Comparison

Incremental ELM Quest vs The Life Grid

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

Head to head
About

Incremental ELM Quest

Embark on a challenging incremental RPG adventure where every battle and defeat fuels your progress. Upgrade your hero, build your town, and strategize to overcome hundreds of unique foes and powerful bosses. This game offers a rewarding experience for both short sessions and extended play.

Highlights
  • Incremental RPG gameplay
  • Hero upgrades and evolutions
  • Town building for progression
  • Boss battles with unique tactics
  • Permanent bonuses from defeats
  • Hundreds of unique enemies
Features
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ELM Quest is a cozy but challenging incremental RPG where every battle pushes your progress forward. Begin your quest, fight through encounters, and upgrade your hero to survive tougher foes. Every loss results in powerful permanent bonuses that strengthen future runs. Why players enjoy ELM Quest: - 4 starting heroes, each with a unique playstyle and several evolutions each. - Face powerful bosses with unique tactics. Can you beat them all? - Hundreds of unique foes. Study your foes carefully to overcome difficult fights. - Build up your town for lasting progression. - Every defeat matters, no matter how quick. Learn, adapt, and push farther each run. Whether you play in short sessions or long grinds, ELM Quest rewards strategy, persistence, and clever upgrades. Dev note: This game was made by an incremental game fan who got bored of waiting for another to come out. You will find no ads and the game was balanced around being a completely free experience. All perks/rewards obtainable for free through gameplay.

About

The Life Grid

Features
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Life Grid is a pixel narrative strategy game about choices, limits, and the meaning of each step. You move through a maze of connected rooms and meet different guides along the way. At first, the world feels light and open. As the journey unfolds, life, cost, purpose, attachment, and direction slowly become visible. There are no monsters to defeat, and no single correct route. You decide whether each step is worth taking: move forward, avoid a cost, chase deeper meaning, or return to what matters. Every run leaves a different life record. The doors you pass through, the people you meet, the prices you pay, and the place where you finally stop all become part of your story. Features: Explore a maze of connected rooms Meet seven characters who reshape the journey Pixel art with a reflective life theme Choices built around tradeoffs and consequence Keep your different lives in records and a compendium

Screenshots

Incremental ELM Quest4 screens
The Life Grid2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Life Grid at none against Incremental ELM Quest's 3. Incremental ELM Quest's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Incremental ELM Quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. The Life Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Incremental ELM Quest versus The Life Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIncremental ELM QuestThe Life Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB10 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEric MarinTEKI HO

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Incremental ELM Quest

One-time3
  • Buy Dev a Coffee (+30 Renown)$0.99
  • Buy Dev Lunch (+200 Renown)$4.99
  • Fully Support Dev (+450 Renown)$9.99
None

The Life Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Incremental ELM Quest free?
Incremental ELM Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Life Grid free?
The Life Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Incremental ELM Quest or The Life Grid have ads?
Neither Incremental ELM Quest nor The Life Grid shows ads.

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