DeepCrawl vs BarrowFalls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeepCrawl
Engage in a challenging turn-based strategy game where AI-controlled enemies adapt to your moves. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, defeat guardians, and reach level 10 in this fair yet difficult experience.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- AI-trained enemies
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Challenging difficulty
- Defeat room guardians
- Reach level 10
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DeepCrawl is a turn-based strategy game for mobile platforms, where all the enemies are trained with Machine Learnings algorithms. The game is designed to be hard, yet fair: you'll have to explore the dungeons and defeat all the guardians of the rooms, paying attention to every moves the AI does! The dungeons are procedurally generated for a different and more challenging experience every time you play. Try to finish the game by reaching the level 10! (More features coming soon...)
BarrowFalls
Embark on a hand-drawn tile-crawl RPG adventure. Forge your hero, engage in strategic turn-based combat, and explore a vibrant world filled with quests and dangers. The entire adventure is playable for free.
- Hero forging with customizable stats, gear, and spells
- Strategic turn-based combat with elemental resistances
- Living town with quests and services
- Exploration of dangerous lands and boss barrows
- Narrated tale with spoken opening and guide
- Adjustable gameplay settings
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BarrowFalls is an original tile-crawl RPG in the spirit of the classics — forge your Outlander, explore a hand-drawn realm, and set out to end the Undying Reign of Malgorth. • Forge a hero — pick your kindred and calling, then grow your stats, gear, and spells your way. • Turn-based combat — no button-mashing. Bump a monster to fight; target foes for spells and arrows; every creature has an element it resists and one it fears. • A living town — quests, a chapel, a spell tutor, a smith who cuts gems into your gear, and townsfolk who warm to you as you help them. • Explore four dangerous lands, brave boss barrows, and reforge your weapons with socketed gems. • Narrated Tale — a spoken opening chronicle and read-aloud guide, at your own pace. • Play your way — adjustable move speed, music/sound/voice volumes, and a full How-to-Play guide. No ads. The whole adventure is playable free — optional "Stand the Bard a Round" gold packs support the developer and top up your purse, nothing more. Made with care by one developer - Sternzy. ``` **Copyright:** ``` © 2026 Sternzy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BarrowFalls at 5.0 against DeepCrawl's 3.3. DeepCrawl's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. BarrowFalls sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. DeepCrawl asks for nothing beyond the download.
BarrowFalls holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | DeepCrawl | BarrowFalls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 384 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Sestini | David Stern |
In-app purchases
DeepCrawl
No in-app purchases
BarrowFalls
- Tavern Ale$0.99
- Flagon of Mead$1.99
- Goblet of Wine$4.99
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- Dragon's Ale$9.99









