Malic's Legacy vs RUSTLANDS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Malic's Legacy
Embark on a classic text-based RPG adventure with multiple character classes. Level up, battle monsters, and upgrade gear in an immersive world with incremental progression. Enjoy a seamless, ad-free experience with intuitive gameplay.
- Choose from Knight, Mage, or Archer classes
- Battle over 45 classic RPG monsters
- Complete tasks for gold and experience
- Buy, upgrade, and evolve items
- Track progress with detailed statistics
- Ad-free gameplay
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A no-ads text RPG: pick Knight, Mage, or Archer, fight 80 monsters across eight regions, and evolve legendary gear. Malic’s Legacy is a classic incremental RPG you can play in short sessions. Fight, finish tasks, spend gold on better equipment, and watch your character grow. When you want the grind to run itself, turn on auto-fight and auto-heal. FEATURES • No ads in combat, tasks, or the Endless Tower • Three classes — Knight, Mage, and Archer • 80 monsters, eight regions, and rare shiny encounters • Repeatable tasks for gold and experience • Weapons, armor, and gems you buy, upgrade, and evolve • Bestiary completion, runes, and category masteries • Endless Tower climbs with shop buffs • Late-game artifacts you attach to your gear • Achievements, stats, and online leaderboards WHO IT IS FOR Players who want a simple fantasy RPG loop: fight, loot, upgrade, repeat. Readable on one hand, light on the battery, and built for both quick sessions and long-term progression. Start as a guest, then create an account when you want skins, leaderboards, and cloud-backed progress. Download Malic’s Legacy and begin your legacy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
RUSTLANDS
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Rust is everywhere. Legends are buried under it. Forge your weapon, topple towering bosses and dig legendaries out of deep caves in a hand-crafted open-world action RPG. Free to play. No ads. Fair, and built to last for years. RUSTLANDS is a chunky, colourful toon world of scrap heaps, oil-slick marshes, glass canyons and ember fields. Explore it on foot or in the saddle, by day and by night, and grow from a camp scavenger into a legend. FIGHT BOSSES WORTH TALKING ABOUT - The Sovereign and his golden clock, the Ashfather and his burning front, the Gorgon Queen, the Choir of Three and the Bone Tyrant - Every big hit has a fair tell: dodge, block, parry and strike back - Monsters with moves of their own, elites, named creatures and the Veil Stalker, a shadow that hunts the night 160+ FORGED WEAPONS - Six families: blades, heavy weapons, polearms, bows and crossbows, staves and claws - Fire, ice and lightning, six tiers and boss relics - Upgrade, re-forge, salvage and craft at Kessa's forge GEAR YOU CAN SEE - Forged armour sets, distinct helms and shields, and a set made for each calling with its own bonus - Everything you wear shows on your hero A WORLD TO EXPLORE - A hand-painted parchment world map that fills in as you travel - Caves with legendary rewards, lookout towers, outposts, treasure maps and a weekly map - Caravans on the roads, wayside shrines and hidden strongboxes - Day and night, weather and storms, foraging, mounts, and Rusty the camp dog YOUR HERO, YOUR PATH - Choose your calling at level 10: Warrior, Archer, Mage or Rogue - Specialize at level 30 and master your weapon family - A long road: quick first hours, then slow and fair progression past level 50 - Daily challenges, contracts, the weekly hunt and achievements PLAY WITH FRIENDS NEARBY - Team up with friends nearby over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, up to 8 heroes, no internet needed - Private party: shared kills, gold split evenly, every item to a random member - Ping a spot, send an emote, lift a fallen friend, and trade gear and gold face to face FAIR BY DESIGN RUSTLANDS is free to play with no ads and no loot boxes. The four core callings are free, forever, and nothing you earn by playing is ever sold back to you. You get stronger the honest way. MADE FOR PHONES - Touch controls built for your thumbs, or play with a game controller - Up to 120 fps on ProMotion displays, with heat care for long sessions - Plays fully offline The rust isn't going anywhere. Neither are you. Download RUSTLANDS and start forging your legend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RUSTLANDS at none against Malic's Legacy's 7. Malic's Legacy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. Malic's Legacy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RUSTLANDS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Malic's Legacy ships an update weekly, RUSTLANDS monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Malic's Legacy | RUSTLANDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 434 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Malic Labs LTDA | Lior Fidelman |
In-app purchases
Malic's Legacy
- Promotion access - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Value Pack$3.99
- Definitive Promotion$5.99
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- Mega Pack$9.99
- Supreme Pack$19.99
- Legendary Pack$34.99
RUSTLANDS
No in-app purchases









