Comparison

Counter Knights vs HACK & SLASH Kingdom

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

Head to head
About

Counter Knights

Engage in thrilling real-time counterattack battles in this action RPG. Master enemy patterns to unleash powerful counterattacks, customize your knight's growth, and equip unique weapons to suit your playstyle. Explore a rich universe with an engaging story and collect artifacts for permanent buffs.

Highlights
  • Real-time counterattack system
  • Strategic boss fights
  • Knight growth and customization
  • Weapon enhancement and skills
  • Artifact collection for buffs
  • Extensive universe and story
Features
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◈◈ Well-made Realtime counterattack action RPG!! ◈◈ ▶ Simple yet in-depth thrilling counterattack! ▶ Counterattack? Guard Break?, Life-stealing? Equip weapons tailored for your play style! ▶ Enriched environments with growth factors and collectibles! ▶ Elaborative storytelling and relics/weapons for its extensive universe! ◈◈ Game Mechanics ◈◈ ▶ Counterattack system - Breath-taking counterattack mechanics! - Analyze an enemy’s pattern to counterattack at its precise moment! - You will be invincible when you counterattack. ▶ Sensational Boss Fight - Unique attack patterns styled for each of the bosses - Analyze their attack patterns with strategies! ▶ Rich environment for growth and collectibles - Knight Growth: Growth system allows Knight to develop to match the player’s style. - Artifacts Storage: You can obtain relics upon clearing stage with 3 stars. Collect them to gain permanent buffs and reveal the world’s secrets. - Weapon Management: There are weapons inside ancient relic boxes! Customize via weapon enhancements and passive skills for your play style! ▶ Fight in your style! : Growth and weapon changes - Players can develop their character with enhancements that strengthens their play style. - Knight will learn passive skills upon certain level-ups after an attribution enhancement. - Each weapon comes with a different enhancement bonus and skills. You can equip desired weapons. Ex) For stable hunting: : Prioritize stamina level up + life-steal weapons Ex) A rampage style : Utilize weapons that converts basic attack and skills into area attacks Ex) To disarm enemies : Equip Empire weapons to fill up the enemy’s knock-down gage twice faster. ▶ Extravagant universe and breath-taking stories! - Explore deep into the story as you defeat enemies! - A story of the Knight fighting to find out the secret of the universe.

About

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

Embark on an adventure in a world filled with wacky battles and treasure. Collect powerful, randomly generated equipment and enjoy simple, engaging combat. Play manually or automatically with one-hand operation.

Highlights
  • Wacky battles
  • Random equipment generation
  • Explore the world
  • Collect powerful equipment
  • One-handed operation
  • Manual and automatic play
Features
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HACK & SLASH Kingdom is a fun action RPG where you can enjoy the fun of wacky battles and careful selection of equipment with your friends in tow. Become an adventurer, explore the world, and collect powerful equipment! The battle with many dots characters moving around is fun just to watch! The performance of equipment is randomly generated, so selecting items carefully is fun! There are no complicated growth elements, daily missions, or other tedious functions!  No complicated growth elements, no daily missions, and no tedious features! You can comfortably play manually or automatically with one-handed operation!

Screenshots

Counter Knights4 screens
HACK & SLASH Kingdom4 screens

Verdict

The call

Counter Knights and HACK & SLASH Kingdom both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Counter Knights's written reviews are positive against 71% of HACK & SLASH Kingdom's. HACK & SLASH Kingdom's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (244 vs 67). 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. Counter Knights sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and HACK & SLASH Kingdom sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Counter Knights holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 244 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Counter Knights's written reviews are positive against 71% of HACK & SLASH Kingdom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counter Knights ships an update every 2 weeks, HACK & SLASH Kingdom every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Counter Knights versus HACK & SLASH Kingdom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounter KnightsHACK & SLASH Kingdom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (67 ratings) — better4.7 (244 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better71.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67244 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB391 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYouna KhoRyogo Oka

Customer experience

Counter Knights

All ratings60 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

All ratings242 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral10.1%
Negative18.8%

User reviews

Counter Knights

From 67 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and satisfying gameplay
  • 🚀 Simple and fast-paced
  • 💎 Generous with premium currency
  • 🎮 Enjoyable combat mechanics
  • ✨ Good balance of grinding and progression

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Companion damage is low
  • 🐛 Unused materials after upgrades
  • 🐛 Difficulty spikes in later stages
  • 🐛 Translation issues in English
  • 🐛 Some in-app purchase issues

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

From 244 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Unique gameplay
  • 👍 Polished and well-designed
  • 🕹️ Satisfying progression
  • 💰 Free-to-play friendly
  • 🤖 Smooth auto-play feature

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited resources early on
  • 🤯 Grindy late-game progression
  • 🛑 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🤖 Unreliable auto-play

Bugs and requests

Counter Knights

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot purchase in-app items
  • In-app purchases not working
  • Cannot open instance 3 on iPhone
  • iOS players not getting updates like Android
  • Countering boss patterns is inconsistent
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  • Game crashes or cannot play
  • Grammar and spelling errors
  • Translation is not perfect
  • Game screen not fitting iPhone notch
  • Need to restart app after watching ads

Requested features

15 requests
  • Update the game regularly
  • Add more content
  • Improve companion stats and damage
  • Add more stars or uses for extra companion materials
  • Fix in-app purchase issues
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  • Add more stages or levels
  • Improve English translations
  • Add an online system
  • Add more avatar skins
  • Add more items with new options
  • Add more things to buy with gems
  • Allow saving progress with Facebook
  • Add a feature to skip boss intro screens
  • Add more universe expansion concepts
  • Make AFK rewards unlimited

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing loot drops
  • Stuck party movement
  • Passive skills not working as described

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to skip ads
  • Auto-repeat stage option
  • Cross-device account sync
  • Discord community
  • More content updates

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Counter Knights

One-time10
  • Informal Resource Requrest$0.99
  • Advertisement Removal Set$4.99
  • Resource Set - Rich merchant$9.99
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  • Large Scale Resource Request$9.99
  • Dovotion of Friar Knight$9.99
  • Golden Pickaxe Set$9.99
  • Double Resource Set$19.99
  • Resource Set - Nabob$19.99
  • The Agent of Church Set$19.99
  • The Chosen One Set$29.99
10 purchases

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

One-time10
  • Ads removed$1.99
  • Unlimited double speed$1.99
  • Double experience$1.99
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  • Gems x300$1.99
  • 12 EXP Tickets$1.99
  • Arena Ticket x700$2.99
  • Gems x700$2.99
  • 26 EXP Tickets$2.99
  • 60 EXP Tickets$6.99
  • Gems x1500$7.99

Questions

Is Counter Knights free?
Counter Knights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HACK & SLASH Kingdom free?
HACK & SLASH Kingdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Counter Knights or HACK & SLASH Kingdom?
Counter Knights is rated higher. Counter Knights averages 4.9 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while HACK & SLASH Kingdom averages 4.7 from 244 ratings.
Do Counter Knights or HACK & SLASH Kingdom have ads?
Both Counter Knights and HACK & SLASH Kingdom show ads.
Which is updated more often, Counter Knights or HACK & SLASH Kingdom?
Counter Knights ships an update every 2 weeks, and HACK & SLASH Kingdom every 3 days. Most recently, Counter Knights was updated on November 3, 2026 and HACK & SLASH Kingdom on November 8, 2026.

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