Comparison

Progress Knight vs Pixel Odyssey

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

Head to head
About

Progress Knight

Engage in strategic PvP combat in a medieval fantasy world. Gather gold, develop skills, and climb the ranks of The Order by defeating opponents. Reset your progress with retained power for faster advancement.

Highlights
  • Incremental PvP combat
  • Skill and ability progression
  • Gold gathering
  • Rank climbing
  • Strategic resets
  • Fantasy medieval world
Features
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Progress Knight: Multiplayer is an exciting incremental player versus player game that builds on the success of its predecessor, Progress Knight: Mobile. Set in a rich fantasy/medieval world, players must gather gold and progress their skills to fight against their opponents. As a novice of The Order, you start at the bottom rung of the ladder. However, through your faith and dedication, you can discover new skills and abilities that allow you to overpower your rivals and climb the ranks of The Order. You must choose whether to rely on their wits and skills alone, embrace your belligerent side, or use your dedication to deter potential attackers. In Progress Knight: Multiplayer, combat is a key aspect of the game. You can engage in battles with other players to steal their gold and gain ranks. But be warned, you can only attack those of a lower rank than you. Eventually, you will hit a plateau and find it difficult to progress further. However, among the ranks of The Order, you may discover a way to start over while retaining some of your power to progress even faster than before. This adds an extra layer of strategy to the game, as you must balance short-term gains with long-term planning.

About

Pixel Odyssey

This portrait-mode MMORPG offers a fair play experience with no ads or pay-to-win mechanics. Engage in turn-based combat, explore a pixel-art world, trade with players, and compete in PvP arenas. Customize your character and play at your own pace, anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Portrait mode, one-handed play
  • Turn-based combat
  • Real player economy
  • PvP Coliseum
  • Endless Tower challenges
  • Customizable character skins
Features
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What if a mobile MMORPG actually respected your time and wallet? I'm a solo developer who built Pixel Odyssey because I was tired of predatory mobile games. No ads, no pay-to-win — just a portrait-mode MMORPG you can play anywhere with one thumb. Jump in for a 2-minute coffee break or dive deep for hours. Your choice, your pace. EXPLORE A LIVING WORLD Travel across pixel-art locations step by step. Fight monsters in turn-based combat, discover rare loot, and take on powerful bosses. REAL PLAYER ECONOMY Trade gear and items with real players worldwide. Prices set by supply and demand, not algorithms. CLIMB THE ENDLESS TOWER Test your build against increasingly brutal floors. How far can you go? COMPETE IN THE COLISEUM PvP arena where your gear and strategy are put to the test against other players. 500+ ITEMS & CUSTOM SKINS Collect, craft, and customize. Upload your own pixel art character skins. BUILT FOR YOUR LIFE Portrait mode. One-handed play. No forced waiting. Pick up where you left off instantly. FAIR BY DESIGN Optional subscription for extra convenience — never required, never pay-to-win. Built by one person who actually plays mobile games. Join a small but passionate community of players who care about fair, fun mobile gaming. Your feedback directly shapes the game's future. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Progress Knight4 screens
Pixel Odyssey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Odyssey at none against Progress Knight's shown. Progress Knight's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Progress Knight sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Odyssey sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress Knight holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 313 and 155 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Progress Knight's written reviews are positive against 69% of Pixel Odyssey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress Knight ships an update fortnightly, Pixel Odyssey every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress Knight versus Pixel Odyssey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgress KnightPixel Odyssey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (313 ratings) — better4.4 (155 ratings)
Positive reviews75.4% of reviews — better69.4% of reviews
Number of ratings313 — better155
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB94 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNoe LE PHILIPPELino Iten

Customer experience

Progress Knight

All ratings313 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative22.8%

Pixel Odyssey

All ratings155 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.1%

User reviews

Progress Knight

From 313 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👥 Friendly and welcoming community
  • 😊 Engaging incremental/idle gameplay mechanics
  • 🎮 Unique PvP attacking system
  • ♿ Excellent accessibility features (VoiceOver support)
  • 💰 No aggressive monetization or pay-to-win mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 UI and display bugs requiring app restart
  • ⚠️ Insular and toxic player base elements
  • 🚫 Inconsistent moderation and censorship
  • ❓ Poor in-game tutorials and explanations
  • 🔐 Privacy concerns with Discord login requirement

Pixel Odyssey

From 155 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Non-pay-to-win
  • 👍 Play at your own pace
  • 👍 Active development and responsive dev
  • 👍 Cool small community
  • 👍 Good time killer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy game
  • 🐛 Limited energy/steps
  • 🐛 Slow step regeneration
  • 🐛 End game content lacking
  • 🐛 Annoying account setup

Bugs and requests

Progress Knight

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Prices and in-game information don't update without app restart
  • Infinite loading and server connection issues
  • Login functionality broken
  • Unable to change account name
  • Account deletion without warning
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  • UI glitches affecting gameplay
  • Inaccurate gold gain projections during attacks
  • Missing attack completion notifications

