Phantom Tower vs LUMINES REMASTERED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phantom Tower
Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure within a mysterious tower. Battle creatures, collect resources to craft gear, and unlock powerful abilities to ascend 100 floors. Every playthrough offers a new experience as you strive to conquer the unknown.
- Action roguelike gameplay
- RPG elements
- Elemental combat system
- Crafting weapons and armor
- Unlockable glyphs
- 100-floor tower ascent
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An ancient Tower shrouded in mystery and forgotten knowledge. Whatever you're looking for, the tower promises to offer: Wealth, Fame or Power. Many ventured the Tower in seach of treasures, but only few were able to return to tell the tale. Prepare to face the unknown, battle mysterious creatures and to forge your destiny. The Phantom Tower is calling, will you answer? Phantom Tower is a fast-paced action roguelike game that combines roguelike and RPG elements. Your ultimate goal is to be able to climb all 100 floors of the Tower, what awaits you at the top? No one knows. Along the way you'll unlock Tower Blessings to aid you in battle, harvest materials from fallen monster to forge new gear and grow stronger with each attempt. Every run is a fresh challenge. Will you conquer the Tower, or become one of its many phantoms? Key Features and tips: - Elemental Dominion: Each class have access to different elements, combine them to trigger powerful reactions, in the early stage of the game reactions will be decisive for defeating your foes, try to use reactions whenever you can! - Glyphs: Unlock mysterious glyphs to enhance your character and unleash hidden powers. - Craft weapons, armors and artifacts to boost your character stats, each piece has its own ability. You can see all the available gear from the Blacksmith.
LUMINES REMASTERED
Experience an addictive audio-visual puzzle game with block-dropping action and a vibrant soundtrack. Try free modes before unlocking the full experience with a single purchase.
- Audio-visual puzzle gameplay
- Multiple game modes
- House, trance, and techno soundtrack
- Intuitive touch controls or gamepad support
- Online leaderboards
- Cloud saves
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY] Try the first 15 levels in Challenge Mode and the full 60-second Time Attack Mode for free, then unlock the full game with a single in-app purchase. LUMINES REMASTERED brings the ultimate audio-visual puzzle phenomenon straight to your fingertips, beautifully marrying sound, light, and puzzle-action into one addictive yet simple game. Immerse yourself at the center of high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats. LUMINES REMASTERED is engineered perfectly for mobile. Take control by choosing from multiple intuitive touch layouts or connecting a gamepad for old-school precision. Take Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s critically acclaimed masterpiece with you everywhere and lose yourself in the music. Key Features: - Feel the vibes: 40 stages and a legendary soundtrack of house, trance, and techno beats—from chill to upbeat. Shuffle stages like a music playlist in Skin Edit mode. - Feel the challenge: From the non-stop puzzle fun of Challenge mode to the Time Attack, Puzzle, Mission, VS CPU and a 2P Battle (local only) modes, there's more than enough to sink your teeth into. - Feel the fun: Unlock all the music, stages, and avatars, and climb the ranks to the top of the online leaderboards. Cloud saves keep your progression going. - Feel the music: Grab your favorite pair of headphones and turn on vibration (if offered) on your device to immerse yourself in the experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: LUMINES REMASTERED at none against Phantom Tower's shown. Phantom Tower's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 63%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Phantom Tower sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and LUMINES REMASTERED sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Phantom Tower against 4.6 for LUMINES REMASTERED. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 115 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Phantom Tower's written reviews are positive against 63% of LUMINES REMASTERED's.
Phantom Tower ships an update every 10 days, LUMINES REMASTERED every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phantom Tower | LUMINES REMASTERED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (115 ratings) | 4.6 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.1% of reviews — better | 62.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 664 MB | 596 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horien Studio | Sound Games |
Customer experience
Phantom Tower
LUMINES REMASTERED
Bugs and requests
Phantom Tower
Reported bugs
2 issues- Enemies spawning outside of room
- UI text readability issues
Requested features
4 requests- Controller support
- Ability to choose starting class
- Teleport to boss room option
- Gear unequip functionality
LUMINES REMASTERED
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phantom Tower
- Standard Bag$0.99
- Archer Starter Pack$1.99
- Warrior Starter Pack$1.99
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- Mage Starter Pack$1.99
- Advanced Bag$1.99
- Premium Bag$2.99
- Full Game Unlock$9.99
LUMINES REMASTERED
- Unlock Full Game$7.99
- Unlock Full Game$9.99
Questions
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