Comparison

Dungeons & Such vs Bleak Sword

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

Head to head
About

Dungeons & Such

Embark on a nostalgic dungeon-crawling adventure. Explore dungeons, level up, collect monsters, forge equipment, and build your home. Recruit other players to aid you in your quest to save the princess.

Highlights
  • Dungeon exploration and leveling
  • Monster collection and recruitment
  • Equipment forging
  • Player-assisted dungeon runs
  • House building and upgrades
  • VoiceOver and text-to-speech support
Features
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Lurk through the dungeon, raise your level, find treasures, recruit monsters, forge your equipment, build your house, hire other players at guild, engage in faction war, player vs player in an alley, and defeat the boss... Simple yet deep and nostalgic dungeon RPG for iOS. - Features - - Supports VoiceOver and text to speech - Super indie, 99.9% made by one guy since the first iPhone was launched in 2010, and community supported ;) - Player-supported, I update the game as I receive feedback - Good old simple choose-your-adventure style dungeon RPG - Multiplayer feature: Hire other players asynchronously to form a party to enter the dungeon - Seasonal faction war you can participate with or without guild - Evolve your character to learn new classes - Collect monsters to fight with you as your minions - Build your own house and level them up - Forge your weapons and armors to make it stronger - Optimized user experience for one-handed use touch interface - Awesome reviews on replay-value - 100% support from the actual creator, I don't have any other people updating my app, except I now have Discord server - Story - Small island called Eunaba locates in south of the Hornmare continent. On that island, a princess was kidnapped by an unknown evil. You as a player must become a mercenary and head to the dungeon to save the princess... - Gameplay & Opening Movie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5HKjT_rafI

About

Bleak Sword

Embark on a dark fantasy adventure across cursed diorama battlefields. Battle creatures through nine chapters, lifting a legendary curse by upgrading your hero with magic and items. Challenge yourself further in Arena Mode with unlockable achievements.

Highlights
  • Diorama battlefields
  • Nine tense chapters
  • Powerful magic invocation
  • Item discovery
  • Character leveling and stat upgrades
  • Arena Mode
  • Unlockable achievements
Features
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Developed by more8bit Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game tasking players to struggle across compact, cursed diorama battlefields. Through nine tense chapters, heroes must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of creatures in every forest, swamp, castle, and dungeon on their journey. Invoke powerful magic, uncover helpful items, and level up your character to upgrade your stats before facing down menacing guardians. Once the curse has been lifted the challenging Arena Mode and thirty unlockable achievements await even the most accomplished warrior. Bleak Sword is designed to be able to play it easily with elegant controls allowing heroes to roll, parry, attack and counter-attack using basic movements on gamepads and touch controls. Scored by award-winning composer Jim Guthrie with sound by famed designer Joonas Turner.

Screenshots

Dungeons & Such4 screens
Bleak Sword4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bleak Sword at none against Dungeons & Such's 5. Bleak Sword also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). Dungeons & Such's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Dungeons & Such sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Bleak Sword asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dungeons & Such holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 899 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Dungeons & Such's written reviews are positive against 80% of Bleak Sword's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dungeons & Such ships an update every 3 days, Bleak Sword every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dungeons & Such versus Bleak Sword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDungeons & SuchBleak Sword
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better4.5 (899 ratings)
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews — better79.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better899
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB467 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGenki MineDevolver Digital, Inc.

Customer experience

Dungeons & Such

All ratings1,385 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews438 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral8.4%
Negative8.7%

Bleak Sword

All ratings899 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews552 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative12.7%

User reviews

Dungeons & Such

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 👍 Accessible and easy to learn
  • 🕹️ Simple but addictive dungeon crawling
  • 💰 Good value for money
  • 🎨 Charming retro-style graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🕹️ Repetitive gameplay at higher levels
  • 🔑 Frustrating loss of progress on death
  • 🔒 Mandatory Facebook integration for certain features
  • 🔍 Lack of in-depth tutorials or explanations

Bleak Sword

From 899 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive controls
  • 👍 Satisfying combat mechanics
  • 🎨 Unique and atmospheric pixel art style
  • 🕹️ Challenging but fair gameplay
  • 🕰️ Suitable for short play sessions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional save data loss issues
  • 🔍 Difficulty in tracking character on screen
  • 🤕 Overly punishing difficulty curve
  • 🧠 Lack of progression and upgrade systems
  • 🔍 Blurry visuals on some devices

Bugs and requests

Dungeons & Such

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inventory and equipment reset issues
  • Unresponsive UI elements in certain areas
  • Inconsistent enemy difficulty scaling
  • Mercenary hiring not functioning properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More enemy and dungeon variety
  • Expanded end-game content and progression
  • Ability to save progress within the dungeon
  • Option to disable Facebook integration
  • In-game wiki or guide for mechanics

Bleak Sword

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Controls becoming unresponsive after app switch
  • Inconsistent blocking mechanics

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode support for tablets
  • Ability to skip credits after first completion
  • More enemy and boss variety
  • Customizable controls
  • Expanded story and lore

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Dungeons & Such

One-time5
  • Thanks!$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Thank you!$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Thank you so much!$9.99
  • A new hope$19.99
None

Bleak Sword

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dungeons & Such free?
Dungeons & Such is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bleak Sword free?
Bleak Sword is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dungeons & Such or Bleak Sword?
Dungeons & Such is rated higher. Dungeons & Such averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Bleak Sword averages 4.5 from 899 ratings.
Do Dungeons & Such or Bleak Sword have ads?
Dungeons & Such shows ads; Bleak Sword does not.
Which is updated more often, Dungeons & Such or Bleak Sword?
Dungeons & Such ships an update every 3 days, and Bleak Sword every 8 months. Most recently, Dungeons & Such was updated on September 22, 2026 and Bleak Sword on September 20, 2026.

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