Comparison

Here Be Dragons vs Lost For Swords

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

Head to head
About

Here Be Dragons

Embark on a satirical turn-based strategy adventure as a captain leading a crew of madmen to defeat legendary sea monsters. Utilize a unique dice system and command points to upgrade your fleet and overcome terrifying creatures, all while navigating a living map.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy gameplay
  • Unique "living map" graphics
  • Dice Activation System for combat and upgrades
  • Collect and use Command Points
  • Confront legendary sea monsters
  • Satirical narrative and characters
Features
Currently charting
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Here Be Dragons is a satirical turn-based strategy game featuring unique "living map" graphics, where you lead a group of crazed captains and eradicate legendary monsters in order to allow Christopher Columbus the discovery of the New World. STORY Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492. In 10 weeks. With 100 men. With 3 ships. This is a LIE! Firstly, someone had to defeat kraken and tritons. Someone had to vanquish the Leviathan. Someone had to banish all the ghost ships. The information about these deeds is missing from the archives, and you can’t find it in any great statesmen’s memoir. The knowledge of the “Avant Armada” was completely erased by some bloody officials. The people who took part in the expeditions were not sane people. Maniacs, psychos and common crackpots were forced by royal orders to eradicate Evil in the uncharted seas. “Here Be Dragons” describes these events. GAMEPLAY * Use original Dice Activation System to attack enemies, heal your crew, and upgrade the fleet. * Collect and use Command Points to turn the tide of the encounter. * Cross the seas with an ancient, living map, full of terrible creatures that want to devour you! * Confront the most fierce beasts that ever lived: leviathans and krakens, predatory whales and lustful mermaids. Decimate tritons, awake Dagon, and then erase them from human memory. SATIRE * Meet an extraordinary company of weirdos, madmen and oddballs. Their vices and virtues fuel the journey. * Experience clashes with bureaucratic machine. Don’t lose your mind when confronted by absurdities spewed by authorities and royal advisors. * Sniff at pirates. Ignore the settlers. You are above them. You are a monster hunter traversing through the aqua incognita. Who cares if you are insane?

About

Lost For Swords

Explore rooms shaped by your deck in this roguelike deckbuilder. Equip gear, cast spells, and engage in tactical turn-based combat. Plan your resource management carefully as equipment can only be used once, and adapt your strategy with shuffled dungeon and equipment cards for a unique challenge each run.

Highlights
  • Deck-shaped room exploration
  • Tactical turn-based combat
  • Single-use equipment system
  • Card synergy building
  • Dungeon floor upgrades
  • Procedurally generated challenges
Features
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Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat. The clue: the equipment you pick up can only be used once! Plan ahead how you spend your resources. Are your cards strong enough? Can you make it to the next floor? Your equipment cards and the cards of the dungeon are shuffled together and placed on the board, creating a unique challenge every time! Between dungeon floors, you can upgrade your equipment to build the strongest deck possible. Can you find synergies between the cards? Lost For Swords is a... * Card Game * Roguelike Dungeon Crawler * Turn Based Strategy Game ...all in one!

Screenshots

Here Be Dragons4 screens
Lost For Swords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lost For Swords at Free against Here Be Dragons's $2.99. Lost For Swords also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (91% vs 53%). Here Be Dragons's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#189 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Lost For Swords is free to download; Here Be Dragons costs $2.99 up front. Lost For Swords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Here Be Dragons asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lost For Swords holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lost For Swords has 324 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Here Be Dragons's written reviews are positive against 91% of Lost For Swords's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Here Be Dragons ships an update every 2 weeks, Lost For Swords every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Here Be Dragons versus Lost For Swords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHere Be DragonsLost For Swords
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (22 ratings)4.7 (324 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews90.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#189 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size705 MB214 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMarek PanczykMaximilian Csuk

Customer experience

Here Be Dragons

All ratings22 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative36.8%

Lost For Swords

All ratings316 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.0%

Bugs and requests

Here Be Dragons

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Lost For Swords

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Backtracking bug in rooms
  • Purchasing issues on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More unlockable classes and cards
  • Improved in-game explanations
  • Ability to reset progress

In-app purchases

None

Here Be Dragons

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lost For Swords

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Here Be Dragons free?
Here Be Dragons costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lost For Swords free?
Lost For Swords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Here Be Dragons or Lost For Swords?
Lost For Swords is rated higher. Here Be Dragons averages 4.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Lost For Swords averages 4.7 from 324 ratings.
Do Here Be Dragons or Lost For Swords have ads?
Neither Here Be Dragons nor Lost For Swords shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Here Be Dragons or Lost For Swords?
Here Be Dragons ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lost For Swords every 3 weeks. Most recently, Here Be Dragons was updated on November 7, 2026 and Lost For Swords on November 4, 2026.

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