Comparison

SFD vs The Reeve

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

Head to head
About

SFD

Embark on a challenging roguelike RPG adventure where you lead a party of adventurers through procedurally generated dungeons. Engage in tactical turn-based combat, discover powerful items, and overcome unique enemies. Victory requires skill and strategy in this old-school difficulty experience.

Highlights
  • RPG with roguelike elements and permadeath
  • Hand-crafted isometric pixel art
  • Randomly-generated dungeons
  • Tactical, turn-based combat
  • 7 unique adventurers with upgrades
  • Over 200 weapons, spells, and items
  • Over 30 unique enemies
Features
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In SFD, you manage a party of adventurers attempting to reach the deepest depths of the Sigma Finite Dungeon. Can you defeat the Lich King Raeleus and the false god NOG at the deepest depths of the dungeon? ※Key Features *Unique blend of RPG with roguelike elements, including permadeath. No second chances! *Hand-crafted isometric pixel art graphics *Randomly-generated dungeons - a new adventure every playthrough! *Tactical, turn-based combat *7 adventurers with their own unique skills and upgrades *More than 200 weapons, spells and items to discover *More than 30 unique enemies with their own attacks and abilities *Use the environment to your advantage! Defeat enemies with spike traps, poison gas and explosive barrels *8 floors of dungeon-crawling action to explore *Old-school difficulty. While the gameplay is simple, only the greatest adventurers will achieve victory! *Description and English translation by WindowOnInfinity

About

The Reeve

Manage a medieval town during a challenging probationary period. Make critical decisions to overcome crises like famines, cultists, and plagues, impacting your town's reputation, order, military, and supplies. Your choices determine the town's fate and your own.

Highlights
  • Administrator role in a medieval town
  • Decision-making affecting town stats
  • Deal with crises like bandits and plagues
  • Branching narrative with unexpected events
  • Multiple endings based on strategy
  • Town simulator mechanics
Features
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You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town! [Details] Long, long ago, there was a large island south of a kingdom. You are an Administrator tasked with running one of its towns. Your 4-week probationary period will be riddled with adversities. Economic crises, bandits, a dreadful plague and a hostile indigenous religion all threaten to dismantle your little town. You will have to make decisions in the face of each hardship. Your choices will decide your fate after 4 weeks. Choose wisely. Each decision will affect stats including reputation, order, military and supplies. Low numbers on any of these may indicate your town's eventual demise. Predict which stats will be affected by how much before making your decision using your best judgment. The island's Governor is a very impatient man. He will not hesitate to strip you of your power if he disapproves of your policies. Gain the peoples favor and make the most of troops and supplies to get through your probationary period. You won't be alone. Work together with allies to overcome various hardships. [Features] - Unexpected Crises: New events await you with each playthrough. The narrative branches out in multiple different ways depending on your choices. - Town Simulator: Your actions must be based on your town's various stats. Stats are what shape your town and the events that unfold within it. - 11 Endings: There is more than one way to overcome each hardship. Your strategies employed during your probationary period will lead to vastly different endings.

Screenshots

SFD4 screens
The Reeve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SFD at 86% against The Reeve's 60%. SFD also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). The Reeve's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

SFD costs $4.99 and The Reeve $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SFD ships an update fortnightly, The Reeve every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SFD versus The Reeve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSFDThe Reeve
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB69 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerbyungpil MunGray Muscat

Customer experience

SFD

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

The Reeve

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SFD

No in-app purchases

None

The Reeve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SFD free?
SFD costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Reeve free?
The Reeve costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SFD or The Reeve have ads?
Neither SFD nor The Reeve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SFD or The Reeve?
SFD ships an update fortnightly, and The Reeve every 2 months. Most recently, SFD was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Reeve on November 8, 2026.

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