Comparison

Survival RPG vs Loop Hero

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

Head to head
About

Survival RPG

Embark on a free 2D pixel RPG adventure in a retro fantasy open world. Explore medieval locations, battle monsters, and craft your own story. Build shelters, farm, mine, and sail the ocean to survive and discover treasures.

Highlights
  • Open-world exploration
  • Survival mechanics
  • Crafting and building
  • Monster combat
  • Dungeon crawling
  • Offline play
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Survival RPG: Open World is a free 2D pixel RPG game (Role Playing Games) set in a fantasy retro style open world. Rediscover your favorite medieval places (castles, dungeons, temples), warriors and monsters (dinosaurs, sharks, wizards) from the retro 2D pixel Survival RPG series in a new exploration survival game! It can also be played offline. This time you create your own story: you decide where you go and what you do. Your quest is to become a warrior to survive, explore, fight monsters in this medieval open world. Build shelters, find food and water, explore dungeons and castles, craft armors and swords and mine precious metals. In this game, you can also build your own houses, farm and harvest food and craft a ship to conquer the ocean and fight sea monsters like sharks. Watch out for danger, fight monsters and search for treasure chests along the way. To explore and survive your epic quest : - Plant forests, craft houses and decorate them - Discover hidden objects in caves, dungeons, medieval castles, temples - Go on a treasure hunt with treasure maps - Build shelters and campfire, farm and harvest food - Craft bridges and tools to explore dungeons, islands, deserts, jungles, oceans - Build ship to conquer the ocean and fight sea monsters like sharks - Fight dragons, dinosaurs, wizards and other monsters - Lots of warriors’ armors, weapons, swords, and other gear to craft - Craft recipes that will unlock during your quest and exploration - Mine precious metals like gold and silver - Several quests offered by RPG characters - 2D pixel RPG game (Role Playing games) - Free offline retro game Enjoy Survival RPG: Open World, an epic free 2D pixel RPG game (Role Playing Games) of exploration, survival and quest! Hours of play in this retro 2D pixel RPG game of warriors against monsters. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/survivaladventurethegame/

About

Loop Hero

Embark on a roguelike RPG adventure where you strategically place cards to create enemy encounters, buildings, and terrain. Equip your hero with powerful loot, expand your camp, and unlock new classes and cards to break an endless cycle of despair and save a forgotten world.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated expedition loops
  • Strategic card placement for trials
  • Loot collection for hero progression
  • Camp expansion and reconstruction
  • Unlockable classes and cards
  • Retro pixel art dark fantasy story
Features
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*Try Loop Hero for free and unlock the full game for the whole adventure!* The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. In this roguelike RPG, wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero. Recover and equip powerful loot for each class of hero for their battles and expand the survivors' camp to reinforce each adventure through the loop. Unlock new classes, new cards, and devious guardians on your quest to shatter the endless cycle of despair. FEATURES - Explore an endless number of paths: bring your hero on randomly generated loops and never experience the same run twice. - Shape your expeditions into darkness: build your deck and place your cards to script your hero’s trials and tribulations. - Loot as you loop to rebuild the world: recover your memories as you collect equipment and resources to become stronger, reconstruct your camp and get your reality back. - Plunge into a gloomy universe: discover a melancholic dark fantasy story told through a retro pixel art direction and recollect the memories of this world. - Break the cycle: triumph over mighty bosses to free the world from the Lich’s neverending time loop. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including Pro Max)

Screenshots

Survival RPG4 screens
Loop Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Loop Hero at none against Survival RPG's shown. Loop Hero also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Survival RPG's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Survival RPG sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Loop Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.2K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Survival RPG's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loop Hero's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Survival RPG ships an update monthly, Loop Hero every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Survival RPG versus Loop Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvival RPGLoop Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.2K ratings)4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews — better74.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2.2K3.9K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB213 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperBew Games inc.Playdigious

Customer experience

Survival RPG

All ratings2,223 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews333 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative7.8%

Loop Hero

All ratings3,814 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews287 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative18.5%

User reviews

Survival RPG

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Intuitive crafting system
  • 🌍 Enjoyable open-world exploration
  • 🎨 Charming retro-style graphics
  • 🕰️ Addictive time-sink

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Lack of clear direction or tutorial
  • 🧳 Frustrating inventory management
  • ⏱️ Slow character movement speed
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Intrusive ads (though removable)

Loop Hero

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent mechanics
  • 👍 Great replayability
  • 👍 Charming graphics
  • 👍 Unique and enjoyable experience
  • 👍 Smooth gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sound doesn't work
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Unresponsive after certain actions
  • 🐛 Difficulty reading small text
  • 🐛 Accidental card placement

Bugs and requests

Survival RPG

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to retrieve purchased items
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more late-game content and challenges
  • Improve map and navigation tools
  • Implement controller support
  • Streamline crafting and inventory UI

Loop Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes after defeating first boss
  • Unplayable after initial progress
  • Inability to progress past trial version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Portrait mode
  • More classes/build diversity
  • Improved UI/overlay customization
  • Chinese language support

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Survival RPG

One-time14
  • 250 Diamonds$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Fishing fly$4.99
Show 11 more
  • 325 Diamonds$4.99
  • Speed enchant$5.99
  • Enchanted armor/weapon$5.99
  • Epic Backpack$6.99
  • Epic Survivalist Kit$7.99
  • 650 Diamonds$7.99
  • 200 Full heal elixirs$7.99
  • 1500 Diamonds$12.99
  • Explorer bundle$14.99
  • 3500 Diamonds$24.99
  • Epic Explorer Bundle$24.99
1 purchases

Loop Hero

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$6.99

Questions

Is Survival RPG free?
Survival RPG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loop Hero free?
Loop Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Survival RPG or Loop Hero?
Loop Hero is rated higher. Survival RPG averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Loop Hero averages 4.9 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Survival RPG or Loop Hero have ads?
Survival RPG shows ads; Loop Hero does not.
Which is updated more often, Survival RPG or Loop Hero?
Survival RPG ships an update monthly, and Loop Hero every 10 days. Most recently, Survival RPG was updated on September 24, 2026 and Loop Hero on September 25, 2026.

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