Comparison

Dawnmaker vs Talisman

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

Talisman

Experience the complete fantasy board game adventure with all expansions and characters included. This one-time purchase offers hundreds of hours of gameplay, allowing you to customize your experience with unique abilities and challenging encounters.

Highlights
  • Faithful adaptation of Revised 4th Edition
  • Includes all 16 Classic Expansions
  • 24 additional characters
  • Over 100 selectable heroes and villains
  • Eight Legendary Decks for increased challenge
  • Hundreds of hours of content
Features
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Talisman: Classic Complete Edition - The Definitive 4th Edition Experience Experience the entire Talisman adventure in one massive, complete package! Talisman: Classic Complete Edition is the definitive way to play the classic fantasy board game, including every single expansion and character ever released for the Digital Classic Edition. This is a one-off purchase that unlocks hundreds of hours of content with nothing else to buy. The Crown of Command awaits! What's Included in the Complete Edition? * A faithful adaptation of the Revised 4th Edition of the Talisman board game, this edition allows you to digitally experience this iconic fantasy board game. * All released Classic Expansions (16 in total!) to mix-and-match and create a new adventure every time you play. This includes thirteen expansions from the physical game and three digital-only expansions, offering everything the 4th Edition of Talisman can offer, and more! * All released Individual Characters to expand your roster with 24 additional characters, bringing the total number of selectable heroes and villains to over 100! Choose from a massive lineup of unique abilities and playstyles. * Eight Legendary Decks for those looking for a tougher challenge. Customise your difficulty level by swapping out certain expansion decks with 8 Legendary Decks. These decks feature tougher, more challenging versions of classic encounters to push your skills to the limit. Experience everything the Classic Talisman experience has to offer!

Screenshots

Dawnmaker4 screens
Talisman4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dawnmaker at $8.99 against Talisman's $24.99. Dawnmaker also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dawnmaker costs $8.99 and Talisman $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dawnmaker against 5.0 for Talisman. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnmaker ships an update daily, Talisman weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dawnmaker versus Talisman: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnmakerTalisman
Price$8.99 — better$24.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB113 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAcram DigitalNomad Games

Customer experience

Dawnmaker

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

Talisman

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

None

Talisman

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talisman free?
Talisman costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dawnmaker or Talisman?
Dawnmaker and Talisman are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Dawnmaker or Talisman have ads?
Neither Dawnmaker nor Talisman shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dawnmaker or Talisman?
Dawnmaker ships an update daily, and Talisman weekly. Most recently, Dawnmaker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Talisman on October 30, 2026.

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