Comparison

Samurai Warrior vs SlashForge

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

Head to head
About

Samurai Warrior

Step into the role of a skilled samurai in this hack and slash game. Engage in intense, fast-paced combat, master various fighting styles, and explore a historically inspired open world with challenging enemies and puzzles. Uncover the samurai's story through anime-style comic panels.

Highlights
  • Master six distinct fighting styles
  • Explore historical Japan open world
  • Engage in dynamic, lethal combat
  • Solve environmental puzzles and evade traps
  • Immersive anime-style comic story panels
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Get ready, because you will step into the shoes of a Samurai to engage in action-packed combat against a horde of relentless enemies. You'll move like a shadow, as nimble as a ninja, slashing through foes with a blood-soaked katana sword to rise as a true hero. People may dub you as a ronin or an assassin, but you know your true identity. Are you prepared to unveil your inner strength? "Samurai Warrior: Action Fight" is a hack & slash game, renowned for its intense, rapid, and gory combat. KEY FEATURES: • Hone Your Skills - Utilize weapons like the katana and master six distinct fighting styles, allowing you to approach battles your way. • Enigmatic Settings - Explore an open world that beautifully captures the diversity and allure of historical Japan, complete with isometric hack and slash randomly-generated dungeons. • Dynamic Camera - The dynamic camera adapts to each encounter, adding variety while keeping the focus on the action. • Deadly Combat Moves - Prepare to unleash astonishingly lethal combat maneuvers. • Face Formidable Adversaries - Players must consistently tackle environmental puzzles, evade treacherous traps, and unearth valuable items. • Narrative Unfolds - Between levels, immerse yourself in the samurai's story through exquisite anime-style comic panels featuring original hand-drawn artwork. The path of a samurai is never an easy one. Crush enemy military forces and mercenaries with the fury of a Ronin. Cut them down beneath the sharp edge of your sword. ENJOY YOUR MOMENT OF GLORY AS THE GREATEST SAMURAI.

About

SlashForge

Features
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Emberbrand still remembers where the sparks went. SlashForge is a fast, dark, one-handed hack-and-slash action RPG built for portrait play. You are Rowan Vale, last apprentice of the Ashen Forge, carrying a living blade that can only be reforged by reclaiming seven dead forges from the Hollow Crown. Pick your weapon. Pick your difficulty. Read the telegraphs, dodge through the danger, and cut your way back to Emberhold stronger than you left. FEATURES - Five weapons, your choice from the start — buy and swap freely, each with a real role: the balanced Emberbrand sword, the wide-cleaving Cinder Axe, the lightning-fast crit jabs of the Oathknife, the long-range Tidebow, and the splashing First-Fire Staff. - Choose your difficulty — Easy, Standard, or Hard at the start, with extra Crown modifiers unlocked after the campaign for an even deeper challenge. - Seven acts, seven bosses — each with their own patterns, phases, and corrupted duty. - Dodge from the first fight — a dash with invulnerability frames, plus combos, potions, and biome hazards to play around. - Build your forge-knight — twelve relics and four upgrade branches (Weaponcraft, Armor, Footwork, Forgecraft) tune your run. - Role-based enemies — swarm, brute, shielded, ranged, caster, and elite, plus boss summons. Clear, deadly telegraphs reward reading the fight. - Rebuild Emberhold — every spark you recover reopens part of the ruined forge-village hub. - Fights with stakes — clear the road to keep your shards; a codex records the world you are saving. BUILT FOR YOUR PHONE - True one-handed portrait controls — move stick and action buttons within thumb's reach, plus a pause whenever life interrupts. - Short, sharp runs: a normal fight is a few minutes. Pick it up, clear a node, put it down. - Fully offline. No ads. No accounts. No tracking. The world is wounded, but recoverable. Reopen the forges. Reforge the blade. Push back the Crown.

Screenshots

Samurai Warrior4 screens
SlashForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlashForge at none against Samurai Warrior's 9. Samurai Warrior's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Samurai Warrior sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. SlashForge asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Samurai Warrior versus SlashForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamurai WarriorSlashForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB108 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCanh LuanDaniel Collinsworth

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Samurai Warrior

One-time9
  • 50 Bullions$0.99
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 120 Bullions$1.99
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  • 1200 Coins$1.99
  • No Ads$1.99
  • 280 Bullions$3.99
  • 2800 Coins$3.99
  • 1500 Bullions$14.99
  • 15000 Coins$14.99
None

SlashForge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Samurai Warrior free?
Samurai Warrior is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SlashForge free?
SlashForge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Samurai Warrior or SlashForge have ads?
Neither Samurai Warrior nor SlashForge shows ads.

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