I Am The RPG Hero vs Layer2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Am The RPG Hero
Embark on an intense dungeon crawling adventure as you choose your character and battle your way through 100 challenging stages. This solo-developed indie game offers a deep RPG experience.
- Character selection
- Dungeon crawling gameplay
- 100 stages to climb
- Solo indie developer
- Intense RPG experience
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I Am The RPG Hero is an intense dungeon crawling game developed by a solo indie developer. Choose your character and climb to stage 100!
Layer2
Explore the real world as a GPS MMORPG. Build your homestead, battle monsters, and conquer your city with your guild. Team up with friends to take down bosses and climb leaderboards.
- Location-based GPS gameplay
- Build and upgrade homesteads
- Real-time monster battles
- Guild-based city conquest
- Cooperative boss fights
- Global server with thousands of players
- Questing and leaderboard climbing
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Layer2 is a free-to-play location-based GPS MMORPG laid over the real world, played in the streets you already walk through. _______________ · BECOME STRONGER Build your homestead, collect resources, and fight monsters in real-time to become stronger! Your commute and usual walking routes are filled with encounters waiting to be discovered. · CONQUER YOUR CITY Complete missions with your guild to gain control of your city. Choose the city's specialization to give a strong buff to every player affiliated with it! · ONE GLOBAL SERVER Thousands of players, one persistent global world. Whether you play in your neighbourhood or at the other side of the globe, there is always something to uncover and take back home! · PARTY UP! Team up and take ground. Challenging boss monsters are roaming around - party up with your friends to tackle difficult enemies! · MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF Build your reputation by completing quests and climb the leaderboards of your city!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Layer2 at 4.0 against I Am The RPG Hero's 3.3. I Am The RPG Hero's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. I Am The RPG Hero sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Layer2 sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Layer2 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
I Am The RPG Hero ships an update every 2 days, Layer2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I Am The RPG Hero | Layer2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 182 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Khronotech LLC | 2AM |
Customer experience
I Am The RPG Hero
Layer2
In-app purchases
I Am The RPG Hero
- Adventurer Pack$0.99
- 15 Gold$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Sky Bundle I$4.99
- 90 Gold$4.99
- Sky Bundle II$9.99
- 220 Gold$9.99
Layer2
- Nightgem ×100$0.99
- Nightgem ×510$4.99
- Nightgem ×1,040$9.99
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- Nightgem ×2,650$24.99
- Nightgem ×5,400$49.99
- Nightgem ×11,000$99.99
