Comparison

Dungreed vs Elderand

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

Head to head
About

Dungreed

Embark on an adventure to rescue townspeople from a mysterious dungeon. Face endless threats, gather items, and train your adventurer to grow stronger. Rebuild the town and explore diverse dungeon themes with various weapons and food.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated maps
  • Training system
  • Variety of weapons
  • Food items
  • Town rebuilding
  • Diverse dungeon themes
  • Controller support
Features
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Prologue: A quiet and peaceful town was destroyed by a mysterious dungeon and all the townspeople were sucked into it. You must become an adventurer sent from the kingdom to remedy this disaster. Enter the dungeon to face the endless threats, rescue the people, and rebuild the town! There are no checkpoints in the dungeon. When an adventurer is slain within the dungeon, his items are lost and he is sent back to town. Don't worry too much though. There are various ways you can grow. You can permanently increase your stats through training and become even stronger with the assorted items and food found in the dungeon. Train the adventurer and explore deep into the dungeon! Key features: - Procedurally generated, but intricately designed maps - Training system to help explore the dungeon - From rusty swords to cutting-edge sniper rifles, various weapons, and magical items - High-quality appetizing pixel-art of food! - Rebuild the town - Dungeons with varying themes such as a prison, jungle, and lava zone - Exciting monsters, traps and bosses - Controller support -SUPPORT- Tel: +8210-9619-1593 E-Mail: team.horay.game@gmail.com

About

Elderand

Embark on a brutal, skill-based action platformer in a Lovecraftian world. Wield diverse weapons and customize your character with RPG elements to battle terrifying creatures and explore a dark, hand-drawn pixel environment. Collect loot to upgrade your arsenal and uncover the land's secrets.

Highlights
  • Skill-based combat
  • Metroidvania exploration
  • Lovecraftian horror themes
  • RPG character customization
  • Diverse weapon arsenal
  • Hand-drawn pixel art
  • Loot collection and crafting
Features
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Become the hero of an epic quest in Elderand, a metroidvania that will test your will and skill. Heads will literally roll in this gruesome, retro-inspired action platformer, where only the strong will survive in brutal, skill-based combat against terrifying creatures. Through the darkness and madness, promised glory awaits. Wield a variety of killing instruments and abilities to test your metal against towering, bone-chilling bosses. Explore a twisted Lovecraftian world shrouded in darkness and madness. RPG elements allow you to customize your battle experience to your liking, from your character’s appearance to skills, stats, and weapons. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world. Glory and riches await those who can spill the required blood and guts to collect it. KEY FEATURES: •Wield an arsenal of killing devices, including whips, swords, daggers, axes, bows, and more. From a magical staff that shoots bursts of energy to a giant sword, different weapons have different stats and capabilities, so find the ones that you enjoy battling beasts with the most! •Satisfying Metroidvania-style exploration meets terrifying Lovecraftian creatures in this detailed hand-drawn pixel world with glorious gothic aesthetics and handcrafted level design. •RPG elements let you customize your experience to best suit your play style, from your character’s appearance to their skills, stats, and weapons. Collect loot from exploration and fallen enemies and then use it to upgrade your weapons via crafting. •Travel to the many corners of this perilous land, such as an inviting village with merchants, a forest, a temple prison, floating islands, a cursed Cathedral, and the hellscape that is Elderand itself. •More than 60 different enemy types and around a dozen bosses for your slaying pleasure. •Collect lost letters and other correspondence from the poor souls who came before you to learn more about the darkness taking hold of this grim land.

Screenshots

Dungreed4 screens
Elderand4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dungreed at 4.7 against Elderand's 4.2. Dungreed also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 74%) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

Dungreed costs $4.99 and Elderand $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dungreed holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Dungreed's written reviews are positive against 74% of Elderand's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dungreed versus Elderand: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDungreedElderand
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.7 (54 ratings) — better4.2 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews86.6% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings54 — better36
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size482 MB818 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTEAM HORAYPlug In Digital

Customer experience

Dungreed

All ratings54 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.2%

Elderand

All ratings36 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.9%
Negative18.4%

In-app purchases

None

Dungreed

No in-app purchases

None

Elderand

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dungreed free?
Dungreed costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elderand free?
Elderand costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dungreed or Elderand?
Dungreed is rated higher. Dungreed averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Elderand averages 4.2 from 36 ratings.
Do Dungreed or Elderand have ads?
Neither Dungreed nor Elderand shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dungreed or Elderand?
Dungreed ships an update weekly, and Elderand weekly. Most recently, Dungreed was updated on September 24, 2026 and Elderand on September 22, 2026.

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