Comparison

Dash Quest 2 vs Hero's Quest

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

Head to head
About

Dash Quest 2

Embark on an epic adventure in this action-packed sequel, battling monsters and exploring vast lands. Unlock powerful abilities, collect gear, and customize your hero through a deep skill tree. Experience classic 16-bit arcade action with endless runner and RPG mechanics.

Highlights
  • Hack and slash combat against monsters
  • Explore diverse fantasy lands
  • Unlock and upgrade special abilities
  • Collect hundreds of combat gear items
  • Discover ancient relics
  • Customizable skill tree
  • 16-bit arcade action
Features
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1000 years ago, a lone hero named Dash was called upon to save the world from the nefarious Lich and his dark forces. Emerging from the shadows, an ancient and unspeakable evil threatens once more. Zaru, Master of Lich, returns to avenge the failure of his creation, vowing to destroy the world once and for all. The time for a new hero is now! Can you help Dash's descendant fulfill the destiny of his ancestors and save the world, restoring hope to its people? Dash back into adventure with the action-packed sequel, Dash Quest 2! Features: • Hack and slash your way through goblins, trolls, demons, zombies and more! • Explore vast lands of the world including scorched fields, barren deserts, haunting caves and more! • Unlock tons of NEW special abilities like Eviscerate, Ragnarok and the devastating Black Hole! Enchant them to reach epic levels! • Collect 100s of awesome combat gear! No crafting required! • Discover ancient relics with powerful effects! • Deep and customizable skill tree! • Endless runner and RPG mechanics in a pixel kingdom! • Classic 16 bit arcade action! Dash Quest 2 is currently available in English, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian! PLEASE NOTE - Dash Quest 2 is free to download and play, but includes some items that can be purchased for real money. If you don't wish to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device settings. Support: Are you experiencing problems? Visit https://trophy-games.com/contact-us or contact us from inside the game by tapping the gear icon and support button. Privacy Policy: https://trophy-games.com/tiny-titans/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://trophy-games.com/tiny-titans/terms-of-service Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/trophygamescompany/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/TrophyGamesDK Visit us on the Web! https://tinytitanstudios.com/

About

Hero's Quest

Embark on an epic adventure as a hero, exploring a world filled with monsters and powerful bosses. Strategize your battles, level up your character, and collect gold, weapons, and equipment to enhance your stats and abilities. Discover new fighting styles and combinations in this roguelite RPG.

Highlights
  • Automatic battles
  • Hero and skin customization
  • Skill tree progression
  • Unlockable areas and bosses
  • Roguelite permanent upgrades
  • Portrait orientation gameplay
Features
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Hero's Quest is a game where you play the role of a lovely hero, go around exploring the world, and challenge your fighting ability to reach the highest level in the limited energy range. Your mission is to reach the highest level as you can to get a lot of gold coins, new weapons and equipment to improve your stats. Initially, you will have 20 energy points (EP). Trying to maintain or improve this stat so you can get high levels in the game. Every time you beat monsters and Bosses, you will get gold coins. The more monsters you beat, the more money you have and the faster you go on the adventure. The more you win, the faster you level up. The higher the level, the higher your ability to defeat the aggressive monsters encountered along the jorney. During the game, you will gradually discover your abilities and find the most effective fighting style for yourself. That's the magic, it can be very rewarding to play and discover new strategies or relics combinations. Explore the world and challenge yourself to reach the highest levels within limited energy! • Heroes and Skins • Hero’s Quest allows you to choose different characters to participate in thrilling battles, each hero have different bonus stats and wonderful pixel art skins. Heores can also be situational you'll have to chose the most suitable Hero for each scenario. • Skill Tree • Players can chose between multiple passive Skills to shape the gameplay the way they like. Skills are separated into different types ranging ranging from ofensive, defensive or utility skills. • Immersive world • Unlock multiple areas, where with powerful monsters enemies are waiting for you. Battle can be very intense the further you get. Players also need to defeat Bosses with outstanding power to unlock new Maps, Relics and Equipment. • Roguelite action • Roguelite is an evolution of the Roguelike genre, this means you still have to start the game from the beginning when the game is over, but you also have permanent upgrades to make each run easier and esiear while also making you progress further and further. The more you play, the more you progress! • Automatic battle • You'll find monsters along the map and your job is to choose the fights. Your focus should be on strategy, Hero and Relics combinations. Let the game do the rest. • Portrait orientation • Play the game anywhere with only one hand. Music by Aaron Krogh: https://soundcloud.com/aaron-anderson-11 Character Art by Ækashics: http://www.akashics.moe/

