Chess Conquest vs Moldvay's Labyrinth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Conquest
Engage in a unique chess strategy game that blends traditional gameplay with an RPG-style story and compelling quests. Experience novel starting positions, leaderboards, and high-definition graphics with captivating music. Available in multiple languages.
- Unique starting chess positions
- Role-playing story
- Scoring leader boards
- High definition graphics
- Riveting music
- Multi-language support
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Chess strategy game with an intriguing story and unique, compelling quests. Are you up for the challenge? The game features: - A unique starting chess position layout - A role-playing story - Scoring leader boards - Riveting music and high definition graphics - Languages: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português You have never seen a chess game like this before!
Moldvay's Labyrinth
Embark on a classic dungeon-crawling adventure inspired by 1970s and 80s CRPGs. Explore over 500 rooms, battle hundreds of unique monsters, and uncover countless treasures and secrets. Adjust the difficulty to your preference for a quick or extended play session.
- Over 500 rooms to explore
- 300+ unique monsters
- Hundreds of treasures and secrets
- 80 spells and 15 character classes
- Adjustable difficulty
- No ads or interruptions
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You’ve just entered another world—a world of fabulous riches, unbridled sorcery, and certain doom. Over 300 monster types lie in wait, eager to kill your characters in dozens of exotic ways. Even if the monsters don’t get you, the traps lurking in every corridor almost certainly will. Moldvay’s Labyrinth is inspired by classic tabletop and CRPG games of the 1970s and 80s, including the Basic Edition of D&D (the “Red Book”), Wizardry, and Bronze Dragon on the Apple ][+ computer. It’s designed for fast, accessible play: • Jump in and explore for a minute or stay for hours • Adjustable difficulty: go breezy or brutally old-school • Play at your pace, with no ads or interruptions Explore a vast dungeon filled with: • 500+ rooms across dozens of hand-crafted levels • 300+ monsters, each with unique attacks and personalities • Hundreds of treasures, puzzles, and secrets • 80 spells and 15 unique character classes • Tons of weapons, armor, magic items, supplies, curses, and powerful relics This is a love letter to the golden age of dungeon crawling—packed with mystery, danger, and that elusive sense of discovery.
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Verdict
Chess Conquest and Moldvay's Labyrinth both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Moldvay's Labyrinth's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chess Conquest's. Moldvay's Labyrinth also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). Chess Conquest's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 10.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Chess Conquest is free to download; Moldvay's Labyrinth costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Chess Conquest against 4.5 for Moldvay's Labyrinth. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moldvay's Labyrinth has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Chess Conquest's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moldvay's Labyrinth's.
Chess Conquest ships an update every 3 months, Moldvay's Labyrinth every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Conquest | Moldvay's Labyrinth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Game Artists, LLC | CrossCut Games, Inc. |
Customer experience
Chess Conquest
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In-app purchases
Chess Conquest
No in-app purchases
Moldvay's Labyrinth
No in-app purchases
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