Comparison

Dawnmaker vs Solforge Fusion

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

Head to head
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.

About

Solforge Fusion

Engage in a collectible card battle as a Forgeborn, summoning creatures and casting spells. Enhance your cards during combat to defeat opponents and claim rewards. Experience a strategic game from the creators of Magic: The Gathering.

Highlights
  • Collectible card battler
  • Command creatures and cast spells
  • Level up cards mid-battle
  • Earn rewards
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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SolForge Fusion is a collectible card battler where you become a mighty Forgeborn, commanding fierce creatures and casting powerful spells. Level up your cards mid-battle and crush your foes to earn glorious rewards. From the creators of Magic: The Gathering and Ascension.

Screenshots

Dawnmaker4 screens
Solforge Fusion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dawnmaker at 100% against Solforge Fusion's 20%. Dawnmaker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Solforge Fusion's advantage is price (Free vs $8.99) and ratings volume (30 vs 2). On 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

Solforge Fusion is free to download; Dawnmaker costs $8.99 up front. Solforge Fusion sells 7 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 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solforge Fusion has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dawnmaker's written reviews are positive against 20% of Solforge Fusion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnmaker ships an update daily, Solforge Fusion every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Dawnmaker versus Solforge Fusion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnmakerSolforge Fusion
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.9 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings230 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB567 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAcram DigitalStone Blade Entertainment

Customer experience

Dawnmaker

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

Solforge Fusion

All ratings22 ratings
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Solforge Fusion

One-time7
  • Bundle of 50 Embers$4.99
  • Bundle of 120 Embers$9.99
  • Premium Season 1 Battle Pass$9.99
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  • Premium Mastery Track$9.99
  • Bundle of 280 Embers$19.99
  • Bundle of 850 Embers$49.99
  • Bundle of 2000 Embers$99.99

Questions

Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solforge Fusion free?
Solforge Fusion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dawnmaker or Solforge Fusion?
Dawnmaker is rated higher. Dawnmaker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Solforge Fusion averages 2.9 from 30 ratings.
Do Dawnmaker or Solforge Fusion have ads?
Solforge Fusion shows ads; Dawnmaker does not.
Which is updated more often, Dawnmaker or Solforge Fusion?
Dawnmaker ships an update daily, and Solforge Fusion every 10 days. Most recently, Dawnmaker was updated on October 6, 2026 and Solforge Fusion on October 13, 2026.

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