Comparison

Rune Tower vs Loop Dark Dungeon

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

Head to head
About

Rune Tower

Embark on a dark-fantasy idle RPG adventure. Automatically battle your way through hundreds of floors, collect rare loot, and customize your hero's build with flexible rune and job progression. Earn rewards even when offline.

Highlights
  • Automatic battles
  • Rare equipment collection
  • Flexible rune builds
  • Job progression
  • Offline rewards
  • 200 floors
Features
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Climb a tower of dark fantasy โ€” even while you are away. Rune Tower is an idle RPG built on automatic battles, deep loot and jobs you can switch between freely. Your hero keeps growing offline; you come back, rebuild, and climb higher. BATTLES THAT PLAY THEMSELVES Both sides act as their action gauges fill. No input needed. What decides a fight is the equipment, runes and job you chose before it started. LOOT THAT GOES DEEPER THE MORE YOU DIG Three slots โ€” weapon, armour, ring โ€” across four rarities, 25 kinds of affix, and a quality score from 0 to 100. Two items with the same name are rarely the same item. Epic and Legendary gear carries a build effect. Critical, ailment, follow-up, counter, shield, healing, execution โ€” which of the eight you roll changes how you fight, not just how hard you hit. And Legendary gear can roll a Rule Breaker: one turns your defence into damage, another sends the health you recover straight back at the enemy. Each breaks a single rule the rest of the game plays by, and the moment one lands, your build jumps a tier. Reforging lets you pick the affix to reroll. You see the best roll it could produce before you commit, and after seeing the result you choose whether to keep the original. THIRTEEN JOBS, ALL YOURS Take a job to Lv100 and its trait carries over to every other job. The more jobs you finish, the stronger you are in all of them. EIGHTEEN RUNES Six slots decide how you fight. Grind enemies down with poison, chain follow-up hits, or turn their attacks back on them. THE TOWER KEEPS GOING 300 floors across Normal, Hard and Nightmare. Past them lie the Abyss, a descent that runs to depth 3000, and the Underworld, a second tower with its own equipment and relics. IDLE REWARDS Up to eight hours of rewards accrue while you are gone. The tower is climbed while you sleep. Hunt the gear, build your hero, and see how high you can get.

About

Loop Dark Dungeon

Embark on an idle dungeon crawl where your hero explores automatically, battling monsters and collecting loot. Upgrade your adventurer, choose from various jobs and evolutions, and delve deeper into an ever-changing labyrinth. Rebirth to gain permanent strength and uncover powerful relics to aid your journey.

