Comparison

Drop Duchy vs Slots & Daggers

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

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About

Drop Duchy

Experience a unique blend of deckbuilding, puzzle, and rogue-lite gameplay. Build a realm by strategically placing tiles, gather resources, and lead your troops to reclaim enemy territory. Each run offers a fresh challenge with procedural generation and meta-progression.

Highlights
  • Deckbuilding, puzzle, and rogue-lite gameplay mix
  • Strategic tile placement for resource maximization
  • Real-time strategy combat and territory reclamation
  • Procedurally generated game experiences
  • Meta-progression with over 90 challenges
  • Over 110 unique cards for deck building
  • Three playable factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic
Features
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!] A beloved PC game, now coming to mobile. Metacritic: 83. Very Positive on STEAM - 90%. Drop Duchy takes the iconic geometric puzzle gameplay we all know and love and gives it a fresh perspective: instead of simply clearing lines, you build a realm. A mix of deckbuilding, puzzle and rogue-lite, designed to hone your appetite as a block-stacking tactician. Place tile pieces as you would in a block-dropping game, but align them to maximize their activation rules. Set the right structures next to lush forests, wild rivers and grassy plains to pull out maximum resources and units. Then gather your troops, reclaim the regions under enemy control, and storm the enemy fortress along branching, decision-filled paths. Let your castle take too much damage and the run ends - but defeat is not the end: jump straight back in with a new strategy, and use the experience gained to unlock even more content. Grow in power with over 110 unique cards, trade with markets and guilds, and climb a meta progression of over 90 missions tied to three playable factions: The Duchy, The Order and The Republic. Adapt, conquer, and keep the action moving! FEATURES * An original mix of puzzle gameplay and real-time strategy * A brand new game experience with each run thanks to procedural generation * Play with Factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic * Meta progression: over 90 challenges designed to help you through your journey * Build the perfect deck with over 110 unique cards * An elegant and charming art direction to please your eyes * An engaging and ever-evolving soundtrack to please your ears * Choose your path between lakes, glades, forests, villages, guilds… and more!

About

Slots & Daggers

Spin slot machine reels to battle monsters in a unique roguelike adventure. Build powerful combos and upgrade your machine to conquer a hand-drawn fantasy world. Enjoy quick runs with deep strategic builds.

Highlights
  • Slot machine combat mechanics
  • Synergy building and reel manipulation
  • Hand-drawn fantasy world
  • Campaign mode (4-8 hours)
  • Endless high-score mode
  • Retro visuals and hip hop soundtrack
  • Quick runs, deep builds
Features
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SLOTS & DAGGERS is a roguelike in a slot machine. Spin the reels, chain symbols into combos, and turn every pull into damage, gold and upgrades. Build your machine run by run, then take it into the dungeon and fight your way through a weird little fantasy world full of goblins, monsters and strange little guys. Every spin matters. Every symbol you add changes the odds. And every run ends with the same question: one more? FEATURES - A slot machine that fights back – build synergies, break the reels, beat the odds - A weird fantasy world drawn by hand, in all its crude glory - 4–8 hour campaign with escalating challenges - Egg Arena – an endless high-score mode for the truly determined - Retro visuals with a hand-drawn, lo-fi charm - Crunchy old-school hip hop drum machine soundtrack - Quick runs, deep builds – perfect for a session on the go - No ads, no in-app purchases, no real money involved – just the game Numbers! Fights! Goblins! And a lot of PLING. ---- A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER After my last game SUMMERHOUSE, I wanted to make something radically different. Still small, but faster, with numbers, fights and goblins! The result is SLOTS & DAGGERS. To make this game I combined a lot of things I deeply love – weird fantasy worlds, crude drawings of strange little guys, old school crunchy hip hop drum machines and addictive arcade games that go "PLING PLING PLING" as they spit out little coins – with classic roguelike mechanics. As with SUMMERHOUSE, please keep in mind this game is a solo project – small, focused, and made with care. It's meant to be short and sweet and doesn't have the amount of content as games built by bigger teams over years, but I think it's a fair deal! I hope you have a good time with SLOTS & DAGGERS! Cheers, Friedemann

Screenshots

Drop Duchy4 screens
Slots & Daggers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drop Duchy at Free against Slots & Daggers's $3.99. Drop Duchy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Slots & Daggers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drop Duchy is free to download; Slots & Daggers costs $3.99 up front. Drop Duchy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Slots & Daggers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slots & Daggers holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slots & Daggers has 592 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Drop Duchy's written reviews are positive against 78% of Slots & Daggers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drop Duchy ships an update weekly, Slots & Daggers fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Drop Duchy versus Slots & Daggers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrop DuchySlots & Daggers
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (46 ratings)4.9 (592 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46592 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#4 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB243 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperDoghowl Games Ltd.Future Friends Games

Customer experience

Drop Duchy

All ratings36 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative30.4%

Slots & Daggers

All ratings424 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative11.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drop Duchy

One-time2
  • Base Game Offer$8.99
  • Base Game$9.99
None

Slots & Daggers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drop Duchy free?
Drop Duchy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slots & Daggers free?
Slots & Daggers costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drop Duchy or Slots & Daggers?
Slots & Daggers is rated higher. Drop Duchy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Slots & Daggers averages 4.9 from 592 ratings.
Do Drop Duchy or Slots & Daggers have ads?
Neither Drop Duchy nor Slots & Daggers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drop Duchy or Slots & Daggers?
Drop Duchy ships an update weekly, and Slots & Daggers fortnightly. Most recently, Drop Duchy was updated on October 25, 2026 and Slots & Daggers on October 25, 2026.

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