Comparison

Arcadium vs AshROGUE

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

Head to head
About

Arcadium

Embark on a survival roguelite adventure across a dynamic universe. Harvest resources, craft powerful builds, and battle relentless alien waves in an ever-changing galaxy. Enjoy endless replayability with unique playthroughs and strategic preparation between combat encounters.

Highlights
  • Dynamic universe generation
  • Resource harvesting
  • Craftable builds
  • Strategic combat preparation
  • Quick play sessions
  • Endless replayability
Features
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Arcadium is a survival roguelite set in a dynamic, ever-changing universe. Journey across space, harvest planetary resources, and craft powerful builds to eradicate relentless waves of aliens. Each playthrough unveils a new and uncharted universe, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries. Key Features - Endless replayability: A dynamically generated universe that offers limitless exploration with planets, stars, black holes, aliens, and wonders to discover, setting it apart from traditional static or repetitive maps. - Countless builds: Hundreds of different abilities obtainable through talents, items, artifacts (and more) that can completely shift the gameplay. - Strategic gameplay: Between alien waves, harvest resources from nearby planets and interact with the universe to prepare your next move. - Quick play sessions: Play in short bursts and pick up right where you left off. - And more: Missions, unlockables, and surprises await.

About

AshROGUE

Embark on a challenging roguelike RPG adventure through a perilous tower. Deduce hidden events on a 5x5 grid, engage in turn-based combat with permadeath, and master over 40 unique classes to survive.

Highlights
  • 5x5 grid exploration
  • Permadeath roguelike mechanics
  • Turn-based combat
  • Over 40 unique classes
  • Deduce hidden events
  • Sanity system
Features
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A dungeon-exploration roguelike RPG. Advance by deducing hidden events within a 5×5 grid. Featuring turn-based battles where a single wrong choice means death. To survive the tower, you need luck and willpower. The path ahead is unseen—but you must move forward. Unless you choose to accept death. Game Systems Exploration Explore the tower while aiming for the top floor. Each 5×5 grid hides various events, requiring deduction and careful choices. This is a classic turn-based RPG with roguelike rules—death means losing everything. Classes Over 40 classes are available. Each time you enter the dungeon, you can choose a new class. Every class has unique growth paths and skills—fail to adapt, and death awaits. Dungeon Exploration Navigate a 5×5 grid dungeon where enemies, treasure, and events are randomly placed. Tap panels to reveal them and find the stairs to advance to the next floor. If your Sanity reaches zero, you descend into madness—and death follows. Combat Turn-based battles offer five actions: Attack, Skill, Defend, Talk, and Escape. Each class has exclusive skills, but poor use will quickly lead to death. Equipment Various weapons and items can be found throughout the dungeon. Weapons can also be purchased—but without gold, survival is impossible. Events Numerous events await you. Fail to judge the situation correctly, and death is inevitable.

Screenshots

Arcadium4 screens
AshROGUE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AshROGUE at every 6 days against Arcadium's every 3 months. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Arcadium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AshROGUE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcadium ships an update every 3 months, AshROGUE every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Arcadium versus AshROGUE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcadiumAshROGUE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews63.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB226 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLuciano BerciniKoji Murakami

Customer experience

Arcadium

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

AshROGUE

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral14.8%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arcadium

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
3 purchases

AshROGUE

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Purchase 10,000 Souls$4.99
  • Unlock God Class$5.99

Questions

Is Arcadium free?
Arcadium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AshROGUE free?
AshROGUE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arcadium or AshROGUE have ads?
Both Arcadium and AshROGUE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Arcadium or AshROGUE?
Arcadium ships an update every 3 months, and AshROGUE every 6 days. Most recently, Arcadium was updated on November 4, 2026 and AshROGUE on November 5, 2026.

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