Comparison

AXE DESCENT vs Pitboss

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

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About

AXE DESCENT

Engage in a roguelite turn-based RPG with over 600 skills and endless combinations. Build unique strategies with randomly presented skills and equipment, making every run a new challenge. Customize your character and conquer an ever-changing dungeon.

Highlights
  • Over 600 discoverable skills
  • Randomly presented skills and equipment
  • Strategic skill chaining and combinations
  • Weapon, Will, and Potion equipment system
  • Ever-changing dungeon (Rift) with random elements
  • Customizable preparation base
  • Recruitable companions with randomized abilities
  • Design custom skills
Features
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Roguelite × Turn-Based Command RPG Over 600 skills. Countless combinations. A different challenge every run. Build your own strategy from randomly presented skills and equipment. Chain skills together, combine them with equipment, and decide how to spend your limited resources. What you get may be random—but how you use it is up to you. A roguelite turn-based command RPG packed with countless choices and immense freedom. ■ Build Your Deck with Over 600 Skills There are over 600 skills to discover. Defeat enemies and choose one skill from a random selection to add to your deck. The skills you find will differ every run. Make the most of what you find, or strengthen the strategy you've already built. Shape your deck through every choice and fight your way to the deepest reaches of the Rift. ■ Weapon × Will × Potion In addition to improving your base stats by leveling up, you can equip three types of equipment: Weapons, Wills, and Potions. Combining skills and equipment can create a wide variety of powerful synergies. Each type of equipment can be upgraded at its own dedicated Facility. But you won't always have enough resources to upgrade everything to its fullest potential. Decide where to invest your limited resources and shape a build that complements your current deck. ■ Conquer the Ever-Changing Rift The Rift is the dungeon at the heart of the game, where a variety of elements change with every run. Skills obtained from enemies. Equipment found in treasure chests. NPCs encountered along the way. Facilities available during your journey. You never know exactly what you'll find, and every choice can lead your build in a new direction. Conquering Rifts rewards you with special items, unlocking new features and new stages to challenge. ■ Build Freely at the Preparation Base Before entering the Rift, the Preparation Base lets you freely customize various elements, including your starting deck and equipment. Do you build around a specific strategy from the beginning? Or create a versatile foundation and adapt to whatever you find along the way? Combine careful preparation with the unpredictable choices of each run to forge your path forward. ■ Random Encounters and Companions A variety of NPC encounters await you within the Rift. Battles, trades, events—and sometimes, the opportunity to recruit an NPC as a Companion. The abilities of your Companions are also randomized. Every encounter has the potential to change the course of your run. ■ Design Your Own Custom Skills Progress even further to unlock Custom Skills, allowing you to freely design the performance of a skill itself. Customize basic properties such as power and number of attacks, then add special effects that trigger when the skill is activated. The activation cost is calculated in detail based on the effects and values you choose, meaning more powerful effects require a greater cost. Create a single devastating strike. Combine multiple effects. Don't just choose from existing skills—create the skill you need yourself. The further you progress, the more possibilities open up for building your own unique playstyle.

About

Pitboss

Experience a roguelike twist on blackjack where strategic card manipulation and hiring unique dealers are key to climbing casino floors. Outsmart pit bosses with custom rules and build powerful combos to achieve victory. Play for free with an option to unlock the full game.

Highlights
  • Roguelike blackjack gameplay
  • Hire over 150 unique hustlers
  • Doctor your deck with custom tricks
  • Engage in real casino side bets
  • Face challenging pit bosses with unique rules
  • Progress through eight casino floors
Features
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Real blackjack, then everything you are not supposed to do at a blackjack table. Every winning hand builds a STACK and multiplies it by ODDS. Beat each table's target across eight floors of a casino that gets meaner the higher you climb. HIRE HUSTLERS Over 150 of them: a dealer who stands too early, a tell on the hole card, cards that score three times. Stack them into combos that should not work. DOCTOR YOUR DECK Mark, shave, bend and gild your own cards in the back room. Up to three tricks on one card. SIDE BETS Real casino side bets with stakes you set, turning your cash into score. PIT BOSSES Every third table someone sits in with a rule of their own: ties go to the house, your total is hidden, no doubling. PLAY FREE, UNLOCK ONCE The free game includes three characters and the full eight-floor run. One purchase opens up the full game: all eight characters and every Heat level to earn as you play, plus the Daily deal and shared-deck mode. No ads. No timers. Pitboss uses play money only. It does not offer real-money gambling or a chance to win real money or prizes. Success in this game does not imply future success at real-money gambling.

Screenshots

AXE DESCENT4 screens
Pitboss4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pitboss at Free against AXE DESCENT's $3.99. Pitboss also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). AXE DESCENT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Pitboss is free to download; AXE DESCENT costs $3.99 up front. Pitboss sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AXE DESCENT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pitboss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of AXE DESCENT's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pitboss's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AXE DESCENT ships an update daily, Pitboss every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
AXE DESCENT versus Pitboss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAXE DESCENTPitboss
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#52 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size294 MB72 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperKatsunori SasamotoBig Tank Studios

Customer experience

AXE DESCENT

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Pitboss

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AXE DESCENT

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pitboss

One-time1
  • Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is AXE DESCENT free?
AXE DESCENT costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pitboss free?
Pitboss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AXE DESCENT or Pitboss?
Pitboss is rated higher. AXE DESCENT averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pitboss averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do AXE DESCENT or Pitboss have ads?
Neither AXE DESCENT nor Pitboss shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AXE DESCENT or Pitboss?
AXE DESCENT ships an update daily, and Pitboss every 6 days. Most recently, AXE DESCENT was updated on November 12, 2026 and Pitboss on November 10, 2026.

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