SOULVARS vs Goblin Pass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SOULVARS
Embark on a deck-building JRPG adventure where souls are converted into data to combat deformities. Master strategic card-based combat with dynamic pixel animations and deep customization. Explore dungeons, collect enchanted items, and uncover a rich story.
- Deck-building combat system
- Dynamic pixel animations
- Rich customization
- Dungeon exploration
- Random enchanted item collection
- Strategic soul bit combinations
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Deck-Building JRPG "SOULVARS" is now available! 15-20 hours of playtime (+50h to go deeper) Dynamic pixel animation and battles and a rich customization system No In-App Purchases. While having a deep strategic sense, the vertically held smartphone controls allow for simple and exhilarating battles, training, dungeon exploration, and collection of random enchanted items. ▼ Story A world line in which even the fictitious concept of the soul can be converted into data. In return, people's lives are threatened by the sudden appearance of deformities. The protagonists use the Soul Driver, a device that converts souls into data. They are responsible for the elimination of the deformities that threaten people, and work in a certain town... ▼System Overview Number of save slots: 3 (Saved in device and manual save) Estimated scenario completion time: 14 to 20 hours 50 to 100+ hours of post-clearance challenge Features Soul bits (handbills), which are the data of the soul power that resides in gear (equipment), Players can combine them in battle to make special attacks and combos in a successive manner. The characters are characterized by their action with dots that move around. ▼Gear and Soul Bits Soul bits (hand cards) can be drawn from gear (equipment) and used as actions during battle. The combination of main weapon, subweapon, armor, and accessories Strategy (deck) is determined. ▼Arts During a battle, only one soul bit can be selected on the first turn, but The number of soul bits that can be selected at one time increases depending on the opponent's weaknesses, guarding, evading, buffing, debuffing, and various other conditions. The combination of soul bits (cards in hand) selected at the same time activates a skill called Arts.
Goblin Pass
Embark on a rogue-like adventure as a hero battling goblins in a magical dungeon. This card battle game requires strategic movement, attacks, and clearing challenging levels. Discover unique weapons and abilities as you progress through ever-changing maps.
- Rogue-like dungeon crawling
- Strategic card-based combat
- Offline single-player
- Class-based heroes with unique abilities
- Procedurally generated maps
- Weapon and ability upgrades
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The great Gimle Castle was captured by the goblins attack. The goblins cleared the surrounding land and created a maze-like dungeon with black magic, a "goblin tower" with numerous monsters and traps waiting. You become a hero of several classes and have to fight and survive in the dungeon "Goblin Tower" of Rogue. The story of that long adventure begins. "Goblin Pass" is a card battle game in which players move characters strategically, attack enemies, and clear dungeons. ◆ Game Features - Playable in Offline, Single play - Simple one-handed operation and strategic play - Maps and dungeons that change every time - Weapons, attack methods, and unique abilities according to the class
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Goblin Pass at Free against SOULVARS's $4.99. Goblin Pass also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). SOULVARS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (46 vs 4). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Goblin Pass is free to download; SOULVARS costs $4.99 up front. Goblin Pass sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. SOULVARS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Goblin Pass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOULVARS has 46 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of SOULVARS's written reviews are positive against 83% of Goblin Pass's.
SOULVARS ships an update every 4 weeks, Goblin Pass monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOULVARS | Goblin Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 377 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ginolabo Inc. | KyoungBin Im |
Customer experience
SOULVARS
Goblin Pass
In-app purchases
SOULVARS
No in-app purchases
Goblin Pass
- Pass (Mini)$0.99
- Booster Pack$0.99
- Newbie Pack$1.99
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- Pass (Small)$2.99
- Pass (Medium)$4.99
- Pass (Large)$5.99
- Pass (Extra large)$7.99
- Pass (Super)$9.99
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