Comparison

Relic Trail vs Brook Side

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

Head to head
About

Relic Trail

Embark on an offline roguelite survival adventure with quick runs and long-term growth. Dodge enemies, collect experience, and evolve your combat style with powerful skills. Upgrade your camp, forge gear, and unlock heroes between expeditions.

Highlights
  • Offline single-player roguelite survival
  • Auto-targeting projectile combat
  • Multiple heroes with unique stats
  • Permanent account growth upgrades
  • Gear forging and upgrading system
  • Relic collection and archive progression
  • Daily Trial and Endless challenge modes
Features
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Relic Trail is an offline roguelite survival adventure built for quick runs, long-term growth, and steady progression. Enter dangerous expedition routes, dodge enemy waves, collect experience, and choose powerful projectile skills as your build evolves during each run. Every level-up restores your health and gives you a chance to shape your combat style with homing bolts, piercing spears, explosive comets, lunar discs, prism shards, and more. Between expeditions, return to camp to strengthen your account, forge gear, unlock heroes, collect relics, claim achievements, and spend rewards earned through battle. Each route has its own pressure curve, enemy mix, hazards, rewards, and survival target. Features: - Offline single-player roguelite survival gameplay - Auto-targeting projectile combat - Multiple heroes with unique stats and roles - Permanent Growth upgrades - Gear forge with equip, upgrade, and salvage systems - Relic collection and archive progression - Gold Market and resource management - Daily Trial and Endless challenge modes - 3x3 Relic Matrix reward activity - Achievements, bestiary, route archive, and local progression - No account required and no internet required to play Relic Trail is designed for players who enjoy building stronger after every attempt. Survive longer, earn better rewards, return to camp, upgrade your power, and push deeper into the trail.

About

Brook Side

Rotate pipes to guide water streams to their outlets, collecting flowers and reviving gardens. Solve puzzles with increasing complexity, including managing two separate streams and earning three stars for optimal solutions. Enjoy daily challenges and a cast of charming characters.

Highlights
  • Pipe rotation puzzles
  • Water stream guidance
  • Flower collection
  • Three-star rating system
  • Dual stream management
  • Daily puzzles
  • Character interaction
Features
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Brookside is a garden where the water has stopped flowing. Rotate the pipes, guide each stream to its outlet, collect flowers along the way, and bring the gardens back to life. Garden Pipes Explore five gardens with fifteen levels each. Turn bends, junctions and crossings to build the right route and reach every outlet. Flowers and Three Stars The shortest path is not always the best. Guide water to healthy flowers while keeping wilted ones dry to earn a perfect three-star result. Repair Run Water starts flowing after five seconds, and each pipe locks once the stream passes through. Plan ahead and react quickly. Two Streams Guide two separate streams to their own outlets without letting them touch. Endless and Daily Play continuously generated puzzles or complete one fresh Daily Puzzle each day. The Plumbers Meet Fen the Frog, Muffin the Bunny, Pip the Otter, Wren the Swift and Dusty the Mole as you complete each garden.

Screenshots

Relic Trail4 screens
Brook Side4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brook Side at 5.0 against Relic Trail's 1.0. Brook Side also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Relic Trail's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brook Side holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Relic Trail ships an update fortnightly, Brook Side every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Relic Trail versus Brook Side: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRelic TrailBrook Side
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSICROMAL TECH SRLJamya Fultcher

In-app purchases

None

Relic Trail

No in-app purchases

None

Brook Side

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Relic Trail free?
Relic Trail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brook Side free?
Brook Side is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Relic Trail or Brook Side?
Brook Side is rated higher. Relic Trail averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Brook Side averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Relic Trail or Brook Side have ads?
Neither Relic Trail nor Brook Side shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Relic Trail or Brook Side?
Relic Trail ships an update fortnightly, and Brook Side every 3 days. Most recently, Relic Trail was updated on October 31, 2026 and Brook Side on November 6, 2026.

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