Blacken Slash vs XGameIOs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blacken Slash
Engage in turn-based tactical combat with roguelike elements. Craft unique character builds with a vast array of items and skills. Enjoy a story-driven experience with a retro soundtrack and compete on an online ladder.
- Turn-based tactical combat
- Roguelike elements
- Item-based build crafting
- Carry favorite items between runs
- Online ladder competition
- Challenging achievements
- Story-driven experience
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A tactical RPG fusing the best of roguelikes, turn-based tactics and hack and slash games – made by a solo developer with a penchant for minimalist designs. - Fight through bite-sized tactical puzzles - Create powerful builds from a plethora of items which grant you skills and can change gameplay mechanics - Carry on your favorite items between runs in normal mode - Start from scratch each week and compete with other players in the online ladder mode - Try various playstyles and hunt for challenging achievements - Enjoy a lovingly crafted story of ridiculous computer nostalgia and a blast of a retro soundtrack
XGameIOs
Embark on an epic journey of interplanetary expansion and strategic empire building. Colonize new worlds, forge alliances, and chart humanity's destiny among the stars in this homage to classic browser strategy games.
- Interplanetary expansion
- Empire building
- Planet colonization
- Alliance formation
- Long-term strategy
- Exploration
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Inspired by the classic browser strategy game OGame, this project pays tribute to the genre while introducing its own vision of interplanetary expansion, exploration, alliances, and long-term strategy. Build your empire, colonise planets, and shape humanity’s future among the stars. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://xgame-app.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: XGameIOs at Free against Blacken Slash's $4.99. XGameIOs also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Blacken Slash's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (60 vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
XGameIOs is free to download; Blacken Slash costs $4.99 up front. XGameIOs sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Blacken Slash asks for nothing beyond the download.
XGameIOs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blacken Slash has 60 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Blacken Slash's written reviews are positive against 100% of XGameIOs's.
Blacken Slash ships an update fortnightly, XGameIOs every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blacken Slash | XGameIOs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonderland Games UG haftungsbeschrankt | Lambert TEISSERENC BONESTEVE |
Customer experience
Blacken Slash
XGameIOs
Bugs and requests
Blacken Slash
Reported bugs
2 issues- Insane battery drainage
- iPad getting super hot
Requested features
2 requests- Consider adding two or more units for more interesting gameplay
- More content for future updates
XGameIOs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blacken Slash
No in-app purchases
XGameIOs
- Monthly Subsctiption$2.991 Month
