Comparison

Aetherium Clash vs Goblin Card RPG

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

Head to head
About

Aetherium Clash

Features
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Aetherium Clash is a tactical card game built around one idea: play a card to the 3×3 grid, beat the number on an adjacent enemy card, and flip it to your side. When the board fills, whoever owns more cards wins. You'll learn it in a single match and still be finding new lines a hundred matches later. Most of the game is yours alone. A STORY CAMPAIGN Fight across distinct worlds, each with its own map of encounters and a boss holding the road forward. Beat the boss, open the next world. THE GAUNTLET A roster of AI challengers, each with a real deck and a style you have to actually solve — not difficulty sliders, opponents. A COLLECTION WORTH BUILDING 110 cards across four rarities, in a painted JRPG style. Earn packs by playing, disenchant duplicates into shards, and tune decks around what you've actually got. NO POP-UP ADS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. NO ENERGY TIMERS. Nothing is sold to you. There is no second currency behind a paywall and nothing runs out while you wait. No ad ever interrupts a match — the only ones in the game are optional videos you can choose to watch for extra Shards, and you can ignore them forever. AND WHEN YOU WANT A HUMAN Ranked quick match against other players, or a private duel with a friend by code or QR scan. Trade cards with other players in the marketplace. Entirely optional — the campaign and the Gauntlet never ask you to go online for a match. FEATURES • Story campaign — worlds, maps, bosses, built for solo play • The Gauntlet — AI challengers with distinct decks and personalities • 110 collectible cards across four rarities • Guardian Forces — mythological summons as showcase card art • Deck builder with sorting by power and rarity • Player marketplace — trade cards for Shards • Optional PvP — ranked quick match, or private duels by friend code / QR • Cloud sync — sign in with Apple or Google, keep your collection across devices Place. Flip. Conquer the grid.

About

Goblin Card RPG

Embark on a dark-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder adventure as a goblin scavenger climbing a treacherous tower. Build and rebuild your deck each run, facing escalating challenges and unique bosses on your quest for a mysterious reward.

Highlights
  • Roguelike deckbuilding gameplay
  • Turn-based card combat
  • Permadeath runs with meta-progression
  • Five distinct character archetypes
  • 100 floors with escalating danger
  • Optional ad removal purchase
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Climb the Tower. Rebuild your deck every run. Survive whatever you become. Goblin Card RPG: Tower Trials is a dark-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder for mobile. You play Nibs, a goblin scavenger climbing a hundred-floor dwarven tower where something at the summit promises to change what you are - if you survive long enough to reach it. CARD-BATTLE COMBAT, EVERY RUN DIFFERENT Build your deck floor by floor from five distinct archetypes - Miner (pickaxe damage and Vulnerable), Tinker (bombs and area damage), Brewer (poison and sustain), Runes (card draw and burst turns), and Wall (block and thorns). Commit to one archetype for powerful synergies, or splash between them - no two runs build the same deck. ROGUELIKE PROGRESSION Turn-based card combat, permadeath runs, relics, potions, and a stat-upgrade shop between floors. Meta-progression carries between runs, so every climb - win or lose - makes the next one stronger. 100 FLOORS, ESCALATING DANGER Common mobs, elite guardians, and unique per-floor bosses all the way to the top, with a difficulty dial from Normal to Impossible for players who want the real challenge. Free to play, with an optional one-time purchase to remove ads.

Screenshots

Aetherium Clash4 screens
Goblin Card RPG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aetherium Clash at none against Goblin Card RPG's 1. Goblin Card RPG's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Goblin Card RPG sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aetherium Clash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aetherium Clash ships an update fortnightly, Goblin Card RPG weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Aetherium Clash versus Goblin Card RPG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAetherium ClashGoblin Card RPG
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB234 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKGW Software ABYevhen Melnychenko

In-app purchases

None

Aetherium Clash

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Goblin Card RPG

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Aetherium Clash free?
Aetherium Clash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Goblin Card RPG free?
Goblin Card RPG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aetherium Clash or Goblin Card RPG have ads?
Aetherium Clash shows ads; Goblin Card RPG does not.
Which is updated more often, Aetherium Clash or Goblin Card RPG?
Aetherium Clash ships an update fortnightly, and Goblin Card RPG weekly. Most recently, Aetherium Clash was updated on October 14, 2026 and Goblin Card RPG on October 24, 2026.

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