Gargoyles vs Submersible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gargoyles
Command a strategic army of gargoyles to defend against attacking automatons and predators. Evolve your gargoyles through unique trees, harvest pixies, and follow a compelling story to uncover the source of the attacks. Features include diverse enemies, randomly assigned gargoyle perks, and in-game achievements.
- Strategic gargoyle army placement
- Pixie harvesting and resource management
- Gargoyle evolution with multiple trees
- Defeat diverse enemies and automatons
- Engaging story campaign
- Randomly assigned gargoyle perks
- 22 in-game achievements
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Lulu ported a gargoyle from the Between. She had last seen a gargoyle when she was ten. Her grandmother had brought her to the forest, and helped her feed a pixie to the strange unmoving creature. This gargoyle, too, ate a pixie from Lulu’s careful hand. It sang a pure note of pleasure. Then it spoke into Lulu’s mind. At that moment the automatons attacked. Place your gargoyle army strategically to harvest pixies and defeat the hordes of attacking automatons and predators. Level your gargoyles, evolving them into more-powerful forms in three different evolution trees. Try a tanky Boulder for defense and a Black Mage for ranged vapor-type damage—or maybe experiment with the Lure ability of the multirow Manticore. In the main campaign, follow Lulu and her companion gargoyle Poe to discover the source of the automatons and how to stop them. Your gargoyle army stays with you as you proceed through each battle of the campaign. With your favorite evolutions and best battle tactics, you might make it to victory. FEATURES • 24 distinct enemies including vaporwolves, tetrapods, and lightbats • every gargoyle pup is different because of its randomly assigned perks (some rare!) • 22 in-game achievements • pause the combat at any time • save and load the game at any time • tutorial, game tips, and an “easy” difficulty setting are available if wanted • optional story mode • original music by Joel Roston • no in-app purchases or ads
Submersible
Engage in a 3D submarine strategy game where you hunt and sink enemy vessels. Utilize depth charges, torpedoes, and sonar across a fully three-dimensional battlefield. Compete in daily challenges and real-time multiplayer matches.
- 3D tactical battlefield
- Multiple weapon types (depth charges, torpedoes, sonar)
- Daily tactical challenges
- Real-time multiplayer via Game Center
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Three difficulty levels
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Hunt enemy submarines in three dimensions. Deploy depth charges, fire torpedoes, ping with sonar - and sink them before they sink you. The classic guessing game has gone three-dimensional. In Submersible, enemy subs hide across width, length, AND depth — turning every shot into a calculated risk and every match into a tactical hunt. Your mission: locate the enemy fleet and destroy it before they destroy yours. • THREE WEAPONS Depth charges for area damage. Torpedoes for straight-line strikes. Sonar to reveal entire depth layers. Each turn is a choice between aggression and intel — and detection is not destruction. • HUNT IN 3D Rotate the tactical grid. Zoom into any depth layer. Track enemy contacts across a fully three-dimensional battlefield. • DAILY OPERATIONS A new tactical challenge every day. Six rotating variants — from Piranha Party (all small subs, all fast) to Standoff (the only daily where you're trying to miss). Climb the global leaderboards and protect your streak. • THREE DIFFICULTIES Easy, Normal, and Hard AI. The fleet is the same. The hunter is not. • MULTIPLAYER VIA GAME CENTER Real-time matches against friends or random opponents. Same rules. Same depths. Different commander on the other side. • ACHIEVEMENTS & LEADERBOARDS Twenty-four achievements to unlock. Track your accuracy, your streaks, your fleet's survival rate. Earn the rank of Fleet Admiral — or just have one more match. Your fleet awaits, Commander. The Republic is counting on you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Submersible at Free against Gargoyles's $1.99. Submersible also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). Gargoyles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment and device support 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
Submersible is free to download; Gargoyles costs $1.99 up front. Submersible sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gargoyles asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gargoyles against 5.0 for Submersible. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gargoyles has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gargoyles ships an update every 5 months, Submersible every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gargoyles | Submersible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Karl Voskuil | Nicholas Johnson |
Customer experience
Gargoyles
Submersible
In-app purchases
Gargoyles
No in-app purchases
Submersible
- Submersible Pro2 variants$4.99









