Comparison

Hero Realms vs Oceans Board Game

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

Head to head
About

Hero Realms

Engage in strategic deckbuilding combat, recruit powerful champions, and level up your heroes. Enjoy PvP, co-op against AI bosses, or a single-player campaign. The free version offers core gameplay with optional expansions.

Highlights
  • Deckbuilding combat
  • Recruit champions
  • Hero leveling system
  • Online PvP
  • Cooperative play vs AI
  • Single-player campaign
  • Multiple character classes
Features
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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.

About

Oceans Board Game

Explore a vast underwater world where survival hinges on adaptation. Discover mysterious traits and face bizarre creatures in this digital adaptation of a popular board game. Play for free or unlock the complete game for endless replayability.

Highlights
  • Underwater exploration
  • Adaptation mechanics
  • Deck building
  • Strategy gameplay
  • Multiplayer modes
  • Scenario challenges
Features
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Enter a vast, underwater cosmos: a mysterious interconnected world of tentacles, sharp teeth, and black ink, where your survival depends on your ability to adapt in a continually changing environment. But this is just on the surface… Lurking below the surface lie mysteries so bizarre they hardly seem natural. The Deep is a deck of mysterious traits you’ll discover over the course of many games. These over-powered traits represent the unknown: the undiscovered wonders of the deep ocean. Based on the hit board game, Oceans offers a beautifully crafted strategy game experience. The reef and 20 deep cards are completely free to play (and ad-free!), and you may also join one multiplayer game per day free. A one-time upgrade to the Complete Game features 87 Deep Cards, 21 Scenarios, and multiple hard AI personalities for endless replay fun. You can now play online against others on any platform, in real time or asynchronously. Purchasing the Complete Game allows you to create your own decks for use in singleplayer and multiplayer, and create your own multiplayer games. Venture into the deep at your own risk!

Screenshots

Hero Realms4 screens
Oceans Board Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Oceans Board Game at 4.6 against Hero Realms's 4.3. Hero Realms's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 51%). 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. Hero Realms sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Oceans Board Game sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oceans Board Game holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 219 and 598 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Hero Realms's written reviews are positive against 51% of Oceans Board Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hero Realms versus Oceans Board Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHero RealmsOceans Board Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (219 ratings)4.6 (598 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.2% of reviews — better51.4% of reviews
Number of ratings219598 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size435 MB216 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperWhite Wizard GamesNorth Star Digital Games

Customer experience

Hero Realms

All ratings219 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive60.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative29.3%

Oceans Board Game

All ratings598 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive51.4%
Neutral15.9%
Negative32.7%

User reviews

Hero Realms

From 219 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game mechanics
  • 🚀 Smooth and polished app
  • 💡 Diverse game modes (PvP, co-op, campaign)
  • 👍 Faithful adaptation of the physical card game
  • 💡 Character progression and leveling system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🔒 Lack of local multiplayer (pass-and-play)
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for additional content
  • 🌐 Lack of language support (e.g., no French, Spanish)
  • 🔍 Unclear tutorial and explanations of game mechanics

Oceans Board Game

From 598 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork and visuals
  • 🕹️ Smooth and intuitive gameplay
  • 🧠 Engaging strategic depth
  • 🎶 Excellent soundtrack
  • 🤖 Challenging AI opponents

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 📱 Small text and UI elements on mobile
  • 🔄 Unstable after updates
  • 💰 In-app purchases required for full experience
  • 🕹️ Limited multiplayer options

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

Oceans Board Game

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to restore purchased content
  • Cards not functioning as intended
  • Game freezing during late-game phases
  • Inconsistent save/load behavior
  • Graphical glitches and visual bugs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more AI difficulty levels
  • Implement online multiplayer
  • Improve tutorial and onboarding
  • Increase card variety and depth
  • Provide better accessibility options

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Hero Realms

One-time13
  • 80 Gems$0.99
  • 200 gems$2.29
  • Four Journeys Campaign$3.99
Show 10 more
  • 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
10 purchases

Oceans Board Game

One-time10
  • Deep Pack 1, Pass and Play$0.99
  • Deep Pack 2$0.99
  • Deep Pack 6$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Deep Pack 7$0.99
  • All Packs Discounted$0.99
  • All Packs Discounted$1.99
  • All Packs Discounted$3.99
  • Multiplayer Pack$3.99
  • Full Deck and Hard AI$4.99
  • Complete Game$7.99

Questions

Is Hero Realms free?
Hero Realms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oceans Board Game free?
Oceans Board Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hero Realms or Oceans Board Game?
Oceans Board Game is rated higher. Hero Realms averages 4.3 out of 5 from 219 ratings, while Oceans Board Game averages 4.6 from 598 ratings.
Do Hero Realms or Oceans Board Game have ads?
Neither Hero Realms nor Oceans Board Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hero Realms or Oceans Board Game?
Hero Realms ships an update every 2 weeks, and Oceans Board Game every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hero Realms was updated on October 30, 2026 and Oceans Board Game on October 27, 2026.

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