Comparison

Yuki Game vs Hexkeep

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

Head to head
About

Yuki Game

A strategic grid puzzle game where players guide a character through levels, collecting items and avoiding obstacles. It features handcrafted levels, unique mechanics across different environments, and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Handcrafted grid puzzles
  • Strategy-first gameplay
  • Multiple biomes with unique mechanics
  • Daily Puzzle challenges
  • Unlockable skins
  • Clean pixel art style
Features
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Help Yuki escape. Yuki is a cozy pixel-art puzzle game where every move matters. Guide Yuki through handcrafted maze levels, avoid guards and hazards, collect rewards, and reach the exit. Explore unique biomes including Grasslands, Desert, Forest, Island, Alpine, Jungle, Sky, City, Ice, Cave, and more. Each biome adds new obstacles, enemies, and puzzle mechanics. Come back for Daily Puzzles, unlock special Yuki skins, collect coins and bones, and use tactical items like catnip to survive tricky levels. What makes Yuki fun: • Clever puzzle levels that reward planning • Simple swipe controls and quick sessions • Distinct biomes with new challenges • Daily puzzles and holiday rewards • Unlockable skins, items, and bonus levels • Cute retro pixel-art style Think ahead. Move carefully. Help Yuki find the exit.

About

Hexkeep

This is a roguelite Match-3 RPG where matching tiles on the board initiates attacks, casts spells, and allows you to acquire loot and items. Progress through a cursed tower, facing mythological deities and challenging bosses with each run.

Highlights
  • Match-3 combat mechanics
  • Roguelite progression
  • Spellcasting system
  • Loot and item acquisition
  • Turkish mythology deities
  • Boss battles
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Hexkeep is not your average match-3 game. It's a roguelite Match-3 RPG where the board is your weapon: match tiles to strike enemies, cast spells, loot rare gear and buy powerful items, then climb a cursed wizard's tower ruled by deities from Turkish mythology. Every run is a gamble. Match three to attack, chain bigger combos to hit harder, and pray the curse tiles don't bury you before the boss does. The board fights back This is no calm match-3 puzzle. Matches are attacks, fusions and spells. Read the board, line up your chains, and end the fight before it ends you. Borrow the power of gods Strike a pact with deities pulled from Turkish myth. Each one bends the rules of your run a different way, so no two climbs feel the same. Die, learn, climb again A true roguelite: death ends the run and drops you back at the foot of the tower. You come back smarter, with new gear, new spells and a score to settle. Spells, curses and dark bargains Hurl spells across the grid, shatter curse tiles before they spread, or twist that dark magic into a weapon of your own. Loot, gold and a shifty merchant Tear weapons, gems and rare relics from your enemies, then haggle with the merchant until your build breaks the game. A tower with teeth Fight through cursed dungeons and distant regions, dig up secrets, and topple the bosses guarding the floors above. If match-3, roguelike runs and real RPG loot are your thing, Hexkeep will eat your evenings. Climb the tower. Cheat death. Beat the gods.

Screenshots

Yuki Game4 screens
Hexkeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Yuki Game at none against Hexkeep's shown. Yuki Game also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Hexkeep's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, 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. Yuki Game sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Hexkeep sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yuki Game against 5.0 for Hexkeep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yuki Game ships an update every 2 weeks, Hexkeep every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Yuki Game versus Hexkeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYuki GameHexkeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB469 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerdavid baileyOzcan YESILYURT

Customer experience

Yuki Game

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hexkeep

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Yuki Game

One-time11
  • Ocean Biome$0.99
  • Force Field$0.99
  • Extra Lives (3)$1.99
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  • Time Freeze$2.99
  • Rainbow Trail$3.49
  • King Yuki$3.99
  • Level Skip Token$3.99
  • Daily Puzzle Pass$4.99
  • Extra Lives (10)$4.99
  • All Access Pack$5.99
  • Glass Yuki$6.99
4 purchases

Hexkeep

One-time4
  • Gem Pile$0.99
  • Gem Pouch$4.99
  • Gem Barrel$9.99
Show 1 more
  • Gem Chest$19.99

Questions

Is Yuki Game free?
Yuki Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hexkeep free?
Hexkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yuki Game or Hexkeep?
Yuki Game and Hexkeep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Yuki Game or Hexkeep have ads?
Hexkeep shows ads; Yuki Game does not.
Which is updated more often, Yuki Game or Hexkeep?
Yuki Game ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hexkeep every 2 days. Most recently, Yuki Game was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hexkeep on October 11, 2026.

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