Royal Defense TD vs Lost Artifacts Chapter 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Royal Defense TD
Defend your castle from invading trolls by strategically building towers and casting powerful spells. Upgrade your defenses and units to overcome increasingly challenging waves of enemies in an epic story of a dwarven kingdom's struggle.
- Strategic tower construction
- Spellcasting abilities
- Unit and tower upgrades
- Exciting storyline
- Variety of units and structures
- Enemy slowdown and damage over time effects
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The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells, and keep the enemy away! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory. To defeat these monstrous hordes, you must construct defensive towers and units and learn to wield powerful spells. Tap anywhere you like for a handy pop-up menu listing all the units and structures that can be built in each location. Tap existing structures to see how you can upgrade your forces with powerful improvements! All your towers and units have specific stats: Damage, Fire rate, Damage radius, Damage type, as well as various other features, such as Enemy Slowdown and Damage Over Time. Each level also brings new units and structures to help you fight the troll menace. You’ll never be lacking for new and exciting ways of decimating those nasty trolls!
Lost Artifacts Chapter 3
Embark on a casual strategy adventure to stop an Emperor's world-domination plan. Restore statues, build structures, and overcome challenges across diverse mythical landscapes. Enjoy a fun storyline with over 40 levels and engaging gameplay.
- Restore statues and build structures
- Over 40 unique levels
- Engaging storyline with comics
- Resource management
- Four distinct locations
- Useful in-game bonuses
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After the Soulstone is stolen during an auction in the national museum, Claire and her loyal helpers witnessed the revival of the terracotta army and its Emperor. The Emperor wishes to take over the world by awakening a dragon from the crater of a volcano, but our heroes have other ideas. Go on a journey through a country full of legends and myth in the exciting casual strategy game Lost Artifacts: Soulstone. Many varied quests, over 40 levels, a fun storyline, simple and captivating gameplay and a mysterious world – all this awaits you now! Restore statues, build epic buildings, overcome challenges and manage resources. Simple controls and an easy to understand tutorial will help you easily grasp the basics of the game. Lost Artifacts: Soulstone – Stop the terracotta army! -A world full of legends and fairy tales – ancient monkey statues and dragon fountains give you strength on your journey. -A fun storyline, colorful comics and memorable characters! -Many varied quests that you’ve never seen before. -Over 40 unique levels. -Dangerous enemies: the Terracotta Army, archers, snakes and stone lions. -4 unique locations: a ruined city, a vast desert, a forest wilderness and snowy mountains. -Useful bonuses: speed up work, stop time, run fast. -Simple controls and a clear tutorial. -Over 20 hours of exciting gameplay for any age. -Fun themed music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Royal Defense TD at 38% against Lost Artifacts Chapter 3's 0%. Royal Defense TD also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 27 months). Lost Artifacts Chapter 3's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Royal Defense TD sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Royal Defense TD's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lost Artifacts Chapter 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Royal Defense TD ships an update every 7 months, Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Royal Defense TD | Lost Artifacts Chapter 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 713 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 8Floor Company Limited | 8FLOOR LTD |
Customer experience
Royal Defense TD
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In-app purchases
Royal Defense TD
- Buy 50 Gems$0.99
- Base health$0.99
- Unlock all levels in episode 1$0.99
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- Unlock episode 4$0.99
- Unlock episode 6$0.99
- Unlock all levels in episode 5$0.99
- Unlock all levels in episode 6$0.99
- Unlock all levels in episode 2$0.99
- Buy 150 Gems$2.99
- Add 5 energy to maximum$2.99
- Buy 300 Gems$4.99
- Buy 500 Gems$9.99
- 1000 gems$19.99
Lost Artifacts Chapter 3
- Start offer$7.99
- One minute offer$8.99
- Season offer$10.99
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- Full price$14.99
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