Comparison

Brogue vs Idle Adventure

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

Head to head
About

Brogue

Embark on a challenging 26-level dungeon crawl to find the Amulet of Yendor. Master strategic gameplay with a focus on a smooth learning curve and intuitive design within a classic ASCII/Unicode aesthetic. Experience high fantasy with a variety of creatures and magical items.

Highlights
  • 26-level dungeon crawl
  • Strategic depth
  • Smooth learning curve
  • ASCII/Unicode display
  • High fantasy theme
  • Permadeath gameplay
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Countless adventurers before you have descended this torch-lit staircase, seeking the promised riches below. As you reach the bottom and step into the wide cavern, the doors behind you seal with a powerful magic... Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom! Brogue is a single-player strategy game set in the halls of a mysterious and randomly-generated dungeon. The objective is simple enough -- retrieve the fabled Amulet of Yendor from the 26th level -- but the dungeon is riddled with danger. Horrifying creatures and devious, trap-ridden terrain await. Yet it is also riddled with weapons, potions, and artifacts of forgotten power. Survival demands strength and cunning in equal measure as you descend, making the most of what the dungeon gives you. You will make sacrifices, narrow escapes, and maybe even some friends along the way -- but will you be one of the lucky few to return alive?" This app offers: Brogue Classic - Brian Walker's original vision and where it all started. Brogue CE - A community effort that fixes bugs and crashes and focuses on QoL. Brogue SE - A new variant by yours truly with original items, monsters, and mechanics "...on the iPad, Brogue is an even more incredible feat than it is on the Mac: there aren’t a lot of roguelikes that can jump from a keyboard to a touch-based interface without coming off worse for wear. It’s every bit as good on the iPad as it is on the Mac." - Cult of Mac "[...] it manages to make use of its ASCII visuals to create some truly impressive-looking environments [...] it’s high fantasy to the core; filled with kobolds, goblins, wands, spell scrolls, and more." - 148Apps "It's a bit weird and clunky, but yeah, it's still Brogue" - Roguelike Radio

About

Idle Adventure

Engage in an incremental RPG where you push through stages, defeat bosses, and prestige to grow stronger. Recruit companions, collect artifacts, and forge gear to customize your strategy. Compete on global leaderboards and enter endless endgame modes.

Highlights
  • Incremental idle RPG progression
  • Prestige system with permanent progression
  • 9 companions with unique abilities
  • 28 artifacts to discover
  • Craftable gear sets
  • Global leaderboard competition
  • Endless Void endgame mode
  • Monthly competitive seasons
Features
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PRESTIGE & PROGRESS Push through hundreds of stages, defeat powerful bosses, and prestige to grow stronger every run. Earn emeralds, discover artifacts, and unlock permanent progression as you climb higher with each ascension. BUILD YOUR TEAM Recruit 9 unique companions from the Tavern, each with their own class, abilities, and awaken skills. Create powerful synergies between warriors, rangers, and mages to maximize your potential. COLLECT ARTIFACTS Discover 28 artifacts with unique effects. Increase your damage, improve rewards, speed up progression, and build powerful combinations to support your playstyle. FORGE YOUR GEAR Craft powerful gear sets with helmets, armor, gloves, belts, and boots. Complete full sets to unlock powerful bonuses and strengthen your heroes. MASTER YOUR BUILD Unlock 24 masteries across Warrior, Idle, Greed, and Assassin trees. Customize your strategy with critical strikes, faster progression, stronger companions, and more. DAILY QUESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS Complete daily challenges, earn rewards, and track your progress through multiple achievement categories. COMPETE WITH OTHER PLAYERS Register your account, sync your progress to the cloud, and climb the global leaderboard. THE VOID After conquering the main worlds, enter The Void — an endless endgame where progression continues beyond the campaign for those seeking the ultimate challenge. SEASON MODE Every month a new season begins — a fresh 30-day competitive race on a separate profile and leaderboard. Climb the season rankings, earn a live rank badge displayed on the global leaderboard, and carry your skins and pets in with you. Each season has unique modifiers that change how you play. Your main game progress is never affected. TRIALS Take on a series of weekly challenges that test your build in new ways. Complete missions, earn medals, and spend them in the Trials store to unlock permanent bonuses that carry back into your main game. HERO SKINS Customize your heroes with unique skins featuring exclusive animations and permanent bonuses that scale with your ascension tier. KEY FEATURES • Incremental idle RPG progression • 8 handcrafted worlds to conquer • Endless Void endgame mode • Prestige system with permanent progression • 9 companions with unique abilities and awaken skills • 28 artifacts to discover and upgrade • 6 gear sets to craft and complete • 24 mastery upgrades across 4 specialization trees • Daily quests and achievement progression • Global leaderboard competition • 30-day competitive seasons with unique modifiers and live rankings • Weekly Trials challenges with permanent medal store upgrades • Cloud saves with automatic sync • No ads, ever Icon attributions: https://github.com/Okin107/policies/blob/main/IdleAdventure/attributions.md

Screenshots

Brogue3 screens
Idle Adventure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brogue at none against Idle Adventure's 10. Brogue also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Idle Adventure's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Idle Adventure sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Brogue asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 96 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Brogue's written reviews are positive against 92% of Idle Adventure's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brogue ships an update every 4 days, Idle Adventure every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Brogue versus Idle Adventure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrogueIdle Adventure
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (77 ratings)4.9 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews — better91.5% of reviews
Number of ratings7796 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB350 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSeth HowardNiko Goga

Customer experience

Brogue

All ratings76 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive93.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative1.0%

Idle Adventure

All ratings96 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative6.8%

In-app purchases

None

Brogue

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Idle Adventure

One-time10
  • Knight Templar Skin$1.99
  • Orc Skin$1.99
  • Runes Small Pouch$2.99
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  • Medal Surge$2.99
  • Armored Orc Skin$3.99
  • Elite Orc Skin$3.99
  • Dead Knight Skin$3.99
  • Orc Rider Skin$4.99
  • Lancer Skin$4.99
  • Werewolf Skin$4.99

Questions

Is Brogue free?
Brogue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Adventure free?
Idle Adventure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brogue or Idle Adventure?
Idle Adventure is rated higher. Brogue averages 4.6 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Idle Adventure averages 4.9 from 96 ratings.
Do Brogue or Idle Adventure have ads?
Neither Brogue nor Idle Adventure shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brogue or Idle Adventure?
Brogue ships an update every 4 days, and Idle Adventure every 2 days. Most recently, Brogue was updated on November 1, 2026 and Idle Adventure on November 7, 2026.

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