Bleak Sword vs Sonic Dream Team
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bleak Sword
Embark on a dark fantasy adventure across cursed diorama battlefields. Battle creatures through nine chapters, lifting a legendary curse by upgrading your hero with magic and items. Challenge yourself further in Arena Mode with unlockable achievements.
- Diorama battlefields
- Nine tense chapters
- Powerful magic invocation
- Item discovery
- Character leveling and stat upgrades
- Arena Mode
- Unlockable achievements
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Developed by more8bit Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game tasking players to struggle across compact, cursed diorama battlefields. Through nine tense chapters, heroes must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of creatures in every forest, swamp, castle, and dungeon on their journey. Invoke powerful magic, uncover helpful items, and level up your character to upgrade your stats before facing down menacing guardians. Once the curse has been lifted the challenging Arena Mode and thirty unlockable achievements await even the most accomplished warrior. Bleak Sword is designed to be able to play it easily with elegant controls allowing heroes to roll, parry, attack and counter-attack using basic movements on gamepads and touch controls. Scored by award-winning composer Jim Guthrie with sound by famed designer Joonas Turner.
Sonic Dream Team
Embark on a thrilling 3D adventure with Sonic and friends in a bizarre dream world. Explore new zones, uncover secrets, and battle the infamous Eggman using unique character abilities. Experience mind-bending levels with dynamic gameplay mechanics to rescue your friends and control a powerful artifact.
- Explore new Sweet Dreams Zone
- Uncover Dream Moons
- Discover new toys and gameplay mechanics
- Command six playable characters with unique abilities
- Race through mind-bending dream worlds
- Fight bosses and complete missions
- Collect toys of favorite Sonic characters
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Sonic the Hedgehog is back to explore brand new levels in Sonic Dream Team! Explore the new Sweet Dreams Zone and uncover the Dream Moons. Discover new toys and fresh gameplay mechanics in a game packed with non-stop action and thrilling adventures! Join Sonic and friends as they dive deep into a bizarre world of dreams! Unravel an original and captivating storyline while taking command of six dynamic playable characters. With their unique abilities, dash, climb and fly your way to victory against infamous Eggman! Get ready to race through mind-bending dream worlds that include wall-running, gravity changes, and more! Your mission: fight to rescue your friends and battle Eggman for control of an ancient artifact that can make dreams come true. Complete missions, fight bosses and find toys of your favourite Sonic characters to add to your ever-growing collection! ----- Privacy Policy: https://privacy.sega.com/en/sdt_privacy Terms of Use: https://games.sega.com/eula/?lang=en © SEGA. All rights reserved. SEGA, the SEGA logo, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and SONIC DREAM TEAM are registered trademarks or trademarks of SEGA CORPORATION or its affiliates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sonic Dream Team at every 5 weeks against Bleak Sword's every 8 months. Sonic Dream Team also leads on ratings volume (31K vs 903) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonic Dream Team holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonic Dream Team has 31K ratings behind it against 903, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Bleak Sword's written reviews are positive against 85% of Sonic Dream Team's.
Bleak Sword ships an update every 8 months, Sonic Dream Team every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Bleak Sword | Sonic Dream Team |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (903 ratings) | 4.7 (31K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 903 | 31K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 467 MB | 2.0 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | SEGA |
Customer experience
Bleak Sword
Sonic Dream Team
User reviews
Bleak Sword
From 903 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive controls
- 👍 Satisfying combat mechanics
- 🎨 Unique and atmospheric pixel art style
- 🕹️ Challenging but fair gameplay
- 🕰️ Suitable for short play sessions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional save data loss issues
- 🔍 Difficulty in tracking character on screen
- 🤕 Overly punishing difficulty curve
- 🧠 Lack of progression and upgrade systems
- 🔍 Blurry visuals on some devices
Sonic Dream Team
From 31K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Vibrant graphics
- 🎨 Diverse playable characters
- 🎮 Great controller support
- 🎢 Engaging level design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g., crashes, save data issues)
- 🔇 Uneven voice acting quality
- 📱 Controls can feel imprecise on mobile
- 🔒 Locked to Apple Arcade, limiting accessibility
Bugs and requests
Bleak Sword
Reported bugs
2 issues- Controls becoming unresponsive after app switch
- Inconsistent blocking mechanics
Requested features
5 requests- Landscape mode support for tablets
- Ability to skip credits after first completion
- More enemy and boss variety
- Customizable controls
- Expanded story and lore
Sonic Dream Team
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to climb certain walls in Ego City Act 3-6
- Incorrect D-rank replacing S-rank when reaching goal too fast
- Early ending of Score Attack challenges in Dream Factory Act 3
- Shadow abilities not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add more playable characters (e.g., Shadow, Silver)
- Implement cloud save functionality
- Provide more challenging levels and boss battles
- Add customizable controls and camera settings
- Port the game to consoles and other platforms
In-app purchases
Bleak Sword
No in-app purchases
Sonic Dream Team
No in-app purchases
Questions
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