Comparison

Spellsword Cards vs Mateforge

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

Head to head
About

Spellsword Cards

Embark on a solo card combat adventure with a story-driven campaign. Level up your hero, mix and match classes, and build powerful decks from hundreds of collectible cards. Explore a fantasy world, face challenging bosses, and craft legendary items.

Highlights
  • Solo card combat RPG
  • Story-driven campaign
  • Multi-classing system
  • Hundreds of collectible cards
  • Deckbuilding
  • Crafting legendary cards
  • PvE RPG, Arena, Roguelike modes
Features
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The only solo CCG this year, where you level up and access more powerful cards as you adventure through a story driven campaign. With 7 main classes to mix and match with, you can easily customize your own hero and deck to suit your individual play style. Adventure through a diverse world with heaps of quests and encounters. Hundreds of cards to acquire via loot or stores and unique crafting recipes for legendary cards that are lost artifacts. - OPEN QUEST PvE RPG + CHAMPION'S ARENA MODE + GAUNTLET ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDER MODE - 500+ COLLECTIBLE CARDS (earned through gameplay only) - 40+ BOSSES TO DEFEAT (along with hundreds of battles) - UNIQUE MULTI-CLASSING SYSTEM (Mix and match between Warrior, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Necromancer, Ninja and Monk) QUEST AND EXPLORE A rich and deep storyline pervades an expansive world ready for any and all adventurers to seek their fair share of bounty and power. Ancient tombs and rich politics in a fantasy world will capture your imagination, all the while the strategy card game will keep you on your toes. DEADLY ENCOUNTERS Each encounter brings you one step closer to solving the mysteries surrounding your heritage. Learn the secret your master died trying to protect. Earn the respect of the state and other kingdoms one battle at time. Discover hundreds of cards of untold power, undiscovered in the lore books of old. Meet powerful foes such as Dragons, Demons and Devils. Also find a complete bestiary of trolls, ogres, vampires, knights, orcs, goblins, giant bats and insects and more! UNIQUE CLASS LEVELLING AND DECK BUILDING SYSTEM Each skill and level choice you make determines how your strategy unfolds. With immense scope for developing your own unique play style, everyone can enjoy what Spellsword Cards: Demontide has to offer. COMMUNITY This is a community lead game. Come inside to find details on how you can contribute and get cool tips and hints for secret unlocks inside! FREE TO START The main campaign with all classes and puzzle modes are available to try. Then a one time purchase will unlock the remainder of the modes and all further content. This will ensure we can adequately support the development of the game you love!

About

Mateforge

Features
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Mateforge is a single-player chess roguelike deckbuilder. Command an army of chess pieces, cast powerful spell cards, and survive an ever-collapsing board across an endless run of battles. Each round the board crumbles beneath you — capture every enemy before it does. Between fights, draft upgrades, recruit and merge pieces, forge your deck, and grow stronger for the boss waiting ahead. FEATURES - Chess meets roguelike — pieces move by real chess rules, but the board falls apart every turn - Build your deck — craft custom decks from 29 spell cards: lightning, meteors, freezes, teleports and more - Evolve your pieces — defeat bosses to permanently evolve your army through 3 tiers of power - Merge & recruit — fuse pieces into stronger ones and expand your squad - Boss battles — face bosses with shields, swift moves and spawning, scaling in difficulty - Daily challenge — a new rule-bending mutator every day - Meta progression — earn shards and unlock permanent perks that carry across runs - Endless runs — no two are ever the same - 6 languages — English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano How far can you get before the board swallows you?

Screenshots

Spellsword Cards4 screens
Mateforge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mateforge at none against Spellsword Cards's 1. Spellsword Cards's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Spellsword Cards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mateforge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spellsword Cards ships an update every 8 days, Mateforge every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spellsword Cards versus Mateforge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpellsword CardsMateforge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB9 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperOne Up PlusSalih Eksioglu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spellsword Cards

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$2.99
None

Mateforge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spellsword Cards free?
Spellsword Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mateforge free?
Mateforge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spellsword Cards or Mateforge have ads?
Mateforge shows ads; Spellsword Cards does not.
Which is updated more often, Spellsword Cards or Mateforge?
Spellsword Cards ships an update every 8 days, and Mateforge every 5 days. Most recently, Spellsword Cards was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mateforge on October 31, 2026.

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