Mysterious Castle vs DOWNIT!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Turn-based tactical combat
- Procedurally generated world
- Party-based exploration
- Monster variety
- Item and spell system
- Dungeon crawling
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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.
DOWNIT!
Navigate procedurally generated dungeons, strategically using items and the environment to defeat monsters and reach the exit. This addictive rogue-like offers challenging, one-handed gameplay perfect for experts seeking a strategic challenge.
- Tile-based dungeon crawling
- Strategic combat and item usage
- Randomly generated levels
- Swipe controls for one-handed play
- Increasing difficulty
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Do you have what it takes to conquer the dungeon? In DOWNIT, every move counts! Plan your route through each dungeon to grab the key and get to the exit. Fight enemies, use items, and break a path to the end on every floor! This addictive tile-based rogue-like will keep you on your toes! Prepare to face monsters of all shapes and sizes as you journey through different randomized levels. Will you find the right items and strategies to outsmart them? Only the true Dungeon Masters will make it deep! Key Features: - Simple Controls: Use swipe controls to play comfortably with one hand. - Strategic Gameplay: Use the environment, weapons, and items to plan the perfect route to the exit. - Randomly Generated Gameplay: Each run is completely different from the last! - Brutal Gameplay: Each floor gets harder as the game progresses- watch out! (Perfect for experts)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DOWNIT! at $0.99 against Mysterious Castle's $9.99. DOWNIT! also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (92% vs 63%). Mysterious Castle's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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
Mysterious Castle costs $9.99 and DOWNIT! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DOWNIT! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Mysterious Castle's written reviews are positive against 92% of DOWNIT!'s.
Mysterious Castle ships an update every 4 weeks, DOWNIT! daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mysterious Castle | DOWNIT! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (30 ratings) | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 408 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Jurksztowicz | Mauro Reyes |
Customer experience
Mysterious Castle
DOWNIT!
In-app purchases
Mysterious Castle
No in-app purchases
DOWNIT!
No in-app purchases









