Gladiator Rising vs Doomdepths
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.
Doomdepths
Embark on a turn-based roguelike adventure with classless character development and procedurally generated items. Explore a vast world, battle enemies, and unlock abilities in a game where every decision matters due to permadeath. Enjoy stunning graphics and immersive gameplay for endless replayability.
- Turn-based roguelike gameplay
- Classless character development
- Procedurally generated items and upgrades
- Permadeath
- Unlockable abilities and upgrades
- Stunning graphics
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Step into a world of adventure with this exciting turn-based roguelike game, featuring classless development and procedurally generated items and upgrades. With endless possibilities and challenges around every corner, no two playthroughs are ever the same. Customize your character's abilities and skills to create a truly unique experience, and explore a vast world filled with danger and adventure. Battle fierce enemies, uncover hidden treasures, and use your wits and strategy to overcome even the toughest obstacles. As you progress, you'll unlock powerful abilities and upgrades, making each playthrough more exciting and rewarding than the last. But be warned - permadeath means that each decision could be your last. With stunning graphics and immersive gameplay, this turn-based roguelike game will keep you on the edge of your seat for hours on end. So what are you waiting for? Download now and see if you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that lie ahead.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Doomdepths at none against Gladiator Rising's shown. Doomdepths also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 65%). Gladiator Rising's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 468). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Doomdepths sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Gladiator Rising against 4.6 for Doomdepths. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Rising has 2.6K ratings behind it against 468, 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 82% of Doomdepths's.
Gladiator Rising ships an update every 4 months, Doomdepths every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladiator Rising | Doomdepths |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) | 4.6 (468 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 468 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. | Kacper Jankowski |
Customer experience
Gladiator Rising
Doomdepths
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
Doomdepths
From 468 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Innovative mechanics
- 🎨 Visually appealing
- 🕹️ Satisfying combat
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of tutorials/explanations
- 📱 UI/UX issues on newer devices
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🕰️ Slow progression
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
Doomdepths
Reported bugs
4 issues- Runs getting deleted if not completed
- Inability to close ads or access UI elements
- Weapon unequipping issues
- Poison damage not granting XP
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to opt out of talents
- Better revival/checkpointing system
- Improved audio/sound effects
- More content and replayability
- Clearer item/ability descriptions
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- Separate scoreboards for different run types
- Customizable UI/HUD layout
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
Doomdepths
- Skeleton head$2.99
- Resource pack$4.99
- Bandit covers$4.99
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- Blood gem$4.99
- Skull of curses$4.99
- Crystal$4.99
- Hat of the dark mage$5.99
- Pumpkin companion$5.99
- Fire wisp$5.99
- Rebel hat$5.99
- Remove ads$9.99
- Crown$9.99
- Primal weapon$9.99
- Blood border$9.99
- Jester hat$9.99
- Ancient warrior helmet$9.99
- Beast border$9.99
- Golden border$9.99
- Galla the cat$9.99
- Ancient border$14.99
- Rainbow border$14.99
- Mecha beast$17.99
- Founder pack$24.99
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