Comparison

Pyrocrawl vs Mateforge

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

Head to head
About

Pyrocrawl

Embark on a strategic card-based dungeon crawl. Master a deck of 54 cards to defeat monsters, gather treasure, and unlock new skills. Your strategic choices will determine your survival and ultimate riches.

Highlights
  • Card-based dungeon crawling
  • Deck of 54 cards
  • Battle goblins and dragons
  • Unlock new skills
  • Gather treasure and gold
  • Strategic combat
Features
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DESCRIPTION Dive into "Pyrocrawl : Dungeon Deck" a game inspired by Card Crawl, set in treacherous dungeons. Play as the Pyro-Paladin, mastering a deck of 54 cards to battle foes like goblins and dragons. Strategy determines survival and success brings gold to unlock new skills. Will you conquer the darkness for untold riches? INSTRUCTIONS Draw cards using resources to defeat your enemies until there are no cards left in the deck. Each turn, new cards will be drawn until the 4 slots on the dashboard are filled. Equip the resource cards in your hands and backpack. Confront your enemies by casting spells at them, taking direct damage from them, or dampening it with a shield. Gather as many treasures as possible on your way out of the dungeon, and use the earned gold to unlock new Ability Cards." a game inspired by Card Crawl, set in treacherous dungeons. Play as the Pyro-Paladin, mastering a deck of 54 cards to battle foes like goblins and dragons. Strategy determines survival and success brings gold to unlock new skills. Will you conquer the darkness for untold riches?

About

Mateforge

Features
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Mateforge is a single-player chess roguelike deckbuilder. Command an army of chess pieces, cast powerful spell cards, and survive an ever-collapsing board across an endless run of battles. Each round the board crumbles beneath you — capture every enemy before it does. Between fights, draft upgrades, recruit and merge pieces, forge your deck, and grow stronger for the boss waiting ahead. FEATURES - Chess meets roguelike — pieces move by real chess rules, but the board falls apart every turn - Build your deck — craft custom decks from 29 spell cards: lightning, meteors, freezes, teleports and more - Evolve your pieces — defeat bosses to permanently evolve your army through 3 tiers of power - Merge & recruit — fuse pieces into stronger ones and expand your squad - Boss battles — face bosses with shields, swift moves and spawning, scaling in difficulty - Daily challenge — a new rule-bending mutator every day - Meta progression — earn shards and unlock permanent perks that carry across runs - Endless runs — no two are ever the same - 6 languages — English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano How far can you get before the board swallows you?

Screenshots

Pyrocrawl4 screens
Mateforge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pyrocrawl at none against Mateforge's shown. Pyrocrawl also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pyrocrawl versus Mateforge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPyrocrawlMateforge
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTai Dinh TanSalih Eksioglu

In-app purchases

None

Pyrocrawl

No in-app purchases

None

Mateforge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pyrocrawl free?
Pyrocrawl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mateforge free?
Mateforge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pyrocrawl or Mateforge have ads?
Mateforge shows ads; Pyrocrawl does not.

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