Requested features

10 requests
  • Guild or clan system for cooperative play
  • Team-based friendly events and competitions
  • Notification system for completed attacks
  • More in-depth story and cinematic elements
  • Housing or resource management system
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  • Improved PvP balance and incentives
  • Better tutorial for new players
  • Clearer chat moderation rules
  • Account name change functionality
  • AFK status indicators for players

Pixel Odyssey

Reported bugs

79 issues
  • Items and steps disappear
  • Crafting not working
  • Tower/PVP infinite enemy health
  • Spells become closed
  • Crafting bugs out
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  • Notification something wrong with crafting
  • Enemies health bars disappear
  • Spells delete themselves
  • Player market bugs out
  • User interface menus are wonky
  • Critical features not functioning consistently
  • Daily reward glitchy
  • Daily mine task gives error
  • Player market unresponsive
  • Cheaters and hackers
  • Food consumed but steps didn't register
  • Market list button covered by keyboard on iOS
  • Game crashing on startup
  • Item names don't fit on top of the screen
  • Mass crafting not working
  • Materials gone after mass crafting attempt
  • Cannot touch inventory after selling item
  • Skills perk points reset
  • UI bugs where cannot click things or numbers don't match up
  • Items collected not going to inventory
  • Losing steps when items not going to inventory
  • Error window appears when updating inventory or re-entering game
  • Cannot gain or use anything from inventory
  • Lost steps and items due to inventory bug
  • Progress halted due to inventory bug
  • Items picked up not registering
  • Frequent infinite loading spinners
  • Cannot open chests or buy from merchants due to connection issues
  • Unlocking purchased skin didn't work and it's gone
  • Nerfed tower XP
  • Confusing obol window shapes
  • Daily reward not received
  • Cannot click or close daily reward easily
  • When trying to buy something on player market nothing happens
  • Market page becomes unresponsive
  • Steps didn’t register after consuming food
  • Cheaters and hackers are everywhere
  • Keyboard covers list button on iOS market
  • Game keeps crashing on start up
  • Item names don't fit on top of the screen on iPhone SE
  • Mass crafting 30 iron ingots resulted in nothing
  • Materials gone and none made after mass crafting attempt
  • Cannot touch inventory after selling item
  • Perk points reset for skills
  • UI bugs where cannot click things or numbers don't match up
  • All collected items disappeared
  • Bags become empty after each game restart
  • Crafting button greyed out
  • Steps not registering after consuming food
  • Steps lost when items not going to inventory
  • Error window appears when updating inventory or re-entering game
  • Cannot gain or use anything from inventory
  • Lost steps and items due to inventory bug
  • Progress halted due to inventory bug
  • Items picked up not registering
  • Frequent infinite loading spinners
  • Cannot open chests or buy from merchants due to connection issues
  • Unlocking purchased skin didn't work and it's gone
  • Nerfed tower XP
  • Confusing obol window shapes
  • Daily reward not received
  • Cannot click or close daily reward easily
  • When trying to buy something on player market nothing happens
  • Market page becomes unresponsive
  • Steps didn’t register after consuming food
  • Cheaters and hackers are everywhere
  • Keyboard covers list button on iOS market
  • Game keeps crashing on start up
  • Item names don't fit on top of the screen on iPhone SE
  • Mass crafting 30 iron ingots resulted in nothing
  • Materials gone and none made after mass crafting attempt
  • Cannot touch inventory after selling item
  • Perk points reset for skills
  • UI bugs where cannot click things or numbers don't match up

Requested features

16 requests
  • Russian language support
  • More things to do
  • More challenges
  • Smithing addition
  • More content in the future
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  • Dark mode option
  • Chat as a main button
  • Show item source on click
  • Show zone drops on click
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Make the game more idle
  • Fix keyboard covering market list button on iOS
  • Add ability to remove or replace obols without replacing them with others
  • More guides on where things are and how they work
  • Make step regeneration faster
  • Make it known that you can craft more than one item at a time

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Progress Knight

One-time9
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Longer boosts$1.99
  • Gift Remove Ads$1.99
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  • Gift longer boosts$1.99
  • Fast autolearn$1.99
  • Gift fast autolearn$1.99
  • Gift 5 boosts$9.00
  • Gift 10 boosts$18.00
  • Gift 20 boosts$35.00
7 purchases

Pixel Odyssey

Subscriptions1
  • Noble Knight$4.991 Month
One-time6
  • Handful of Diamonds$0.99
  • Pouch of Diamonds$2.99
  • Pouches of Diamonds$9.99
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  • Chest of Diamonds$24.99
  • Overloaded Chest of Diamonds$49.99
  • Barrel of Diamonds$99.99

Questions

Is Progress Knight free?
Progress Knight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Odyssey free?
Pixel Odyssey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress Knight or Pixel Odyssey?
Progress Knight is rated higher. Progress Knight averages 4.7 out of 5 from 313 ratings, while Pixel Odyssey averages 4.4 from 155 ratings.
Do Progress Knight or Pixel Odyssey have ads?
Progress Knight shows ads; Pixel Odyssey does not.
Which is updated more often, Progress Knight or Pixel Odyssey?
Progress Knight ships an update fortnightly, and Pixel Odyssey every 3 weeks. Most recently, Progress Knight was updated on October 9, 2026 and Pixel Odyssey on October 13, 2026.

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