Idle Champions vs Roach Race
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Champions
Assemble a team of legendary heroes from across the D&D multiverse to battle monsters and embark on endless adventures. Optimize your formation and unlock unique abilities to overcome challenging quests, even while offline.
- Recruit legendary D&D champions
- Optimize champion formations
- Automatic combat and rewards
- Collect over 140 unique champions
- Explore the D&D multiverse
- Regular content updates
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ABOUT THIS GAME Recruit legendary Champions for the ultimate endless adventure! Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a strategy management game that unites iconic Champions from D&D TRPG campaigns, video games, novels, actual plays, comic books, and shows into a grand adventure. Optimize formations using over 140 Champions, each with unique abilities, to defeat countless monsters across hundreds of adventures. Mastery requires pushing formations further with every adventure – only the most powerful formations will complete the greatest challenges Idle Champions has to offer. COLLECT ICONIC CHAMPIONS Unlock unique Champions from across the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse, each with their own formation abilities and ultimate powers. Fan favorites include Drizzt Do'Urden and the Companions of the Hall, Minsc & Boo, Astarion and Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3, …and many, many more! EASY TO LEARN, HARD TO MASTER Manage multiple adventuring parties to test your Champions' mettle and earn even greater rewards. Your Champions automatically fight enemies until defeated, even if you close the game. Your Familiars automate basic gameplay like leveling Champions and picking up gold so YOU can focus on optimizing your formation strategy. Build powerful synergies and unleash the full power of your Champions to complete the most difficult adventures! TRAVEL THE D&D MULTIVERSE Adventure throughout the Sword Coast and beyond. Visit legendary cities like Baldur's Gate, Waterdeep, and Sigil, the City of Doors. Explore the mists of Barovia, brave the endless Blood War of Avernus, and sail the Astral Sea. REGULAR CONTENT UPDATES There are multiple content updates every month. Since launching in 2017, Idle Champions has introduced 140+ Champions, over 200+ adventures, 8 campaigns based on official TRPG releases, and introduced dozens of new features and systems to the game. The next big update is never far away! For more information on Premium Purchases, please visit http://help.idlechampions.com/?page=privacy © 2025 Wizards of the Coast LLC. All Rights Reserved. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Dragonlance, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coast, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries, and are used with permission. The characters Arkhan and Chango are trademarks of 3:59, Inc. and are used with permission. © 2025 3:59, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Roach Race
Embark on an endless arcade journey across iconic Witcher locations in a 2D platformer. Dash, jump, and collect points to climb the global leaderboard. Experience a popular mini-game from Night City's arcades on your mobile device.
- Endless scrolling platformer
- Iconic Witcher locations
- Global leaderboard
- Collect points and magical carrots
- Dash and jump mechanics
- Power-up glitches
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Roach Race is a free-to-play arcade platform game from CD PROJEKT RED, developed in collaboration with Crunching Koalas. Embark on a never-ending journey across the Continent with Roach and discover iconic locations from The Witcher series of games — in a never-before-seen 2D version. Collect points and climb the ranks to the very top of the global leaderboard. Always on the go! The biggest hit from Night City’s arcades comes straight to your mobile device. The same mini-game available in Cyberpunk 2077 can now travel with you wherever you go! Gallop through the Continent! Together with Roach, race through an endlessly scrolling loop of the Continent. Dash through incredible landscapes and jump over obstacles in the form of deadly monsters and dangerous traps. You’ll traverse five picturesque regions straight from Geralt of Rivia’s travels: the mysterious fortress of Kaer Morhen, the vibrant Novigrad, the forested Flotsam, the majestic Skellige, and the magically enchanted Isle of Mists. Join the global leaderboard! Utilize Roach’s extraordinary abilities to collect points and compete against others for first place in the global rankings. Collect magical carrots and activate powerful glitches to collect even more points! You’ll need to keep your wits and reflexes about you — the further you travel, the faster you go and the more points you collect.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Roach Race at 82% against Idle Champions's 27%. Roach Race also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 14). Idle Champions's advantage is ratings volume (721 vs 46). On price, update cadence, 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. Idle Champions sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Roach Race asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roach Race holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Champions has 721 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Idle Champions's written reviews are positive against 82% of Roach Race's.
Idle Champions ships an update every 9 days, Roach Race every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Champions | Roach Race |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (721 ratings) | 4.7 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.0% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 721 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 361 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Codename Entertainment | CD PROJEKT RED S.A. |
Customer experience
Idle Champions
Roach Race
Bugs and requests
Idle Champions
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes when opening store or menus
- Progress resets or does not save properly
- Negative damage and other game-breaking bugs
Requested features
3 requests- Cross-platform save syncing
- Larger UI and text for mobile
- More strategic depth and less grind
Roach Race
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Champions
- Sword of Kas Familiar Pack$2.49
- Daily Boost$4.99
- 3 Event Chests$5.99
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- Flash Sale$9.99
- Season Pass$9.99
- 7 Event Chests$11.99
- 7 Gold Chests$11.99
- Naked Champion$11.99
- 1,600 (+160 Bonus) Platinum$11.99
- Flash Sale$14.99
- Flash Sale$19.99
- 16 Event Chests$22.99
- Geared Champion$22.99
- 3,333 (+500 Bonus) Platinum$24.99
Roach Race
No in-app purchases
Questions
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