Comparison

Wilderless vs Dwarf Journey

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

Head to head
About

Wilderless

Explore a vast, procedurally generated open world with no enemies or quests. Enjoy peaceful moments, stunning natural landscapes, and a calming soundtrack. Customize your character, build shelters, and transform into various animals for a stress-free escape.

Highlights
  • Vast procedurally generated open world
  • No enemies or quests
  • Character customization
  • Placeable shelters
  • Shape-shifting into animals
  • PhotoMode with effects and filters
  • Calming soundtrack
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A HUGE PROCEDURALLY GENERATED OPEN WORLD No enemies. No quests. Just miles of beautiful, natural, untamed wilderness to explore and relax in. Enjoy a world of quiet moments and stunning views, with golden sunsets behind sky-high mountains, flower filled rolling green hills, and frost covered tundra and frozen lakes - Explore a gorgeous, vast open world wilderness - A true Open World. Go anywhere, anytime - A beautiful soundtrack covers many moods as you explore - Customize your character with hair, hats, outfits and more - Place shelters: choose from 2 tents, natural rock and a small house - Relax in a natural and calm stress-free environment - Ad-free, no in-app purchases or additional downloads - Take beautiful photos with PhotoMode - Tons of effects, filters, and options to customize - A solo indie project made with love - Run, swim, and fly through deep forests and rolling hills - Go skating on the frozen lakes of the North - Feeling anxiety? Take a quiet boat ride along the river - Fly through the skies as a mighty hawk - Shapechange into horses, bears, boar, foxes and more - Ride a pirate ship - fireworks included - Benchmark with extensive quality options and settings - Gamepad support SUPPORT Questions or Comments? : robert@protopop.com To reset game: goto Splashscreen-options-reset button. To optimize: goto Splashscreen-optimize TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x3DeLJyR3w FOLLOW ME - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/protopopgames/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/protopop - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProtopopGames/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/protopopgames/ SHARE Feel free to put footage of my game on YouTube or any other website. It helps me spread the word and reach more people, and I appreciate it. Thank you for supporting independent games:) Recommended Specifications • Devices: iPad Pro, iPad (10th Gen), iPad Air (6th Gen), iPad mini (7th Gen), iPhone 11 series, and later models • CPU: Apple A13 Bionic or newer • RAM: 4 GB or more • Operating System: iOS 16.0 or later

About

Dwarf Journey

Embark on an epic roguelite platformer adventure as a warrior seeking eternal life. Explore procedurally generated caves, battle monsters, and upgrade your character with new equipment and abilities. Forge your path to immortality through challenging combat and strategic customization.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated levels
  • Character evolution and customization
  • Mineral collection for forging equipment
  • Rune and item customization
  • Epic boss battles
  • Controller compatibility
Features
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A glimpse of death made the strong and wise warrior Gallar look for a way to continue enjoying worldly pleasures for all eternity. Ancient writings say there is a mystical cave in the Valley of Eternity that holds a lost relic capable of granting eternal life to the brave who finds it. Armed with his ax and his trusty pickaxe, Gallar sets off for the northern mountains in search of an epic adventure that may cost his own life; or guarantee it forever. Key Features: • Explore randomly generated levels! This action roguelite platformer offers challenging new experiences every time you play. • Defeat enemies and evolve your character! Fight enemies and bosses to unlock new routes and gather experience to grow and customize your character the way you prefer. • Collect minerals to forge better equipment! Gather ores and weapon blueprints you find in the depths of the cave and take them to the village blacksmith to forge finer equipment. Fight even stronger and more powerful monsters. • Customize your gameplay with runes and items! Find runes around the cave that will give your hero extra features. Assemble your build with up to three runes, forge items and set up your character in your preferred style. Choose your strategy and customize your gameplay! • Face bosses in epic battles! You must deal with wicked bosses who will challenge all your strengths and tactics. But be careful: as the levels are randomly generated, you can find the bosses' doors right away. Have the wisdom to know your limits and the perception of the right time to face them. • Achieve immortality! Help Gallar to continue his long and glorious journey into eternity. Will you be able to fight until the end for the lost relic? Extras: • Controller compatible! • Pay once to get the full experience! No ads or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Wilderless4 screens
Dwarf Journey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dwarf Journey at Free against Wilderless's $4.99. Dwarf Journey also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). Wilderless's advantage is chart position (#158 vs unranked) and ratings volume (254 vs 39). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dwarf Journey is free to download; Wilderless costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dwarf Journey holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wilderless has 254 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Wilderless's written reviews are positive against 79% of Dwarf Journey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wilderless ships an update every 3 months, Dwarf Journey every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Wilderless versus Dwarf Journey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWilderlessDwarf Journey
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (254 ratings)4.4 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings254 — better39
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB347 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRobert KabweOrube Game Studio

Customer experience

Wilderless

All ratings254 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative17.4%

Dwarf Journey

All ratings39 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Wilderless

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when changing graphics settings
  • Disappearing shelters and structures
  • Inconsistent weather and environmental effects
  • Stuck underwater or in terrain when respawning

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more animals and creatures to interact with
  • Introduce quests, missions, or a light narrative
  • Implement a save/load system for custom worlds
  • Add support for controllers and gamepad input
  • Expand customization options for character and environment

Dwarf Journey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wilderless

No in-app purchases

None

Dwarf Journey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wilderless free?
Wilderless costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dwarf Journey free?
Dwarf Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wilderless or Dwarf Journey?
Dwarf Journey is rated higher. Wilderless averages 4.2 out of 5 from 254 ratings, while Dwarf Journey averages 4.4 from 39 ratings.
Do Wilderless or Dwarf Journey have ads?
Neither Wilderless nor Dwarf Journey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wilderless or Dwarf Journey?
Wilderless ships an update every 3 months, and Dwarf Journey every 9 days. Most recently, Wilderless was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dwarf Journey on October 24, 2026.

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