Comparison

Everbound vs Retro Paper Game

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

Head to head
About

Everbound

Embark on a turn-based strategy RPG roguelike adventure. Explore a procedurally generated map, battle diverse enemies, and conquer six unique bosses. Collect and upgrade a vast array of loot to prepare for challenging encounters and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy combat
  • Procedurally generated maps
  • Defeat 6 unique bosses
  • Collect and upgrade loot
  • Multiple player classes
  • Adjustable difficulty
Features
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This is a turn-based strategy RPG roguelike. Traverse the expansive map and defeat all 6 bosses to claim victory! • Battle hostiles • Conquer all 6 bosses • Collect loot • Gear up with armor, accessories, weapons, potions, and items • Upgrade your equipment with Enhancers • Purchase from Merchants • Accept offers from Traders • Recover your stats with Restorers • 6 player classes available • Pick your difficulty • Beat your high score Every game is unique with a generated map layout, custom bosses and loot, different hostile types, and tonnes of unique items, armor, weapons, accessories, and potions to discover.

About

Retro Paper Game

Engage in a hand-doodled action roguelite where your notebook comes to life. Battle ink-drawn enemies with D&D-inspired combat, explore zones, and upgrade your gear. Death is a temporary setback, allowing you to retain progress and items for future runs.

Highlights
  • Hand-doodled art style
  • D&D-inspired combat mechanics
  • Multiple hero archetypes
  • Perk trees and build customization
  • Procedurally generated zones
  • Persistent upgrades and loot system
  • Daily modifiers for replayability
Features
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Your notebook is alive — and it wants you dead. Retro Paper Game (RPG) is a hand-doodled action roguelite where every hero, monster, and boss looks like it was sketched in the margins of a school notebook. Tap to move, fight automatically, and carve your way through page after page of ink-drawn danger. CHOOSE YOUR DOODLE • Three archetypes — Melee, Ranged, and Caster — each with unique specializations • Unlock perk trees packed with passives, abilities, and build-defining bonuses • D&D-inspired combat: attack rolls, armor class, dodge, block, parry, riposte, and crits FIGHT THE SKETCHBOOK • Explore a connected world of zones with rising danger levels • Size up enemies with the color-coded Con system — from trivial grey to deadly gold • Hunt down the four directional bosses and face the Eternal Eraser • Daily modifiers keep every run fresh LOOT, INK, AND UPGRADES • Earn ink from kills and selling gear, then spend it on weapons and permanent upgrades • Level weapons to 8 and evolve them for massive bonuses • Find gear in five rarities, haggle with vendors, and buy back what you regret selling DEATH IS JUST A PAGE TURN • Soul-bind at any town to set your respawn point • Keep your items, ink, and progress when you fall • Your graveyard remembers every run — beat your best depth • 5 save slots with iCloud sync • Premium currency and Remove Ads available as optional purchases Sharpen your pencil. The Painted Playpen awaits.

Screenshots

Everbound4 screens
Retro Paper Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Everbound at none against Retro Paper Game's shown. Everbound also leads on ratings volume (97 vs 1). Retro Paper Game's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Everbound sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Retro Paper Game sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Paper Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everbound has 97 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Everbound versus Retro Paper Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEverboundRetro Paper Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (97 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings97 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB12 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperANDRE K PHAMBrian Solomon

Customer experience

Everbound

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral13.0%
Negative5.6%

Retro Paper Game

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Everbound

One-time4
  • Tip$0.99
  • Tip$2.99
  • Tip$5.99
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  • Tip$9.99
5 purchases

Retro Paper Game

One-time5
  • Ink Pouch$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Ink Satchel$4.99
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  • Ink Chest$9.99
  • Ink Vault$19.99

Questions

Is Everbound free?
Everbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retro Paper Game free?
Retro Paper Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Everbound or Retro Paper Game?
Retro Paper Game is rated higher. Everbound averages 4.6 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while Retro Paper Game averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Everbound or Retro Paper Game have ads?
Retro Paper Game shows ads; Everbound does not.

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