Comparison

Dronefall vs Arcane Spire

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

Head to head
About

Dronefall

Command a squad in a real-time brawler where you loot, fight rivals and AI, and must extract before the window closes. Success builds your army for future runs, while failure means losing everything.

Highlights
  • Command a full squad in real-time
  • Fight players, AI, and horde
  • Loot fuel, gear, and rare drops
  • Strategic extraction decisions
  • Build and upgrade army between runs
Features
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Drop in. Loot up. Get out alive. Dronefall is a real-time brawler with the stakes of an extraction shooter. You command a squad, not a single hero. Every match drops you into a hostile open zone you share with rival squads, AI patrols and the horde. Sweep the map, take the fights you can win, and haul back everything you can carry. But the extraction window is closing. Push deeper for the rare drops, or pull out now and lock in what you already have. Miss the window and you lose the loot and the units carrying it. Make it out, and everything you brought back goes into your army. Unlock new unit classes, upgrade weapons and engines, and come back stronger for the next run. WHAT YOU DO • Command a full squad in real time, not one character • Fight players, AI forces and the horde on the same map • Loot fuel, gear and rare drops under constant pressure • Decide every run: extract now, or risk it all for more • Build and upgrade your army between runs NO SECOND CHANCES Everything you carry is on the line until you cross the extraction zone. Every run you survive makes the next one bigger.

About

Arcane Spire

Features
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Hold the last Spire against an endless galaxy of invaders. Arcane Spire is a fast, tactical tower-defense roguelite. Deploy planet-turrets across the lanes, read each incoming fleet, and spend your Power Surges at exactly the right moment. One tower stands between the swarm and the core. How deep can you hold? HOW IT PLAYS • Deploy planet-turrets: lasers, chain arcs, frost, burn, knockback and singularity vortices, each with its own role on the battlefield. • Draft a Power Surge between spawns: more power, crit, fire-rate, a fresh planet, or a screen-clearing Cryo or Gale pulse. • Call in five boosters mid-fight: Overdrive, Crossfire, Cryo Shatter, Ion Storm and Time Dilation. Each has its own window and its own way to turn a losing wave. • Cast potions on cooldown: Firestorm, Frost Nova, Healing Brew, Gale Burst. • Read the fleet. Shielded cruisers, armored juggernauts, fighter swarms and two-phase bosses each demand a different answer. • Clear the boss, bank your coins and shards, upgrade your arsenal, and push one world deeper. FEATURES • 10 handcrafted worlds, from the Astra Belt to the endless Void Abyss. Each world raises the difficulty band, swaps the enemy pool, and ends on a boss. • Roguelite runs. Every attempt earns currency toward stronger planets and permanent upgrades. You always come back sharper. • 28 planet-turrets to unlock, mix and master, from starter blasters to mythic singularities. Then mount moons on them for a second weapon layer. • Orbital Siege: a 150-level radial-defense campaign with its own upgrades, drafts and checkpoints. • Global leaderboard. Submit your best wave and climb the ranks. Optional sign-in keeps your progress across devices. • Snappy one-hand controls, built for quick sessions. • Play offline. The whole campaign is single-player, no connection required. FAIR & FREE • Free to play. Optional rewarded ads and in-app purchases (gem packs and a premium world), never required to progress. • No pay-to-win walls: every planet and upgrade is earnable by playing.

Screenshots

Dronefall4 screens
Arcane Spire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dronefall at none against Arcane Spire's 10. Dronefall also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Arcane Spire's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Arcane Spire sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Dronefall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dronefall ships an update every 3 weeks, Arcane Spire every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dronefall versus Arcane Spire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDronefallArcane Spire
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size446 MB148 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperAndrey KorotkovAleksandar Rashkov

In-app purchases

None

Dronefall

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Arcane Spire

One-time10
  • fill all remaining defense lan$0.99
  • same grant$2.99
  • same grant$3.99
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  • 5 charges of each of the 5 sie$4.99
  • 4 star pieces + 1 moon piece +$4.99
  • same grant$4.99
  • Avatar Recon Set$4.99
  • Champion Recon Set$4.99
  • Havoc Champion$4.99
  • same grant$5.99

Questions

Is Dronefall free?
Dronefall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arcane Spire free?
Arcane Spire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dronefall or Arcane Spire have ads?
Both Dronefall and Arcane Spire show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dronefall or Arcane Spire?
Dronefall ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arcane Spire every 6 days. Most recently, Dronefall was updated on September 22, 2026 and Arcane Spire on October 4, 2026.

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