Chess Run vs VERMILION
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Run
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Chess Run Master is a fast-paced strategy runner where every move matters. Think ahead, make smart choices, and outplay your opponents on the run. Blend classic chess logic with exciting endless-run gameplay. Upgrade your pieces, dodge obstacles, and dominate the board in motion. Perfect for players who love quick action with a smart twist.
VERMILION
Experience a complete Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with over 100 legendary generals. Collect, grow, and strategically deploy your heroes in diverse formations and tactics. Enjoy an offline adventure with multiple story endings, all without ads or subscriptions.
- Collect over 100 Three Kingdoms generals
- Strategic hero growth and formation
- Tactical combat with unique abilities
- Offline gameplay
- Multiple story endings
- In-game gallery and mini-games
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■ No ads. Generals earned through play. A complete collection RPG. The first 12 battlefields — up to Guandu — are free for everyone. Finish the prologue, and buy the full campaign once only if you liked it. No subscriptions and no rewarded ads. You never pay real money directly for a draw: recruiting (random) uses in-game currency, which optional bundles also provide. Optional bundles can speed up growth, but every general is obtainable through play alone. ■ Over 100 generals, each with a story Choose your allegiance — Cao Cao's dominion, Liu Bei's benevolence, or Sun Quan's Jiangdong — and gather over 100 generals including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu and Sima Yi. Every general has a unique skill and a written biography, and generals bound by historical ties awaken hidden power when fielded together. ■ More than collecting · Raise — train, awaken and equip your generals · Battle — set formations and tactics, then cut through the field · One vs. Ten Thousand — a 2-minute-30-second action mode where a single general cuts through an endless army · Campaign — follow 50 battlefields across the era · Codex — collect and admire portraits and records ■ The ending you choose There is more than one road to unifying the land. Close the story with a branching ending shaped by your choices. ■ Offline, all the way through No internet connection required. No account, no login. Your data stays on your device — there is no server. Play on the subway, on a plane, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Run at none against VERMILION's 6. Chess Run also leads on device support (3 vs 1). VERMILION's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. VERMILION sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Run ships an update monthly, VERMILION daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Run | VERMILION |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 320 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sight Intelligence Engineering Corporation | KYOUNG HOON SONG |
In-app purchases
Chess Run
No in-app purchases
VERMILION
- 보급 상점 — 급양 꾸러미$1.99
- 보급 상점 — 군수 보급$3.99
- 본편 — 천하 통일의 길$4.99
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- 보급 상점 — 대장군의 궤$6.99
- 보급 상점 — 승상의 궤$14.99
- 보급 상점 — 제왕의 금고$29.99









