Comparison

Unknown Knights vs Ax Roguelike

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

Head to head
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

Ax Roguelike

A turn-based deck-building roguelike where players learn skills, build powerful synergies, and prepare at a base before challenging stages. Strengthen weapons, will, skills, and equipment to overcome difficult encounters.

Highlights
  • Deck-building with over 900 skills
  • Turn-based command selection combat
  • Base preparation and upgrades
  • Weapon and skill strengthening
  • Equipment modification
  • Synergistic skill interactions
Features
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*Supported languages English/Japanese Ax Roguelike is a deck-building roguelike game. Deck-building Over 900 skills can be learned. Depending on the construction, various effects will interact in a complex manner and create synergies. Battle Progress is based on turn-based command selection. Players can connect up to three skills and activate them consecutively. Base At the base, you can prepare in advance before heading to the stage. If it is difficult to conquer, expand the functions of your base and prepare your initial equipment before trying again. Strengthening During the capture, various training is possible in the village. Strengthening weapons, strengthening will, modifying skills, modifying equipment, etc.

Screenshots

Unknown Knights4 screens
Ax Roguelike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Unknown Knights at 4.7 against Ax Roguelike's 4.3. Unknown Knights also leads on ratings volume (53 vs 6). Ax Roguelike's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Ax Roguelike $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unknown Knights holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unknown Knights has 53 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Unknown Knights's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ax Roguelike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unknown Knights ships an update weekly, Ax Roguelike every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Unknown Knights versus Ax Roguelike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnknown KnightsAx Roguelike
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.7 (53 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better6
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB291 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAram SeoKatsunori Sasamoto

Customer experience

Unknown Knights

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

Ax Roguelike

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Unknown Knights

No in-app purchases

None

Ax Roguelike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unknown Knights free?
Unknown Knights costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ax Roguelike free?
Ax Roguelike costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unknown Knights or Ax Roguelike?
Unknown Knights is rated higher. Unknown Knights averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Ax Roguelike averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Unknown Knights or Ax Roguelike have ads?
Neither Unknown Knights nor Ax Roguelike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unknown Knights or Ax Roguelike?
Unknown Knights ships an update weekly, and Ax Roguelike every 2 days. Most recently, Unknown Knights was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ax Roguelike on October 28, 2026.

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