Dark Sword Fantasy vs BarrowFalls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dark Sword Fantasy
Engage in intense combat against bosses and monsters in this action RPG. Focus on mastering your skills and collecting resources to upgrade your gear for challenging encounters. The game emphasizes strategic fighting over extensive exploration.
- Intense combat focus
- Boss and monster battles
- Skill-based gameplay
- Equipment collection
- Resource gathering for upgrades
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This is a action rpg game that focuses more on combat than exploration. The main objective is to defeat all the bosses. Collecting resources will help you get better equipment when facing them. However, you can still defeat them using only your skills.
BarrowFalls
Embark on a hand-drawn tile-crawl RPG adventure. Forge your hero, engage in strategic turn-based combat, and explore a vibrant world filled with quests and dangers. The entire adventure is playable for free.
- Hero forging with customizable stats, gear, and spells
- Strategic turn-based combat with elemental resistances
- Living town with quests and services
- Exploration of dangerous lands and boss barrows
- Narrated tale with spoken opening and guide
- Adjustable gameplay settings
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BarrowFalls is an original tile-crawl RPG in the spirit of the classics — forge your Outlander, explore a hand-drawn realm, and set out to end the Undying Reign of Malgorth. • Forge a hero — pick your kindred and calling, then grow your stats, gear, and spells your way. • Turn-based combat — no button-mashing. Bump a monster to fight; target foes for spells and arrows; every creature has an element it resists and one it fears. • A living town — quests, a chapel, a spell tutor, a smith who cuts gems into your gear, and townsfolk who warm to you as you help them. • Explore four dangerous lands, brave boss barrows, and reforge your weapons with socketed gems. • Narrated Tale — a spoken opening chronicle and read-aloud guide, at your own pace. • Play your way — adjustable move speed, music/sound/voice volumes, and a full How-to-Play guide. No ads. The whole adventure is playable free — optional "Stand the Bard a Round" gold packs support the developer and top up your purse, nothing more. Made with care by one developer - Sternzy. ``` **Copyright:** ``` © 2026 Sternzy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BarrowFalls at 5.0 against Dark Sword Fantasy's 3.0. BarrowFalls also leads on ads (none vs shown). Dark Sword Fantasy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. BarrowFalls sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dark Sword Fantasy asks for nothing beyond the download.
BarrowFalls holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Dark Sword Fantasy | BarrowFalls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 314 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hung Nguyen | David Stern |
In-app purchases
Dark Sword Fantasy
No in-app purchases
BarrowFalls
- Tavern Ale$0.99
- Flagon of Mead$1.99
- Goblet of Wine$4.99
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- Dragon's Ale$9.99
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