Comparison

Serania vs Eldrum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Serania

Embark on a text-based role-playing adventure to uncover your past and escape pursuers. Make choices, explore a fantasy world, and engage in combat and skill development. The first part of the story is free to play.

Highlights
  • Engaging fantasy story with choices
  • Explore a detailed story world
  • Interact with characters
  • Complete missions and improve skills
  • Manage inventory and combat
  • Uncover ancestral truth
Features
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Escape the Blackblades and search for answers about your mysterious past in this new, fresh take on the text-based role playing genre. You can play the first 1/4 of the game for free. If the game is for you, you can buy access to the full story. FEATURES: * An engaging fantasy story, where you choose what to do * Freely explore the world of the story * Meet and interact with other characters * Go on missions, improve your skills, and fight deadly battles * Manage your inventory, use items, buy, sell or use in combat * Follow the clues and find out the truth about your ancestry! AWARDS: Best Narrative - Silver Winner NYX Game Awards 2021 Best Storytelling - Silver Winner NYX Game Awards 2021 PRESS: “... a stunningly well-written and enthralling text adventure.” - GameBookNews "Serania: Path of the Scion is a Must Play if You Like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Books" - GameSpew "Serania – Path of the Scion excels as an engaging narrative experience that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere, with a streamlined interface that seamlessly integrates all aspects of the game naturally." - IndieHive

About

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.

Highlights
  • Text-based choices adventure RPG
  • Nostalgic table-top RPG style
  • Character building and equipment
  • Multiple endings based on choices
  • Secrets to discover
  • High replayability
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Serania4 screens
Eldrum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Eldrum at 4.9 against Serania's 4.6. Eldrum also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 83%). Serania's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Serania sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Eldrum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eldrum holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 433 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Serania's written reviews are positive against 95% of Eldrum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Serania ships an update every 10 days, Eldrum every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Serania versus Eldrum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeraniaEldrum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (157 ratings)4.9 (433 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews94.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings157433 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB198 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPeter RavnholtAct None

Customer experience

Serania

All ratings157 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative13.0%

Eldrum

All ratings433 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.2%

User reviews

Serania

From 157 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great story and narrative
  • 👍 Immersive and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Excellent voiceover support
  • 👍 Good value for money
  • 👍 Innovative text-based adventure

Room to improve

  • 😞 Combat mechanics are frustrating
  • 😞 Combat is too luck-based
  • 😞 Final boss is too difficult/impossible
  • 😞 Limited choices feel arbitrary
  • 😞 Story can feel contrived

Eldrum

From 433 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great story
  • 👍 Immersive and engaging
  • 🎨 Excellent visuals and atmosphere
  • 📚 Detailed and well-written lore
  • 🎮 Compelling gameplay with meaningful choices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional combat balance issues
  • 🕹️ Challenging combat system for some players
  • 📱 Not optimized for larger screens (iPad)

Bugs and requests

Serania

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Combat options disappear
  • Enemies can dodge while 'paralyzed'
  • Life doesn't fully restore upon leveling up
  • Stuck in temple ruins without a boat option
  • Final boss is impossible to hit/beat
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  • Choices are arbitrary, leading to death and reverting to checkpoint
  • Constant misses in combat, reliant on RNG
  • Difficulty spikes significantly at the end
  • Hint doesn't provide enough information for progression
  • Continue button sometimes delayed with voiceover

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add a dodge button
  • Add a defense button
  • Add more combat options (e.g., quick thrust, sideways cut)
  • Fix bug with disappearing combat options
  • Make the next game free
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  • Add more choices to the story
  • Add a boat option for crossing the lake
  • Create a Serania part two
  • Allow revival in the story
  • Add more sound effects for combat
  • Expand the story after claiming the throne
  • Add a freeplay or challenge mode after main story
  • Add hidden areas with new enemies/weapons
  • Implement New Game + with increased difficulty
  • Add a gender option other than man and woman
  • Loop music tracks and add more scene-specific music
  • Add a map for better navigation
  • Make the full story free
  • Allow watching ads to progress instead of paying

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

1 purchases

Serania

One-time1
  • Access to the full story$3.99
3 purchases

Eldrum

One-time3
  • Upgrade from Basic to Premium$2.49
  • Basic$6.99
  • Premium$7.99

Questions

Is Serania free?
Serania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eldrum free?
Eldrum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Serania or Eldrum?
Eldrum is rated higher. Serania averages 4.6 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Eldrum averages 4.9 from 433 ratings.
Do Serania or Eldrum have ads?
Neither Serania nor Eldrum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Serania or Eldrum?
Serania ships an update every 10 days, and Eldrum every 9 days. Most recently, Serania was updated on October 9, 2026 and Eldrum on October 14, 2026.

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