Tiny Crawler vs DelveKin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Crawler
Explore a grim, procedurally generated underworld in this pixel-art roguelite. Battle unique enemies, disarm traps, and make meaningful choices in tactical turn-based combat. Discover hidden treasures and powerful artifacts in a dark fantasy urban decay setting.
- Procedurally generated levels
- Tactical turn-based combat
- Unique enemies and traps
- Mysterious events and hidden treasures
- Character progression (DnD rules)
- Permadeath
- Crafting system
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Descend into a surreal, gritty underworld in Tiny Crawler, a pixel-art roguelite where every choice matters and danger lurks in every shadow. Battle bizarre enemies, disarm strange traps, and explore a city of secrets, blending dark fantasy with urban decay. Discover mysterious traders, uncover powerful artefacts, and test your luck at ancient altars. With procedurally generated encounters, moody pixel visuals, and an atmospheric soundtrack, Tiny Crawler offers a fresh challenge every time you play. Features: - Procedurally generated levels and encounters - Unique enemies and traps inspired by cult classic manga - Mysterious events and hidden treasures - Tactical turn-based combat and meaningful choices - Chunky pixel art and a dark, immersive atmosphere - Designed to be played in short stints in mobile (iOS only at the moment) - Character progression based on DnD rules - Permadeath - Procedurally generated encounters - Turn-based combat - 200 items - 32 enemies - 10 bosses - 10 events - 3 Biomes - Identifiable items - Crafting - Achievements - Spell casting Do you have what it takes to survive the crawl?
DelveKin
Become the Dungeon Master in this charming strategy game. Design your dungeon with rooms, traps, and monsters to battle invading heroes. Take direct control of monsters in turn-based combat and unlock new defenses as you progress through handcrafted and replayable challenges.
- Build custom dungeons with rooms, monsters, and traps
- Command monsters in turn-based battles
- Set clever traps to hinder heroes
- Unlock new monsters, traps, and rooms
- Face diverse hero combinations
- Engage in replayable Deep Delve challenges
- Progress through Dungeon Raids
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The heroes are coming. Build a dungeon worthy of stopping them! DelveKin is a charming dungeon defense strategy game where you take the role of the Dungeon Master. Design your defenses, place traps, command monsters, and battle invading heroes across handcrafted encounters and replay-able dungeon challenges. BUILD YOUR DUNGEON - Choose rooms with different layouts and tactical advantages, then fill them with monsters and traps. Every placement matters as heroes advance deeper into your dungeon. COMMAND YOUR MONSTERS - Take direct control during turn-based battles. Move across the battlefield, launch basic attacks, unleash special abilities, and combine your monsters' strengths to overcome each group of heroes. SET CLEVER TRAPS - Slow heroes with snares, strike from the walls with arrow slits, or punish careless movement with hidden hazards. Traps can shape the battlefield and create opportunities for your monsters. GROW YOUR ARSENAL - Unlock new monsters, traps, rooms, and powerful bosses as you progress. Earn experience, level up your defenses, and build stronger dungeon teams for the challenges ahead. FACE NEW HEROES - Each stage introduces different hero combinations, abilities, and tactical threats. Adapt your dungeon to withstand knights, mages, rogues, clerics, and other determined adventurers. VENTURE INTO DEEP DELVE - Put your dungeon building skills to the ultimate test in Deep Delve, a replay-able 20-depth challenge where every run is different. Build a run specific roster, recruit and replace monsters and traps, choose powerful upgrades, evolve your boss, and see how deep your dungeon can survive. CONTINUE INTO DUNGEON RAIDS - Complete the main campaign and enter Dungeon Raids, where increasingly dangerous hero parties push your defenses even further. CHARMING ART STYLE - DelveKin features expressive characters, lively battle animations, and a playful fantasy world. Play the opening chapters for free. A single Premium unlock opens the full campaign, additional progression, Dungeon Raids, and Deep Delve. Build carefully. Fight cleverly. Protect your dungeon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DelveKin at 5.0 against Tiny Crawler's 4.5. DelveKin also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tiny Crawler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DelveKin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DelveKin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Tiny Crawler ships an update every 2 months, DelveKin every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Crawler | DelveKin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | gabriel maldonado | Cinder Code LLC |
Customer experience
Tiny Crawler
DelveKin
In-app purchases
Tiny Crawler
- Tiny Crawler - Full Version$5.99
DelveKin
- Premium Upgrade$4.99









