Comparison

Drop Duchy vs Keepsweeper

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

Keepsweeper

This game combines Minesweeper-style deduction with kingdom building. Uncover tiles using number clues to expand your settlement, manage resources, and explore hidden treasures. Choose from various quest paths and unlock new buildings and upgrades for unique gameplay experiences.

Highlights
  • Minesweeper-style deduction
  • Real-time kingdom building
  • Resource management and economy
  • Exploration of hidden treasures
  • Multiple quest paths
  • Multiplayer and co-op modes
  • Map editor for custom scenarios
Features
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It starts with a grid. Then you build a kingdom. Keepsweeper mixes Minesweeper-style deduction with a living, real-time fantasy kingdom. Read the number clues. Send workers to uncover tiles. Turn a small clearing into farms, homes and defenses. Then decide whether you're ready to wake the dragon. A LITTLE KINGDOM. BIG POSSIBILITIES. Build an economy that works together. Windmills support farms. Blacksmiths equip your soldiers. Chapels keep the army fighting. Discover combinations that turn a modest settlement into something wonderfully overpowered. EVERY SQUARE HAS A STORY Hidden gold, treasure chests, goblin lairs, crypts and sleeping dragons wait beneath the grid. Explore forests, cross lakes and settle mountain country. Dig carefully. The numbers are trying to tell you something. CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE Follow four quest paths: Dragon Hunt, Royal Treasury, Reclaim the Realm and Rival Kingdoms. The full game adds two twenty-level campaigns: Into the Badlands, with ruined roads, buried archives and Ancient Gates, and Beyond the Pines, where outlaw strongholds and dragon-summoning wizards hide in the northern forests. Head into the Wilds for a larger expedition, or see how long you can survive endless Siege. A NEW REALM EVERY DAY Explore a shared Daily Realm with special objectives. Record your victories in the Realm Journal and earn Royal Seals for first completions. MAKE THE NEXT RUN YOURS Earn Royal Seals and spend them in Research. Unlock new buildings, upgrades and permanent Passives for future runs. Discover treasures that change the rules: sunbeam-firing towers, floating settlements, unlikely allies and creatures you probably shouldn't have disturbed. FRIENDS, RIVALS AND YOUR OWN WORLDS Play online with two to four players. Fight for the last Keep standing, form teams, face AI kingdoms together or hold the line in Co-op Siege. Share an invitation link and friends join your game for free. Build and play your own scenarios in the Map Editor. OLD-SCHOOL WINDOWS. LIVING PIXELS. A familiar beveled interface opens onto busy little worlds. Workers harvest. Soldiers march. Dragons breathe fire. An adaptive fantasy soundtrack follows the action. Pause solo play whenever you need a moment to think. TRY IT. KEEP IT. Play the first two levels of Dragon Hunt, Royal Treasury, Reclaim the Realm and Rival Kingdoms for free, with unlimited randomized replays. Try one Daily Realm for free, with unlimited retries of that selected realm. One optional purchase unlocks the full game, including the remaining quest levels, Into the Badlands, Beyond the Pines, Daily Realm, Wilds, Siege, hosting multiplayer games and Map Editor. Solo quests, Wilds, Siege and local custom maps can be played offline. Daily calendar updates, optional reminders, online multiplayer, community maps, purchases and restoring purchases need an internet connection. Progress is saved on your device.

Screenshots

Drop Duchy4 screens
Keepsweeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Keepsweeper at daily against Drop Duchy's weekly. Keepsweeper also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 61%). Drop Duchy's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Drop Duchy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Keepsweeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keepsweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Drop Duchy's written reviews are positive against 86% of Keepsweeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drop Duchy ships an update weekly, Keepsweeper daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drop Duchy versus Keepsweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrop DuchyKeepsweeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (57 ratings)4.8 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews86.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57 — better44
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB39 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperDoghowl Games Ltd.Flarup Industries

Customer experience

Drop Duchy

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

Keepsweeper

All ratings44 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drop Duchy

One-time2
  • Base Game Offer$8.99
  • Base Game$9.99
1 purchases

Keepsweeper

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Drop Duchy free?
Drop Duchy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keepsweeper free?
Keepsweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drop Duchy or Keepsweeper?
Keepsweeper is rated higher. Drop Duchy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Keepsweeper averages 4.8 from 44 ratings.
Do Drop Duchy or Keepsweeper have ads?
Neither Drop Duchy nor Keepsweeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drop Duchy or Keepsweeper?
Drop Duchy ships an update weekly, and Keepsweeper daily. Most recently, Drop Duchy was updated on November 5, 2026 and Keepsweeper on November 6, 2026.

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