Card Hog vs Neolysium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Hog
Embark on a strategic dungeon crawl as a heroic pig, navigating a board filled with enemies, traps, and loot. Collect weapons and skills, discover card combinations, and outsmart your foes in this unique roguelike adventure.
- Card-based dungeon crawling
- Strategic combat and enemy manipulation
- Deck building with weapons and skills
- Permanent upgrades through trading
- Multiple game modes and board sizes
- Unique playable characters
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Move your hero pig around the board of Card Hog by defeating challenging foes, dodging dangerous traps, collecting shiny loot… and scrap! Discover weapons, magical skills, amusing card combinations and use them against enemies or trick them to fight against their own kind. During your journey you will meet friendly characters offering ways to improve your deck of cards with new weapons, skills, and upgrades. ⋆ Discover countless card interactions ⋆ Fight and outsmart an army of enemies ⋆ Trade beans for permanent upgrades ⋆ Unique Hogs for diverse playstyles ⋆ Multiple game modes and different board sizes Free content updates are coming soon. Expect more card interactions, enemies, boss fights, and game modes! ~ Got feedback or a feature request? Contact: bugs@snoutup.com
Neolysium
This strategy card game challenges players to build a thriving environment and generate energy. It focuses on decision-making and strategic creativity with positive, non-violent gameplay. Enjoy a pure gaming experience with no ads or data collection.
- Strategic card play
- Environment building
- Energy generation
- Decision making
- Non-violent gameplay
- No ads
- No personal data collection
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Welcome to Neolysium the strategy card game for building a better world. Each hand is a new challenge to create a thriving environment that generates abundant energy. The game will test your decision making skills and strategic creativity while promoting a positive non-violent gameplay suitable for all ages. The game has no ads, does not collect any personal information, and is built solely for your enjoyment. How to play You start the game with 4 cards in hand and 10 spaces to play cards. Each turn you will draw a card from the deck and choose to either play a card to build your environment or discard. The objective is to maximize the amount of energy your environment produces. The game is over when you have used all of your playable spaces or your deck has run out of cards. Cards have attributes that can produce energy, create play spaces, add more cards to your deck, and other abilities to be discovered. Certain cards require other cards to be played first so having an understanding of your deck is important for developing an effective strategy. Every turn is a critical decision in managing spaces, card count, and energy output.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Neolysium at Free against Card Hog's $1.99. Card Hog's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (191 vs 15). On update cadence, 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
Neolysium is free to download; Card Hog costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Card Hog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Hog has 191 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Card Hog's written reviews are positive against 71% of Neolysium's.
Card Hog ships an update weekly, Neolysium every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Hog | Neolysium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (191 ratings) — better | 4.1 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 191 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurimas Garuolis | Samuel Anderson |
Customer experience
Card Hog
Neolysium
In-app purchases
Card Hog
No in-app purchases
Neolysium
No in-app purchases
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