Screenshots

Dash Quest 24 screens
Hero's Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dash Quest 2 and Hero's Quest both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 66% of Hero's Quest's written reviews are positive against 51% of Dash Quest 2's. Dash Quest 2's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Dash Quest 2 sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Hero's Quest sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dash Quest 2 against 4.8 for Hero's Quest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 906 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Dash Quest 2's written reviews are positive against 66% of Hero's Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dash Quest 2 versus Hero's Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDash Quest 2Hero's Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (906 ratings)4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.1% of reviews66.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9061.3K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size378 MB210 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTrophy Games Canada Inc.Murilo Bastos

Customer experience

Dash Quest 2

All ratings906 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral16.5%
Negative32.4%

Hero's Quest

All ratings1,344 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.4%
Negative24.6%

User reviews

Dash Quest 2

From 906 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun gameplay
  • 🚀 Simple and relaxing
  • 💎 Great graphics
  • 🎨 Pixel art style

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Energy system limits playtime
  • 💰 Aggressive monetization with ads and subscriptions
  • 🐛 Bugs with ad-based revival system
  • 🔍 Lack of content and features compared to previous games

Hero's Quest

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Frequent updates and developer engagement
  • 🔒 No exploitative monetization
  • 💡 Innovative progression system

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay loop
  • 🔍 Lack of content variety
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at higher levels
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

Bugs and requests

Dash Quest 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Ads not working properly, leading to death
  • Purchases not registering correctly
  • Crashes and force quits during gameplay
  • UI issues on newer iPhone models

Requested features

4 requests
  • Remove energy system
  • Add endless mode
  • Improve equipment and skill system
  • Implement more game modes (e.g. dungeons, survival)

Hero's Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Infinite loading screen
  • Crit rate bug causing inconsistent damage

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add teleport/skip functionality
  • Implement a reset progress option
  • Improve the equipment progression curve
  • Introduce more enemy/boss variety

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Dash Quest 2

Subscriptions3
  • VIP Gold Pass3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • VIP Gold Pass3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • VIP Gold Pass3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time11
  • Pouch of Gems$0.99
  • Bucket of Gems$4.99
  • Adventure Starter Pack$4.99
Show 8 more
  • Warrior Collection 5$4.99
  • Barrel of Gems$9.99
  • Explorer Bundle$9.99
  • Mage Supplies 10$9.99
  • Warrior Collection 10$9.99
  • Medic Kit 10$9.99
  • Crate of Gems$17.99
  • Conqueror’s Conquest$24.99
22 purchases

Hero's Quest

One-time22
  • Tickets - Tiny$0.99
  • Ad Skip - Tiny$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
Show 19 more
  • Tickets Small$1.99
  • Skin: Void Bender$1.99
  • Skin: Shadowbringer$1.99
  • Ad Skip - Small$1.99
  • Skin: Warlock Warrior$1.99
  • Skin: High Summoner$2.99
  • Skin: Elaine$2.99
  • Skin: Blight Lord$2.99
  • Skin: Goddess Yoko$2.99
  • Skin: Asema$2.99
  • Skin: Shadow Piercer$2.99
  • Tickets - Medium$3.99
  • Ad Skip - Medium$3.99
  • Tickets - Large$6.99
  • Ad Skip - Large$6.99
  • Tickets - Super$12.99
  • Ad Skip - Super$13.99
  • Tickets - Extra Large$27.99
  • Tickets - Ultra$54.99

Questions

Is Dash Quest 2 free?
Dash Quest 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hero's Quest free?
Hero's Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dash Quest 2 or Hero's Quest?
Hero's Quest is rated higher. Dash Quest 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 906 ratings, while Hero's Quest averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Dash Quest 2 or Hero's Quest have ads?
Both Dash Quest 2 and Hero's Quest show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dash Quest 2 or Hero's Quest?
Dash Quest 2 ships an update fortnightly, and Hero's Quest fortnightly. Most recently, Dash Quest 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hero's Quest on October 24, 2026.

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