P1 Select vs Dawnmaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
P1 Select
Embark on a roguelike adventure through randomly generated levels, battling monsters and collecting magical rings to unlock special attacks. Choose from nine unique heroes and aim for a high score by gathering pyramids. Experience a challenging and strategic gameplay experience.
- Mini roguelike gameplay
- 9 randomly generated levels
- Magical ring power-ups
- Special attack abilities
- 9 playable hero characters
- High score system
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New mini roguelike "broughlike" game. Explore 9 randomly generated levels, avoid fierce monsters, collect magical rings to use your special attack powers, and gather pyramids to reach a high score. Nine different hero characters to choose from! From the creator of Cinco Paus, 868-HACK, Imbroglio, and Zaga-33.
Dawnmaker
A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.
- City building mechanics
- Deck building gameplay
- Resource management
- Lighthouse upgrades
- Smog reclamation
- Technology recovery
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dawnmaker at daily against P1 Select's every 4 days. Dawnmaker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). P1 Select's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $8.99) and ratings volume (50 vs 2). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
P1 Select costs $3.99 and Dawnmaker $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for P1 Select against 5.0 for Dawnmaker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: P1 Select has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of P1 Select's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dawnmaker's.
P1 Select ships an update every 4 days, Dawnmaker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | P1 Select | Dawnmaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Michael Brough | Acram Digital |
Customer experience
P1 Select
Dawnmaker
In-app purchases
P1 Select
No in-app purchases
Dawnmaker
No in-app purchases
