Archmage Idle vs Rootflux
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archmage Idle
An idle RPG where you train skills and recruit wizards to conquer foes. Your skills directly impact combat and resource management, with unique abilities like Chronomancy and Diplomacy tying everything together. Collect items and manage resources while your guild works offline.
- Interconnected skill system
- Recruit and train wizards
- Elemental hex map combat
- Resource management (Runecrafting, Alchemy, Mercantile)
- Offline guild progression
- Item collection
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Train Skills. Recruit Wizards. Conquer Foes. An idle/incremental RPG with deeply interconnected skills. Your skills feed the frontlines: Attunement, Summoning, and Sigilry power your wizards as they fight across an elemental hex map. Your skills feed the supply lines: Research, Runecrafting, Alchemy, Mercantile, and Scavenging keep the resources flowing. And skills you won't find anywhere else, like Chronomancy, Diplomacy, and Appraisal, tie it all together. Burn Runes in the Runic Cauldron. Train wizards at the Academy. Sell surplus goods on the Bazaar. Collect hundreds of items that fuel both your skilling and your combat. Your guild keeps working while you're offline.
Rootflux
An idle game focused on subterranean exploration and growth. Players expand a root network, gather resources, and break through underground layers to build a deeper living system. Features include idle growth, network expansion, and long-term progression systems.
- Idle nutrient growth
- Expanding root network
- Transport and absorption upgrades
- Breakthrough strata
- Seedfall and automation systems
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Rootflux is an idle growth game about sending roots deeper underground. Grow new roots, gather nutrients, strengthen your transport network, break through strata, and gradually build a wider and deeper living system. Features: - Idle nutrient growth over time - A root network that visibly expands as you play - Upgrades for transport, absorption, branching, and depth - Permanent growth through strata breakthroughs - Longer-term systems including seedfall, challenges, and automation Rootflux will continue to grow through frequent updates with new systems, balance changes, and usability improvements.
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Verdict
Archmage Idle and Rootflux both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Archmage Idle's written reviews are positive against 62% of Rootflux's. Archmage Idle also leads on chart position (#108 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Archmage Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Rootflux sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Archmage Idle against 4.5 for Rootflux. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 83 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Archmage Idle's written reviews are positive against 62% of Rootflux's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Archmage Idle | Rootflux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (74 ratings) — better | 4.5 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews — better | 62.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 74 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #108 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 379 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TopCog LLC | Idle System, Inc. |
Customer experience
Archmage Idle
Rootflux
In-app purchases
Archmage Idle
- Time Warp$0.99
- VIP 1 - Apprentice Patron$2.99
- Remove Ads + XP Boost$4.99
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- VIP 2 - Adept Patron$4.99
- Animus Augment$9.99
- Time Warp x10$9.99
- VIP 3 - Mage Patron$9.99
- VIP 4 - Grandmage Patron$14.99
- VIP 5 - Archmage Patron$19.99
Rootflux
- Ad-Free Pass$2.99
- Dandelion$4.99
- Spider$4.99
Questions
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