Comparison

Luminosus vs Rogue Blade

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

Head to head
About

Luminosus

A unique puzzle game blending Tetris-style gameplay with color-matching mechanics. Plan your moves ahead to create white blocks for higher scores. Offers classic and marathon modes, leaderboards, and achievements for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Color-matching puzzle mechanics
  • Strategic planning ahead
  • Classic and Marathon modes
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Controller support
  • Color blind and night modes
Features
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**Editors pick for “New games we love” in 135+ countries** **Editors pick for “New and noteworthy games” in 150+ countries** **Editors pick for “What we are playing this week”** **Editors choice "Indie corner"** Luminosus is a unique and challenging puzzle game that combines the fun of matching colors on a Tetris-esque board. Puzzle pieces can be changed back and forth as many times as you want, so a red block will change a yellow piece orange but another red piece will change it back to red. If a piece is influenced by all three colors it is turned white and scores significantly more when cleared. In this way the game requires planning more steps ahead than your standard piece-dropping puzzle game. With its simple but addictive gameplay, Luminosus offers hours of entertainment and a twist on the classic Tetris and Puyo experience. Features: • Classic mode for a relaxing experience • Marathon game mode for the ultimate challenge • Compete against the world on the leaderboard • Achievements • Controller support • Color blind and night modes • Unique and challenging gameplay that combines Tetris with color matching

About

Rogue Blade

Embark on a challenging adventure in this strategy card game. Build your deck, choose from unique classes, and battle through levels. Every choice matters as you balance offense and defense against various enemies and bosses.

Highlights
  • Deck-building strategy
  • Rogue-like dungeon crawling
  • Multiple character classes
  • Over 100 unique cards
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
Features
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This is a strategy action game with rogue-like and deck-building. In this game, you'll play as a character embarking on an adventure through level after level, using your constructed deck to battle enemies. There's a variety of different classes to choose from, each with a ton of cards to help you plan out your strategy. Sounds simple, right? But every decision you make in battle leads to different outcomes. You gotta balance dodging or blocking enemy attacks while seizing opportunities to take them down. Features: * 5 character classes. * More than 100 cards. * Rogue-like dungeon crawling. * A variety of enemies and bosses. I gotta say, this game is TOUGH!

Screenshots

Luminosus4 screens
Rogue Blade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Luminosus at 71% against Rogue Blade's 13%. Luminosus also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.1) and ads (none vs shown). Rogue Blade's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Luminosus costs $0.29 and Rogue Blade $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Luminosus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Luminosus's written reviews are positive against 13% of Rogue Blade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Luminosus ships an update fortnightly, Rogue Blade weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Luminosus versus Rogue Blade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLuminosusRogue Blade
Price$0.29 — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (17 ratings) — better2.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better13.3% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better7
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB58 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperShort Circuit StudioJampot Software co., ltd

Customer experience

Luminosus

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Rogue Blade

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral28.6%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Luminosus

No in-app purchases

None

Rogue Blade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Luminosus free?
Luminosus costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rogue Blade free?
Rogue Blade costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Luminosus or Rogue Blade?
Luminosus is rated higher. Luminosus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Rogue Blade averages 2.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Luminosus or Rogue Blade have ads?
Rogue Blade shows ads; Luminosus does not.
Which is updated more often, Luminosus or Rogue Blade?
Luminosus ships an update fortnightly, and Rogue Blade weekly. Most recently, Luminosus was updated on November 3, 2026 and Rogue Blade on November 4, 2026.

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