Ax Roguelike vs DOWNIT!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ax Roguelike
A turn-based deck-building roguelike where players learn skills, build powerful synergies, and prepare at a base before challenging stages. Strengthen weapons, will, skills, and equipment to overcome difficult encounters.
- Deck-building with over 900 skills
- Turn-based command selection combat
- Base preparation and upgrades
- Weapon and skill strengthening
- Equipment modification
- Synergistic skill interactions
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*Supported languages English/Japanese Ax Roguelike is a deck-building roguelike game. Deck-building Over 900 skills can be learned. Depending on the construction, various effects will interact in a complex manner and create synergies. Battle Progress is based on turn-based command selection. Players can connect up to three skills and activate them consecutively. Base At the base, you can prepare in advance before heading to the stage. If it is difficult to conquer, expand the functions of your base and prepare your initial equipment before trying again. Strengthening During the capture, various training is possible in the village. Strengthening weapons, strengthening will, modifying skills, modifying equipment, etc.
DOWNIT!
Navigate procedurally generated dungeons, strategically using items and the environment to defeat monsters and reach the exit. This addictive rogue-like offers challenging, one-handed gameplay perfect for experts seeking a strategic challenge.
- Tile-based dungeon crawling
- Strategic combat and item usage
- Randomly generated levels
- Swipe controls for one-handed play
- Increasing difficulty
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Do you have what it takes to conquer the dungeon? In DOWNIT, every move counts! Plan your route through each dungeon to grab the key and get to the exit. Fight enemies, use items, and break a path to the end on every floor! This addictive tile-based rogue-like will keep you on your toes! Prepare to face monsters of all shapes and sizes as you journey through different randomized levels. Will you find the right items and strategies to outsmart them? Only the true Dungeon Masters will make it deep! Key Features: - Simple Controls: Use swipe controls to play comfortably with one hand. - Strategic Gameplay: Use the environment, weapons, and items to plan the perfect route to the exit. - Randomly Generated Gameplay: Each run is completely different from the last! - Brutal Gameplay: Each floor gets harder as the game progresses- watch out! (Perfect for experts)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DOWNIT! at 4.8 against Ax Roguelike's 4.3. DOWNIT! also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 75%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Ax Roguelike costs $2.99 and DOWNIT! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DOWNIT! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Ax Roguelike's written reviews are positive against 92% of DOWNIT!'s.
Ax Roguelike ships an update every 2 days, DOWNIT! daily. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ax Roguelike | DOWNIT! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 291 MB | 408 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Katsunori Sasamoto | Mauro Reyes |
Customer experience
Ax Roguelike
DOWNIT!
In-app purchases
Ax Roguelike
No in-app purchases
DOWNIT!
No in-app purchases









