simple graphics and offline play.
- Text-based navigation
- Item discovery
- Monster encounters
- Puzzle solving
- Offline play
- In-app purchases
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You're in a cave and you only have a description of your immediate surroundings. You must navigate the cave in search of a treasure. On your adventure you will find items to help you make it to the treasure. Beware of monsters that you encounter as they are not friendly. Use your surroundings with text input. ("open chest", "pickup sword") Not all of the commands are given to you. Find out which commands are available and which commands will help you reach the treasure. Movement can be entered with text input or, for ease, you may use the navigation buttons. Wildly simple graphics. - Playable without wifi - In-App Purchases
Wumpus Cave
Navigate a dark maze filled with treasures, keys, and lurking dangers. This game offers a modern take on a classic text-based adventure, featuring updated controls, graphics, and sound effects.
- Modernized controls
- Graphics and sound effects
- Varied cave layouts
- Treasure and key collection
- Avoid bottomless pits
- Encounter multiple wumpus
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Inspired by a 1970's text-based creation, Wumpus Cave adds iPhone controls, graphics, sound effects, treasures, and varies the cave from game to game. Find your way through the pitch-dark maze of twisty passages to the treasure, the key, and back out again, while avoiding bottomless pits and letting your grimble deal with the multiple wumpus lurking in the cave. English only. Free. No ads. No wifi required. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wumpus Cave at 4.9 against zDungeon's 3.7. Wumpus Cave also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 10 months). zDungeon's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. zDungeon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Wumpus Cave asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wumpus Cave holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
zDungeon ships an update every 10 months, Wumpus Cave every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | zDungeon | Wumpus Cave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Anthony Fennell | Jeffrey Scott Watters |
Customer experience
zDungeon
Wumpus Cave
In-app purchases
zDungeon
- Map Expansion 1$0.99
- Coffee for Antonioni$2.99
Wumpus Cave
No in-app purchases
