Gladiator Rising vs Crust Crusaders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladiator Rising
Engage in strategic turn-based combat against procedurally generated opponents across five chapters. Equip and utilize a variety of items to hone your warrior skills and achieve ultimate victory in this challenging roguelike RPG.
- Procedurally generated gladiators
- Five chapters of progression
- Item buying and equipping
- Turn-based RPG combat
- Strategic gameplay
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Fight through five Chapters of constantly changing, randomly generated gladiators. Buy, equip and use items as you compete to become the ultimate warrior. Strategy is key to success in this mix of rogue-like and turn-based RPG mix.
Crust Crusaders
Engage in a unique shoot 'em up roguelike where your chosen pizza toppings grant special abilities. Navigate through challenging levels, utilizing one-touch controls to defeat evil vegetables and save the planetary pie. Every playthrough offers a fresh experience.
- Topping-based ability system
- Roguelike gameplay
- Auto-rotate controls
- One-touch gameplay
- Defeat evil veggies
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Crust Crusaders is a unique shoot 'em up roguelike. The toppings you select effect your abilities. For example, pepperoni gives you a double blaster, while mushrooms give you a shield. Not one playthrough will be the same. Are you ready to defeat the evil veggies and save the planetary pie? Crust Crusaders uses an auto-rotate feature that allows the player to enjoy the game by only using one touch!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crust Crusaders at none against Gladiator Rising's 4. Crust Crusaders also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 65%). Gladiator Rising's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 261). On price, rating, 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. Gladiator Rising sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Crust Crusaders asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Gladiator Rising against 4.5 for Crust Crusaders. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Rising has 2.6K ratings behind it against 261, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Gladiator Rising's written reviews are positive against 78% of Crust Crusaders's.
Gladiator Rising ships an update every 4 months, Crust Crusaders every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladiator Rising | Crust Crusaders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (261 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 261 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. | Astro Hound Studios |
Customer experience
Gladiator Rising
Crust Crusaders
User reviews
Gladiator Rising
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun gameplay
- 👍 Challenging and addictive
- 🤺 Gladiator theme
- 💎 Good value for a free game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔨 Progression-blocking issues
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls
- 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spikes
Crust Crusaders
From 261 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍕 Fun space pizza-themed game
- 👍 Addictive and challenging gameplay
- 🎨 Appealing pixel art style
- 🎵 Great soundtrack
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (soft-locks, power-ups not appearing, etc.)
- 🔍 Unclear hit detection/hitboxes
- 🔋 Crashes and performance issues on some devices
- 💸 Presence of NFTs
Bugs and requests
Gladiator Rising
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when opening ad chests
- Unable to progress past 3rd or 4th fight
- Character instantly dying when sleeping
- Inventory and skill issues on reloading
Requested features
4 requests- More character classes and abilities
- Improved save/load system
- Better in-app purchase options
- Expanded post-game content
Crust Crusaders
Reported bugs
4 issues- Soft-locks when selecting toppings
- Power-ups not appearing
- Crashes and performance issues on older devices
- Inconsistent hit detection
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to spend coins after maxing out upgrades
- Difficulty settings or game modes
- Better visual/audio feedback when taking damage
- Joystick or control customization options
In-app purchases
Gladiator Rising
- Small Donation$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Medium Donation$2.99
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- Large Donation$8.99
Crust Crusaders
No in-app purchases
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