Comparison

Slay Divinity vs Dawnmaker

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

Head to head
About

Slay Divinity

Engage in strategic card battles against randomized enemies in this roguelike deck-builder. Choose from multiple characters, unlock new challenges, and collect achievements. Enjoy a fair 'no pay-to-win' experience with optional DLC for more content.

Highlights
  • Roguelike deck-building gameplay
  • Strategic card battles
  • Randomized enemies and rewards
  • 4 playable characters with unique decks
  • Unlockable difficulty levels
  • Dozens of achievements
Features
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Slay Divinity is a roguelike deck-builder. Face your enemies in thrilling card battles and refine your deck over the run! Enemies and card rewards are randomized, meaning every run is different. Do you have the skills to survive? - 4 playable characters with different card sets - Unlock more difficulty levels by completing runs - Collect dozens of achievements - No gold or gems, no pay to win, no ads - Play for free and only pay for DLC if you want more content

About

Dawnmaker

A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.

Highlights
  • City building mechanics
  • Deck building gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Lighthouse upgrades
  • Smog reclamation
  • Technology recovery
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.

Screenshots

Slay Divinity3 screens
Dawnmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Slay Divinity at Free against Dawnmaker's $8.99. Slay Divinity also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2). Dawnmaker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Slay Divinity is free to download; Dawnmaker costs $8.99 up front. Slay Divinity sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dawnmaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnmaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slay Divinity has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Slay Divinity's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dawnmaker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slay Divinity ships an update monthly, Dawnmaker daily. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Slay Divinity versus Dawnmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlay DivinityDawnmaker
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB144 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperSimon DremelAcram Digital

Customer experience

Slay Divinity

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Dawnmaker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Slay Divinity

One-time3
  • Ancient Beast$2.99
  • Renegade Hunter$4.99
  • Sylvia$9.99
None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slay Divinity free?
Slay Divinity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slay Divinity or Dawnmaker?
Dawnmaker is rated higher. Slay Divinity averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Dawnmaker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Slay Divinity or Dawnmaker have ads?
Neither Slay Divinity nor Dawnmaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slay Divinity or Dawnmaker?
Slay Divinity ships an update monthly, and Dawnmaker daily. Most recently, Slay Divinity was updated on September 14, 2026 and Dawnmaker on September 19, 2026.

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