Comparison

RUNNER vs Gloom Deep

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

Head to head
About

RUNNER

Experience a future-noir visual novel set on a colony world. Follow the story of a former smuggler navigating corporate life and events leading to a larger narrative. Features a fully voiced interactive story, unlockable art, and a vaporwave soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Future-noir visual novel
  • Interactive narrative
  • Fully voiced
  • Unlockable CGs
  • Vaporwave soundtrack
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PREAMBLE is a future-noir visual novel experience that tells the story of "Vice," a former smuggler turned corporate cog on the colony world of N-351, and the events leading up to the opening moments of RUNNER. Featuring a fully voiced interactive narrative with a veteran cast, unlockable CGs, and an incredible vaporwave soundtrack composed by Fat Bard.

About

Gloom Deep

Embark on a real-time pixel dungeon crawler where you choose a hero class, explore procedurally generated dungeons, and battle enemies. Loot gear, upgrade skills, and team up with friends in co-op parties or guilds.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Four distinct hero classes
  • Real-time combat and skill system
  • Gear collection and upgrades
  • Co-op multiplayer and guilds
  • Daily quests and challenges
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Gloom Deep — Descend. Loot. Survive. Gloom Deep is a real-time pixel dungeon crawler built for a spare minute or a long session. Pick a class, drop into a freshly generated dungeon every run, and see how deep you can push before the dark pushes back. CHOOSE YOUR HERO Four classes, four playstyles: • Fighter — front-line bruiser who soaks hits and swings hard • Ranger — strike from range and kite the horde • Rogue — fast and crit-hungry, high risk, high reward • Healer — outlast anything with sustain and support REAL-TIME DUNGEON RUNS Every descent is a new, procedurally built dungeon packed with enemies, loot, and a boss guarding the way down. Combat is fast and hands-on — position, dodge, and time your abilities. SKILLS THAT FIT YOUR BUILD Every class has a pool of six skills. Equip two at a time, upgrade the ones you lean on, and swap your pair for free whenever a run demands something different. LOOT & GROW STRONGER • Hunt gear across six equipment slots — weapon, armor, boots, gauntlets, helm, and amulet • Spend gold at the blacksmith to upgrade your gear • Invest stat points and respec anytime to chase a new build • Push your Dungeon Level (DL) deeper for harder monsters and better loot PLAY WITH FRIENDS • Team up in co-op dungeon parties and brave the depths together • Form or join a guild for shared perks, private chat, and a guild shop • Add friends, send mail, and chat in town ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO • Daily and weekly quests for steady rewards • A rotating Daily Challenge with its own leaderboard • Trials that put your build under pressure • A town hub with shops that refresh over time Free to play without ads, with optional credit packs — but everything is earnable through play. Grab a class, sharpen your blade, and find out how deep you can go.

Screenshots

RUNNER4 screens
Gloom Deep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RUNNER at none against Gloom Deep's 3. RUNNER also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gloom Deep sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. RUNNER asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RUNNER against 5.0 for Gloom Deep. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RUNNER has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
RUNNER versus Gloom Deep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRUNNERGloom Deep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB79 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTruant Pixel LLCZACHARY G CLEVERSLEY

Customer experience

RUNNER

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gloom Deep

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RUNNER

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Gloom Deep

One-time3
  • Small Pack of Credits$0.99
  • Medium pack of credits$3.99
  • Large Pack of Credits$7.99

Questions

Is RUNNER free?
RUNNER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gloom Deep free?
Gloom Deep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RUNNER or Gloom Deep?
RUNNER and Gloom Deep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RUNNER or Gloom Deep have ads?
Neither RUNNER nor Gloom Deep shows ads.

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