Knight Lancer vs Carrion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knight Lancer
Engage in thrilling arcade jousting battles with ragdoll physics. Regain your honor by mastering skillful jousting mechanics, delivering critical hits, and customizing your knight. Compete in missions or online multiplayer.
- 18 Mission Story Mode
- Skillful Jousting Mechanics
- Ragdoll Physics
- Character Customization
- Online Multiplayer
- Daily Winning Spree Challenge
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Welcome to KNIGHT LANCER, an arcade jousting game where your skill is rewarded with epic ragdoll physics! Your lands have been taken, your family name bismirched. But you have your lance and a horse - what more does a knight need? Set off on a journey to regain your honour! Toss caution (and your ragdoll enemies) to the wind and become: a Knight! Features: - 18 Mission Story mode, and Free Play - Skillful and satisfying jousting mechanics - Bone-crunching Critical Hits - Ragdoll physics - Character customization - Online multiplayer - Daily winning spree challenge
Carrion
Experience a unique reverse horror game where you play as a monstrous creature. Hunt down your captors, consume them to grow stronger, and evolve devastating new abilities to escape your prison. The full game and DLC are unlocked with a single in-app purchase.
- Play as an amorphous monster
- Hunt and consume enemies
- Grow and evolve abilities
- Reverse horror gameplay
- Unlock full game and DLC
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Try Carrion for FREE - with NO ADS! Then unlock the full game + DLC with a single in app purchase. No gems, hearts or virtual currency required! CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Stalk and consume those that imprisoned you to spread fear and panic throughout the facility. Grow and evolve as you tear down this prison and acquire more and more devastating abilities on the path to retribution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Carrion at none against Knight Lancer's shown. Carrion also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). Knight Lancer's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 70%) and ratings volume (11K vs 1.8K). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Knight Lancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Carrion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Knight Lancer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knight Lancer has 11K ratings behind it against 1.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Knight Lancer's written reviews are positive against 70% of Carrion's.
Knight Lancer ships an update monthly, Carrion every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knight Lancer | Carrion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 70.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 1.8K |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 406 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BABAR SAEED JANJUA | Devolver Digital, Inc. |
Customer experience
Knight Lancer
Carrion
User reviews
Knight Lancer
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 🚀 Immensely enjoyable
- 👍 Great game, has lots of potential
- 👍 Very well made game
- 👍 Amazing game!
Room to improve
- 🐛 Zero reward
- 💰 Paywall!!!
- 🐛 Bad hitboxes
- 🐛 Inconsistent
- 🐛 more luck than skill
Carrion
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Unique reverse horror concept
- 🎨 Impressive pixel art graphics
- 🎮 Satisfying monster mechanics
- 💯 Worth the money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🧭 Lack of map or navigation guidance
- 💰 Paid full version after demo
- 🎮 Wonky or difficult controls
Bugs and requests
Knight Lancer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Home screen bug where knight falls off the map
- Armor and shield purchases not working
- Difficulty progressing to Duke rank in certain castles
- Opponents not moving at times, causing player to leave the arena
Requested features
7 requests- More customization options for armor, helmets, shields, and horses
- Ability to customize character during campaign
- Different horses with unique stats
- Skill mechanic to reduce lance bounce
- Ability to rematch after a draw
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- Royalty opponents should have larger hitboxes
- Offline tournaments, PvP duels, and other gameplay modes beyond just jousting
Carrion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when using controllers
- Audio cuts out when connecting AirPods
Requested features
5 requests- Add difficulty options
- Implement a map or mini-map
- Expand the game with more content
- Improve audio and sound design
- Optimize performance and stability
In-app purchases
Knight Lancer
- Unlock Full Game$2.99
Carrion
- Buy the full game +DLC!$6.99
