Comparison

Partia vs Arcane Tower

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

Head to head
About

Partia

Embark on a high fantasy adventure in this strategy role-playing game. Engage in tactical battles where magic and swords clash, and experience a story filled with friendship and betrayal. The game is actively being updated based on player feedback.

Highlights
  • Strategy Role-playing gameplay
  • High fantasy setting
  • Magic and sword combat
  • Story-driven adventure
  • Character development
  • Tactical battles
Features
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Partia is a SRPG (Strategy Role-playing) video game inspired by Fire Emblem and Tear Ring Saga series. In a high fantasy setting, the game will take players through an adventure where magic and sword collide and friendship and betrayal intertwine. Thank you guys for your reviews and suggestions. Good ones encourage us and bad ones humble us. I am constantly fixing bugs that are brought up to me and trying to change things that bother people. It takes time since I am just one guy (Imago Software is only two guys) dealing with many issues. Still things will improve in future updates that I'm working on. Meanwhile, obviously this is a paid game and I don't want to disappoint or cheat people out of their money. Here's a gameplay video from TouchArcade's Sanuku (Thank you!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3O9tw2L5Wg&feature=plcp This may help with your purchase decision! Also our own video that include game tutorials are at http://www.youtube.com/user/Playimago @Matthew Haralson Yes, the minor character development was very weak. More dialogs will be written in part of effort to more complete game experience! @Tony Peniyoung I was going to answer your concern but didn't really get the message! @Grievlocke Wow, having big battle animations will be really cool. Number 1 in my wish list too. Simply there was no budget and it looks like there will be no budget in the future, either- looking at the sales. @Many who wanted more stages I had random map generation for more guild quests, but I couldn't get the quality right yet. Random really never worked with the element of strategy, and became just a brute fighting. Partia 2 was planned for 25 stages that wraps up the story, but at 600 games sold, well, I wonder if I could ever get enough budget. @ErnieBernie876 I know it is not as convenient as having a restart button, but you could suspend the game and load the last save data to restart the stage from the beginning. @frozencracker It would be a bug if you have an attack option without having a valid target, but I can't seem to reproduce it. To cancel the attack while targeting, you could press 'B' button (that's the inside button) or you could choose a target then select No. I will try my best to answer any question! You could also email me to: admin@playimago.com

About

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.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Challenging roguelike mechanics
  • Daily challenge mode
  • Global leaderboards
  • Watch top player replays
  • Single-player adventure
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Partia4 screens
Arcane Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arcane Tower at 5.0 against Partia's 4.2. Arcane Tower also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). Partia's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 5) and chart position (#149 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Partia costs $3.99 and Arcane Tower $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arcane Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Partia has 134 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Partia's written reviews are positive against 86% of Arcane Tower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Partia ships an update every 7 months, Arcane Tower every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Partia versus Arcane Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPartiaArcane Tower
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.2 (134 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings134 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#149 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB7 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperImago SoftwareDiego Cathalifaud

Customer experience

Partia

All ratings134 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral9.0%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative12.2%

Arcane Tower

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Partia

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Sound not working on some devices
  • Screen display issues on iPhone X and newer models (top notch overlap)
  • Game not full 16:9 fullscreen on newer iPhones
  • Xbox One controller not supported despite controller attempts
  • Save file deletion (Chapter 8 save disappeared)
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  • Aspect ratio not adjustable on older devices
  • Control key sometimes moved automatically
  • Saving can be choppy at times

Requested features

16 requests
  • Controller support (d-pad and buttons option)
  • Full screen optimization for newer devices
  • In-game tutorial or guidebook
  • Battle animations
  • Character expression changes during dialogue
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  • More chapters and longer story
  • Healer class promotion options
  • AOE spells for mages
  • Character interaction scenes at camp
  • Weapon stat visibility
  • Potion healing information display
  • Class upgrade system clarity
  • Multiple save files
  • Ability to skip cutscenes
  • Better dialogue and story pacing
  • More diverse soundtrack

Arcane Tower

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Partia

No in-app purchases

None

Arcane Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Partia free?
Partia costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arcane Tower free?
Arcane Tower costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Partia or Arcane Tower?
Arcane Tower is rated higher. Partia averages 4.2 out of 5 from 134 ratings, while Arcane Tower averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Partia or Arcane Tower have ads?
Neither Partia nor Arcane Tower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Partia or Arcane Tower?
Partia ships an update every 7 months, and Arcane Tower every 3 weeks. Most recently, Partia was updated on September 24, 2026 and Arcane Tower on August 21, 2026.

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