Lost Vault vs Edge Born
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost Vault
Experience the original post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG with a pure survival challenge. Explore iconic locations, battle unforgiving enemies, and build your hero through classic progression and gear hunts. Team up in clans and compete on leaderboards without modern shortcuts.
- Classic wasteland exploration
- Old-school hero progression
- Classic gear hunting
- Original leaderboards
- Clans for cooperative play
- Unforgiving enemies and bosses
- Base building and defense
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Return to where it all began. Lost Vault: Classic is the original wasteland adventure, restored for those who crave the pure survival challenge of the early days. No shortcuts. No modern extras. Just the raw, unforgiving post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG that defined a generation of survivors. Relive the Original Features: - The First Wasteland Explore the same iconic locations that started it all - dangerous zones, strange creatures, and hidden treasures waiting to be rediscovered. - Hero Progression, Old-School Style Fight, grind, and grow your hero through battles and quests. Power is earned, not handed out. - Classic Gear Hunts Scour the wasteland for rare and powerful equipment. Experiment with legendary item combinations exactly as players did back in the beginning. - The Original Rankings Compete on the classic leaderboards. Every victory counts, every loss stings - become a legend the old way. - Clans, Reborn Team up in clans just as the pioneers did. Share, fight, and survive together - without modern shortcuts. - Unforgiving Enemies Face the same brutal monsters and rival survivors that shaped the earliest battles of Lost Vault. - Shelter, Your Lifeline Build, defend, and protect your base exactly as it was in the beginning. No safety nets. No second chances. - The First Bosses Return Challenge the legendary dungeon bosses that forged the earliest heroes of Lost Vault. Their wrath hasn’t dulled with time. Why Play Lost Vault: Classic? Experience the original, unaltered gameplay - just as it was. A true test of patience, grit, and survival. Perfect for veterans longing for nostalgia or newcomers curious about the roots. Because sometimes, the old ways really are the best. The wasteland hasn’t changed. But have you? Step into Lost Vault: Classic and prove you can survive - again.
Edge Born
Lead a besieged kingdom as a queen, making critical narrative choices that shape the story and its multiple endings. Engage in real-time tactical combat, manage your weapon's health, and defend your borders from invading forces and ancient demons.
- Branching royal narrative with multiple endings
- Real-time tactical combat
- Directional swing mechanics
- Weapon health and degradation system
- VoiceOver compatibility
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Your clan is under siege. The forest has turned against you. And the crown weighs heavier with every decision you make. Step into the armor of a Queen, a ruler fighting a desperate, relentless invasion threatening to erase her ancestral people from history. Survival demands more than strength. It demands instinct, timing, and the will to make choices no queen should ever have to make. The shadows are closing in. What kind of ruler will you be? YOUR STORY. YOUR COMMAND. Edge Born is not a game where the story happens around you, you are the force that drives it forward. Every decision made at critical narrative crossroads reshapes the world around you. Destinies splinter into entirely different futures. With a deeply branching storyline and multiple distinct endings, no two playthroughs lead to the same fate. Step back into the story at any time, and carve a different path, because sometimes, the crown must be earned more than once. MASTER YOUR ARSENAL. DEFEND YOUR BORDERS. The forest is no longer safe, and neither are the roads into your kingdom. Face waves of warrior infantry and hunt down the Forest Demons, ancient, merciless forces of nature that demand everything you have. Your blade weakens with every battle. A weapon at half health deals half its power. Repair early, or watch your costs spiral at the forge when your steel reaches critical condition. KEY FEATURES - Branching royal narrative with multiple distinct endings shaped entirely by your choices - Real-time tactical combat with directional swing mechanics and cooldown discipline - Dynamic enemy roster including standard infantry and high-threat generals - Weapon health and degradation system with exponential repair cost scaling - Accessibility via audio cues and VoiceOver compatibility for visually impaired players. Your people are calling. Your town is burning. Pick up your blade and lead.
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Verdict
Lost Vault and Edge Born both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Lost Vault's written reviews are positive against 50% of Edge Born's. Lost Vault also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). Edge Born's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence, 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
Lost Vault is free to download; Edge Born costs $3.99 up front. Lost Vault sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Edge Born sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Lost Vault against 5.0 for Edge Born. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lost Vault has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Lost Vault's written reviews are positive against 50% of Edge Born's.
Lost Vault ships an update weekly, Edge Born every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lost Vault | Edge Born |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 396 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kamil Rykowski | Unmbox Studios |
Customer experience
Lost Vault
Edge Born
In-app purchases
Lost Vault
- Coins$1.99
- Pile of Coins$3.99
- Pouch of Coins$9.99
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- Starter Pack$22.99
- Plenty of Coins$22.99
- Chest of Coins$44.99
- Piggy Bank$79.99
Edge Born
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Warrior Pack$1.99
- Camp Raid$2.99
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- Village Loot$5.99









