Comparison

bitDungeonIII vs SOULVARS

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

Head to head
About

bitDungeonIII

Embark on a 2D action-adventure with rogue-lite elements. Explore randomly generated worlds and dungeons, forge alliances or engage in PvP for loot. Discover powerful items and enchants to enhance your character in a world facing inevitable doom.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated overworld and dungeons
  • Permadeath with soul retrieval
  • Online co-op and PvP
  • Unique weapon power attacks and stat scaling
  • Character augmentation via stat runes
  • Controller support
  • New Game Plus for replayability
Features
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bitDungeonIII is a 2d action adventure game with rogue-lite elements. Randomly generated overworld and dungeons. Make allies with other players or kill them for their precious inventory items. Discover random items that greatly enhance and affect your character. Save a world that can't be saved. Features: Permadeath. You get one soul and only one chance to retrieve it when you die. Killing Bosses also grant souls. Randomly pre-generated overworld, dungeons, secrets, items and humanoid npcs. Online play using P2P networking,co-op and pvp. Each weapon type has a unique power attack and stat scaling. Level up based on which weapon you use. Change weapons to start leveling up that weapon type going towards your general level. Powerful weapon enchants dropped from bosses. Augment your character through changeable stat runes collected throughout your adventure. Boss & quest weapons. Giant difficult dungeon bosses. Original soundtrack by Houzatosis & Stress_TN. Controller Support. New game plus for endless replay value.

About

SOULVARS

Embark on a deck-building JRPG adventure where souls are converted into data to combat deformities. Master strategic card-based combat with dynamic pixel animations and deep customization. Explore dungeons, collect enchanted items, and uncover a rich story.

Highlights
  • Deck-building combat system
  • Dynamic pixel animations
  • Rich customization
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Random enchanted item collection
  • Strategic soul bit combinations
Features
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Deck-Building JRPG "SOULVARS" is now available! 15-20 hours of playtime (+50h to go deeper) Dynamic pixel animation and battles and a rich customization system No In-App Purchases. While having a deep strategic sense, the vertically held smartphone controls allow for simple and exhilarating battles, training, dungeon exploration, and collection of random enchanted items. ▼ Story A world line in which even the fictitious concept of the soul can be converted into data. In return, people's lives are threatened by the sudden appearance of deformities. The protagonists use the Soul Driver, a device that converts souls into data. They are responsible for the elimination of the deformities that threaten people, and work in a certain town... ▼System Overview Number of save slots: 3 (Saved in device and manual save) Estimated scenario completion time: 14 to 20 hours 50 to 100+ hours of post-clearance challenge Features Soul bits (handbills), which are the data of the soul power that resides in gear (equipment), Players can combine them in battle to make special attacks and combos in a successive manner. The characters are characterized by their action with dots that move around. ▼Gear and Soul Bits Soul bits (hand cards) can be drawn from gear (equipment) and used as actions during battle. The combination of main weapon, subweapon, armor, and accessories Strategy (deck) is determined. ▼Arts During a battle, only one soul bit can be selected on the first turn, but The number of soul bits that can be selected at one time increases depending on the opponent's weaknesses, guarding, evading, buffing, debuffing, and various other conditions. The combination of soul bits (cards in hand) selected at the same time activates a skill called Arts.

Screenshots

bitDungeonIII4 screens
SOULVARS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SOULVARS at 4.8 against bitDungeonIII's 4.2. bitDungeonIII's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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

bitDungeonIII costs $1.99 and SOULVARS $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SOULVARS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 47 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 81% and 81% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bitDungeonIII ships an update every 3 weeks, SOULVARS every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
bitDungeonIII versus SOULVARS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbitDungeonIIISOULVARS
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.2 (19 ratings)4.8 (47 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1947 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size279 MB377 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKintoGames LLCginolabo Inc.

Customer experience

bitDungeonIII

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative11.5%

SOULVARS

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

bitDungeonIII

No in-app purchases

None

SOULVARS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is bitDungeonIII free?
bitDungeonIII costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SOULVARS free?
SOULVARS costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, bitDungeonIII or SOULVARS?
SOULVARS is rated higher. bitDungeonIII averages 4.2 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while SOULVARS averages 4.8 from 47 ratings.
Do bitDungeonIII or SOULVARS have ads?
Neither bitDungeonIII nor SOULVARS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bitDungeonIII or SOULVARS?
bitDungeonIII ships an update every 3 weeks, and SOULVARS every 4 weeks. Most recently, bitDungeonIII was updated on November 3, 2026 and SOULVARS on November 3, 2026.

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