Comparison

Unknown Knights vs SOULVARS

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

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About

Unknown Knights

Lead your company of Knights and Soldiers in real-time strategy battles against the Dark Lord. Navigate a journey filled with unique encounters, make impactful choices, and discover hidden bosses and relics. Build your ultimate band of warriors to conquer the Dark Lord's Tower.

Highlights
  • Real-time action strategy
  • Narrative choices and consequences
  • Unique unit battles
  • Roguelike encounters
  • Hidden bosses and relics
  • Dynamic weather system
Features
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Discover new challenges, and steer the game's Narrative as you venture to destroy the Dark Lord's Tower. Your loyal company of Knights and Soldiers, the Unknown Knights, will stand by you every step of the journey. "Unknown Knights" provides unique unit battles with roguelike encounters. You must solve problems, hire knights, and draft militia to build a strong band for the final fight against the Dark Lord. KEY FEATURES ◆Real-Time ACTION Strategy Control multiple units in real-time with four buttons. Timing your Actions is key; Read enemy movements and react accordingly. - Attack, Defense, Parry, and Charge. ◆The Journey and Choices Hundreds of random encounters will pop up during the journey. Each of them has different choices and consequences. Some of the results of your decision won't happen immediately but surely come back to you. ◆Hidden Bosses & Relics to Discover Your name will spread in the world as you continue your journey. Wandering wizards, underground monsters and leaders of factions will come to you to challenge or give a request. ◆Content - 290+ events and stories, all affected by user choice - 350+ battles - Knights with 15 different specialties - Enemy Factions that includes Dark Lord's Army, Thieves, the Assassins, and the Royal Guards - Randomly generated play map and different ways to unlock gifts - Dynamic Weather, providing weather-based strategies - Three different difficulties designed for players of different skill levels - 10 hidden bosses can be found throughout gameplay - Online Ranking ※ The game is available for offline playing. ※ No Ads or Microtransactions

About

SOULVARS

Embark on a deck-building JRPG adventure where souls are converted into data to combat deformities. Master strategic card-based combat with dynamic pixel animations and deep customization. Explore dungeons, collect enchanted items, and uncover a rich story.

Highlights
  • Deck-building combat system
  • Dynamic pixel animations
  • Rich customization
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Random enchanted item collection
  • Strategic soul bit combinations
Features
Currently charting
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Deck-Building JRPG "SOULVARS" is now available! 15-20 hours of playtime (+50h to go deeper) Dynamic pixel animation and battles and a rich customization system No In-App Purchases. While having a deep strategic sense, the vertically held smartphone controls allow for simple and exhilarating battles, training, dungeon exploration, and collection of random enchanted items. ▼ Story A world line in which even the fictitious concept of the soul can be converted into data. In return, people's lives are threatened by the sudden appearance of deformities. The protagonists use the Soul Driver, a device that converts souls into data. They are responsible for the elimination of the deformities that threaten people, and work in a certain town... ▼System Overview Number of save slots: 3 (Saved in device and manual save) Estimated scenario completion time: 14 to 20 hours 50 to 100+ hours of post-clearance challenge Features Soul bits (handbills), which are the data of the soul power that resides in gear (equipment), Players can combine them in battle to make special attacks and combos in a successive manner. The characters are characterized by their action with dots that move around. ▼Gear and Soul Bits Soul bits (hand cards) can be drawn from gear (equipment) and used as actions during battle. The combination of main weapon, subweapon, armor, and accessories Strategy (deck) is determined. ▼Arts During a battle, only one soul bit can be selected on the first turn, but The number of soul bits that can be selected at one time increases depending on the opponent's weaknesses, guarding, evading, buffing, debuffing, and various other conditions. The combination of soul bits (cards in hand) selected at the same time activates a skill called Arts.

Screenshots

Unknown Knights4 screens
SOULVARS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Unknown Knights at weekly against SOULVARS's every 4 weeks. Unknown Knights also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99). SOULVARS's advantage is chart position (#103 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Unknown Knights costs $2.99 and SOULVARS $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Unknown Knights against 4.8 for SOULVARS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 47 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 81% and 81% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unknown Knights ships an update weekly, SOULVARS every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Unknown Knights versus SOULVARS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnknown KnightsSOULVARS
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (53 ratings)4.8 (47 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better81.3% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better47
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#103 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB377 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperAram Seoginolabo Inc.

Customer experience

Unknown Knights

All ratings53 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative8.8%

SOULVARS

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

Unknown Knights

No in-app purchases

None

SOULVARS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unknown Knights free?
Unknown Knights costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SOULVARS free?
SOULVARS costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unknown Knights or SOULVARS?
SOULVARS is rated higher. Unknown Knights averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while SOULVARS averages 4.8 from 47 ratings.
Do Unknown Knights or SOULVARS have ads?
Neither Unknown Knights nor SOULVARS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unknown Knights or SOULVARS?
Unknown Knights ships an update weekly, and SOULVARS every 4 weeks. Most recently, Unknown Knights was updated on October 29, 2026 and SOULVARS on October 30, 2026.

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