Comparison

Goblin's Workshop vs Cavern Adventurers

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

Cavern Adventurers

Assemble a team of adventurers to explore, secure, and develop a sprawling underground cave network. Manage your team, build infrastructure, and defend against monsters and thieves to uncover treasures and establish a thriving subterranean settlement.

Highlights
  • Team assembly and management
  • Cave exploration and expansion
  • Infrastructure building (torches, bridges)
  • Monster combat and taming
  • Trap laying for defense
  • Merchant settlement and profit generation
Features
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In a faraway fantasy kingdom, everything was peaceful... Until monsters started pouring out of a hole in the ground! Put together a team of adventurers to secure, explore, and develop a vast underground network of caves in this cavern management simulator. Your adventurers will face all kinds of challenges in the underground, but there's no obstacle you can't deal with if you know how. Place torches to light up the darkness, build bridges to traverse gorges, and use explosives to clear away large rocks! To create a truly great cave, you'll have to stay on your toes and pay attention to the time of day. When the sun's up, organize your miners to discover new areas and build new fixtures. And when night falls, send in your adventurers to show those monsters who's boss! The deeper you dig, the better the treasure you'll find - just how deep can you go? All that fame can come at a price. As your cave becomes more popular, thieves will appear to try and make off with its treasures. Keep your booty safe by laying devious traps around the entrance! Not all monsters are bad. Some of them might even become your friends and fight alongside you! Once you make an entire floor safe, merchants will be able to move in and set up shop there. With a cut of the profits for you, of course! Keep developing the space and earning gold, and pretty soon you'll have the finest cave in all the land! In this quirky management sim, fun, adventure, and riches are lurking right under your nose... Or should we say, right under your boots? -- Supports drag to scroll and pinch to zoom. Search for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at http://kairopark.jp Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and paid games! Kairosoft's pixel art game series continues! Follow us on X (Twitter) for the latest Kairosoft news and information. https://twitter.com/kairokun2010

Screenshots

Goblin's Workshop4 screens
Cavern Adventurers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Goblin's Workshop at Free against Cavern Adventurers's $6.99. Cavern Adventurers's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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

Goblin's Workshop is free to download; Cavern Adventurers costs $6.99 up front. Goblin's Workshop sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Cavern Adventurers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cavern Adventurers holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cavern Adventurers has 117 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Goblin's Workshop's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cavern Adventurers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goblin's Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, Cavern Adventurers every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Goblin's Workshop versus Cavern Adventurers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoblin's WorkshopCavern Adventurers
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating3.7 (9 ratings)4.4 (117 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better67.5% of reviews
Number of ratings9117 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size423 MB75 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJUNG CHUN HUNGKairosoft Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

Goblin's Workshop

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

Cavern Adventurers

All ratings117 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral13.9%
Negative18.7%

Bugs and requests

Goblin's Workshop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cavern Adventurers

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Traps not functioning properly
  • Adventurer AI getting stuck
  • Crashes or freezes at higher levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Thai language support
  • Improve tutorial and onboarding
  • Streamline UI and menus
  • Introduce faster progression options
  • Enhance lighting and visibility

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
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  • 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
None

Cavern Adventurers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goblin's Workshop free?
Goblin's Workshop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cavern Adventurers free?
Cavern Adventurers costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Goblin's Workshop or Cavern Adventurers?
Cavern Adventurers is rated higher. Goblin's Workshop averages 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Cavern Adventurers averages 4.4 from 117 ratings.
Do Goblin's Workshop or Cavern Adventurers have ads?
Goblin's Workshop shows ads; Cavern Adventurers does not.
Which is updated more often, Goblin's Workshop or Cavern Adventurers?
Goblin's Workshop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cavern Adventurers every 3 days. Most recently, Goblin's Workshop was updated on September 30, 2026 and Cavern Adventurers on October 13, 2026.

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