Comparison

King or Fail vs Puzzle Steps

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

Head to head
About

King or Fail

Build and manage a medieval kingdom, balancing farming, crafting, and construction with military conquest. Recruit and upgrade soldiers, raid enemy castles, and develop your empire to become a prosperous and fearsome ruler.

Highlights
  • Kingdom building and management
  • Resource gathering and crafting
  • Army recruitment and upgrades
  • Castle raiding and combat
  • Worker hiring and management
  • Ballista weapon system
Features
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► ARE YOU A FARMER OR A FIGHTER? In this fun new idle role-playing game, you’re both, with sidelines in mining, crafting, construction and management too. In fact, you’re a king, with a kingdom to protect, expand and develop, and if you want to succeed there’s a lot of work ahead of you. Start with just a small squad of swordsmen and a few berry trees, then get working to build a city, feed your people, raid enemy castles for resources and experience, expand your army and turn your tiny village into a flourishing and fearsome empire. ► ARE YOU WORTHY OF THE CROWN? • Turn your swords to plowshares: Start the game farming berries, sell them at market to feed your hungry people and use the coins you make to invest in the development of your kingdom and your wars of conquest. • …and your plowshares into swords: Spend the profits you make from crafting in this all-action RPG on expanding and upgrading your army, with five different types of soldier to recruit and improve. Turn your small band of raiders into a mighty horde of fiercely armed knights and archers, ready to conquer the known world. • Head for the longboats: Time management and resource mining aren’t enough: a great king has to prove themselves in battle. So, once you’ve taken care of your subjects’ basic needs, earned coins and upgraded your army, sail off to war, raiding over 90 enemy towns and castles for plunder and XP. • The builder king: Equip your town with new houses and facilities. The game has over a dozen different types of resources for you to craft into over 150 different new buildings and industries, from warehouses to taverns to luxurious palaces, that will also bring you idle profits when you’re out of the game. • By royal command: Of course, a king needs soldiers, but you’ll also need a whole host of other workers to keep your kingdom and your idle income ticking over. Hire and upgrade farmers, woodcutters, miners and more to really make your craft empire flourish. • Go ballista: Start every battle with a bang by using the ballista to hit the enemy where it hurts. Upgrade this powerful weapon to get access to ten increasingly destructive types of projectiles so you can really show the enemy who’s king of the castle! ► ARE YOU READY FOR A ROYAL ADVENTURE? Download King or Fail now and dive into an all-action RPG that combines crafting, conquest and world-building in a fun and addictive casual format. If you like the idea of role-playing as a hard-working, hard-fighting medieval monarch determined to build the biggest, fiercest, most prosperous kingdom, you’re guaranteed to enjoy King or Fail. Failure—like boredom—just isn’t an option. Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

About

Puzzle Steps

Features
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Watch the path light up. Memorize it. Then jump! Puzzle Steps is a 3D memory puzzle where a glowing trail appears for just a few seconds — then fades away. Guide your little hero across floating islands from pure memory. One wrong step and the platform crumbles into the clouds! HOW TO PLAY - Watch the golden path light up - Memorize it before it fades - Tap the platforms to hop across - Reach the flag to clear the level FEATURES - Two beautiful 3D worlds: cozy sky islands at sunset, then deep space with planets, crystals and the Milky Way - Levels grow longer and wider as your memory sharpens — every level is tuned for a fair challenge - Fell down? Continue right where you were - Level map: replay any level you have unlocked - Quick sessions, one-hand portrait play - Works offline Train your memory a few steps at a time. How far can you go?

Screenshots

King or Fail4 screens
Puzzle Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Puzzle Steps at none against King or Fail's 19. Puzzle Steps also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. King or Fail sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Puzzle Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

King or Fail ships an update fortnightly, Puzzle Steps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
King or Fail versus Puzzle Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKing or FailPuzzle Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size281 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSayGames LTD0GUN CUKUR

Bugs and requests

King or Fail

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stuck on certain missions due to missing resources
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior of certain game mechanics

Requested features

3 requests
  • More content and levels to progress through
  • Better balance and progression for late-game battles
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee

Puzzle Steps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

King or Fail

One-time19
  • Pack of gems - Smallest$1.99
  • Small Stack of Tickets$2.99
  • Equipment special offer №1$4.99
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  • Ad-free adventure 30% off$5.99
  • com.playfocus.king.gems6$5.99
  • Resources special offer №2$5.99
  • Resources special offer №3$5.99
  • Resources special offer №4$5.99
  • Resources special offer №7$5.99
  • Resources special offer №11$5.99
  • Resources special offer №9$5.99
  • Equipment special offer №2$6.99
  • Adieu to Ads$7.99
  • Medium pack of Tickets$7.99
  • Equipment special offer №3$8.99
  • Pack of gems - Medium$11.99
  • Starter Pack$14.99
  • Big Stack of Tickets$24.99
  • Pack of gems - Big$24.99
None

Puzzle Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is King or Fail free?
King or Fail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puzzle Steps free?
Puzzle Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do King or Fail or Puzzle Steps have ads?
Both King or Fail and Puzzle Steps show ads.
Which is updated more often, King or Fail or Puzzle Steps?
King or Fail ships an update fortnightly, and Puzzle Steps every 5 days. Most recently, King or Fail was updated on September 24, 2026 and Puzzle Steps on September 15, 2026.

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