MoonWard vs Frontier Bound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MoonWard
Embark on an offline action RPG adventure in a unique industro-fantasy world. Discover ancient secrets, customize your character with diverse races, classes, and backgrounds, and engage in fast-paced, skill-based combat. Enjoy a branching story, side quests, and endless procedurally generated content.
- Always-offline gameplay
- No in-app purchases or ads
- Branching story with multiple choices
- Deep character customization (9 races, 7 classes, 12 backgrounds)
- Skill-based, fast-paced combat
- Procedurally generated bounties
- Collect legendary and procedurally generated loot
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Use countless powerful artefacts and your abilities of charisma and combat to discover the ancient secrets of the world of Vala in this Always-Offline Action RPG! ◾ Old school offline Action RPG! No in app purchases, no in game advertising, no AI, no Web3, no accounts, no subscriptions or battle passes! ◾ Pay once to get the complete game and receive free expansions! ◾ Branching story in an original, fully realized industro-fantasy world! ◾ Build your warden choosing from 9 races, 7 classes and 12 backgrounds, all with distinct advantages and disadvantages! ◾ Level up to 100 and customise your character by choosing which abilities to raise each step of the way! ◾ Use revolutionary new fast paced, skill based combat! ◾ Completing the main story is only the beginning, enjoy dozens of hand crafted side stories and a never-ending supply of procedurally generated bounties! ◾ Navigate the stories of Vala as a warrior or a wordsmith! ◾ Collect legendary, hand crafted artefacts as well as procedurally generated weapons, armour and trinkets! If you are looking for a loot heavy role-playing game with fast souls-like real-time combat and table-top inspired world then look no further! Jump right into the exciting world of MoonWard!
Frontier Bound
Recruit adventurers, build a trading guild, and embark on expeditions through a perilous frontier in this turn-based strategy RPG. Permanent death means your guild's legacy grows stronger with each run, offering new stories and challenges.
- Recruit and customize adventurers
- Build and manage a trading guild
- Send expeditions through a dangerous frontier
- Hundreds of hand-crafted encounters
- Permanent progression and upgrades
- Offline play
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Will you dive into the ancient ruins to find an enchanted amulet...or maybe death? Frontier Bound is a text-based strategy RPG where you recruit adventurers, build a trading guild, and send expeditions through a dangerous frontier. Death is permanent but your guild will live on. Every run tells a new story and every defeat leaves your guild stronger. BUILD YOUR CREW Hire mercenaries with unique stats, traits, and backstories. Customize them with specializations and artifacts. Watch them grow into legends or bury them in the frontier. RUN THE FRONTIER Face hundreds of hand-crafted encounters across escalating stages: ambushes, trade negotiations, rival showdowns, ancient ruins, and the Warlord boss. Roll the dice. Live with the result. GROW YOUR GUILD Between expeditions, manage your guild hub: upgrade facilities, stock provisions, trade cargo for profit, and recruit your next roster. Permanent progression means every run advances your legacy. BECOME A LEGEND Unlock three specialization paths: Merchant, Warlord, or Explorer. Earn titles and traits for your adventurers and conquer the Frontier. — Offline play, no internet required — Roguelite progression: permanent upgrades survive every run — No pay-to-win: deep strategy, fair progression — Game is now fully playable in: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MoonWard at 100% against Frontier Bound's 50%. MoonWard also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Frontier Bound's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
MoonWard costs $4.99 and Frontier Bound $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MoonWard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MoonWard's written reviews are positive against 50% of Frontier Bound's.
MoonWard ships an update every 4 weeks, Frontier Bound every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | MoonWard | Frontier Bound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 474 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Slate Games Ltd | Luis Herskovic |
Customer experience
MoonWard
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In-app purchases
MoonWard
No in-app purchases
Frontier Bound
No in-app purchases
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