Comparison

SOULVARS vs Cursed Labyrinth

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Deck-building combat system
  • Dynamic pixel animations
  • Rich customization
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Random enchanted item collection
  • Strategic soul bit combinations
Features
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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.

About

Cursed Labyrinth

Engage in a unique hack & slash card battle roguelike where you master spell cards to defeat enemies and break curses. Build your deck, enhance your skills, and strategize to survive a dangerous labyrinth filled with unique creatures.

Highlights
  • Hack & slash card battle gameplay
  • Deck building and strategy
  • Curse magic system
  • Skill growth and job skills
  • Unique enemies and dungeons
  • Card enhancement and combining
Features
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You have lost in the cursed area. There's no sunrises, darkened plain, black forest, and the labyrinth where you cannot see the end. Master using the spelled cards, and awake to be the unbeatable sorcerer. Defeat the dungeon master in the cursed labyrinth to break the spell.  Incomparable deck building new type hack & slash card battle game is born! ■New Type Hack & Slash Card Battle with Curse Magic Totally new! You will use the spelled card to defeat the enemy. Defend attacks from the enemy by spelled cards and use the card combine system to enhance your cards. Fully use the strategy to be survived in the cursed dungeon! ■Simple to play What you have to do is so simple!  "Choose the card and start the battle!"  That's it. You can see all cards you have on the screen, and play cards as much as you like from your hand. With the cursed magic, you can enhance, weaken, or destroy the effect of the cards. Note that you may die instantly if you choose wrong moves. ■Create Your Own Strategy by Deck Building You will get the new card and money by defeating the creatures in the Cursed Labyrinth. You can purchase new cards by the money you have get and create your deck! Let's create your own strategy to battle with advantages.  ■Freely Grow Skill System and Release Job Skill You will be stronger by having multiple battles. Let's try more battles to use spelled cards and enlarge vitality to face against the strong enemy. You can enhance your curse magic by getting the job skills. It's totally up to you to grow your player! ■Dungeon with Unique Enemies Conquer the dungeon where cursed "Creatures" wandering around! The darkened plain with no sunrises, black forests that adventurers get lost, The fort with all kinds of creatures exist, the deadly infinite labyrinth with having the strongest curse. There's bunch of unique enemies waiting for you! ■Lastly I used to play You-Gi-Oh when I was a child.  After that, I have been into the deck building Rogue-like card game such as the Slay the Spire, or the hack & slash mobile games. "I want to create the hack & slash card battle game!" That's my ambition to create this card game. It will be great if you enjoy playing this game! I am very happy to get the comments and reviews from you, such as "Here is fun part!" or "It can be better if it goes ...".  Any comments are welcome and helpful to create the next game! In addition, I am administrating the web site for learning the game programing called "Unity Introductory Forest". You can find several types of game development tutorials besides the card battle game. If you are interested in developing games, please search your web browser with the url "https://3dunity.org/" .  Hopefully, you will become the game creator too! ■About the creator -bako https://3dunity.org/ https://twitter.com/bako_XRgame

Screenshots

SOULVARS4 screens
Cursed Labyrinth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cursed Labyrinth at Free against SOULVARS's $4.99. Cursed Labyrinth also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). SOULVARS's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Cursed Labyrinth is free to download; SOULVARS costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SOULVARS against 4.8 for Cursed Labyrinth. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of SOULVARS's written reviews are positive against 74% of Cursed Labyrinth's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SOULVARS ships an update every 4 weeks, Cursed Labyrinth every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SOULVARS versus Cursed Labyrinth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOULVARSCursed Labyrinth
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (47 ratings) — better4.8 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better73.9% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB94 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developerginolabo Inc.YASUHIDE KOBAYASHI

Customer experience

SOULVARS

All ratings46 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative5.0%

Cursed Labyrinth

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative17.4%

In-app purchases

None

SOULVARS

No in-app purchases

None

Cursed Labyrinth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SOULVARS free?
SOULVARS costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cursed Labyrinth free?
Cursed Labyrinth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SOULVARS or Cursed Labyrinth?
SOULVARS is rated higher. SOULVARS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Cursed Labyrinth averages 4.8 from 29 ratings.
Do SOULVARS or Cursed Labyrinth have ads?
Cursed Labyrinth shows ads; SOULVARS does not.
Which is updated more often, SOULVARS or Cursed Labyrinth?
SOULVARS ships an update every 4 weeks, and Cursed Labyrinth every 2 weeks. Most recently, SOULVARS was updated on October 25, 2026 and Cursed Labyrinth on October 24, 2026.

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