Comparison

Forge Clicker vs Cortexfall

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

Head to head
About

Forge Clicker

Features
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Your forge starts with one anvil and one pair of hands: yours. TAP TO EARN Tap the anvil for gold. Spend it on upgrades: hire apprentices, stoke hotter coals, and turn a village smithy into a gold machine. IDLE INCOME Apprentices keep earning gold while the game is closed. Minions you have bound keep fighting the dungeon, so you come back to XP as well. DELVE THE DUNGEON Clear the cellar under your forge and fight down through slimes, rats and slag golems, every floor on a timer. A boss waits on every fifth, and from floor 10 down it heals to full if you run out of time. Floors ending in 7 run under a weekly Aspect: one element hits hard, everything else is resisted. CRAFT YOUR ARSENAL Bosses drop ore and embers. Forge them into weapons and gear, equip them, and hit harder than a plain hammer ever will. Infuse a blade with an element, and reforge it on the Grand Anvil when the fight needs a different edge. BIND A PARTY Bind minions to fight beside you. Level them, upgrade them, then splice two maxed minions into one of 15 hybrids that outgrows both parents. CLIMB THE TOWER When raw damage stops working, climb the Tower instead. Each floor demands one element and gives you twenty seconds, so how high you reach depends on your elemental range, not your attack number. Your best height banks permanent attack power. ASCEND AND BEGIN AGAIN Trade a run for permanent power: prestige points, a shop that carries across runs, heirlooms you bind for lasting bonuses, and the Crucible, which burns leftover ore and embers into Deepsteel. QUESTS TO GUIDE THE WAY A quest chain leads you from your first taps to the Rat King's hoard, with daily bounties, challenge floors and a raid along the way. FAIR BY DESIGN - No forced ads. Watch one only if you want the bonus, or buy Remove Ads once and take the same bonuses without one. - One-time purchases only. No subscriptions, no energy, no paywalls. - No account needed. Your save stays on your device.

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Cortexfall

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Cortexfall is an offline cyberpunk roguelike where every move matters. Descend into procedurally generated sectors, adapt your build to what you find, and fight the machines that seized the heart of the Grid. Nine modes revolve around turn-based tactics. The tenth, Overrun, drops deliberate turns for real-time survival. PLAN EVERY MOVE Navigate sectors packed with laser gates, explosive barrels, teleport pads, destructible walls, and ruthless machines. Break enemy line of sight, lure them into hazards, trigger chain explosions, and save your EMP for when things go bad. Four boss archetypes await, each with its own second phase and signature threat. SHAPE YOUR OPERATIVE Choose one of four distinct classes. Pick a weapon and an ability before the run, then collect chips, grenades, and augments as you go. Pierce enemy lines with a Railgun, strike from stealth with a Pulse Blade, hack an enemy and turn it against its allies, or deploy a combat drone. TEN WAYS INTO THE GRID - Complete five sectors in Story Mode - Push your local high score in Endless Run - Take one shot each day at a date-based seed in Daily Challenge - Fight through five back-to-back boss encounters in Boss Rush - Clear eight sectors against the clock in Time Attack - Solve tile logic and find the exit in Puzzle Grid - Hold out against escalating waves in Horde Arena - Create custom training runs and test builds without risk in Sandbox - Enter risky rooms and draft one of three perks at every level-up in Anomaly Zone - Face a rising swarm on an endless field in real-time Overrun MAKE EVERY REAL RUN COUNT Real runs, contracts, and achievements reward credits, Neuro-Cores, and more. Unlock new classes, weapons, abilities, skins, and permanent upgrades. Complete daily and weekly contracts, build weapon and ability mastery, uncover Codex entries, collect achievements, and improve your local records. Log at least five runs in a month to receive a detailed recap of how you played. DESIGNED FOR OFFLINE PLAY No account or internet connection is needed for gameplay. Play in English or Czech, with adjustable difficulty, controls, and text size. Accessibility options include colorblind-friendly palettes, a high-contrast grid, reduced motion, and a photosensitivity-safe mode. The Grid rewrites itself after every fall. Learn, refine your build, and see how much deeper you can go next time.

Screenshots

Forge Clicker4 screens
Cortexfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cortexfall at none against Forge Clicker's 3. Cortexfall also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Forge Clicker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cortexfall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forge Clicker ships an update every 10 days, Cortexfall every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Forge Clicker versus Cortexfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForge ClickerCortexfall
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size119 MB50 MB
Age rating12+9+
Developer17476388 Canada Corp.JURAJ ACSAY

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Forge Clicker

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Supporter's Crest$6.99
  • Prospector's Charter$19.99
None

Cortexfall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forge Clicker free?
Forge Clicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cortexfall free?
Cortexfall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forge Clicker or Cortexfall have ads?
Forge Clicker shows ads; Cortexfall does not.
Which is updated more often, Forge Clicker or Cortexfall?
Forge Clicker ships an update every 10 days, and Cortexfall every 4 days. Most recently, Forge Clicker was updated on October 13, 2026 and Cortexfall on October 10, 2026.

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