Comparison

Abandon Ship vs Knight Lancer

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

Head to head
About

Abandon Ship

Command a sailing ship and crew through a reactive fantasy world filled with story-driven islands and tactical combat. Survive harsh conditions, permanent death, and make choices that shape your journey and the world around you.

Highlights
  • Explore a vast, story-filled world
  • Engage in tactical ship combat
  • Survive permanent death and consequences
  • Customize ships and crew
  • Multiple story campaigns and modes
  • Dynamic weather and environmental effects
Features
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Engage in piracy and become a hunted Captain. Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings. SURVIVE ON THE EDGE IN A WORLD WITH CONSEQUENCES Discover a huge amount of unique, story-filled islands across diverse biomes and themed areas: Fight ghost ships in the Haunted Seas. Ward off giant arachnids in the Spider Islands. Regions filled with poisonous gas, icebergs, cannibals and much more await. Engage enemy ships, fortifications and sea monsters in vicious combat, employing your best tactics to out-manoeuvre and out-gun the enemy. Weather and environmental conditions affect your battles: Tidal waves, lightning strikes, volcanic bombardments and blizzards are just some of the modifiers that impact your strategy. Abandon Ship focuses on ‘Age of Sail’ ships in a Fantasy setting, framed in an Art Style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings. SHIP DESTRUCTION IS NOT THE END Life in this world can be brutal. Death is permanent. But the journey doesn’t end if your vessel is destroyed. You are the Captain, and as long as the Captain is alive, there is always hope. By escaping to a Lifeboat, or even being stranded, alone in the water, there is a chance to survive and fight your way back to the top. SNATCH VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT Combat is tactical and savage. Each battle is hard-fought, always on the edge of defeat. Your only chance of overcoming the odds is to employ every advantage you can bring to bear. Dozens of diverse weapons and upgrades are available to utilise on the various ship classes you can acquire. Customise your vessels appearance by capturing enemy ships intact. Your trusty crew gain experience and traits to help provide an edge over the enemy. REAP WHAT YOU SOW Explore a fantasy world that reacts to your actions. Engage in piracy and become a hunted Captain. Undertake quests that may drastically change the environment – or the entire world. Make decisions that create allies or enemies that return to help or seek vengeance. Play multiple stories, including the main campaigns tale of overthrowing a Cthulhu-esque Cult, a Freeplay mode about rebuilding the legacy of your forebears, and shorter tales, such as the combat campaign focused on rescuing your sister, or Sword of the Cult, where you play as one of Father’s children, climbing the ranks until you’re granted the ultimate weapon: The Kraken. THIS VERSION IS A FREE DEMO, AN IN-GAME PURCHASE IS REQUIRED TO UNLOCK THE FULL CONTENT.

About

Knight Lancer

Engage in thrilling arcade jousting battles with ragdoll physics. Regain your honor by mastering skillful jousting mechanics, delivering critical hits, and customizing your knight. Compete in missions or online multiplayer.

Highlights
  • 18 Mission Story Mode
  • Skillful Jousting Mechanics
  • Ragdoll Physics
  • Character Customization
  • Online Multiplayer
  • Daily Winning Spree Challenge
Features
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Welcome to KNIGHT LANCER, an arcade jousting game where your skill is rewarded with epic ragdoll physics! Your lands have been taken, your family name bismirched. But you have your lance and a horse - what more does a knight need? Set off on a journey to regain your honour! Toss caution (and your ragdoll enemies) to the wind and become: a Knight! Features: - 18 Mission Story mode, and Free Play - Skillful and satisfying jousting mechanics - Bone-crunching Critical Hits - Ragdoll physics - Character customization - Online multiplayer - Daily winning spree challenge

Screenshots

Abandon Ship4 screens
Knight Lancer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Abandon Ship and Knight Lancer both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Knight Lancer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Abandon Ship's. Knight Lancer also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 1.7K). Abandon Ship's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Abandon Ship sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Knight Lancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.6 for Abandon Ship against 4.6 for Knight Lancer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knight Lancer has 11K ratings behind it against 1.7K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Abandon Ship's written reviews are positive against 83% of Knight Lancer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abandon Ship ships an update weekly, Knight Lancer monthly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Abandon Ship versus Knight Lancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbandon ShipKnight Lancer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings)4.6 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K11K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
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
Size1.1 GB406 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPlug In DigitalBABAR SAEED JANJUA

Customer experience

Abandon Ship

All ratings1,695 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative39.3%

Knight Lancer

All ratings10,560 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews920 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.9%

User reviews

Abandon Ship

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 🔍 Compelling story
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics
  • 💰 Worth the money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 📚 Overwhelming tutorial
  • 💰 Expensive for full game
  • 🤖 Simplistic AI
  • 🔒 Requires internet connection

Knight Lancer

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 🚀 Immensely enjoyable
  • 👍 Great game, has lots of potential
  • 👍 Very well made game
  • 👍 Amazing game!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Zero reward
  • 💰 Paywall!!!
  • 🐛 Bad hitboxes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent
  • 🐛 more luck than skill

Bugs and requests

Abandon Ship

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tutorial pop-ups blocking gameplay
  • Screen freezing during weapon purchase
  • Saved progress lost after crashes
  • Navigation issues in certain areas

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to skip tutorial
  • More ship customization options
  • Offline play
  • Improved crew management
  • Larger screen UI

Knight Lancer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Home screen bug where knight falls off the map
  • Armor and shield purchases not working
  • Difficulty progressing to Duke rank in certain castles
  • Opponents not moving at times, causing player to leave the arena

Requested features

7 requests
  • More customization options for armor, helmets, shields, and horses
  • Ability to customize character during campaign
  • Different horses with unique stats
  • Skill mechanic to reduce lance bounce
  • Ability to rematch after a draw
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  • Royalty opponents should have larger hitboxes
  • Offline tournaments, PvP duels, and other gameplay modes beyond just jousting

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Abandon Ship

One-time5
  • Combat Campaigns 1 & 2$1.99
  • Cult Campaign$2.99
  • Haunted Seas Campaign$2.99
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  • Main Campaign & Freeplay Mode$6.99
  • Bundle Full Game + all DLCs$9.99
1 purchases

Knight Lancer

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$2.99

Questions

Is Abandon Ship free?
Abandon Ship is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Knight Lancer free?
Knight Lancer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Abandon Ship or Knight Lancer?
Abandon Ship and Knight Lancer are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.7K and 11K ratings respectively.
Do Abandon Ship or Knight Lancer have ads?
Both Abandon Ship and Knight Lancer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Abandon Ship or Knight Lancer?
Abandon Ship ships an update weekly, and Knight Lancer monthly. Most recently, Abandon Ship was updated on September 26, 2026 and Knight Lancer on September 26, 2026.

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