Hero Realms vs Tichu one
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, 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.
- Deckbuilding combat
- Recruit champions
- Hero leveling system
- Online PvP
- Cooperative play vs AI
- Single-player campaign
- Multiple character classes
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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.
Tichu one
Experience a strategic card game with a clear layout and both singleplayer and multiplayer modes. Play with AI or friends, and compete globally with cross-platform support. Join the community for discussions and strategy.
- Clear gameplay layout
- Multiplayer with AI fallback
- Online matchmaking and leaderboard
- Singleplayer and friendship games
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- Community forum
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- Very clearly arranged layout, which shows the gameplay in a comprehensible way. - Multiplayer with AI fallback if someone leaves the table. - Automatic online matchmaking and online leaderboard - Singleplayer or friendship game with 2-4 players possible - Community on forum.tichu.one - Cross Platform Multiplayer - Licensed by Fata Morgana Games Tichu is a multi-genre card game; primarily a shedding game that includes elements of Bridge, Daihinmin, and Poker played between two teams of two players each. Teams work to accumulate points; the first team to reach a score of 1,000 points is the winner. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hero Realms at 4.3 against Tichu one's 3.8. Hero Realms also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 43%) and ratings volume (219 vs 16). Tichu one's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). 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 10 one-off in-app purchases and Tichu one sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hero Realms holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hero Realms has 219 ratings behind it against 16, 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 43% of Tichu one's.
Hero Realms ships an update every 2 weeks, Tichu one every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hero Realms | Tichu one |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (219 ratings) — better | 3.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 435 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | White Wizard Games | Matthias Leu |
Customer experience
Hero Realms
Tichu one
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
Tichu one
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
Tichu one
- 1 Year Premium$3.991 Year
- lifetime premium$12.99









