BALL x PIT vs AshROGUE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BALL x PIT
Engage in a brick-breaking, ball-fusing roguelite adventure. Battle enemies with ricocheting projectiles, gather resources, and build a new city. Recruit heroes and explore diverse realms in this fast-paced fantasy quest.
- Brick-breaking gameplay
- Ball fusion system with 60+ randomized balls
- Base building with 70+ unique structures
- Hero recruitment and upgrades
- Exploration of diverse realms
- Roguelite progression
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BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes. BALL x PIT is a fast-paced fantasy roguelite where heroes must find the balls to plunge deeper into a seemingly bottomless pit of monsters. Develop arcane ammunition and resources in pursuit of treasure, recruiting additional heroes to aid you in your perilous quest. Ballbylon has fallen. After a meteoric and completely unexpected event annihilated the great city, all that remains is an ominous, yawning pit. Treasure hunters from far and wide flock to the city’s tomb to seek their fortune, plumbing the depths in search of Ballbylon’s scattered riches. Few return. The pit plays host to armies of barbaric creatures, hellbent on ending your quest before it even begins. Armed with a growing arsenal of magic-infused projectiles, batter your way through multiple levels of increasingly challenging obstacles to claim the ultimate prizes and rebuild New Ballbylon. Fuse Your Balls The Ball Fusion system encourages explosive experimentation with over 60 randomized balls to equip and combine during your journey. Discover overpowered combinations and unexpected synergies from hundreds of possible outcomes. Build New Ballbylon Expand New Ballbylon with over 70 unique buildings that provide gameplay bonuses and unlock further power-ups, new characters, and more! As your community grows, task homebound heroes with automated tasks to keep the resources coming while you dive deeper into the pit. Discover New Realms Face legions of diverse enemies within the pit, battling through barren deserts, frozen caverns, savage forests and more. Each region offers its own unique set of hazards on top of hordes of increasingly challenging foes and mighty, screen-filling bosses. Recruit Fellow Hunters As you explore the pit you’ll encounter fellow treasure hunters eager to add their skills to your expedition. Each character has unique, upgradable mechanics that totally change the way you play the game. Experimentation and adaptation are crucial to the success of New Ballbylon!
AshROGUE
Embark on a challenging roguelike RPG adventure through a perilous tower. Deduce hidden events on a 5x5 grid, engage in turn-based combat with permadeath, and master over 40 unique classes to survive.
- 5x5 grid exploration
- Permadeath roguelike mechanics
- Turn-based combat
- Over 40 unique classes
- Deduce hidden events
- Sanity system
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A dungeon-exploration roguelike RPG. Advance by deducing hidden events within a 5×5 grid. Featuring turn-based battles where a single wrong choice means death. To survive the tower, you need luck and willpower. The path ahead is unseen—but you must move forward. Unless you choose to accept death. Game Systems Exploration Explore the tower while aiming for the top floor. Each 5×5 grid hides various events, requiring deduction and careful choices. This is a classic turn-based RPG with roguelike rules—death means losing everything. Classes Over 40 classes are available. Each time you enter the dungeon, you can choose a new class. Every class has unique growth paths and skills—fail to adapt, and death awaits. Dungeon Exploration Navigate a 5×5 grid dungeon where enemies, treasure, and events are randomly placed. Tap panels to reveal them and find the stairs to advance to the next floor. If your Sanity reaches zero, you descend into madness—and death follows. Combat Turn-based battles offer five actions: Attack, Skill, Defend, Talk, and Escape. Each class has exclusive skills, but poor use will quickly lead to death. Equipment Various weapons and items can be found throughout the dungeon. Weapons can also be purchased—but without gold, survival is impossible. Events Numerous events await you. Fail to judge the situation correctly, and death is inevitable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BALL x PIT at none against AshROGUE's shown. BALL x PIT also leads on chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. BALL x PIT sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and AshROGUE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BALL x PIT ships an update weekly, AshROGUE every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BALL x PIT | AshROGUE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 63.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 457 MB | 226 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | Koji Murakami |
Customer experience
BALL x PIT
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In-app purchases
BALL x PIT
- Full Game$14.99
- Full game$14.99
AshROGUE
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Purchase 10,000 Souls$4.99
- Unlock God Class$5.99









