Comparison

Slay vs Roll Player

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

Head to head
About

Slay

Engage in a turn-based strategy game set in medieval times. Conquer enemy territories, expand your own, and strategically upgrade your units from peasants to powerful barons. Balance resource management to avoid bankruptcy and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Territory capture and expansion
  • Unit upgrades (Peasants to Barons)
  • Strategic combat and castle sieges
  • Resource management and bankruptcy risk
  • Turn-based multiplayer
  • AI opponents
Features
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Slay is a simple to learn game of strategy and cunning set in medieval times. The island is divided up between the six players, and you must try to capture your enemies' land and link up your own territories to create larger and stronger ones. You begin capturing land by attacking with your peasants. Once your territories become richer you can combine peasants to make stronger and stronger people (Spearmen, Knights and then Barons) who can kill weaker enemy troops, or knock down their castles. Just be careful that you don't create too many expensive men or the territory will go bankrupt! "This game is pure strategy! It's a work of genius. Brilliant AI. Engaging turn-based multiplayer strategy. Sid Meier, eat your heart out!" - GameSpy.com "I love this game! I play it all the time, and when I'm not, I think about wanting to play it." - PocketNow.com "At first glance, Slay looks elementary, but hidden beneath are cunning strategy elements that must be finely balanced for success" - PC Magazine "Deceptively delightful. The graphics are simple, but the strategy is complex." - Download.com For the latest news on all my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!

About

Roll Player

Strategize by drafting dice to build a fantasy character's attributes, gear, and skills. Compete to create the most reputable hero and win the game. Features include multiplayer, AI opponents, and solo challenges.

Highlights
  • Dice drafting and manipulation
  • Character attribute building
  • Weapon and armor purchasing
  • Skill and trait acquisition
  • Cross-platform online multiplayer
  • AI opponents
  • Solo and local multiplayer modes
Features
Currently charting
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Roll Player is a digital adaptation of a dice manipulation, strategy board game where you will compete to create the greatest fantasy character in the role-playing world! Roll and draft dice to build up your character’s attributes! Purchase weapons and armor to outfit your hero! Gain skills and discover your hero’s traits to prepare them for their journey. Earn Reputation Stars by constructing the perfect character. The player with the greatest Reputation wins the game and will surely triumph over whatever nefarious plot lies ahead! At the beginning of the game, each player is assigned a random RPG class, alignment and a backstory. Through a series of puzzle-like dice manipulations, a player optimizes their character's attributes and attempts to maximize their alignment and backstory points. Earned gold is used to purchase various skills, traits, weapons and armor in the market phase of each turn. The game ends with a fully created character sheet of an RPG character and the player whose character has the most reputation points wins the game. The best character sheets are stored in the Hall of Heroes. FEATURES: - Cross-platform online multiplayer! - Private online games with friends - Synced progress across all your devices. Play online game on one device, continue on another! - Play against 5 levels of AI (or multiple AIs!) - Local multiplayer with friends on the same device - Challenge yourself in Solo mode - Keep a record of your best heroes, recent games and various stats - Interactive tutorial - Play and learn! LANGUAGE: English QUOTES: Zee Garcia (The Dice Tower): “The whole thing just comes together nicely! I think that’s a good, good app. It really works well.” Retromation (YouTube): “I think this game is fantastic! It’s such a good interpretation of a board game into a digital format. Just really, really, really enjoyable! Very nice!” AWARDS & HONORS: 2022 Golden Geek Best Board Game App Runner Up 2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee © 2026 Mipmap, under license from Thunderworks Games, LLC. Roll Player © 2016 Thunderworks Games, LLC.

Screenshots

Slay4 screens
Roll Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roll Player at none against Slay's 10. Roll Player also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 74%) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Slay costs $4.99 and Roll Player $4.99 up front. Slay sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Roll Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roll Player holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 272 and 278 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Slay's written reviews are positive against 90% of Roll Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Slay versus Roll Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlayRoll Player
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.6 (272 ratings)4.8 (278 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews90.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings272278 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#160 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB138 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorMipmap

Customer experience

Slay

All ratings266 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews537 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral6.7%
Negative18.8%

Roll Player

All ratings275 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative8.2%

User reviews

Slay

From 272 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Classic and timeless game
  • 🕹️ Simple yet engaging gameplay
  • 🧠 Challenging and strategic
  • ⏱️ Great for quick play sessions
  • 🔁 High replayability with many maps

Room to improve

  • 🎨 Dislike for recent graphical updates
  • 🔍 Difficulty distinguishing territories
  • 🔊 Annoying sound effects
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs

Roll Player

From 278 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Faithful adaptation of board game mechanics
  • 🎮 Engaging puzzle-like gameplay with dice mitigation
  • ✨ Clean, polished, and intuitive user interface
  • 🎨 Visually appealing design and presentation
  • 💰 No intrusive in-app purchases or ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Online multiplayer games frequently disappear mid-game
  • 🐛 Asynchronous game crashes causing progress loss
  • 🎮 Limited character customization in solo mode
  • 📱 Landscape-only orientation (not portrait-friendly)
  • 🔤 Text size too small on certain devices

Bugs and requests

Slay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiplayer not working
  • Progress not saving in custom levels
  • Graphical issues on newer devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to revert to classic graphics
  • Ability to choose starting color
  • Larger/randomized map sizes
  • Online/multiplayer mode
  • Level editor or custom map creation
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  • Stats tracking and achievements

Roll Player

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Asynchronous multiplayer games disappear and reappear randomly
  • Online private games crash causing all progress to be lost
  • Games disconnect mid-play with no recovery option
  • Online multiplayer services intermittently unavailable
  • Account functionality not working properly
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  • Special abilities sometimes hidden from UI (e.g., Bard class)
  • Colorblind mode not adequately supported

Requested features

13 requests
  • Monsters & Minions expansion pack
  • Fiends & Familiars expansion pack
  • Additional expansion content from physical game
  • Full character customization in solo play
  • High score/leaderboard tracking
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  • Portrait orientation support for one-handed play
  • French language translation
  • German language translation
  • Ability to view opponent actions during multiplayer
  • Online multiplayer functionality improvements
  • Mac compatibility (M1 MacBook support)
  • Text scaling options for accessibility
  • Stable asynchronous multiplayer games

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Slay

One-time10
  • Countries 1$0.99
  • Countries 2$0.99
  • Patterns 1$0.99
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  • Patterns 2$0.99
  • Patterns 3$0.99
  • Patterns 4$0.99
  • US States$0.99
  • Whole row of 18 pages$9.99
  • Whole 3rd row$9.99
  • Whole 4th row$9.99
None

Roll Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slay free?
Slay costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Roll Player free?
Roll Player costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slay or Roll Player?
Roll Player is rated higher. Slay averages 4.6 out of 5 from 272 ratings, while Roll Player averages 4.8 from 278 ratings.
Do Slay or Roll Player have ads?
Neither Slay nor Roll Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slay or Roll Player?
Slay ships an update every 3 months, and Roll Player every 3 months. Most recently, Slay was updated on November 6, 2026 and Roll Player on November 3, 2026.

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