Comparison

Dawnmaker vs Becoming Saint

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

Becoming Saint

Features
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Becoming Saint is a medieval strategy game of faith, sins, penitence & conquest Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying. Harness the fervent belief of your followers to conquer and convert as many city-states as possible, paving your way to Sainthood. There are many obstacles to success, but with perseverance you can Become a Saint during your lifetime! *Engage in Real-time medieval battles* March your followers into small-scale battles, selecting the most strategic units to convert each location. Unlock and recruit up to 16 different units based on your doctrine Units have strengths and weaknesses, with special abilities against certain foes and synergies with other units. Utilize the terrain to gain advantage and deploy an infallible strategy against your opponents. Bless your units and curse your foes with Saintly powers. Take direct control of units at any time to make full use of their potential. *Define your creed* Make choices during your journey that will define your political and spiritual traits. This will impact your following, economy, and conversion strategy throughout the game. Each playthrough presents different moral, cultural, and religious choices, creating many different paths for you to lead down. *Play indefinitely* Even in death, there is an opportunity to learn. Should your sainthood be cut short, new challenges and strategies will await your new incarnation. The better you do, the sooner your saint will be remembered in the annals of history, so strive to spread your word further and faster than ever. *Discover the medieval Italy* Explore 14th century medieval Italy and its society: beauty and brilliance thrive in the shadow of turmoil, making Italy a masterpiece painted with both glory and grief – all they need now is a new Saint to guide them!

Screenshots

Dawnmaker4 screens
Becoming Saint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dawnmaker at daily against Becoming Saint's weekly. Dawnmaker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Becoming Saint's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $8.99). On ads, in-app purchases and 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

Dawnmaker costs $8.99 and Becoming Saint $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnmaker ships an update daily, Becoming Saint weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dawnmaker versus Becoming Saint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnmakerBecoming Saint
Price$8.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB343 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAcram DigitalOpen Lab Srl

In-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

None

Becoming Saint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Becoming Saint free?
Becoming Saint costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dawnmaker or Becoming Saint have ads?
Neither Dawnmaker nor Becoming Saint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dawnmaker or Becoming Saint?
Dawnmaker ships an update daily, and Becoming Saint weekly. Most recently, Dawnmaker was updated on September 19, 2026 and Becoming Saint on September 4, 2026.

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