Hi Lord vs Duskborne
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hi Lord
Engage in strategic battles by collecting and upgrading monster cards. Lead your team to victory against enemies using unique skills and combat techniques. Cooperate with other players for an enhanced gaming experience.
- Collect and upgrade monster cards
- Strategic combat system
- Real-time global battles
- Horizontal scroll action gameplay
- Short and intense battles
- Cooperative play with other Lords
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Become an absolute Lord, lead your team to win the fight against monsters. This is a battle action game that form the strongest units through collecting various monster cards and defeats enemies with skill attack, avoidance skill, various attack techniques. Identify unique skills and battle characteristics of each monster to create the perfect deck! Hi, LORD! As an absolute lord, you can control warriors, beasts, and mages and use them in battle. Understand weakness & strength chart and after that characteristic of monsters to compose the best units. Even if you have the best monster cards, if you neglect the monster training and combat, you will be the loser Lord. Overcome your enemies and get battle superiority with skill and card upgrade. It will be the power of victory. Sometimes you can defeat powerful enemies through cooperation with other Lords. God will stand with you until you have prevailed. best regards, your guardian ▶Game Features◀ 1. A horizontal scroll style action game 2. A real-time battle game with people around the world. 3. Collect cute, sexy and unique monsters 4. Strategic combat system using unique skills and avoidance technology 5. Never a dull moment! You will fight short and intense battles. ※ You are not allowed to compensate for using illegal software, deleting the game or the wrong approach of the game. ※ Please visit our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/hiLordgame) or YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/hanaGames) channel if you want more information.
Duskborne
Engage in skill-based combat within a dark fantasy world. Explore a three-act story with unique characters and face challenging bosses. Test your mettle in an endless mode with global leaderboards.
- Skill-based side-scrolling combat
- 3 playable characters with unique abilities
- 3-act story with character-specific dialogue
- Epic boss fights with two phases
- Endless mode with global leaderboard
- Roguelite progression with Remnant buffs
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Duskborne is a dark fantasy action roguelite with skill-based combat, a three-act story, and an endless mode with global leaderboards. MASTER THE COMBAT Chain combos, juggle enemies in the air, and time your parries to survive. Button mashing won't save you here - Duskborne rewards precision and skill. THREE KNIGHTS, ONE STORY Play as Sir Aldric the Crusader, Korrath the Berserker, or Velorum the Duskborne. Each knight has unique abilities, a personal connection to the fallen fourth knight, and character-specific dialogue throughout the story. EPIC BOSS FIGHTS Face the Warchief's charge attacks, dodge Varek's projectile spreads, and survive Drakhar's Void shockwaves. Three bosses with two phases each - learn their patterns or fall. ROGUELITE PROGRESSION Collect Remnants that reshape your build each run. Make strategic choices at events. Manage your health across floors. Every run plays different. ENDLESS MODE Think you've mastered the story? Endless mode cycles through all three stages with scaling difficulty, bosses every 10 floors, and one life. No revives. Compete on the global leaderboard and prove your skill. FEATURES • Skill-based side-scrolling combat with parry system • 3 playable characters with unique abilities • 3 story stages with character-specific dialogue • 3 epic boss fights with two phases each • Endless mode with global leaderboard • 10 Remnant buffs for roguelite build variety • Exclusive cosmetics and slash colors • No paywalls - play the full story for free
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Duskborne at 5.0 against Hi Lord's 4.0. Duskborne also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Hi Lord's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Hi Lord sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Duskborne sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Duskborne holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Hi Lord's written reviews are positive against 100% of Duskborne's.
Hi Lord ships an update every 3 months, Duskborne every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hi Lord | Duskborne |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 568 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 1Games | BDKM LLC |
Customer experience
Hi Lord
Duskborne
In-app purchases
Hi Lord
- Hi Lord Gem 30$1.99
- Hi Lord Gem 50$3.99
- Hi Lord Gem 110$7.99
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- Hi Lord Gem 650$39.99
- Hi Lord Gem 1500$79.99
Duskborne
- Unlock Berserker$0.99
- Unlock Velorum$0.99
- 100 Void Shards$0.99
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- Knight's Oath Pack$2.99
- 350 Void Shards$2.99
- 1,500 Void Shards$9.99









