Comparison

Lost For Swords vs Shadowbox Tactics

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

Head to head
About

Lost For Swords

Explore rooms shaped by your deck in this roguelike deckbuilder. Equip gear, cast spells, and engage in tactical turn-based combat. Plan your resource management carefully as equipment can only be used once, and adapt your strategy with shuffled dungeon and equipment cards for a unique challenge each run.

Highlights
  • Deck-shaped room exploration
  • Tactical turn-based combat
  • Single-use equipment system
  • Card synergy building
  • Dungeon floor upgrades
  • Procedurally generated challenges
Features
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Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat. The clue: the equipment you pick up can only be used once! Plan ahead how you spend your resources. Are your cards strong enough? Can you make it to the next floor? Your equipment cards and the cards of the dungeon are shuffled together and placed on the board, creating a unique challenge every time! Between dungeon floors, you can upgrade your equipment to build the strongest deck possible. Can you find synergies between the cards? Lost For Swords is a... * Card Game * Roguelike Dungeon Crawler * Turn Based Strategy Game ...all in one!

About

Shadowbox Tactics

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Turn the lamp. Shape the battlefield. Shadowbox Tactics is a turn-based strategy game where every figurine projects a different attack. Move your company between brass stage marks, slide the footlight, and watch the board transform before you commit. Every cast fires all your shadows at once. Cross two attacks on one shade to trigger an Eclipse combo. Break protective Wards, push threats away from the frame, and preserve your Integrity as the shades advance. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Opening Night: a handcrafted five-act campaign that builds toward the Crowned Shade • Daily Shadow: a date-seeded five-act challenge that changes each day and works entirely offline BUILD YOUR COMPANY Choose one upgrade after each cleared act. Widen every shadow, strengthen Eclipse combos, reinforce and repair the frame, improve a specialist, or recruit the three-rayed Prism Fox. PLAN BEFORE YOU CAST • Live attack areas show exactly which enemies each figurine will hit • Combat forecasts reveal incoming HP damage, broken Wards, and Push distance • Four figurines create distinct beams, forks, cones, and prisms • Autosave lets you leave a performance and continue later • High scores and victories stay on your device • VoiceOver labels and adjustable controls support nonvisual play No account. No ads. No analytics or tracking. No internet connection required.

Screenshots

Lost For Swords4 screens
Shadowbox Tactics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadowbox Tactics at none against Lost For Swords's 1. Lost For Swords's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Lost For Swords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shadowbox Tactics asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lost For Swords versus Shadowbox Tactics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost For SwordsShadowbox Tactics
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (324 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings324 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMaximilian CsukDayton Thorpe

Bugs and requests

Lost For Swords

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Backtracking bug in rooms
  • Purchasing issues on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More unlockable classes and cards
  • Improved in-game explanations
  • Ability to reset progress

Shadowbox Tactics

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lost For Swords

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99
None

Shadowbox Tactics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lost For Swords free?
Lost For Swords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadowbox Tactics free?
Shadowbox Tactics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lost For Swords or Shadowbox Tactics have ads?
Neither Lost For Swords nor Shadowbox Tactics shows ads.

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