Comparison

Frontier Bound vs Talassia

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Talassia

Features
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The forgotten sea awaits your arrival. Talassia is a dark-fantasy narrative adventure where every choice can reshape your fate. Create your hero, choose one of eight archetypes, and experience a complete four-chapter campaign with three possible endings. Explore a branching story, face skill checks, manage your equipment, and fight tactical turn-based battles. Your attributes, weapons, items, spells, and alliances affect how each situation can be resolved. Features: - The complete campaign is available for free. - Eight archetypes with different attributes and play styles. - Narrative choices, dice rolls, and persistent consequences. - Turn-based combat with weapons, defence, spells, and consumables. - Shops, inventory, companions, and multiple endings. - Adjustable interface, separate music and effects controls, and reduced-motion support. - Available in Spanish and English. Talassia has no energy system, premium currency, or paywall. After a defeat, free players may voluntarily watch a rewarded ad to retry; returning to the menu is always available for free. Players who purchased the original release retain Founder recognition and never see ads.

Screenshots

Frontier Bound4 screens
Talassia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Talassia at Free against Frontier Bound's $0.99. Talassia also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Frontier Bound's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Talassia is free to download; Frontier Bound costs $0.99 up front. Talassia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Frontier Bound asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frontier Bound ships an update every 3 weeks, Talassia every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Frontier Bound versus Talassia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrontier BoundTalassia
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB74 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLuis HerskovicIker Vazquez

In-app purchases

None

Frontier Bound

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Talassia

One-time1
  • Aventura Completa$0.99

Questions

Is Frontier Bound free?
Frontier Bound costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talassia free?
Talassia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Frontier Bound or Talassia have ads?
Talassia shows ads; Frontier Bound does not.
Which is updated more often, Frontier Bound or Talassia?
Frontier Bound ships an update every 3 weeks, and Talassia every 2 days. Most recently, Frontier Bound was updated on October 14, 2026 and Talassia on October 14, 2026.

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