Card Crawl Adventure vs Wildfrost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Crawl Adventure
Embark on a single-player roguelike deckbuilding adventure where you draw paths across cards to combine them for attacks and spells. Explore taverns, battle monsters, and collect treasures. Compete weekly in randomly generated challenges.
- Solitaire roguelike deckbuilding
- Tavern exploration
- Monster battles and treasure looting
- Card collection and improvement
- Weekly competitions
- Pathing puzzle mechanic
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Card Crawl Adventure is a solitaire style roguelike deckbuilding card game. In this single player card game you travel the world to visit cozy Taverns, play against devious monsters and loot shiny treasures. By drawing a path across your cards you combine them to create powerful attacks and magical spells. Collect and improve your cards, equip powerful items and refine your strategy. Each character comes with its own cards and effects which will challenge your wit, courage and resourcefulness. All adventures are randomly generated and every week you are invited to join the Weekly Tavern Crawl to compete with other adventurers around the world on a unique journey through the taverns of Card Crawl. Features - visit Card Crawls taverns - based on Card Thiefs pathing puzzle mechanic - roguelike deckbulding - short and engaging gameplay - weekly competitions Learn More about Tinytouchtales & Card Crawl Adventure at www.tinytouchtales.com
Wildfrost
Embark on a tactical roguelike deckbuilder adventure where you build a deck of card companions and elemental items to banish an eternal winter. Explore endless replayability with daily runs, challenges, and a dynamic counter system. Develop your hub town and unlock new content between runs.
- Build a deck with over 160 cards
- Endless replayability with daily runs
- Recruit card companions and elemental items
- Master a dynamic counter system
- Expand and develop the hub town
- Unlock new cards and customization options
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-TRY BEFORE YOU BUY- Play for free until you beat the first boss. Unlock the full game with an in-app purchase. The sun has frozen over. The world has succumbed to the Wildfrost. Now only the town of Snowdwell and its survivors stand as the last bastion against an eternal winter… Build up a deck of powerful card companions and elemental items, as you battle to banish the frost once and for all! * Build your perfect deck with over 160 cards! * Endless replayability with daily runs and challenges * Great for new and veteran card game fans alike, with an all-new tutorial and difficulty scaling ‘Storm Bell’ system * Recruit cute card companions, elemental items and equip powerful charms to aid in your fight against the Wildfrost * Choose your Leader from a variety of tribes, each with randomized skills and stats * Master a dynamic ‘counter’ system to put your strategic skills to the test * Expand and develop the hub town of Snowdwell between runs * Unlock new cards, events, customisation options and more! * Fully updated and ready to play with the latest content - ‘Better Adventures’ & ‘Storm Bells’! * Updated UI for mobile play
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Crawl Adventure at 4.6 against Wildfrost's 4.2. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Card Crawl Adventure sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Wildfrost sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Card Crawl Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 298 and 516 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Card Crawl Adventure's written reviews are positive against 66% of Wildfrost's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Card Crawl Adventure ships an update every 2 weeks, Wildfrost monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Crawl Adventure | Wildfrost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (298 ratings) — better | 4.2 (516 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 298 | 516 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 391 MB | 724 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | Chucklefish Limited |
Customer experience
Card Crawl Adventure
Wildfrost
User reviews
Card Crawl Adventure
From 298 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Unique art style
- 🔒 No ads or intrusive monetization
- 🤩 Excellent replayability
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 📖 Unclear tutorial and mechanics
- 🤔 Unbalanced difficulty curve
- 🕰️ Slow animations and pacing
Wildfrost
From 516 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Endless replayability
- 👍 Unique and charming design
- 🎨 Gorgeous art and animations
- 🎶 Fitting and amazing music
- 🤯 Incredible depth and complexity
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and save data loss issues
- 👀 Tiny text and UI elements
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🤕 Overly punishing difficulty
Bugs and requests
Card Crawl Adventure
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashing on startup
- Inability to exit the tavern after selecting a card
- Treasure map cards not activating properly
- Achievements and progress not tracking correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to replay completed taverns
- Option to skip or speed up animations
- Improved tutorial and in-game explanations
- Support for additional languages (French, Spanish, etc.)
Wildfrost
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashing on launch
- Progress reset after device switch
- Tutorial stages not functioning properly
Requested features
3 requests- Cloud save sync across devices
- Option to increase font size
- More content and faction updates
In-app purchases
Card Crawl Adventure
- Unlock Pyromancer$0.99
- Unlock Frost Warden$0.99
- Unlock Mechanica$0.99
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- Unlock Blood Cultist$0.99
- Unlock Talisman of the Goddess$0.99
- Unlock Weekly Tavern Crawl$0.99
- Unlock Necromancer$0.99
- Unlock Berserker$0.99
- Unlock Full Game$3.99
Wildfrost
- Wildfrost Full Game$6.99
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