Comparison

Eldaryn vs Dark Station

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

Head to head
About

Eldaryn

Embark on a journey of continuous growth, strategic combat, and powerful gear. Level up your hero, collect and enhance equipment, and discover unique build combinations to overcome challenges. Engage in PvE, PvP, and large-scale clan battles.

Highlights
  • Progression-driven gameplay
  • Gear collection and upgrades
  • Build experimentation
  • PvE encounters and bosses
  • PvP Arena competition
  • Clan system and wars
  • Fortress Siege battles
Features
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Eldaryn is an idle RPG built around one addictive loop: hunt, collect gear, create stronger builds, and push into content that fights back. Your hero can hunt automatically while the game is running, while every important decision remains yours. Choose your class, talents, equipment, stats, pets, mounts and sigils. Eldaryn is a full fantasy RPG with deep progression and real theorycrafting, not a simple tap simulator. CHOOSE YOUR CLASS Play as a Warrior, Sentinel or Mystic. Each class has two specializations, unique skills and its own talent tree. The Mystic can fight as a Mage or transform into a Bear or Wolf as a Druid. Save multiple builds and switch between complete presets containing your gear, talents, pet, mount and sigils. BUILD YOUR HERO Progress from level 1 to 100 and unlock new systems along the way. At level 45, choose between the Shadow and Radiant Awakening paths. At level 55, unlock the Transcendence board with hundreds of upgrade nodes and ancient sigils. HUNT FOR GEAR Collect equipment across nine slots and ten rarities, from Common to Riftforged. Every item rolls its own item level, quality and secondary stats, making each drop different. Temper and reroll stats, socket enchant stones, amplify equipment up to +10, dismantle unwanted items into dust, collect relics and block unwanted stats from appearing in your loot. Use detailed loot filters by rarity, stats and item sets so you only stop for upgrades that matter. IDLE AND AUTO-HUNTING Energy has no maximum limit and continues regenerating while you are away. Enable Auto Hunting while the game is running and your hero will keep fighting and collecting drops into a loot bag for you to review later. Whether you prefer short daily sessions or longer optimization runs, Eldaryn lets you make meaningful progress without constant tapping. PVE CONTENT • Hunt – the main idle loot and progression loop • Progress – 11 chapters of real-time combat • Dungeons – seven dungeons with Sweep and Fast Pass options • Raids – challenge strongholds in 1 versus 5 battles • World Boss – compete in a 60-second damage race • Crusade – three-player group PvE with tank, damage and control roles • Mythic+ – climb an endlessly scaling Crusade ladder • Celestial Trial – two-player endgame encounters with unique mechanics • Arcane Quarry – mine essences used to improve equipment Use group finder and matchmaking to fill your party. Queued Crusade runs can continue even when the game is closed. PVP ARENA Climb ten Arena ranks from Initiate to Transcendent during three-day competitive sessions. Fight for influence, honors and ranking rewards, practice without affecting the leaderboard, and inspect an opponent’s full build before attacking. CLANS AND SERVER COMPETITION Join or create a clan, take part in three-day Clan Wars and siege fortresses that grant server-wide bonuses. Chat in world, regional and clan channels and compete across live leaderboards. PETS, MOUNTS AND SIGILS Hatch, merge and upgrade pets, then ascend the Pet Altar to unlock permanent collection bonuses. Summon mounts and improve them with glyphs that can change how your abilities work, including cooldowns, damage and stacking effects. Forge active sigil abilities, level them up and evolve the Sigil Altar to unlock higher rarities. LIVE EVENTS AND REWARDS Enjoy rotating Battle Pass seasons, cosmetic skins, 60-day login rewards, Lucky Wheel events, weekly buffs, quests, promo codes and friend referral rewards. FEATURES • Free to play • Automatic hunting while the game is running • Energy regeneration while away • Deep gear and talent customization • PvE, PvP, clans and group content • Multiple servers and live leaderboards • Full player profiles and build inspection • Available in English, German, French and Turkish Build your hero, master your setup and rise above the entire server. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dark Station

Features
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Welcome to DARK STATION. You are trapped, but you are not alone. DARK STATION is an intense, minimalist 2D sci-fi survival arcade game where your biggest enemy is your own predictability. Control a nimble geometric craft in a locked vertical arena, using your thrusters to dance around gravity. Your goal? Survive for as long as possible. But there’s a catch. The station is controlled by an adaptive Rogue AI that constantly tracks your habits. Do you favor the left side of the screen? Do you panic when gravity flips? Are your movements becoming too predictable? The AI is watching, learning, and it will punish your patterns. If you get too predictable, the AI’s Prediction Score rises, triggering brutal, coordinated strikes designed specifically to catch you off guard. To survive, you must constantly change your playstyle, trick the AI, and master the art of unpredictable flight. ADAPTIVE ROGUE AI The AI actively analyzes your flight path, stillness ratio, and dodge bias. It switches dynamically between Pressure, Bait, and Prediction modes based on how you play. No two runs are ever the same. DEADLY DYNAMIC HAZARDS Navigate a chaotic gauntlet of procedurally triggered traps: Gravity Flips: The floor becomes the ceiling in an instant. Laser Grids: Precision beams that box you into corners. Force Fields: Magnetic walls designed to push you into danger. Missile Swarms: Heat-seeking projectiles that demand split-second reflexes. Blackouts & Mirror Modes: Survive when the lights go out and your controls invert! PROGRESSION & CUSTOMISATION Surviving the Dark Station earns you score and prestige. Unlock striking visual skins and loadouts for your craft, featuring unique visual effects like ghost trails, fire particles, and neon prestige signals. MASTER THE STATION Review your past runs and study your own weaknesses using the Run History and Replay systems. Climb the prestige tiers to face even faster, more relentless hazard intervals. The Rogue AI is waiting. Are you ready to break the pattern?

Screenshots

Eldaryn4 screens
Dark Station4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dark Station at none against Eldaryn's 12. Dark Station also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price and 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

Both are free to download. Eldaryn sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Dark Station asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Eldaryn versus Dark Station: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEldarynDark Station
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (71 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings71 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB21 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSolmeron s.r.o.Rahul Kanojiya

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Eldaryn

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Membership$9.991 Month
One-time11
  • Daily Gems$0.99
  • Daily Energy$0.99
  • Daily Dungeon Key$1.99
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  • Weekly Gem Bundle$2.99
  • Weekly energy$2.99
  • Weekly Crusade Keys$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Weekly Buff$4.99
  • Master Pack$4.99
  • Battle Pass$4.99
  • Supporter Pack$19.99
None

Dark Station

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eldaryn free?
Eldaryn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dark Station free?
Dark Station is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Eldaryn or Dark Station have ads?
Eldaryn shows ads; Dark Station does not.

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