Astrea vs Dungeon Scoundrel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Astrea
This roguelike deckbuilder replaces cards with dice, featuring a unique dual damage system of Purification and Corruption. Customize your dice, choose from six distinct Oracles, and discover over 170 Blessings to alter your tactics.
- Unique dual damage system (Purification vs. Corruption)
- Dynamic health bar with attached skills
- Dice pool building with over 350 dice
- Dice customization with new actions
- Six unique Oracles with distinct playstyles
- Over 170 modifying Blessings (Star and Black Hole)
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Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and an unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Features • Unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption - In Astrea there is a new type of “damage” system. Purification can be used to damage enemies or heal yourself. On the other hand, corruption can be used to damage yourself or heal the enemies. Pacify enemies through Purification, or Corrupt yourself to unleash abilities that help tip the scales. • Dynamic Health Bar system - With skills attached to your health bar, you can take Corruption to enable these skills and unleash powerful abilities. But be careful, if you take too much Corruption you will be consumed by it. • Not cards, but dice! - Build a dice pool that fits your playstyle. Choose from over 350 dice and three dice types; reliably safe, perfectly balanced, or powerfully risky. A dice type system designed with high-risk, high-reward in its core. • Customize your dice - Forge your fate by editing die faces with new actions, tipping the odds of powerful results into your favor. • Choose from Six Brave Oracles - Each possessing their own unique dice sets, abilities, and playstyles. From ingenious spellcasters to brutish berserkers, whether you like beating the opponent into submission or outsmarting them with clever plays, there’s an oracle for you. • Uncover over 170 modifying Blessings - Imbue your Oracle with unique passives yielding potent effects that changes up your fundamental tactics. Choose between Star Blessings, passive effects with lower power, or Black Hole Blessings, powerful passive effects with a drawback.
Dungeon Scoundrel
A tactical card-based dungeon crawler played in portrait mode. Explore a fixed deck, battle monsters, manage resources, and escape alive. Features multiple heroes with unique playstyles and strategic depth for quick, offline sessions.
- Tactical card-based dungeon crawling
- One-handed play
- Seven unlockable hero classes
- Strategic resource management
- Offline play
- Detailed stats and achievements
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DESCRIPTION Enter the dungeon. Survive the deck. Become a legend. Dungeon Scoundrel is a tactical card based dungeon crawler where every decision matters. Explore a fixed 55 card dungeon deck in portrait orientation, battling monsters, collecting loot, and managing scarce resources to escape alive. Built for one handed play and focused sessions, Dungeon Scoundrel is easy to learn, cleanly presented, and deeply strategic, rewarding smart planning over luck. SIMPLE TO LEARN, DEEP TO MASTER Drag and drop cards to fight, equip, and heal using an intuitive, clutter free interface. Each room presents four cards. Defeat the monsters, grab the gear, and leave exactly one card behind to advance. Every choice has consequences. One bad decision can end a run, but a smart one can make you unstoppable. Track your progress with detailed stats, including monsters slain, runs completed, and more. Your greatest feats are now immortalized through quests and achievements that recognize mastery, risk taking, and clever play. SEVEN HEROES, SEVEN PLAYSTYLES Unlock powerful classes as you conquer the dungeon, each with a unique spell and class specific weapon style: • Scoundrel, whose dirty tricks weaken all monsters and favors daggers • Rogue, who can vanish and flee without harm • Barbarian, whose rage empowers devastating axe attacks • Paladin, whose protection strengthens shields • Cleric, whose blessing amplifies healing potions • Sorcerer, whose fireball scorches entire rooms • Wizard, who can transmute any card into a weapon Each victory unlocks the next class. Master their abilities and adapt your strategy to survive. STRATEGIC DEPTH • Equip weapons and shields across two hand slots • Save a critical card in your pocket for emergencies • Time your class spell for maximum impact • Manage the escalating cost of fleeing rooms • Balance offense, defense, and healing Hard Mode has been reworked and intensified, offering a brutal challenge for veteran players. A revamped scoring system now rewards difficulty, remaining items, and leftover health, so efficiency and mastery matter as much as survival. DUNGEON DECK COMPOSITION • 26 Monsters, from lowly rats to legendary dragons • 9 Weapons, from simple daggers to mythic artifacts • 9 Shields, from bucklers to divine bastions • 9 Potions, from basic salves to sacred ambrosia • 1 Class Spell • 1 Legendary Artifact The dungeon deck is fixed, ensuring every run is fair, learnable, and deeply strategic. PERFECT FOR QUICK SESSIONS Each run lasts 5 to 15 minutes and plays entirely offline. No ads. No timers. No energy systems. No in app purchases. Compete against yourself or others using Game Center leaderboards to track your best runs and compare scores with friends. ACCESSIBILITY AND OPTIONS • Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty modes • 100 percent VoiceOver support, fully playable for vision impaired players • High contrast, readable visuals • New main screen and refined UI for clarity and flow FEATURES • Intuitive drag and drop controls • Portrait first, one handed gameplay • Clean, focused interface • Atmospheric visuals and sound • Stats, achievements, and leaderboards • Universal app for iPhone and iPad The dungeon awaits. Will you escape, or become another skeleton on the floor?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Astrea at none against Dungeon Scoundrel's 3. Astrea also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and chart position (#35 vs #161). Dungeon Scoundrel's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and price ($1.99 vs $5.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
Astrea costs $5.99 and Dungeon Scoundrel $1.99 up front. Dungeon Scoundrel sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Astrea asks for nothing beyond the download.
Astrea holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Astrea's written reviews are positive against 71% of Dungeon Scoundrel's.
Astrea ships an update every 6 weeks, Dungeon Scoundrel weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Astrea | Dungeon Scoundrel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better | 4.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better | 70.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #35 — better | #161 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 711 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Akupara Games | MM&F Software LLC |
Customer experience
Astrea
Dungeon Scoundrel
In-app purchases
Astrea
No in-app purchases
Dungeon Scoundrel
- Small Coffee$0.99
- Medium Coffee$2.99
- Large Coffee$4.99





