Comparison

Deckbane vs Deck Gauntlet

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

Head to head
About

Deckbane

A roguelike deckbuilding game blending poker mechanics with turn-based combat. Collect treasures, recruit heroes, and partner with pets to build a unique deck and defeat enemies. Offers high replayability with an external growth system.

Highlights
  • Poker hand-based combat
  • Deckbuilding with 50+ treasure cards
  • Recruit 30+ unique heroes
  • Partner with 50+ pets
  • Roguelike progression
  • External growth system
Features
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Deckbane is a roguelike deckbuilding game that combines poker mechanics and combat. In this game, you collect Treasures, team up with pet partners, modify your poker cards, and build your own unique deck to fight against enemies. Play Cards! Break the Curse with Your Hand Form classic poker hands—Pairs, Straights, Flushes, or Full Houses—to fuel your heroes’ morale and unleash devastating attacks! Build Your Deck, Play the Ultimate Hand Combine 50+ unique treasure cards to activate different playstyles Synergize with hero abilities to maximize your output Recruit Heroes, Assemble Your Salvation Wield the power of 30+ unique heroes, each with distinct tribal skills that can overturn destiny. Master the unique playstyles of Heart, Spade, Diamond, and Club! Partner with Pets, Unleash Endless Possibilities Team up with 50+ extraordinary pets, each with their own unique abilities to assist your journey. Highly Replayable, Grow Stronger Each Run Progress through an external growth system, continuously unlocking new treasures, pets, and heroes—build the ultimate deck that no evil can withstand! Perfect for fans of deckbuilders, solitaire, and roguelike card games. Experience pure indie strategic fun right now!

About

Deck Gauntlet

Features
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A whole roguelike deckbuilder. On your wrist. No phone needed. Deck Gauntlet is a pixel-art roguelike card game built from the ground up for Apple Watch. Draft a deck, drag cards onto monsters with your finger, spin the Digital Crown to read your hand, and claw through three acts of a branching dungeon, all on the screen strapped to your wrist. Every run is different. Every death teaches you something. Then you climb back in. FIVE HEROES, FIVE PLAYSTYLES • Knight: stack armor and Might, and out-muscle anything in your way. • Rogue: fast, fragile, lethal: chain combos and pile on Bleed. • Mage: bank Mana across turns, then unleash devastating spells. • Archer: nock arrows into your quiver and loose them for huge hits. • Druid: raise a companion that evolves from Cub to Wolf to Dire Beast. A DECK THAT'S YOURS • 260+ cards and 112 relics to discover and combine. • Dozens of enemies, deadly elites, and act-ending bosses. • Potions, events, shops, and a full run economy to master. • Procedurally generated maps: plan your path every run. HARDER WHEN YOU'RE READY • A 15-level Ascension ladder that adds a fresh twist each rung. • Shareable run seeds: hand a friend the exact same run and see who survives. BUILT FOR THE WATCH • Play one-handed, offline, anywhere: no iPhone required. • Save and resume any run instantly. • A collection log that fills in as you discover cards, relics, and foes. Pay once. No ads. No in-app purchases. Ever. From Stone Golem Studios.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Deck Gauntlet at $1.99 against Deckbane's $4.99. Deckbane's advantage is chart position (#67 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Deckbane costs $4.99 and Deck Gauntlet $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Deckbane versus Deck Gauntlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeckbaneDeck Gauntlet
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#67 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB15 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developer圆圆 陈Nicholas Gorman

In-app purchases

None

Deckbane

No in-app purchases

None

Deck Gauntlet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deckbane free?
Deckbane costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deck Gauntlet free?
Deck Gauntlet costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Deckbane or Deck Gauntlet have ads?
Neither Deckbane nor Deck Gauntlet shows ads.

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