Scoundrel vs Duellum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scoundrel
Engage in a tense solo dungeon crawl using a deck of cards. Make strategic choices to fight monsters, manage your resources, and decide when to retreat to survive increasingly dangerous rooms. Offers two distinct game modes for varied experiences.
- Solo dungeon crawl gameplay
- Card-based combat mechanics
- Resource management (health, weapons)
- Two distinct game modes (Classic, Underkeep)
- Offline play
- Strategic decision-making
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One room. Four bad choices. Scoundrel - Cardcraft turns a deck of cards into a tense solo dungeon crawl. Fight monsters, chain weapons, time your heals, and decide when to run before the room turns lethal. Every card matters: • Spades and clubs are monsters waiting to drain your health • Diamonds become weapons, but each kill limits what they can fight next • Hearts can save a run — if you use them at the right time • Running can buy time, but the dungeon remembers Play two ways: • Classic — the original 44-card Scoundrel crawl • Underkeep — a deeper 10-floor run with gold, shops, relics, storage, and escalating dungeon decks Built for quick, strategic solo sessions: • Fast card-based rooms with meaningful decisions • Cinematic monster kills and satisfying card animations • Relics that reshape your run between floors • Clear HUD for health, weapon, deck, gold, and floor progress • Built-in rules reference when you need a quick refresh • Offline play with no ads, timers, or energy systems Every room can save you or kill you. Choose carefully.
Duellum
Engage in a fast-paced deck-building card game set in ancient Rome. Build your legion by recruiting powerful cards, deploy them strategically to defeat opponents, and climb the Roman military ranks to achieve victory.
- Strategic deck-building
- Three AI difficulty levels
- Turn-based online multiplayer
- Multiple leaderboards
- Over 20 achievements
- Roman-themed progression
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Step into the arena. Duellum is a fast-paced deck-building card game set in ancient Rome, where every decision shapes your path to victory. BUILD YOUR LEGION Start each battle with a basic hand of soldiers and coins. Spend gold to recruit powerful new cards from the market — fierce warriors, cunning tacticians, and devastating war machines. Every card you add transforms your deck into a unique fighting force. Will you build a lean, efficient strike team or a sprawling army that overwhelms your rival? FIGHT FOR GLORY Deploy your cards to deal damage, generate gold, draw reinforcements, and unleash devastating combos. Banish weak cards to sharpen your deck. Time your attacks carefully — a well-built engine can end a battle in just a few turns, but one wrong move and the tide turns against you. PLAY YOUR WAY Challenge the AI across three difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, and Hard — each with its own tactical personality. Or take the fight online and battle a friend head-to-head via Game Center with turn-based multiplayer. Take your turn whenever it suits you — during a coffee break, on the bus, or late at night. Your rival will be notified when it's their move. EARN YOUR RANK Rise through the Roman military ranks as you rack up victories. Start as a humble soldier, earn the title of Decanus at 10 wins, command as a Centurion at 50, lead as a Legatus at 100, rule as Imperator at 500, and achieve the ultimate honour — Caesar — at 1,000 victories. How far can you climb? COMPETE ON THE LEADERBOARDS Track your Total Wins against players worldwide. Race up the Weekly Wins leaderboard in fierce seven-day competitions. Or prove your tactical mastery on the Fastest Victory board — can you end a battle in record time? UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS Over 20 achievements reward skilful play and daring strategies. Pull off a Flawless Victory by winning without a scratch. Trigger a devastating Overkill with 10+ damage in a single strike. Master the Comeback Kid by clawing back from the brink of defeat. Deploy the mighty Ursus. Execute a lethal Sicarius Kill with a perfectly timed piercing attack. And many more surprises waiting to be discovered... FEATURES • Strategic deck-building with meaningful choices every turn • Three AI difficulty levels for solo play • Turn-based online multiplayer via Game Center • Three leaderboards: Total Wins, Weekly Wins, and Fastest Victory • 20+ achievements with hidden surprises to unlock • Roman-themed cards, ranks, and military progression • Quick matches that fit into any schedule • No ads. No pay-to-win. Just pure strategy. The arena awaits. Build your deck. Crush your rival. Earn your place in history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duellum at none against Scoundrel's 1. Scoundrel's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Scoundrel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Duellum asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scoundrel against 5.0 for Duellum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Scoundrel ships an update every 8 days, Duellum weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scoundrel | Duellum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SoftwareByEugene | Nicholas Thompson |
Customer experience
Scoundrel
Duellum
In-app purchases
Scoundrel
- Full Underkeep Unlock$2.99
Duellum
No in-app purchases









