Comparison

Dead At Dusk vs Talonsbane

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

Head to head
About

Dead At Dusk

Survive the night against relentless enemy hordes by choosing unique heroes and weapons. Specialize your character with powerful abilities to withstand the onslaught.

Highlights
  • Endless enemy horde survival
  • Diverse hero selection
  • Variety of weapon choices
  • Character ability specialization
  • Nighttime survival gameplay
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Survive through the night against an endless horde of enemies! HEROES & WEAPONS Choose from a diverse selection of characters and weapons that offer a variety of gameplay experiences. ABILITIES Specialize or equip multiple abilities so your character is strong enough to survive through the night.

About

Talonsbane

Command powerful dragons with a legendary blade to defeat an army of machines. Explore twelve hand-built stages across diverse landscapes, facing thirteen challenging bosses. Experience two distinct campaigns and master four unique dragons with special abilities.

Highlights
  • Command four unique dragons
  • Engage in twelve hand-built stages
  • Battle thirteen distinct bosses
  • Experience two campaign modes
  • Intuitive one-thumb controls
  • Offline play supported
Features
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Command dragons with the legendary blade Talonsbane. Take to the sky and burn a kingdom of machines. The Demon King has built his army out of iron and steel. His fleets hold the coast, his wall runs a hundred miles across the desert, and his foundries have burned four years straight, building the greatest invasion force in the world. Two swords in all the world can still call dragons out of the sky, and both of their wielders are now united against the Demon King. TAKE BACK THE WORLD Twelve hand-built stages carry the war from the burning harvest fields of Greenshire to a throne of black glass at the end of it. Break four hundred dreadnoughts on the Salt Coast. Cross a hundred miles of rust wall standing across the dunes. Burn the foundries under the mountain while they are still lit. Then play through the second campaign and take the same world back from the other side, with its own stages, its own bosses and its own ending. THIRTEEN BOSSES Sky fortresses. Ironclad flagships. A foundry that flies and builds more of itself while it fights you. At the end of the road stands the Demon King. FOUR DRAGONS EMBER breathes a wide spread that fills lanes. ZEPHYR flies fast and throws a lance that pierces a whole column. TERRA wears armour and fires flak that shreds formations. NOX sends seekers that hunt on their own. BUILT FOR A THUMB Touch anywhere on the left thumbstick to command your dragon. Overdrive, focus and the ultimate fire breath are controlled by the buttons on the right. Your regular attack is automatic, so both hands stay free for flying. Fly your wings and tail through anything; a hit on the heart is the one that costs you. Graze fire to build rage, chain kills for a multiplier, and put your name on the board. Plays on iPhone and iPad. DOWNLOAD ONCE, PLAY FOR FREE ANYWHERE Free and complete. Twelve stages, thirteen bosses, four dragons and three difficulties, yours the moment it finishes installing. It runs in airplane mode, on a train, underground, anywhere.

Screenshots

Dead At Dusk4 screens
Talonsbane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Talonsbane at none against Dead At Dusk's 3. Talonsbane also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Dead At Dusk's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Dead At Dusk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Talonsbane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dead At Dusk against 5.0 for Talonsbane. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dead At Dusk ships an update every 5 weeks, Talonsbane every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dead At Dusk versus Talonsbane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead At DuskTalonsbane
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB27 MB
Age rating9+12+
Developerwhale oild LLCMehmet Türkcan

Customer experience

Dead At Dusk

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Talonsbane

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dead At Dusk

One-time3
  • 500 Cleansed Blood$0.99
  • 5000 Cleansed Blood$4.99
  • 15000 Cleansed Blood$9.99
None

Talonsbane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dead At Dusk free?
Dead At Dusk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Talonsbane free?
Talonsbane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dead At Dusk or Talonsbane?
Dead At Dusk and Talonsbane are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Dead At Dusk or Talonsbane have ads?
Dead At Dusk shows ads; Talonsbane does not.
Which is updated more often, Dead At Dusk or Talonsbane?
Dead At Dusk ships an update every 5 weeks, and Talonsbane every 4 days. Most recently, Dead At Dusk was updated on October 24, 2026 and Talonsbane on October 29, 2026.

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