Hero Realms vs Mythical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hero Realms
Engage in strategic deckbuilding combat, recruiting champions and using gold to acquire new cards. Battle opponents online or cooperatively against AI, with a single-player campaign available. Level up your hero and unlock new classes and missions.
- Deckbuilding combat
- Recruit champions
- Online PVP
- Cooperative online play
- Single player campaign
- Hero leveling system
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Become a hero! Choose your class, perform mighty actions, and recruit powerful champions to your cause as you grow in power. Awarded Origins Fan Favorite Best Card Game. From the makers of the award-winning Star Realms® Deckbuilding Game, Hero Realms® combines the fun of deckbuilding games with the interactivity of trading card game-style combat. As you play, use Gold to add new actions and champions to your deck. When played, those actions and champions generate powerful effects, give you additional gold, and attack your opponent and their champions. If you reduce your opponent's health to zero, you win! [Non-Collectible Deck Building Game] Hero Realms does not require you to collect new cards. You start every game with a basic deck, and will acquire cards from the shared center row to build up your deck and defeat your opponent. Victory rewards skill, and not your collection of rare cards! [Level Up Your Heroes] Create a hero from one of several classes (free players start with the Fighter and Wizard available). Level them up with new skills, abilities and equipment, and take them to battle in thrilling Online PVP. Hero Realms uses fair match making, only allowing matches between equal levelled heroes. However, if you feel daring, you can choose to engage in combat against higher levelled opponents for additional XP and bragging rights. [Cooperative Online Play] Hero Realms also features online co-operative play. Battle against challenging AI bosses with another human player as a partner. Free players have access to the Pirate Lord mission, with other co-op missions available with the Base Set purchase. [Single Player Campaign] For offline play, take on the Welcome to Thandar campaign. Fight your way through scripted, story-based chapters against varied AI opponents. [Free Version] Free players will get to experience: - Addictive Deckbuilding Game with Player VS Player Combat. - Play VS the AI - Play with the Fighter and Wizard character classes - Level-up your characters up to Level 3 - Play the first 3 missions in the Welcome to Thandar campaign - Play the Pirate Lord co-op mission Purchasing the Base Set will unlock the full Hero Realms experience: - Unlocks hard AI difficulty level - Unlocks the Cleric, Ranger, and Thief character classes - Level-up your characters to Level 12 - Unlocks the entire Welcome to Thandar campaign. - Unlocks the Necromancers, Inquisition, and Orc Riot co-op missions. Please note that Hero Realms purchases are not compatible with Family Sharing.
Mythical
Engage in strategic deck-building combat against AI or other players. Build a powerful deck to outmaneuver opponents and claim victory. Enjoy solo or multiplayer modes with cross-device account support.
- Deck-building strategy
- 1-4 player support
- AI opponents
- Offline solitaire
- Online multiplayer
- Cross-device account sync
- Free starter set
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Do you acquire more powerful creatures, or do you seek to gain lands? As your deck becomes stronger, determine the best time to strike and grasp honor before your opponent does. * 1-4 Players * 4 Levels of AI opponents * Offline solitaire play * Online multiplayer play * Use your account across all your devices * Friendly and competitive game modes * Detailed game tutorial * Create a library of your favorite sets * Free starter set with expansions available for purchase * Earn new sets for free with "Win of the Day" Works best with tablets and large screen phones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hero Realms at 4.3 against Mythical's 4.0. Hero Realms also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and ratings volume (219 vs 22). Mythical's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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. Hero Realms sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Mythical sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hero Realms holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hero Realms has 219 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Hero Realms's written reviews are positive against 50% of Mythical's.
Hero Realms ships an update every 2 weeks, Mythical monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hero Realms | Mythical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (219 ratings) — better | 4.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 432 MB | 356 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | White Wizard Games | Laser Ranch, Inc. |
Customer experience
Hero Realms
Mythical
Bugs and requests
Hero Realms
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to play online
- Inability to access purchased content
- Freezing and black screen issues
- Incorrect character level progression
- Matchmaking problems and long wait times
Requested features
5 requests- Add more expansions and additional content
- Implement a friends list and social features
- Improve the campaign mode with more levels and challenges
- Add an option to check the contents of your deck before playing
- Implement a turn timer to prevent players from stalling
Mythical
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hero Realms
- 80 Gems$0.99
- 200 gems$2.29
- Four Journeys Campaign$3.99
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- 500 Gems$4.99
- Hero Realms: Call to Arms$4.99
- Journeys Expansions$4.99
- Journeys Promo Expansion$4.99
- Dungeons Expansion$7.99
- 1200 Gems$9.99
- Hero Realms Base Set$9.99
- 2500 Gems$19.99
- 6500 Gems$49.99
- 14000 Gems$99.99
Mythical
- 1 Gold$1.99
- 5 Gold$9.99
- 10 Gold$19.99









