Gargoyles vs Roguewake
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
Roguewake
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Every spin is a cannon volley. Roguewake is a pirate deckbuilder roguelite where your entire deck lands on a 5×4 board. Symbols feed, fire, copy, curse, grow and explode. Build wild synergies, read telegraphed enemy attacks, and turn the total into one devastating broadside. Shape your own luck across 13-stage voyages. Unlock themed symbol sets, refine a permanent pool, choose ships with distinct starting decks, and bend the rules with 250 relics. • 150+ symbols with discoverable synergies • Multiple ships, routes, elites and bosses • Daily and weekly seeded challenges • Full offline play • No ads, energy timers or loot boxes Learn the ropes for free, then unlock the complete game with one permanent purchase. No subscription and no forced daily login.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Roguewake at Free against Gargoyles's $1.99. Roguewake also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Gargoyles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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
Roguewake is free to download; Gargoyles costs $1.99 up front. Roguewake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gargoyles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gargoyles ships an update every 8 months, Roguewake daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gargoyles | Roguewake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karl Voskuil | kadir ozden |
In-app purchases
Gargoyles
No in-app purchases
Roguewake
- Full Game Unlock$6.99









