Crush the Castle vs Arcane Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crush the Castle
Launch projectiles from a trebuchet to destroy castles and their inhabitants. Aim for glory by shattering intricately balanced structures and flattening armies. Offers over 100 levels, unlockable skins, and a variety of ammo types for medieval destruction fun.
- Physics-based destruction
- Trebuchet launching
- Over 100 levels
- Unlockable skins
- Level editor
- Diverse ammo types
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When it comes to ruling a kingdom, you can sway people with kind words and generous deeds, or you can flatten them with a massive trebuchet. Just tap to launch your projectile of choice and aim for glory... or in this case, shattering intricately balanced castles and flattening their armies and royalty. With over 100 levels (plus a level editor), skins to unlock, ranks to attain, and ammo ranging from the humble bolder to the devastating black hole, Crush the Castle is tons of medieval castle crushing fun. Let the Crushing Begin!
Arcane Tower
Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure as a brave wizard. Explore randomly generated maps, compete in daily challenges with global leaderboards, and learn from top player replays to defeat evil and uncover ancient secrets.
- Randomly generated maps
- Challenging roguelike mechanics
- Daily challenge mode
- Global leaderboards
- Watch top player replays
- Single-player adventure
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Evil reigns throughout the kingdom, darkness obscures the landscape. A brave wizard is determined to put an end to all of this. But there's only one way. The Arcane Tower keeps the powers and secrets required to defeat all the evil. Arcane Tower is a roguelike game with mechanics carefully designed to make every run challenging, interesting and incredibly fun. Key features: * Maps are randomly generated, meaning every run you play will be different from every other run you've played. * Daily Challenge! Every day a special map is generated, the same for everyone in the world. Compete in the daily leaderboards! * Watch other players: after playing a Daily Challenge, you can watch replays of the top players to see how they got their score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arcane Tower at 5.0 against Crush the Castle's 3.7. Arcane Tower also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 74%). Crush the Castle's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 5) and chart position (#33 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Crush the Castle costs $0.99 and Arcane Tower $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Arcane Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crush the Castle has 177 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Crush the Castle's written reviews are positive against 86% of Arcane Tower's.
Crush the Castle ships an update every 4 months, Arcane Tower every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crush the Castle | Arcane Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (177 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Armor Games Studios Inc | Diego Cathalifaud |
Customer experience
Crush the Castle
Arcane Tower
Bugs and requests
Crush the Castle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatibility with newer devices
- Glitches in later levels
- Weapons not functioning as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and worlds
- Additional weapons and ammo types
- Ability to share custom-built castles
- Difficulty settings
- Mute/volume control option
Arcane Tower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crush the Castle
No in-app purchases
Arcane Tower
No in-app purchases
