Comparison

Reforge the Age vs SlashForge

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

Head to head
About

Reforge the Age

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In a world overrun by mechanical horrors, you are the last hope. Reforge the Age is an intense action shooter where you must scavenge, craft, and upgrade an arsenal of powerful weapons to hunt down relentless mechanized monsters. Explore ruined landscapes, uncover the secrets of a fallen civilization, and pull the trigger to reclaim the future. Every battle is a step toward reforging a new era from the ashes of the old.

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SlashForge

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Emberbrand still remembers where the sparks went. SlashForge is a fast, dark, one-handed hack-and-slash action RPG built for portrait play. You are Rowan Vale, last apprentice of the Ashen Forge, carrying a living blade that can only be reforged by reclaiming seven dead forges from the Hollow Crown. Pick your weapon. Pick your difficulty. Read the telegraphs, dodge through the danger, and cut your way back to Emberhold stronger than you left. FEATURES - Five weapons, your choice from the start โ€” buy and swap freely, each with a real role: the balanced Emberbrand sword, the wide-cleaving Cinder Axe, the lightning-fast crit jabs of the Oathknife, the long-range Tidebow, and the splashing First-Fire Staff. - Choose your difficulty โ€” Easy, Standard, or Hard at the start, with extra Crown modifiers unlocked after the campaign for an even deeper challenge. - Seven acts, seven bosses โ€” each with their own patterns, phases, and corrupted duty. - Dodge from the first fight โ€” a dash with invulnerability frames, plus combos, potions, and biome hazards to play around. - Build your forge-knight โ€” twelve relics and four upgrade branches (Weaponcraft, Armor, Footwork, Forgecraft) tune your run. - Role-based enemies โ€” swarm, brute, shielded, ranged, caster, and elite, plus boss summons. Clear, deadly telegraphs reward reading the fight. - Rebuild Emberhold โ€” every spark you recover reopens part of the ruined forge-village hub. - Fights with stakes โ€” clear the road to keep your shards; a codex records the world you are saving. BUILT FOR YOUR PHONE - True one-handed portrait controls โ€” move stick and action buttons within thumb's reach, plus a pause whenever life interrupts. - Short, sharp runs: a normal fight is a few minutes. Pick it up, clear a node, put it down. - Fully offline. No ads. No accounts. No tracking. The world is wounded, but recoverable. Reopen the forges. Reforge the blade. Push back the Crown.

Screenshots

Reforge the Age3 screens
SlashForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlashForge at none against Reforge the Age's 10. SlashForge also leads on ads (none vs shown). Reforge the Age's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Reforge the Age sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SlashForge asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 1 level
Reforge the Age versus SlashForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReforge the AgeSlashForge
PriceFreeFree
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size121 MB108 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWest Therapeutic Development, LLCDaniel Collinsworth

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Reforge the Age

One-time10
  • Gem Pack 8$16.00
  • Gem Pack 10$20.00
  • Gem Pack 11$22.00
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  • Gem Pack 12$25.00
  • Gem Pack 13$30.00
  • Gem Pack 14$35.00
  • Gem Pack 15$42.00
  • Gem Pack 16$50.00
  • Gem Pack 17$55.00
  • Gem Pack 18$60.00
None

SlashForge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reforge the Age free?
Reforge the Age is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SlashForge free?
SlashForge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reforge the Age or SlashForge have ads?
Reforge the Age shows ads; SlashForge does not.

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