Lower Layers vs Ebon Crucible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lower Layers
Engage in real-time PvP card battles with deep strategy and hundreds of build variations. Compete in single-player, multiplayer races, territory battles, or duels. Master the game's balanced environment and influence card balance yourself.
- Real-time action card battles
- Deep strategy and build variations
- Single player mode
- Multiplayer races
- Territory battle (PvE/PvP)
- Duel mode (PvP)
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Lower Layers is an "easy to learn, hard to master" game with deep content that features a BALANCED environment for PVP fans across the world. Players compete in a real-time action card game where setup, strategy and reaction matters. Hundreds of different build variations and strategies tamed with balance! YOU decide which of your opponent's cards should be nerfed!
Ebon Crucible
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You lost because you're worse. Not because of RNG, not because of gear, not because someone paid more than you. You lost because you used your trinket too early, missed your kick, and panicked when you should have kited. Fix that and try again. Ebon Crucible is arena PvP. Real-time, skill-based, no-excuses combat. 1v1 and 2v2 ranked with 3v3 on the way. Five classes with completely different kits. 63 abilities across stuns, roots, fears, interrupts, gap closers, shields, burst windows, and healing. THE FIVE TYRANT - Melee pressure that doesn't stop. Build Rage, shred armor, execute at 30%. Two gap closers. Good luck running. WRAITH - Stealth opener into Combo Points into a finisher that ends fights. If it doesn't kill, Vanish and reset. INFERNAL - Stack Cinders from range. At 5 stacks, Cataclysm Flare one-shots. Get kicked mid-cast and you're the one who dies. HARBINGER - Death by a thousand cuts. DoTs, drains, and Fear. When the damage stacks up, Hex Rupture detonates everything. REVENANT - The hybrid everyone hates. Build Holy Power, then choose: kill them with a finisher or heal yourself back to full. RANKED ARENA - Solo queue 1v1 or team up for 2v2. Five tiers from The Broken to The Ascended. 3v3 is coming. WAGER DUELS - Challenge someone. Stake your coins. Loser pays. CROSSPLAY - Steam, web, and mobile. Same servers, same ladder. Your account works everywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ebon Crucible at none against Lower Layers's 7. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lower Layers sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Ebon Crucible asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Lower Layers | Ebon Crucible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Oobe Games Llc | Andrew Metcalf |
In-app purchases
Lower Layers
- 5000 Crystals$0.99
- 5000 Crystals$2.99
- 18000 Crystals$2.99
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- 18000 Crystals$8.99
- 50000 Crystals$8.99
- Infinity Chip Supply Lifetime$9.99
- 50000 Crystals$26.99
Ebon Crucible
No in-app purchases
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