Command Chain vs Smeltline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Command Chain
Engage in a strategic card battler on a 3x3 grid, triggering massive chain reactions with hero placements. Explore diverse worlds, face unique bosses, and build powerful decks in this offline roguelike experience.
- Chain-reaction combat on a 3x3 grid
- 100+ hero cards across 18 classes
- Merge duplicates to level up heroes
- 11 unique worlds with distinct enemies
- Challenging boss fights with unique mechanics
- Roguelike runs with deck building and upgrades
- Offline play with adjustable battle speed
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Command Chain is a card battler on a 3x3 grid. Place your heroes, line up your strikers, and set off chain reactions where one shot triggers the next. Stack multipliers down a lane and a single turn can go from dozens of damage into the millions. FEATURES - Chain-reaction combat. One trigger cascades across the grid, and position decides everything. - 100+ hero cards across 18 classes. Draft a hand and build a deck that fits how you play. - Merge duplicates to level heroes from Tier 1 to Tier 5 during a run. - 11 worlds, each with its own enemies, hazards, and art, from the Hollowfrost Reach to the Sunken Mire to the Dragon's Temple. - Boss fights that break the rules. The Hydra regrows severed heads. The Twin Wardens revive each other. The Fateweaver loads the dice. The Saboteur Queen swaps your units mid-fight. Read the pattern, then counter it. - Roguelike runs. Draft, upgrade, carry veterans forward, push deeper. - Endless Mode and New Game+ unlock after you clear the campaign. - Portrait or landscape, with 1x, 3x, and 5x battle speed. - Free to play and fully offline. No wifi, no forced timers. HOW IT PLAYS Strikers fire in straight lines, so where you place a card matters. A Sorcerer next to a Mage boosts the whole lane. A Tactician bends a beam around a corner into new targets. A Necromancer poisons through armor. Rangers and Gunslingers pierce dodge and shield. Every board is a new setup, so you read what is in front of you and build the biggest chain you can. CLASSES Mage, Alchemist, Sorcerer, Warlord, Cleric, Shadowknight, Mirror Knight, Bard, Monk, Ranger, Gunslinger, Pyromancer, Stormcaller, Tactician, Necromancer, Tinkerer, Martyr, Quartermaster. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Smeltline
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Your homeworld has run out of resources. As an engineer, you land on an untouched planet with a single task: build a factory that runs by itself, and construct the rocket that can save your home. But you are not alone. Nearby, the young colony of Weitmark is struggling to survive and asks for help. Send it supply capsules and watch a few huts grow into a town. In the end, the rocket can fly to only one destination. Who will you help? AUTOMATE • Drills, smelters, formers, joiners and synthesizers chain into long production lines, from the first ore to rocket segments • Conveyors, pipes for water and oil, tunnels and splitters: drag your lines with a finger • Drones carry cargo across rivers, lava and crevasses to distant deposits • Every machine has a throttle, and boost modules push it even further POWER • Wind, sun, geothermal, coal, oil and nuclear • Day and night, with batteries as a buffer: when power runs short, the factory slows down instead of stopping FOUR WORLDS • Grassland, Volcanic Land, Ice World and Desert share the same resources, but each has its own bottleneck: a river, lava flows, crevasses or scarce water • Salvage wrecks for data cores that unlock research and alternate recipes MADE FOR MOBILE • Your factory keeps working while you are away, and a summary shows what came in • Built for touch in landscape, on iPhone and iPad • Detailed pixel art and painted story scenes • Achievements across all your games • Progress saved via iCloud • Playable in 9 languages Play the beginning, then unlock the whole game with a single in-app purchase. No ads, no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Smeltline at none against Command Chain's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Command Chain sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Smeltline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Command Chain | Smeltline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Solomon | Philipp Stremel |
In-app purchases
Command Chain
- Gatekeeper's Pact$1.991 Month
- Pouch of Aether$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Chest of Aether$4.99
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- Starter Bundle$4.99
- Commander's Edition$9.99
- Vault of Aether$9.99
- Hoard of Aether$19.99
- Trove of Aether$49.99
- Dragon's Hoard$99.99
Smeltline
- Full Version$1.99









