Deckbane vs Total Synthesis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Poker hand-based combat
- Deckbuilding with 50+ treasure cards
- Recruit 30+ unique heroes
- Partner with 50+ pets
- Roguelike progression
- External growth system
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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!
Total Synthesis
Master organic chemistry with comprehensive study tools and a unique roguelike deckbuilder. Practice concepts, draw mechanisms, and take mock exams, then use your chemistry knowledge to battle through a dangerous lab.
- 1,000+ practice items across all topics
- Interactive electron-pushing arrow drawing
- Full mock exams with deferred feedback
- Spaced repetition flashcards
- Complete reaction library
- Roguelike deckbuilder combat
- Chemistry-based game mechanics
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A complete organic chemistry study app with a full roguelike deckbuilder living in its basement. Drill every topic, push every mechanism's arrows yourself — then descend into a lab gone wrong, where the same chemistry keeps you alive. STUDY — EVERYTHING BEFORE THE EXAM (AND AFTER) • 1,000+ Practice Items: ~20 drill formats across every topic — formal charge, stereochemistry, spectra, synthesis, and more. Built for semester exams, MCAT review, post-bacc and continuing education. • Push the Arrows: Every mechanism, step by step — watch each move explained, then draw the electron-pushing arrows yourself and get graded on them. Stuck? Hints and a worked solution are one tap away. • Full Mock Exams: Build a practice test with pace presets and exam-style deferred feedback, the way the real thing scores. • Flashcards & References: 28 decks with spaced review, authored lessons per topic, and the complete reaction library — a quick reference that stays useful on the job long after the exam. PLAY — THE BONUS: A REAL ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDER • Contain the Outbreak: Something got loose in the university's chemistry building. Descend the sublevels, requisition your deck from the stockroom, and seal the source. • The Chemistry Is the Combat: Reagents are cards. Match nucleophiles to electrophiles, chain mechanisms for payoff turns, and mind the thermometer and the pH meter — the conditions punish greed. • An Ever-Changing Lab: Every expedition redraws the containment map — different rooms, specimens, caches, and bosses. Every fight quizzes the same chemistry you study. Free to try. One purchase unlocks everything — no subscriptions, no microtransactions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Total Synthesis at 100% against Deckbane's 29%. Total Synthesis also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.2). Deckbane's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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
Total Synthesis is free to download; Deckbane costs $4.99 up front. Total Synthesis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deckbane asks for nothing beyond the download.
Total Synthesis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Deckbane's written reviews are positive against 100% of Total Synthesis's.
Deckbane ships an update every 6 days, Total Synthesis every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deckbane | Total Synthesis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #126 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 241 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 圆圆 陈 | Sinter Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Deckbane
Total Synthesis
In-app purchases
Deckbane
No in-app purchases
Total Synthesis
- Full Game$9.99
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