Comparison

Mysterious Castle vs WazHack

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

Head to head
About

Mysterious Castle

Embark on a turn-based tactical adventure in a procedurally generated world. Control a party of up to four characters, engaging in strategic combat against diverse monsters. Discover treasure and utilize a variety of skills and items to conquer dungeons.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical combat
  • Procedurally generated world
  • Party-based exploration
  • Monster variety
  • Item and spell system
  • Dungeon crawling
Features
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A minimal touch interface controls a party in a turn-based adventure set in a procedurally generated open world filled with monsters and treasure. Play in your browser at https://www.mysterious-castle.com - Control up to 4 characters as they explore and engage in tactical turn based combat with enemy parties of monsters in a labyrinthine open world. - Use combat techniques, spells, bows, wands, staffs, potions, sneak-attacks, and more to dispatch monsters - Pick locks, find hidden keys, and open secret doors as you make your way to the bottom of the network of dungeons that dot the forest. - Unique, procedurally generated open world with varied monsters and items makes for endless playability.

About

WazHack

Engage in strategic turn-based combat against a variety of monsters using a vast array of items. Explore procedurally generated dungeons with immense replayability, where every decision matters. Master your inventory and combat skills to survive.

Highlights
  • Turn-based combat
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Over 350 item types
  • Over 170 monster types
  • Strategic item usage
  • Character class upgrades
Features
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Dungeon time stops when you do: smite monsters cleverly, not by mashing buttons! With over 350 different types of items to be found, you will keep finding novel solutions to battling over 170 different types of monsters that you will face on your journey! You have time to think, but this is no puzzler - you will have to fight your adrenaline and use your sword or staff as much as your inventory. The procedurally-generated dungeon and vast array of possible items gives immense replay value. Some games you'll find a good weapon early, other times you'll rely on wands or potions, or some combination. Sometimes in sheer desperation you'll read a random unidentified scroll... will it be a scroll of fire that incinerates your clothes? Will it be a blessed scroll of teleportation for the ultimate escape? If you have ever played NetHack, DCSS, etc, this game will show you a whole new form of the roguelike genre. When you get good enough to survive to 300 feet, you will be asked to upgrade your character to access the full dungeon. This is a one-off purchase for each type of character (for example, the sorcerer and sorceress are a single type - Evil Mages). The whole game can be played with any character - you only need to purchase your favourite character(s). This can also be seen/purchased in advance under Options/Store. Upgraded to a new device or iOS version? Just use the "Recover" button in Options/Store to get your character classes back.

Screenshots

Mysterious Castle4 screens
WazHack1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WazHack at Free against Mysterious Castle's $9.99. WazHack also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 63%) and ratings volume (116 vs 30). Mysterious Castle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WazHack is free to download; Mysterious Castle costs $9.99 up front. WazHack sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Mysterious Castle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Mysterious Castle against 4.5 for WazHack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 116 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Mysterious Castle's written reviews are positive against 81% of WazHack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mysterious Castle ships an update every 4 weeks, WazHack monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mysterious Castle versus WazHack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMysterious CastleWazHack
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (30 ratings) — better4.5 (116 ratings)
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews80.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB91 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperJeremy JurksztowiczWarwick Allison

Customer experience

Mysterious Castle

All ratings30 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

WazHack

All ratings115 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative14.0%

Bugs and requests

Mysterious Castle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

WazHack

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inventory UI issues on newer devices
  • Crashes and performance problems after updates
  • Inability to access purchased content

Requested features

4 requests
  • Difficulty settings
  • Controller support
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Ability to reorganize spell/item lists

In-app purchases

None

Mysterious Castle

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

WazHack

One-time8
  • Fighters$0.99
  • Good Mages$0.99
  • Evil Sorcerers$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Hunters$0.99
  • Scoundrels$0.99
  • Bards$0.99
  • Barbarians$0.99
  • Druids$0.99

Questions

Is Mysterious Castle free?
Mysterious Castle costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WazHack free?
WazHack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mysterious Castle or WazHack?
Mysterious Castle is rated higher. Mysterious Castle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while WazHack averages 4.5 from 116 ratings.
Do Mysterious Castle or WazHack have ads?
Neither Mysterious Castle nor WazHack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mysterious Castle or WazHack?
Mysterious Castle ships an update every 4 weeks, and WazHack monthly. Most recently, Mysterious Castle was updated on November 8, 2026 and WazHack on November 1, 2026.

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