Card Crusade vs Archetype
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Crusade
Embark on a roguelike deck-building adventure through a winding dungeon. Choose from eight character classes, assemble powerful decks, and battle monsters to level up and defeat the final boss.
- Roguelike deck-building gameplay
- Eight unlockable character classes
- Ten-floor winding dungeon exploration
- Assemble powerful card combos
- Battle monsters and gain experience
- Level up characters
- Defeat the final boss
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Card Crusade is a roguelike deck building game. Unlock eight different character classes as you explore the ten floors of a winding dungeon. Assemble your deck to unleash unstoppable combos on your enemies. Fight monsters, gain experience, and level up your character to defeat the final boss and become the Card Crusader! Send feedback to feedback@pollywog.games, or in our Discord: https://discord.gg/KUMqunQ
Archetype
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Archetype is a tactical strategy card game. Build your collection, create decks, and play turn-based matches against other players. Queue for ranked games, challenge friends, track your match history, and climb the leaderboard through careful sequencing, timing, and strategy. Archetype is powered by Draw Two, an open-source engine for strategy card games. Sign in with email, Google, or Apple, and receive push notifications when it is your turn.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Archetype at none against Card Crusade's 7. Archetype also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Card Crusade's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Card Crusade sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Archetype asks for nothing beyond the download.
Card Crusade ships an update every 3 months, Archetype every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Crusade | Archetype |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pollywog Games | Morel Software LLC |
Bugs and requests
Card Crusade
Reported bugs
2 issues- Red Knight encounter not functioning as expected
- Inconsistent leaderboard behavior
Requested features
4 requests- More content (new floors, enemies, cards)
- Ability to speed up animations
- Retreat/escape option from battles
- Leaderboard/progression system improvements
Archetype
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Card Crusade
- Unlock Viking$0.99
- Unlock Sorceror$0.99
- Unlock Bishop$0.99
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- Unlock Soothsayer$0.99
- Unlock Hoodlum$0.99
- Unlock Nomad$0.99
- Unlock All Characters$3.99
Archetype
No in-app purchases
