Comparison

Sumward vs Dumpster Fire

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

Head to head
About

Sumward

Features
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MAKE A HAND. BUILD AN ENGINE. BREAK THE MATH. Step into the Night Parade: a number-card roguelite where simple hands become outrageous scoring machines. Draw 8 cards, play up to 5, and turn familiar sets and runs - plus Sum to Ten, Spectrum, and Pure Run - into chips x mult. Then draft relics, tune your deck, and survive eight escalating rounds. EASY TO READ. DEEP TO MASTER. • See your score before you commit a hand • Keep the complete hand table one tap away • Read every suit by color, symbol, and name • Spot overlapping hands and score the strongest pattern BUILD SOMETHING BROKEN • Discover 22 relics across common, uncommon, and rare tiers • Combine relic effects into powerful scoring engines • Add, enhance, or remove cards in The Exchange • Upgrade cards with foil, holo, and gild enhancements • Bank coins between rounds to earn interest - or spend them chasing the perfect build THE RULES CHANGE AS YOU CLIMB Every run climbs through eight named rounds. From the third, each round bends a rule: fewer swaps, a smaller hand, halved coins, or junk hands worth nothing. Beat The Auditor at Round 8 to win. Your run saves after every action, so you can leave and continue exactly where you stopped. ONE SHARED DAILY Everyone gets the same seeded run each day: the same deal, the same rule changes, and the same Exchange. You get one ranked attempt, then you can compare your result on the global leaderboard. The Daily is free for everyone. THE MARATHON (PRO) Pro adds a separate board on the same daily deck. Carry it past Round 8 in Infinite Mode as often as you like: every run counts and your best run ranks. The Daily itself stays one ranked attempt for everyone. KEEP MAKING PROGRESS • Complete 13 milestones • Discover every hand and relic • Track personal records and your strongest builds • Change the full table with unlockable themes • Share polished result cards with friends FREE TO PLAY Play the ranked Daily every day, start five introductory casual runs, then receive three casual starts each day. Free players get the complete eight-round game and the full core relic pool. There are no ads. GO PRO Unlock unlimited casual runs, continue winning builds into Infinite Mode, expand from five to eight relic slots after Round 8, play today's deck on the Marathon Pro board, where unlimited attempts count and your best run past Round 8 ranks, keep the Ledger of lifetime records and your last 30 runs, and equip every premium table theme. Choose the one-time Full Game Unlock or the StackForge Play Pass. No subscription is required to own the full game. Made by StackForge Studios. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dumpster Fire

A digital adaptation of a popular card game where players race to discard all their cards. The last player holding any cards loses. Features include quick matches, private games with friends, and an intuitive tutorial.

Highlights
  • Discard cards by playing higher or equal value
  • Eat the pile if unable to play
  • Special power cards with unique effects
  • Quick matchmaking with bots
  • Private tables for friends
  • Guided tutorial for new players
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Dumpster Fire is the card game you played on the floor of a hostel, a dorm or a family holiday, rebuilt for your phone. You may know it as Palace or Karma. There is no winner. Everyone races to get rid of their cards, and the last player still holding any is the loser. HOW IT PLAYS • Play a card equal to or higher than the top of the pile. • Can't? You eat the whole pile. • Empty your hand, then your face-up cards, then flip your face-down cards blind. POWER CARDS • 2 resets the pile, so anything can follow. • 3 is see-through and copies the card under it. • 7 forces the next card to be 7 or lower. • 8 skips the next player. • 10 burns the pile, and so does four of a kind. • The Joker dumps the entire pile on the player of your choice. PLAY YOUR WAY • Quick Match finds a table in seconds, and bots fill empty seats. • Start a private table and invite friends with a four-letter code or a link. • 2 to 4 players, on iPhone and iPad. • A guided first game teaches every rule in a few minutes. No accounts, no ads, no purchases. Pick a name and play.

Screenshots

Sumward4 screens
Dumpster Fire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dumpster Fire at none against Sumward's 3. Dumpster Fire also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Sumward's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Sumward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dumpster Fire asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sumward ships an update every 3 weeks, Dumpster Fire weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sumward versus Dumpster Fire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSumwardDumpster Fire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStackForge StudiosGuy Lewin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sumward

Subscriptions2
  • StackForge Play Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
  • StackForge Play Pass Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sumward Full Game Unlock$4.99
None

Dumpster Fire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sumward free?
Sumward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dumpster Fire free?
Dumpster Fire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sumward or Dumpster Fire have ads?
Neither Sumward nor Dumpster Fire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sumward or Dumpster Fire?
Sumward ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dumpster Fire weekly. Most recently, Sumward was updated on October 29, 2026 and Dumpster Fire on October 26, 2026.

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