Blacksmith Story 2 vs Ever Beyond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blacksmith Story 2
Manage a weapon shop, research and forge weapons, and recruit heroes to defend the kingdom from monsters. Strategize weapon sales to aid heroes in various combat scenarios, from 1v1 duels to large-scale battles.
- Weapon research and forging
- Hero recruitment and skill improvement
- Strategic weapon sales
- Multiple PVP and monster fighting modes
- Over 350 weapon recipes
- Shop management and idle gameplay
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Your shop. Their weapons. The kingdom's fate. Take over a weapon shop in a kingdom under siege and turn a humble forge into a thriving business. Blacksmith Story 2 combines shop management, crafting, strategy, and RPG progression in a colorful pixel-art world. BUILD YOUR BUSINESS Recruit employees and assign them to mining, exploration, and forging. Research more than 350 recipes, develop your workshop, and keep the right equipment ready for the next customer. EQUIP THE RIGHT HERO Every hero has a distinct personality and grows as your adventure progresses. Match weapons to each hero's strengths, experiment with dual-wield combinations, and prepare supplies for the battles ahead. WIN THROUGH YOUR DECISIONS Your heroes handle the fighting. You shape the outcome through the equipment you make and sell. Discover how weapon matchups and thoughtful preparation can help an unlikely hero overcome a powerful monster. A KINGDOM FULL OF CHARACTER Meet an eccentric cast, uncover the kingdom's story, and enjoy a blend of lighthearted humor, shopkeeping, and strategic choices. NOW WITH JAPANESE Japanese language support joins the game in this update, alongside improvements to translations across multiple languages. Explore the shop, heroes, items, and story in your preferred supported language. Light the forge, welcome your next customer, and help your heroes make their own legends.
Ever Beyond
Reclaim Earth and conquer the galaxy in this single-player space strategy game. Merge units and power-ups to build an idle empire that generates resources even when you're offline. Engage in tactical battles with unique level designs and unit counters.
- Idle merge empire building
- Galactic conquest campaign
- Tactical drag-and-drop combat
- Daily puzzle battles
- Permanent research and upgrades
- Story-driven AI companion
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Aliens reset Earth by a thousand years. Win it back, then conquer the galaxy, in a single-player space strategy game with an idle merge empire behind it. FROM EARTH TO THE GALAXY Start on an Earth thrown back into its distant past. Secure it target by target, then Mars, Saturn and the Sun, and set course for star systems across whole galaxies. MERGE TO CONQUER Merge scientists and satellites into stronger producers. They earn food, energy and science every second, even while you're away, and that pays for every unit and upgrade you take into battle. DRAG, DROP, DEFEND Tap a unit card, drag it onto the battlefield and watch your squad fight. Every level is hand-made: high ground, rivers and chokepoints change the fight, and every unit has a counter. Then the bosses arrive. PLAY YOUR WAY Check in for a few minutes to collect, merge and win a battle, or settle in for a long campaign. A new hand-made puzzle battle arrives every day. No PvP: nobody raids you while you sleep. BY THE NUMBERS • 16 units in 3 factions, from Space Marines to dragons • 13 power-ups, from turrets to black holes • 100+ targets on Earth alone, then planets and star systems • A new Daily Quest every day • Permanent research and upgrades for the long game • English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, 日本語, Türkçe, Русский, Bahasa Indonesia THE STORY Wake Cresnia, an AI companion who lost her memory. Follow the prank to the aliens behind it, and find out why she was hidden on Earth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ever Beyond at 4.1 against Blacksmith Story 2's 3.0. Ever Beyond also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Blacksmith Story 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Blacksmith Story 2 sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Ever Beyond sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ever Beyond holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ever Beyond has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Blacksmith Story 2's written reviews are positive against 33% of Ever Beyond's.
Blacksmith Story 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, Ever Beyond every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Blacksmith Story 2 | Ever Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 362 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MakeBestGame | Kazim Gokhan Dogramaci |
Customer experience
Blacksmith Story 2
Ever Beyond
In-app purchases
Blacksmith Story 2
- Top valued gift parcel$4.99
- Suprising Gift$9.99
- Hero Gift$9.99
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- Special offer B2 variants$9.99
- Special offer A$9.99
- Festival Gift$19.99
- Festival Gift2 variants$49.99
- Festival Gift$99.99
Ever Beyond
- Quantum Charges Pack$0.99
- Cosmic Shards$1.99
- Ad-Free Version$2.99
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- Production Boost$2.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
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