Highlights
  • Automatic exploration and combat
  • Rebirth system for permanent upgrades
  • Multiple jobs and evolutions
  • Relic collection and set bonuses
  • Procedurally generated labyrinths
  • Comfortable idle play features
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Carry your soul into the depths. Loop Dark Dungeon is an idle dungeon RPG where your adventurer explores the labyrinth automatically. Cursed by the Demon King, a hero and the fairy Pipi are trapped in a dungeon that changes shape with every descent. Defeat the Demon King waiting on Floor 100, break the cursed relic sleeping on Floor 500, and keep descending into the endless Abyss beyond. - EXPLORATION AND COMBAT ARE FULLY AUTOMATIC Your adventurer walks the labyrinth, fights monsters, and picks up potions, fire bombs, and treasure chests. You just decide how they grow. Progress made while the app is closed is waiting for you when you return. - UPGRADE, BE REBORN, GO DEEPER Spend gold to raise Attack, HP, crit, combo rate, and more. When you hit a wall, be reborn to earn Soul Shards and grow permanently stronger through the Soul Tree. - 4 JOBS, 8 EVOLUTIONS Choose Swordsman, Rogue, Mage, or Paladin. At JOB Lv.10, each JOB can evolve into one of two advanced JOBs, and you can switch between them at any time. - RELICS AND SET BONUSES Summon weapon, armor, and skill relics from the abyss. Duplicates resonate and grow stronger, and the right combinations trigger set bonuses. The Gems used for summoning are earned in-game. - A DIFFERENT LABYRINTH EVERY TIME Random floor traits and events, risky forks in the path, mini-bosses every 20 floors, a daily Cursed Labyrinth, and daily missions. - COMFORTABLE IDLE PLAY x1/x2 exploration speed (x4 with the Adventurer Pass), an Idle Mode that dims the screen to save battery, and a 30/60fps option. - COMPANIONS, BLACKSMITH, DAILY BOSS Bring companions you meet in the labyrinth. Forge your weapon and fuse relics at the blacksmith. Take on a new foe every day in the Daily Boss, and compete for the deepest floor on the Game Center leaderboard. - LOGIN BONUSES AND SEASONAL GIFTS Daily login bonuses, plus gifts for seasonal events and every update. - SEASONAL EVENTS AND GUARDIANS EVERY 10 FLOORS Trade for limited companions and relics in Halloween, Christmas and New Year events. A Guardian boss with its own lines awaits every 10 floors. Collect 30 relics and 11 companions (with evolutions) in the Collection, and see how deep you can go. - PRICING Every floor is free to play (free with in-app purchases). Ads may appear between floors. In-app purchases: Adventurer Pass (one-time: x4 exploration speed, no ads, 2x idle rewards, +1 Daily Boss try, 1,000 Gems), Starter Pack (once only), Monthly Pass (100 Gems every day for 30 days), SSR Relic Selector, and Remove Ads (forever as a one-time purchase, or as a monthly auto-renewing subscription). "Remove Ads (1 Month)" is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and it renews at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Manage or cancel in Settings โ†’ Apple ID โ†’ Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smiski23.github.io/loop-dark-dungeon/privacy.html If you bought the Full Version, you keep every Adventurer Pass perk. Languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Screenshots

Rune Tower4 screens
Loop Dark Dungeon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rune Tower at 50% against Loop Dark Dungeon's 0%. Loop Dark Dungeon's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Rune Tower sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Loop Dark Dungeon sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rune Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, Loop Dark Dungeon every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Rune Tower versus Loop Dark Dungeon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRune TowerLoop Dark Dungeon
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews โ€” better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size136 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTASUKU SHIRAOYuta Demura

Customer experience

Rune Tower

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Loop Dark Dungeon

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Rune Tower

One-time10
  • Job EXP x2 Ticket$0.99
  • Drop Rate x2 Ticket$0.99
  • Equipment Slots +100$0.99
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  • Starter Pack (First-Time Only)$0.99
  • 2x Speed Ad Pass$1.99
  • Auto-Battle Ad Pass$1.99
  • Idle Reward Ad Pass$1.99
  • Job EXP x2 Ticket x4$2.99
  • Drop Rate x2 Ticket x4$2.99
  • Comfort Pass$5.99
10 purchases

Loop Dark Dungeon

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads (1 Month)$2.991 Month
One-time9
  • Gem Pouch$0.99
  • ๅนปๆ™ถ็Ÿณใฎๅฐ่ข‹$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
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  • SSR Relic Selector$2.99
  • ๆŽข็ดขๅŠ ้€Ÿใƒ‘ใ‚น$2.99
  • Adventurer Pass$3.99
  • Monthly Pass$3.99
  • ๅนปๆ™ถ็Ÿณใฎๅฎ็ฎฑ$3.99
  • Remove Ads (Forever)$19.99

Questions

Is Rune Tower free?
Rune Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loop Dark Dungeon free?
Loop Dark Dungeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rune Tower or Loop Dark Dungeon have ads?
Both Rune Tower and Loop Dark Dungeon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rune Tower or Loop Dark Dungeon?
Rune Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, and Loop Dark Dungeon every 3 days. Most recently, Rune Tower was updated on October 31, 2026 and Loop Dark Dungeon on October 31, 2026.

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