Replicat vs Eldershyft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Replicat
A roguelike deckbuilder where matching cards is just the start. Build your deck, collect powerful items, and bend the rules to create unique strategies and builds in every run. Enjoy adorable cat visuals and jazzy sound effects.
- Strategy-first pair matching gameplay
- Deep deckbuilding with cards and curios
- Rule-bending mechanics
- Diverse builds and replayable runs
- 5 distinct card colors
- 21 challenging stages
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Replicat is a roguelike deckbuilder that reimagines pair matching as a strategy-first experience. Matching cards is only the beginning. Build your deck and collect powerful curios to bend the rules— reveal more cards, keep tiles face-up, match wild Jokers, or even turn failed matches into successes. Strategy decides the run. Every run lets you create a completely different build: extra moves, passive reveals, turn control, multiplier chains, or pure chaos. Your choices steadily push the game further beyond its original rules. Key Features 5 card colors, each with distinct mechanics 90+ cards and 80+ curios for deep deckbuilding 10 starter decks with different difficulty levels 21 stages with escalating challenges and unique boss modifiers Highly replayable roguelike runs—no two games are the same The PC version of Replicat has already launched and earned a 99% positive rating from players. Now, the full experience is available on mobile. With adorable cat visuals, jazzy sound effects, and vibrant style, whether you’re chasing high scores or crafting broken combos, Replicat keeps you coming back for more.
Eldershyft
A unique match-3 puzzle game where you move entire paths on a hexagonal board to create cascades and combos. Build a mystical island, tame beasts, and choose your strategy to achieve high scores or complete challenges.
- Hexagonal board path movement
- Cascading matches and combos
- Endless and Challenge modes
- Beast management and island building
- Stackable bonuses and abilities
- Full VoiceOver support
- Color-blind and high contrast settings
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Eldershyft is a match-3 puzzle game with unique gameplay. Instead of swapping individual tiles, you move entire paths across a hexagonal board in 6 directions, opening up cascades, combos, and strategies. Set before the days of Eldermyth, you take control of the Curator of Lands to build the mystical Island whilst trying to tame the Beasts that have followed you from your realm. As you grow stronger, will you choose to focus your powers on board manipulation, Beast management or score multipliers? Or, maybe a combination of them all! Two ways to play - Endless Mode: Push for the highest score on the world leaderboard. Survive as long as possible as enemy pressure escalates and the Island becomes more complex - Challenge Mode: Settle the Island by reaching level 5 on each land type in the least amount of turns possible. Each turn counts even more in this mode Deep strategy. Pure puzzle - Cascading matches and board refill from 6 directions reward planning and positional awareness - Ever changing board from multiple different mechanics at play - A rich progression system with stackable bonuses, passive and consumable abilities, and permanent multipliers - No timers. No pay-to-win. Pure strategic depth Fully accessible - Complete VoiceOver support with full gameplay narration, accessible drag-and-drop path building, as well as colour-blind and high contrast settings Try for free before purchasing the full game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Eldershyft at Free against Replicat's $4.99. Replicat's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Eldershyft is free to download; Replicat costs $4.99 up front. Eldershyft sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Replicat asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Replicat against 5.0 for Eldershyft. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Replicat's written reviews are positive against 50% of Eldershyft's.
Replicat ships an update daily, Eldershyft every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Replicat | Eldershyft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #98 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 369 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Erabit Studios | KIERAN HARTNETT |
Customer experience
Replicat
Eldershyft
In-app purchases
Replicat
No in-app purchases
Eldershyft
- Rival Curators$1.99
- Full base game unlock$2.99





