Comparison

Paper Dungeon! vs Deck Gauntlet

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

Head to head
About

Paper Dungeon!

Embark on a storybook adventure where each page presents a unique battle. Guide your hero through illustrated levels, using cards to enhance abilities and defeat monsters. Your choices shape your legend as you progress through this interactive quest.

Highlights
  • Storybook adventure gameplay
  • Card-based combat system
  • Hero progression and power-ups
  • Defeat monsters and magical creatures
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Loot collection
Features
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Welcome to Paper Dungeon. A storybook adventure where every page brings a new battle and every choice shapes your legend. Step into the pages, guide your hero, and defeat powerful monsters to complete each level. Write Your Own Legend: Paper Dungeon is more than just a game; it’s your own adventure written page by page. Power up your hero, fight epic battles, and become a true champion. How to Play: - Guide your character through the storybook pages. - Use cards to boost your attack, defense, and speed. - Turn the page to face new enemies and claim loot. - Defeat dragons, beasts, and other magical creatures!

About

Deck Gauntlet

Features
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A whole roguelike deckbuilder. On your wrist. No phone needed. Deck Gauntlet is a pixel-art roguelike card game built from the ground up for Apple Watch. Draft a deck, drag cards onto monsters with your finger, spin the Digital Crown to read your hand, and claw through three acts of a branching dungeon, all on the screen strapped to your wrist. Every run is different. Every death teaches you something. Then you climb back in. FIVE HEROES, FIVE PLAYSTYLES • Knight: stack armor and Might, and out-muscle anything in your way. • Rogue: fast, fragile, lethal: chain combos and pile on Bleed. • Mage: bank Mana across turns, then unleash devastating spells. • Archer: nock arrows into your quiver and loose them for huge hits. • Druid: raise a companion that evolves from Cub to Wolf to Dire Beast. A DECK THAT'S YOURS • 260+ cards and 112 relics to discover and combine. • Dozens of enemies, deadly elites, and act-ending bosses. • Potions, events, shops, and a full run economy to master. • Procedurally generated maps: plan your path every run. HARDER WHEN YOU'RE READY • A 15-level Ascension ladder that adds a fresh twist each rung. • Shareable run seeds: hand a friend the exact same run and see who survives. BUILT FOR THE WATCH • Play one-handed, offline, anywhere: no iPhone required. • Save and resume any run instantly. • A collection log that fills in as you discover cards, relics, and foes. Pay once. No ads. No in-app purchases. Ever. From Stone Golem Studios.

Screenshots

Paper Dungeon!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paper Dungeon! at Free against Deck Gauntlet's $1.99. Deck Gauntlet's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, 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

Paper Dungeon! is free to download; Deck Gauntlet costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Paper Dungeon! versus Deck Gauntlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper Dungeon!Deck Gauntlet
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.2 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size397 MB15 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBermuda GamesNicholas Gorman

In-app purchases

None

Paper Dungeon!

No in-app purchases

None

Deck Gauntlet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paper Dungeon! free?
Paper Dungeon! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deck Gauntlet free?
Deck Gauntlet costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paper Dungeon! or Deck Gauntlet have ads?
Paper Dungeon! shows ads; Deck Gauntlet does not.

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