Comparison

Hold the Tile! vs Ability Roulette

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

Head to head
About

Hold the Tile!

Engage in real-time strategy battles in a medieval world. Build your base, command legendary generals with customizable skills, and lead diverse units in tactical squad combat. Explore dynamic battlefields, conquer regions, and unleash devastating magic to achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Real-time 1v1 strategy battles
  • Base building and defense
  • Customizable RPG-style generals
  • Squad-based tactical combat
  • Explore dynamic, fog-of-war maps
  • Unleash devastating magic spells
Features
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◉ LEAD YOUR ARMY TO VICTORY! Step into a captivating low-poly medieval world where strategy, base-building, and tactical combat collide. Face off in intense, fast-paced 1v1 real-time strategy battles and fight for dominance across ever-changing lands! ◉ EXPLORE & CONQUER DYNAMIC BATTLEFIELDS: No two matches are the same. Explore maps full of tactical opportunities and hidden dangers divided into strategic regions. The entire world is shrouded in the Fog of War - you must scout the unknown terrain to discover resources, locate enemy bases, and plan deadly ambushes. But beware! Ferocious Barbarians guard the map's most valuable, uncharted territories. Defeat these camps to claim rare resources and fuel your war machine. ◉ COMMAND & CUSTOMIZE LEGENDARY GENERALS: Lead your forces with distinct classes of Generals - the Warrior, the Builder, and the Mage. Between matches, earn Skill Points and dive into deep, RPG-style Talent Trees. Customize your playstyle by unlocking powerful abilities. Want to try a new strategy? Reset your skill points at any time to experiment with entirely different builds and adapt to your growing army! ◉ TACTICAL SQUAD-BASED COMBAT: Recruit a diverse roster of units - from steadfast spearmen and swift archers to massive orcs and powerful mages. Group them into squads and march into battle. Manage your troops manually for precise micro-control, or let the auto-battle system handle the frontline. ◉ BUILD, DEFEND AND UPGRADE: A strong army needs a strong economy. Gather wood, iron, and gold to establish your base. Fortify your territory with walls, towers, and strategic bridges to hold off enemy raids. Use your hard-earned coins to permanently upgrade your units and structures. ◉ UNLEASH DEVASTATING MAGIC: Turn the tide of war with powerful spells! Rain down fireballs, summon living trees, or slow your enemies to a crawl. But magic comes at a cost: expand your borders, capture more land, and overwhelm your opponent with arcane supremacy!

About

Ability Roulette

Engage in a strategic two-player duel by tracking live rounds and blanks, and utilizing 15 unique ability cards. Outwit your opponent in tense matches with risk-reward mechanics and tactical card combinations. Play solo offline for free or unlock online multiplayer with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Track live rounds and blanks
  • Combine 15 ability cards
  • Risk self-shots for turn continuation
  • Offline solo play
  • Private and public online matchmaking
  • Best of three matches
Features
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Count the live rounds and blanks, combine 15 ability cards, and outthink your rival in a tense duel for two. Aim across the table, or risk a shot at yourself to keep the turn if it is blank. Play complete solo matches offline for free. A one-time Full Game purchase unlocks private online duels with friends and public matchmaking. Online play requires Game Center. No subscription. READ THE CYLINDER Each load reveals the number of live rounds and blanks. The order stays hidden. Track every cartridge that leaves the cylinder and recalculate the odds after each shot. Aim at your rival, or risk a shot at yourself. A blank self-shot keeps your turn. A live round costs one life. USE 15 ABILITIES Check the next or last cartridge, eject one, reshuffle the remainder, raise a guard, or curse the next live round with a chance to misfire. Abilities arrive as cards in your hand. Play as many as you have available before the required shot and combine their effects to shape the turn. WIN THE MATCH Both players begin each round with three lives. Health and cards in your hand carry across reloads within the round. Later rounds bring larger loads and harder decisions. Win two rounds to take the match. Play aboard a night express crossing early 20th century England. • Free offline solo play • Private online duels and public matchmaking • Fifteen abilities with combinable effects • Short best of three matches • Tense, non-gory action • Game text in 20 languages

Screenshots

Hold the Tile!4 screens
Ability Roulette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hold the Tile! at 90% against Ability Roulette's 33%. Hold the Tile! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Ability Roulette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hold the Tile! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hold the Tile! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Hold the Tile!'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Ability Roulette's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hold the Tile! ships an update every 3 days, Ability Roulette every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hold the Tile! versus Ability Roulette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHold the Tile!Ability Roulette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB24 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMikhail VartanovVEB AUTOMEISHN LLC

Customer experience

Hold the Tile!

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

Ability Roulette

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Hold the Tile!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ability Roulette

One-time1
  • Full Game$5.99

Questions

Is Hold the Tile! free?
Hold the Tile! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ability Roulette free?
Ability Roulette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hold the Tile! or Ability Roulette?
Hold the Tile! is rated higher. Hold the Tile! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Ability Roulette averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Hold the Tile! or Ability Roulette have ads?
Neither Hold the Tile! nor Ability Roulette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hold the Tile! or Ability Roulette?
Hold the Tile! ships an update every 3 days, and Ability Roulette every 2 days. Most recently, Hold the Tile! was updated on November 6, 2026 and Ability Roulette on November 6, 2026.

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