Comparison

Deckbuilder vs Neon Knight

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

Head to head
About

Deckbuilder

Features
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DECKBUILDER is a roguelike deckbuilder: build a deck of startup moves, fight rival companies turn by turn, and steal cards straight from their announced roadmaps. STEAL FROM THEIR ROADMAP Enemies show their upcoming moves before they happen. Play steal cards to take those moves for yourself — their attack becomes your card. FIGHT THROUGH FOUR ACTS Choose your route through a branching map of fights, elites, shops, events and rest sites, with a boss at the end of each act. Lose and the run is over. Win all four acts and take your company public. BUILD A DIFFERENT DECK EVERY RUN Choose new cards after battles, upgrade them at rest sites, and buy perks and single-use drinks in the shop. Three founder classes offer different starting decks and mechanics. COLLECT BETWEEN RUNS Earn Demo Day spins as you clear acts. Spins award cards for your permanent collection or foil, holo and prismatic card finishes. Duplicates grant options, which you can spend on a specific unowned card or finish from the collection catalog. A prismatic finish is guaranteed within 12 spins, and the odds are shown in the app. SHARE A SEED. TRY THE DAILY. Every run has a seed you can share and replay. The daily challenge uses a shared map and modifiers for everyone. PLAY WITHOUT ENERGY TIMERS There are no energy timers or limited lives. The app contains ads; a one-time purchase removes them. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese are supported. The game follows your device's preferred language, and you can change it in Settings.

About

Neon Knight

This pixel-art roguelite challenges you to roll dice, form powerful combos, and defeat enemies. Build your run with unique characters, hire mercenaries, and upgrade chips to conquer increasingly difficult challenges. Play offline with no timers or forced ads.

Highlights
  • Dice rolling and combo system
  • Pixel-art roguelite gameplay
  • Character progression and upgrades
  • Mercenary hiring and crew building
  • Multiple playable rigs with unique styles
  • Offline play and no timers
Features
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ROLL. HOLD. RUN. Neon Knight is a pixel-art dice roguelite. You throw the dice, hold what you want, reroll the rest, then hit RUN. Every combo your final roll shows fires at once and stacks into ONE big hit. THE DICE ARE YOUR WEAPON - 11 combo rows: pairs, runs, full house, four and five of a kind. - Slot a chip into each row. Level it up. Watch the count-up ledger add it all. - Three rows of one kind light up? The top one fires twice. - Special dice with their own faces. Wild dice. A loaded die. Hot and cool boss dice. THE GANG THROWS FIRST - Every foe shows its move before you roll: a check if it lands, a cross if it misses. - Kill or stun it first and its move is cancelled. - Bosses bend the rules. Read the twist, then break it. BUILD YOUR RUN - A new street map every run: fights, elites, shops, bars, street events. - Hire mercs for your crew. Each brings a chip and a dice rule. Pairs unlock synergies. - Shop for chips, special dice and gear. FIVE RIGS, FIVE PLAYSTYLES - Street Samurai: loves sixes. Free for the whole game. - Chrome Runner, Combat Medic, Signal Jammer, Siege Titan: each with its own die, starting rows and house rule. One purchase unlocks all four. COME BACK FOR MORE - A Heat ladder per rig: 8 levels of harder rules. - A Daily run: one seed, one twist, the same streets for everyone. - 48 feats that unlock new pieces. A codex of every chip, die, merc and foe. FAIR TO PLAY - No energy. No timers. No forced ads. - Optional rewarded ads: stand back up once per run, or take a shop bonus. - One $4.99 unlock: every rig, and every ad perk without the ad. - Plays offline. No account. Your save stays on your device. - Built for phones and tablets, played in landscape.

Screenshots

Deckbuilder4 screens
Neon Knight4 screens

Verdict

The call

Deckbuilder and Neon Knight are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Deckbuilder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Neon Knight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Deckbuilder versus Neon Knight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeckbuilderNeon Knight
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB119 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperhourafterDOMU Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Deckbuilder

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

Neon Knight

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Deckbuilder free?
Deckbuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Neon Knight free?
Neon Knight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deckbuilder or Neon Knight have ads?
Both Deckbuilder and Neon Knight show ads.

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