Comparison

Soda Dungeon 2 vs Loop Hero

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

Head to head
About

Soda Dungeon 2

Recruit adventurers to explore dungeons, gather loot, and upgrade your town. Customize AI, craft gear, and build your home base. Earn rewards even while AFK.

Highlights
  • Recruit and upgrade adventurers
  • Customizable AI patterns (Soda Script)
  • Craft gear and weapons
  • AFK progression with Battle Credits
  • Build and expand your home base
  • Complete side-quests for rewards
Features
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Your favorite fizzy dungeon crawler is back! The Dark Lord has locked all sorts of legendary items, loot, and goodies up in his castle behind a seemingly endless guard of monsters, traps, and treachery. Daunting? Not for you— You’ll be safe in the tavern hiring Soda Junkies to do the dirty work for you. Take the loot they bring back to upgrade your tavern, town, and armory to attract stronger adventurers, then repeat. Build your town, assemble a mighty team, and see if you can make it through the dungeon to the next dimension and beyond. Along the way your band of merry, soda-fueled minions will encounter trumpeting skeletons, angry chefs, Dark Lords, Darker Lords, and a fairy that is just really, really trying her best. The only thing they won’t find is timers, lives systems, or a paywall. Everything can be bought with in-game currency because that’s just the Soda Dungeon way. Custom AI Patterns! - Sick of dumb-as-rocks NPC allies? We are too. Create custom behaviors for you party using Soda Script! Even when you're not looking over their shoulders they're doing exactly what you want. Craft Gear - Craft new armor and weapons for the adventurers you hire. Find rare materials deep within the Dark Lord's castle to make all new items. Play While AFK - Have a life outside Soda Dungeon? No problem. Earn Battle Credits while you’re away and redeem them for loot when you come back. Even when you're not playing, you're gathering resources! Build Your Home Base - Assembling the best party will take more than a tavern this time around. Build a blacksmith forge, a wizard’s shop, an arena, and more to unlock your party’s true potential. Always More To Do - We heard you. You wanted more mountains to climb. You wanted more goals to accomplish. You... wanted to help people clear rodents from their property ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Lucky you, because the NPCs in Soda Dungeon 2 are ready to cough up strangely valuable rewards in exchange for completing an assortment of side-quests! If you find yourself asking 'What's a Soda Dungeon' This is the section for you! Soda Dungeon is a turn-based dungeon crawler where you recruit a team of adventurers to raid dungeons on your behalf. With the loot they find you’ll build up your town, attract better heroes, and find out just how deep the dungeon-hole goes. Experiment with Confidence - Mix and match classes, try out loads of gear, and send them off to fight. But fear not, everyone comes home safe with all your hard-earned loot. Defeat is just part of the game :) Free and Fair - Everything can be earned with in-game currency. No loot boxes. But if you want to level up a little faster, we may have some special upgrades for you to peruse. Cross-Platform Play - Play on your mobile phone, tablet, or Steam and take your save file with you wherever you feel like playing. We’re told it’s in “the cloud”. Optional Auto-Combat - Feeling lazy? We get that. Set up your party, flip on the auto-combat and let the spoils of battle roll in. You deserve a break. ANProductions is a one man studio that has been developing games of all types for over a decade. Poxpower would like it known that he too has been developing games for a long time, possibly even 11 years.

