Fighting Fantasy Classics vs Eldrum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fighting Fantasy Classics
Embark on epic text-based roleplaying adventures where your choices shape the narrative. Explore magical realms, battle monsters, and uncover mysteries with interactive storytelling and remastered classic tales. Features include automated character sheets, map tracking, and collectible artwork.
- Text-based roleplaying adventures
- Automated adventure sheet
- Map your journey feature
- Collectible artwork gallery
- Atmospheric music
- Unlimited bookmarks
- Dice accelerometer support
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Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests of epic proportions where YOU choose what happens next! Journey a magical realm, fighting monsters and unravelling mysteries in Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered. FREE GAMEBOOK FOR EVERY PLAYER Receive Jonathan Green's swashbuckling pirate adventure - Bloodbones - for free when you download the game. MULTIPLE DIFFICULTY SETTINGS Make the gamebooks as easy or hard as you like with a range of difficulty settings to suit the needs to every player. AUTOMATED ADVENTURE SHEET Which keeps track of your equipment, stats, inventory, and knowledge gained during your journey. MAP YOUR JOURNEY Auto mapping feature makes it easy to keep track of everywhere you have explored during both current and previous playthroughs. COLLECTABLE ARTWORK GALLERY Featuring classic, original artwork from Iain McCaig, Russ Nicholson, Malcolm Barter, Ian Miller, Brian Williams and more! ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC Specially composed ambient tracks immerse you in your adventure, transporting you to the game world. UNLIMITED BOOKMARKS Allow you to revisit difficult sections of the story as many times as desired. DICE ACCELEROMETER SUPPORT Roll your way to victory with accelerometer support - shaking the device will allow you to reroll your dice! All this and more as you play through classic adventures including: Bloodbones, Caverns of the Snow Witch, Citadel of Chaos, City of Thieves, Deathtrap Dungeon, Forest of Doom, House of Hell, Island of the Lizard King, Trial of Champions and Warlock of Firetop Mountain, with more titles to come in future updates. Originally presented by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone in the 80s and 90s, Fighting Fantasy Classics brings these timeless tales to your phone or tablet using our critically acclaimed Gamebook Adventures Engine. Traverse the realm of Allansia, using your might and magic to hunt down evil demisorcers. Brave the dangers of Darkwood Forest to help save a doomed village of dwarves. Seek vengeance from the Pirate Lord who stole your family and destroyed your life many moons ago. Save a port-town from the wrath of an undead lord and his ghostly hound minions! Part story, part game, in these adventures YOU ARE THE HERO!
Eldrum
Embark on a dark fantasy text-based RPG where your decisions forge your path. Explore a war-torn world, uncover secrets, and shape your character's destiny through branching narratives and multiple endings. This immersive experience offers deep gameplay reminiscent of tabletop RPGs.
- Text-based choices adventure RPG
- Nostalgic table-top RPG style
- Character building and equipment
- Multiple endings based on choices
- Secrets to discover
- High replayability
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Dive into a dark, immersive world where your choices shape your destiny. Eldrum: Red Tide is a gripping text-based RPG that combines the depth of D&D, the strategic gameplay of CRPGs, and the narrative freedom of CYOA gamebooks. Eldrum: Red Tide is a dark fantasy story about a former soldier who is searching for his family in a world ravaged by war. Your brother is gone without a trace. What happened to him? The answer to this question lies at the end of a long and dangerous journey. The world has changed. The place where you were born was burned to ash. People out there are struggling to survive. You are a shadow of your former self, having suffered grave injuries during the war. But the past is the past. What matters is the here and now. You have the freedom to shape your own destiny. There is always a choice. FEATURES - Nostalgic table-top RPG style - Many secrets to discover - Equip and build your character - Multiple endings that vary depending on your choices throughout the story - Replayability with different play styles opening up different locations, NPCs and gear - Text based choices adventure RPG - Supports both phones and tablets - Accessible to blind and low-vision players Eldrum: Red Tide is the second game in the Eldrum series. The games' stories are linked and there are references between the games, but they can be played in any order.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Eldrum at every 9 days against Fighting Fantasy Classics's every 2 months. Eldrum also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Fighting Fantasy Classics sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and Eldrum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Eldrum holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 424 and 433 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Fighting Fantasy Classics's written reviews are positive against 95% of Eldrum's.
Fighting Fantasy Classics ships an update every 2 months, Eldrum every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fighting Fantasy Classics | Eldrum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (424 ratings) | 4.9 (433 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 424 | 433 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tin Man Games | Act None |
Customer experience
Fighting Fantasy Classics
Eldrum
Bugs and requests
Fighting Fantasy Classics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Eldrum
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent enemy shield/evasion chances
- Difficulty spikes in certain encounters
Requested features
2 requests- Sound effects for combat
- More content and story expansions
In-app purchases
Fighting Fantasy Classics
- Forest of Doom$3.99
- Island of the Lizard King$3.99
- Caverns of the Snow Witch$3.99
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- Warlock of Firetop Mountain$3.99
- Citadel of Chaos$3.99
- City of Thieves$3.99
- Deathtrap Dungeon$3.99
- Trial of Champions$3.99
- House of Hell$3.99
- Freeway Fighter$3.99
- Return to Firetop Mountain$3.99
- Scorpion Swamp$3.99
- Eye of the Dragon$3.99
- Starship Traveller$3.99
- Creature of Havoc$3.99
- Port of Peril$3.99
- Armies of Death$3.99
- Temple of Terror$3.99
Eldrum
- Upgrade from Basic to Premium$2.49
- Basic$6.99
- Premium$7.99
Questions
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