Comparison

SOULVARS vs Rogue Blade

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

Head to head
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

Rogue Blade

Embark on a challenging adventure in this strategy card game. Build your deck, choose from unique classes, and battle through levels. Every choice matters as you balance offense and defense against various enemies and bosses.

Highlights
  • Deck-building strategy
  • Rogue-like dungeon crawling
  • Multiple character classes
  • Over 100 unique cards
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
Features
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This is a strategy action game with rogue-like and deck-building. In this game, you'll play as a character embarking on an adventure through level after level, using your constructed deck to battle enemies. There's a variety of different classes to choose from, each with a ton of cards to help you plan out your strategy. Sounds simple, right? But every decision you make in battle leads to different outcomes. You gotta balance dodging or blocking enemy attacks while seizing opportunities to take them down. Features: * 5 character classes. * More than 100 cards. * Rogue-like dungeon crawling. * A variety of enemies and bosses. I gotta say, this game is TOUGH!

Screenshots

SOULVARS4 screens
Rogue Blade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SOULVARS at 81% against Rogue Blade's 13%. SOULVARS also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.1) and ads (none vs shown). Rogue Blade's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SOULVARS costs $4.99 and Rogue Blade $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SOULVARS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOULVARS has 47 ratings behind it against 7, 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 13% of Rogue Blade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SOULVARS ships an update every 4 weeks, Rogue Blade weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
SOULVARS versus Rogue Blade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOULVARSRogue Blade
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (47 ratings) — better2.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better13.3% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#56 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB58 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developerginolabo Inc.Jampot Software co., ltd

Customer experience

SOULVARS

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

Rogue Blade

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral28.6%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

SOULVARS

No in-app purchases

None

Rogue Blade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SOULVARS free?
SOULVARS costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rogue Blade free?
Rogue Blade costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SOULVARS or Rogue Blade?
SOULVARS is rated higher. SOULVARS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Rogue Blade averages 2.1 from 7 ratings.
Do SOULVARS or Rogue Blade have ads?
Rogue Blade shows ads; SOULVARS does not.
Which is updated more often, SOULVARS or Rogue Blade?
SOULVARS ships an update every 4 weeks, and Rogue Blade weekly. Most recently, SOULVARS was updated on October 27, 2026 and Rogue Blade on October 22, 2026.

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