About

Loop Hero

Embark on a roguelike RPG adventure where you strategically place cards to create enemy encounters, buildings, and terrain. Equip your hero with powerful loot, expand your camp, and unlock new classes and cards to break an endless cycle of despair and save a forgotten world.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated expedition loops
  • Strategic card placement for trials
  • Loot collection for hero progression
  • Camp expansion and reconstruction
  • Unlockable classes and cards
  • Retro pixel art dark fantasy story
Features
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*Try Loop Hero for free and unlock the full game for the whole adventure!* The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. In this roguelike RPG, wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero. Recover and equip powerful loot for each class of hero for their battles and expand the survivors' camp to reinforce each adventure through the loop. Unlock new classes, new cards, and devious guardians on your quest to shatter the endless cycle of despair. FEATURES - Explore an endless number of paths: bring your hero on randomly generated loops and never experience the same run twice. - Shape your expeditions into darkness: build your deck and place your cards to script your hero’s trials and tribulations. - Loot as you loop to rebuild the world: recover your memories as you collect equipment and resources to become stronger, reconstruct your camp and get your reality back. - Plunge into a gloomy universe: discover a melancholic dark fantasy story told through a retro pixel art direction and recollect the memories of this world. - Break the cycle: triumph over mighty bosses to free the world from the Lich’s neverending time loop. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including Pro Max)

Screenshots

Soda Dungeon 24 screens
Loop Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Loop Hero at none against Soda Dungeon 2's shown. Loop Hero also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Soda Dungeon 2's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Soda Dungeon 2 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Loop Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Soda Dungeon 2 against 4.9 for Loop Hero. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9.3K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Soda Dungeon 2's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loop Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soda Dungeon 2 ships an update every 2 months, Loop Hero every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Soda Dungeon 2 versus Loop Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoda Dungeon 2Loop Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.3K ratings)4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.3K — better3.9K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size474 MB213 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperArmor Games Studios IncPlaydigious

Customer experience

Soda Dungeon 2

All ratings9,148 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews457 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.5%

Loop Hero

All ratings3,814 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews288 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative18.4%

User reviews

Soda Dungeon 2

From 9.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game with lots of personality
  • 🚀 Addictive and engaging gameplay
  • 💰 Fair free-to-play model with optional ads
  • 🎨 Charming pixel art style
  • 🔨 Satisfying character and gear progression

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive dungeon layouts and enemy variety
  • ⏱️ Lengthy grind required to progress
  • 🔍 Lack of information on enemy abilities
  • 🔒 Inability to save progress across devices

Loop Hero

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent mechanics
  • 👍 Great replayability
  • 👍 Charming graphics
  • 👍 Unique and enjoyable experience
  • 👍 Smooth gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sound doesn't work
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Unresponsive after certain actions
  • 🐛 Difficulty reading small text
  • 🐛 Accidental card placement

Bugs and requests

Soda Dungeon 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with saving progress or restoring purchases
  • Inconsistent behavior of scripted character actions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to skip or fast-forward through dungeons
  • Option to target specific resources in mines
  • Multiplayer or PvP modes
  • More diverse dungeon environments

Loop Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes after defeating first boss
  • Unplayable after initial progress
  • Inability to progress past trial version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Portrait mode
  • More classes/build diversity
  • Improved UI/overlay customization
  • Chinese language support

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Soda Dungeon 2

One-time11
  • 100 Caps$0.99
  • 200 Caps$1.99
  • 300 Caps$2.99
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  • Inheritance Bundle$2.99
  • Primal Tavern Bundle$2.99
  • 500 Caps$4.99
  • Magic Clock Bundle$4.99
  • No Ads Bundle$5.99
  • Pets Bundle$6.99
  • Drinkin' Buddies Bundle$6.99
  • 1100 Caps$9.99
1 purchases

Loop Hero

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$6.99

Questions

Is Soda Dungeon 2 free?
Soda Dungeon 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loop Hero free?
Loop Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Soda Dungeon 2 or Loop Hero?
Loop Hero is rated higher. Soda Dungeon 2 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.3K ratings, while Loop Hero averages 4.9 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Soda Dungeon 2 or Loop Hero have ads?
Soda Dungeon 2 shows ads; Loop Hero does not.
Which is updated more often, Soda Dungeon 2 or Loop Hero?
Soda Dungeon 2 ships an update every 2 months, and Loop Hero every 10 days. Most recently, Soda Dungeon 2 was updated on October 28, 2026 and Loop Hero on October 27, 2026.

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