Comparison

Goblin's Workshop vs Paths & Danger

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

Head to head
About

Goblin's Workshop

A simulation RPG where you craft weapons, recruit monsters, and explore to gather materials. Sell items to monsters, upgrade your transport, and equip your monsters to battle humans and reclaim territories.

Highlights
  • Item crafting and selling
  • Monster recruitment and exploration
  • RPG combat mechanics
  • Idle gameplay
  • Monster equipment upgrades
  • Territory battles
Features
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***** goblin's Workshop is a simple and easy item making simulation & RPG idle game. ***** Make weapons, recruit monsters to explore, get more materials and make more powerful weapons! Defeat the evil humans! [Introduction] In the game, you can make all kinds of items to sell to monsters to earn money, from time to time there will be a variety of monsters to visit your store. If you are very idle, you can also click them to pimp, from them to cut more money. When there are not enough materials, you must send your monster hired soldiers to explore the world to get more resources. If you have some money, please buy a better transport wagon for the monsters to ride. But the humans in this world is not a vegetarian, they occupy many territories. So your monsters if the equipped items are too bad to explore, it is easy to be beaten by human! You can leave the better items to your monsters to put on, so that the monsters increase more combat power. The crap will be left to other idiot customers to buy it, this is the right way to do business! Well, no more chit chat. I'm going to the market to buy materials and drink... [Terms of Use] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Paths & Danger

Lead a team of unique heroes through a dark fantasy world, engaging in tactical turn-based combat and facing treacherous challenges. Manage your characters' stats and explore procedurally generated maps with roguelike elements, including permadeath, to uncover a mysterious demonic threat.

Highlights
  • Unique characters with special abilities
  • Hero stat management
  • Strategic turn-based combat on hex grid
  • Procedural map generation
  • Roguelike elements with permadeath
  • Dark fantasy world exploration
Features
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Assemble a group of characters with unique abilities called by the town of Westwall. Travel different terrains, fight with treacherous opponents, and embark on a series of grilling events. Hope is in your hands to find salvation from a mysterious demonic force spreading throughout the land. Main Features - Lead groups of different characters, each one with unique abilities and weapons - Manage your heroes' stats to get them stronger - Deal with dangerous circumstances and quests - Solve the story of the mystery surrounding the town of Westwall - Fight in a strategic turn-based combat system on a hex grid - A deep atmospheric environment that suits different world places - Emerge in a diverse stunning dark fantasy world - Roguelike features, including permadeath - Procedural map generation giving endless replay Are you worthy of facing an uncertain fate?

Screenshots

Goblin's Workshop4 screens
Paths & Danger4 screens

Verdict

The call

Goblin's Workshop and Paths & Danger both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Goblin's Workshop's written reviews are positive against 20% of Paths & Danger's. Goblin's Workshop also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Paths & Danger's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Goblin's Workshop sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Paths & Danger sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Goblin's Workshop against 3.6 for Paths & Danger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Goblin's Workshop's written reviews are positive against 20% of Paths & Danger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goblin's Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, Paths & Danger every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Goblin's Workshop versus Paths & Danger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoblin's WorkshopPaths & Danger
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (9 ratings) — better3.6 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings912 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size423 MB398 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJUNG CHUN HUNGGoldenGod Games, Lda

Customer experience

Goblin's Workshop

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Paths & Danger

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Goblin's Workshop

Subscriptions3
  • Double Bless$9.997 Days
  • Goblin King's Bless$9.997 Days
  • Hire Crystal Miner$14.991 Month
One-time8
  • Fistful of crystals$0.99
  • Unlock a random recipe$1.99
  • Pouch of crystals$2.99
Show 5 more
  • Chest of crystals$9.99
  • 3x Battle Speed$9.99
  • Newbie Special Package$9.99
  • Barrel of crystals$29.99
  • Unlock all monsters$47.99
9 purchases

Paths & Danger

One-time9
  • Unlocks Ice Wizard$1.99
  • Unlocks War Engineer$1.99
  • Unlocks Rogue$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Unlocks Half-Vampire$1.99
  • Unlocks Paladin$1.99
  • Unlocks Healer$1.99
  • Unlocks Conjurer$1.99
  • Unlocks Druid$1.99
  • Unlocks All Characters$9.99

Questions

Is Goblin's Workshop free?
Goblin's Workshop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paths & Danger free?
Paths & Danger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Goblin's Workshop or Paths & Danger?
Goblin's Workshop is rated higher. Goblin's Workshop averages 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Paths & Danger averages 3.6 from 12 ratings.
Do Goblin's Workshop or Paths & Danger have ads?
Goblin's Workshop shows ads; Paths & Danger does not.
Which is updated more often, Goblin's Workshop or Paths & Danger?
Goblin's Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Paths & Danger every 5 months. Most recently, Goblin's Workshop was updated on August 16, 2026 and Paths & Danger on June 4, 2026.

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