Comparison

Paths & Danger vs Elder Heroes

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

Head to head
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?

About

Elder Heroes

Embark on an adventure in a magical world filled with secrets and treasures. Assemble a team of unique heroes, strategize battles, and explore dungeons for rewards. Compete with friends and climb the leaderboards in this classic RPG experience.

Highlights
  • Unique heroes with distinct strengths
  • Strategic team building and development
  • Dungeon exploration for rewards
  • Vast world map for adventure
  • Competitive arena rankings
  • Equipment and gem collection
Features
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【The unique IDLE HERO RPG on App Store. Gift codes: NEW2026】 Greetings, hero! Start your adventure here, in a magical world full of secrets, dangers and treasures. Enjoy with your friends an immersion in a classic RPG and explore forgotten lands where evil reigns and chaos flourishes. Features of the game: - A large number of different characters, each is unique in its own way and has its own strength points. Choose the development path of your heroes. Assemble a team, strengthen them with powerful equipment and deal a crushing blow to your enemies. -An incalculable number of combinations and types of strategies that will help you outwit the enemy on the battlefield and come out of the fight victorious. - Explore the dungeon, which holds a lot of generous rewards and the deeper you go down, the more of them! But do not forget about the dangers that await you at every corner. - Immerse yourself in a fantastic world of adventures on a huge world map, together with your friends and comrades in arms. Plunge into history and unravel all the secrets of this world. - Take a leading position in the ratings in a variety of areas. Fight in the arena, get the highest rank, and leave your competitors behind. - Collect a set of equipment, heroes and gems acquired from the dungeon. Your collection is the key to strength, power and recognition..

Screenshots

Paths & Danger4 screens
Elder Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Elder Heroes at 80% against Paths & Danger's 20%. Elder Heroes also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Paths & Danger's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Paths & Danger sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Elder Heroes sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elder Heroes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Paths & Danger's written reviews are positive against 80% of Elder Heroes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paths & Danger ships an update every 5 months, Elder Heroes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Paths & Danger versus Elder Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaths & DangerElder Heroes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (12 ratings)4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size398 MB231 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperGoldenGod Games, LdaVitaliy Mayorov

Customer experience

Paths & Danger

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

Elder Heroes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Paths & Danger

One-time9
  • Unlocks Ice Wizard$1.99
  • Unlocks War Engineer$1.99
  • Unlocks Rogue$1.99
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  • 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
23 purchases

Elder Heroes

One-time23
  • Newbie pack 1.$0.99
  • VIP summon pack 1.$0.99
  • Common equipment. Set 1.$0.99
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  • Common equipment. Set 2.$2.99
  • Privilege card.$4.99
  • VIP summon pack 2.$4.99
  • Newbie pack 2.$4.99
  • VIP summon pack 4.$9.99
  • Character skin.$9.99
  • Rare equipment. Set 1.$9.99
  • Privilege card Premium.$14.99
  • Skip Ads.$14.99
  • Rare equipment. Set 2.$14.99
  • Rare equipment. Set 3.$19.99
  • Essence pack 2.$19.99
  • Elite equipment. Set 3.$34.99
  • Special Equip Pack 5.$34.99
  • Epic equipment. Set 3.$49.99
  • Legendary equipment. Set 1.$54.99
  • Guild pack 6.$69.99
  • Solar shard pack 3.$69.99
  • Essence pack 3.$69.99
  • Legendary equipment. Set 3.$69.99

Questions

Is Paths & Danger free?
Paths & Danger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elder Heroes free?
Elder Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paths & Danger or Elder Heroes?
Elder Heroes is rated higher. Paths & Danger averages 3.6 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Elder Heroes averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Paths & Danger or Elder Heroes have ads?
Neither Paths & Danger nor Elder Heroes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paths & Danger or Elder Heroes?
Paths & Danger ships an update every 5 months, and Elder Heroes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paths & Danger was updated on June 4, 2026 and Elder Heroes on September 28, 2026.

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