Comparison

Xeno Drift vs ElementGladiators

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

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About

Xeno Drift

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KHEPRI SIX WENT DARK SEVENTEEN DAYS AGO. You are Employee #426223. Your assignment is artefact retrieval: three Anchors, from a research station orbiting the Nadir Black Hole. The facility was studying biological specimens recovered from around it. Command considers a xeno-specimen outbreak the most probable cause of the blackout. Expect hostile xenobiological contact. Failure to retrieve the Anchors will result in immediate termination. Xeno Drift is a survival horror roguelike built for short, tense runs. Ten to fifteen minutes to the bottom of the station, or to whatever finds you first. DESCEND Three sectors, twenty-five rooms in the first and fewer in each one after. The station lays itself out differently every run, and the only way to learn a room is to open it. CHOOSE Thirty-four events, each a decision with consequences you can read before you commit and cannot take back after. Supplies, corpses, rooms that should not exist. FIGHT Twenty-three creatures, each carrying a mutation that changes how the fight works. Bulletproof things that ignore your weapon. Kleptophilic things that take your equipment. Ravenous things that destroy your ammunition. Working out what a creature is doing to you is most of surviving it. BREAK DOWN Terror, Despair and Psychosis fill up separately from your health. Fill any one of them and the run ends, whatever your health says. There are two ways to survive Khepri Six and four ways to die on it. BUILT FOR PHONES This is a portrait game, rebuilt for a phone rather than squeezed onto one. No virtual stick, no reflexes, no rotating the device. It is turn-based, so it waits for you: put it down mid-run and pick it up later. NO STRINGS ATTACHED Free. No advertising. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No analytics. No network permission, because the game never makes a connection. Xeno Drift was created by Ion Klamp and released for desktop on itch.io. This is the mobile port, by Granata.

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ElementGladiators

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Swap. Match. STRIKE! In Element Gladiators every match is a real attack. Line up Fire, Water, Air and Earth and your gladiator hurls fireballs, tidal splashes, cyclone slashes and falling boulders at the enemy — while the enemy plays the very same board against you. MATCH BIG, HIT HARD - Match 4, 5 or 6+ tiles for power attacks and critical hits - Chain cascades for x2, x3, x4 combo multipliers - Bombs blast the board, Meat heals, Shields block the next hit DISCOVER SECRET COMBOS - Mix two elements in one turn to unlock 10 hidden combos: Steam Burst, Magma Strike, Wildfire, Inferno Explosion… - Use the element cycle: Water beats Fire, Fire beats Air, Air beats Earth, Earth beats Water ONLINE 1v1 DUELS - Challenge a friend with a private room code or find a rival of similar strength with Quick Match - Everyone fights with their own champion, level and upgrades — 30 seconds per turn - Practice against the Sparring Bot anytime, even offline A REAL CHALLENGE - 48 stages across 6 worlds: Sunscorch Arena, Bone Crypts, Frost Tombs, Ember Depths, Storm Peaks and the Shadow Throne - 6 multi-phase bosses that change tactics when wounded - Smart enemies with special attacks — watch the countdown and raise your shield in time - A wrong swap costs your turn, so think before you move GROW YOUR CHAMPIONS - Unlock the Hoplite and the mighty Praetorian with gold you earn - Level up, buy upgrades, collect stars and achievements - A new Daily Challenge every day and daily login rewards - Campaign playable offline, one-handed, no account needed - English and Turkish

Screenshots

Xeno Drift4 screens
ElementGladiators4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Xeno Drift at none against ElementGladiators'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Xeno Drift versus ElementGladiators: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXeno DriftElementGladiators
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB22 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperGranata Labs LLCBURAK EROL

In-app purchases

None

Xeno Drift

No in-app purchases

None

ElementGladiators

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xeno Drift free?
Xeno Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ElementGladiators free?
ElementGladiators is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Xeno Drift or ElementGladiators have ads?
ElementGladiators shows ads; Xeno Drift does not.

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