Unfading vs Killer Climber Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unfading
Experience inspiring true stories through interactive adventures. Make choices that shape your path, play story-driven minigames, and unlock short videos revealing the real people and events behind each narrative. Discover courage and compassion in moments that matter.
- Interactive branching narratives
- Story-driven minigames
- Unlockable short videos
- Decision-based gameplay
- Real-life inspired stories
- Character stat building
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Every adventure in Unfading is built around an inspiring true story. The world is more than bleak headlines. In every place and every age, people act with courage, compassion and conviction. Unfading brings their stories to light. Step into the moment, make difficult decisions, win story-driven minigames and unlock short videos revealing the real people and events behind each adventure. THE STORY IS YOURS TO PLAY Choose your path through each adventure. Your decisions shape your stats and can unlock new ways to progress in the story. The strengths you build affect the difficulty of the challenges you face. PLAY THROUGH THE MOMENT Minigames woven into the story put those strengths to the test. Complete the main goals to reach the end—and every optional goal to earn a Golden Seal. DISCOVER WHO REALLY LIVED IT Finish each adventure to unlock a short video about the real people and events behind what you played. FIND STORIES WORTH REMEMBERING Meet ordinary people who faced extraordinary moments—and left behind proof of what people can do when it matters. For fans of branching stories, interactive fiction and visual novels, Unfading brings meaningful choices and minigames together with something rare: inspiring stories rooted in real life. The playable stories are dramatizations inspired by the historical record, not documentaries. Your choices shape how you experience them; they do not change the real act at their center. Dialogue and inner lives may be imagined, timelines compressed, and some characters renamed or combined. Each reveal explores the real history behind the fiction. Made by Mannord Games.
Killer Climber Samurai
Engage in fast-paced card-based combat as you ascend a procedurally generated tower, battling demons and yokai. Master parries, dashes, and combos, with unique biomes and challenges on every climb. Offers both short and long play sessions, with a daily challenge mode.
- Procedural tower generation
- Fast combat mechanics (parry, dash, combos)
- Card-based gameplay
- Daily challenge mode
- Multiplayer duels
- Multiple endings and endless mode
- Customization options (visuals)
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Slash demon bosses, dash through yokai and climb a tower that changes every time you play. The tower changes shape every night. The shadow that killed your master waits at the top. One sword, one chance — die, and you fall back to the bottom… but you remember something. • NEW: the Daily Board and a new menu — the same tower for everyone each day, and a prize for yesterday's best • Game Center — 3 leaderboards and 28 achievements • Fast, fluid combat: parry, dash, execute, air combos • Painted in washi paper and indigo, with vermilion as the one accent • Duel a friend: send a short code, race up the same tower for 5 minutes, then fight on the temple roof • Kiyomori waits at the summit: three endings shaped by how you climbed, then the Endless Tower • A second weapon, the spear, and the Guardian Road: five guardians in a row against the clock • Every climb is different: a procedural tower, 9 biomes, guardians, caves • 9 ink-painted biomes that breathe: lightning over the storm sea, eyes in the silk caves, lanterns rising over the night city • 70+ cards and 22 paths: three cards of one class wake a path with its own living card; five bring its mastery • The Soul Tree: 4 branches, 51 roots and 3 crowns of lasting growth • A 5-minute short climb or the whole tower • Daily challenge: everyone climbs the same tower • Photo mode and Best Moments: keep your finest kills as GIFs in Photos • Playable with one hand; haptics and accessibility options • Nothing sold gives power: purchases are looks and comfort Stylised ink violence; blood and dismemberment can be turned off completely in Settings → Gameplay → Gore Level. Terms of Use: https://dokkaxyz.github.io/kcs-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://dokkaxyz.github.io/kcs-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Unfading at none against Killer Climber Samurai's shown. Unfading also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Killer Climber Samurai's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Unfading sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Killer Climber Samurai sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Unfading against 5.0 for Killer Climber Samurai. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Unfading's written reviews are positive against 83% of Killer Climber Samurai's.
Unfading ships an update every 5 days, Killer Climber Samurai every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unfading | Killer Climber Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 82.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mannord Games | Mustafa Akif BAY |
Customer experience
Unfading
Killer Climber Samurai
In-app purchases
Unfading
- Tip - a coffee's worth$2.99
- Complete the Shrine$3.99
- Tip - bigger$14.99
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- Tip - generous$49.99
- Tip - very generous$99.99
Killer Climber Samurai
- Samurai's Pledge$4.991 Month
- Handful of Sumi$0.99
- Wanderer's Pack$1.99
- Obon Lantern Set$2.99
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- Crimson Moon Set$2.99
- No Ads$3.99
- Jar of Sumi$4.99
- Ronin's Bundle$4.99
- Seven Paths Set$4.99
- Urn of Sumi$9.99
- Barrel of Sumi$19.99









