Lamplight City mobile vs Dunil's Hold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lamplight City mobile
Step into the shoes of a private investigator in a steampunk-inspired Victorian city. Solve five complex cases, interrogate suspects, and make choices that shape the narrative and your reputation. Explore a city rife with crime and class struggle, uncovering clues and facing the consequences of your actions.
- Detective investigation mechanics
- Branching narrative with multiple outcomes
- Five unique cases to solve
- Explore a fictional steampunk city
- Single-click interface
- Professionally voiced characters
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A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? • "I fostered a lifelong love for the adventure genre, culminating in a Purple Tentacle tattoo (Day of the Tentacle, duh) on my upper left arm. So I’ll be playing Lamplight City, too. Trust." - Rock, Paper, Shotgun • "Overall, this game has a lot going for it, and I encourage you to check it out even if you’re not an adventure game buff." - Hey Poor Player ABOUT THE GAME The Gateway to Vespuccia, the City of Air and Light, Lamplight City - the thriving port city of New Bretagne is a beacon of progress and industrial advancement in the New World. Yet beneath the promises of a shining 19th-century future, the city rests upon foundations of poverty, class struggle, and crime. For police detective turned private investigator Miles Fordham, Lamplight City's shadowy corners are just part of the territory. But with his former partner constantly speaking to him from beyond the grave, his grip on sanity is slowly loosening. Can Miles find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Lamplight City is a detective adventure set in an alternate steampunk-ish "Victorian" past. FEATURES • Be the detective you want to be. But prepare to face the consequences. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, get information by any means necessary. Follow the law or make your own rules, but how you choose to act will affect people's attitudes towards you. • Five cases to solve, with multiple suspects, false leads, and different outcomes. Never find yourself stuck in a dead-end situation. If the case becomes unsolvable, simply move on to the next one. The story will adapt based on your choices. • Single click interface with no inventory. Gather clues and documents in your casebook for review. Item manipulation is handled via a context-sensitive cursor. • A fictional city with four boroughs to explore, each with their own unique flavor. Players will visit each of these boroughs throughout the game, exploring themes such as class divide and the public's fear of emerging steam tech. • Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens. • Meet over 50 professionally voiced characters. • Original score by Mark Benis.
Dunil's Hold
Explore a procedurally generated text-based dungeon with a hybrid interface. This roguelike RPG offers deep replayability, gear-based progression, and offline play. Experience a premium, ad-free adventure with a single purchase.
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Text-based gameplay
- Gear-based progression
- Hybrid text/graphical interface
- 100% Offline & Private
- Deep replayability
- Autosave with one slot
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Descend into Dunil’s Hold, a sprawling, text-based procedurally generated dungeon where shadows hold secrets and every decision could be your last. A fusion of classic gaming lineages: text-based games and roguelikes, with gear-based progression, and the unforgiving brutality of Old School Renaissance (OSR) RPGs. FEATURES: * DunilsHold Engine: a custom game engine. * On-device LLM used for narration of certain non-critical aspects of the game. * Hybrid Text/Graphical Interface tailored for immersion. * Autosaves with one save slot. * 100% Offline & Private: Powered by on-device Apple MLX technology. No internet required, no data collection. * Deep Replayability: A massive, ever-changing dungeon filled with traps, secrets, monsters, and treasure. * Premium Experience: One price. No ads. No in-app purchases. No nonsense. * In active development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dunil's Hold at 100% against Lamplight City mobile's 54%. Lamplight City mobile's advantage is chart position (#87 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Lamplight City mobile costs $4.99 and Dunil's Hold $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lamplight City mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, Dunil's Hold every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lamplight City mobile | Dunil's Hold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.0 GB | 802 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Application Systems Heidelberg Software GmbH | Keith Mason Duke |
Customer experience
Lamplight City mobile
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In-app purchases
Lamplight City mobile
No in-app purchases
Dunil's Hold
No in-app purchases
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