Comparison

AshROGUE vs Match Attack

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

Head to head
About

AshROGUE

Embark on a challenging roguelike RPG adventure through a perilous tower. Deduce hidden events on a 5x5 grid, engage in turn-based combat with permadeath, and master over 40 unique classes to survive.

Highlights
  • 5x5 grid exploration
  • Permadeath roguelike mechanics
  • Turn-based combat
  • Over 40 unique classes
  • Deduce hidden events
  • Sanity system
Features
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A dungeon-exploration roguelike RPG. Advance by deducing hidden events within a 5×5 grid. Featuring turn-based battles where a single wrong choice means death. To survive the tower, you need luck and willpower. The path ahead is unseen—but you must move forward. Unless you choose to accept death. Game Systems Exploration Explore the tower while aiming for the top floor. Each 5×5 grid hides various events, requiring deduction and careful choices. This is a classic turn-based RPG with roguelike rules—death means losing everything. Classes Over 40 classes are available. Each time you enter the dungeon, you can choose a new class. Every class has unique growth paths and skills—fail to adapt, and death awaits. Dungeon Exploration Navigate a 5×5 grid dungeon where enemies, treasure, and events are randomly placed. Tap panels to reveal them and find the stairs to advance to the next floor. If your Sanity reaches zero, you descend into madness—and death follows. Combat Turn-based battles offer five actions: Attack, Skill, Defend, Talk, and Escape. Each class has exclusive skills, but poor use will quickly lead to death. Equipment Various weapons and items can be found throughout the dungeon. Weapons can also be purchased—but without gold, survival is impossible. Events Numerous events await you. Fail to judge the situation correctly, and death is inevitable.

About

Match Attack

Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.

Highlights
  • Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
  • Create powerful tile cascades
  • Collect over 280 synergistic relics
  • Progress through three distinct chapters
  • Unlock permanent relics through runs
  • Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
Features
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!

Screenshots

AshROGUE4 screens
Match Attack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Match Attack at 100% against AshROGUE's 63%. Match Attack also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. AshROGUE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AshROGUE ships an update every 6 days, Match Attack every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AshROGUE versus Match Attack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAshROGUEMatch Attack
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB111 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKoji MurakamiMichael Ip

Customer experience

AshROGUE

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral14.8%
Negative22.2%

Match Attack

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AshROGUE

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Purchase 10,000 Souls$4.99
  • Unlock God Class$5.99
1 purchases

Match Attack

One-time1
  • Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is AshROGUE free?
AshROGUE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match Attack free?
Match Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AshROGUE or Match Attack have ads?
Both AshROGUE and Match Attack show ads.
Which is updated more often, AshROGUE or Match Attack?
AshROGUE ships an update every 6 days, and Match Attack every 2 days. Most recently, AshROGUE was updated on October 20, 2026 and Match Attack on October 24, 2026.

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