The Lonely Dwarves vs GnollHack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Lonely Dwarves
Embark on a JRPG adventure where four flawed dwarves investigate a darkened sky and monster invasion. Explore a world filled with magic, humor, and pixel art as you battle creatures and uncover secrets.
- JRPG gameplay
- Pixel art graphics
- Humorous storyline
- Magic and special abilities
- Monster battles
- Exploration and secrets
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In "The Lonely Dwarves", a dwarven village awakens to find the sky darkened. To make matters worse, an influx of monsters is causing havok, with Dire Wolves snatching delicious goats and Trolls throwing potatoes in dwarf toilets. Four young dwarves with character flaws take it upon themselves to investigate the mess, mostly because it's better than hanging out and waiting to starve. More specifically, the game plays like a JRPG of yore, with monsters, weapons, potions, humor, magic, special abilities, big scary spiders, Orcs, Angry Moose, declining civilizations, pixel art, attitude, swamps, some steampunk stuff but not too much, beards, bone dust, secrets, did I say dwarves? Definitely Dwarves. Buy once, play everything.
GnollHack
Experience a remastered classic roguelike adventure with turn-based gameplay and modern enhancements. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, master deep item and magic systems, and face challenging permadeath as you quest to recover a stolen artifact.
- Turn-based roguelike gameplay
- Modern user interface
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Rich class and race system
- Deep item and magic system
- Challenging permadeath mode
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ABOUT GnollHack is a remastered and enhanced version of the classic roguelike game NetHack, one of the most iconic games developed in 1980s and 1990s. With GnollHack, you get: - Traditional roguelike with turn-based gameplay - Modern user interface - Legendary strategic depth of NetHack - Endless replayability - Several new features, enhancing your gameplay experience STORY In GnollHack, you are a hero sent by your deity into the perilous Dungeons of Doom, tasked with recovering the stolen Amulet of Yendor from the clutches of the malevolent god Moloch, who has hidden it in the fiery depths of the underworld. Along your journey, you will encounter formidable enemies, discover great magical artifacts, and strive for glory. You must either triumph or perish in the attempt. ROGUELIKE GAMEPLAY Explore procedurally generated dungeons filled with monsters, traps, and treasures. RICH CLASS AND RACE SYSTEM - 13 classes: wizard, barbarian, rogue, etc. - 5 races: human, elf, gnoll, etc. DEEP ITEM AND MAGIC SYSTEM Hundreds of items, spells, and artifacts with diverse effects. CHALLENGING PERMADEATH (Classic Mode Only) Death is permanent, requiring players to adapt, plan, and learn from mistakes to progress further. TUTORIALS AND GAMEPLAY INFORMATION - GnollHack wiki: https://wiki.gnollhack.com SUPPORT - Discord: https://discord.gg/cQuExnzUQy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GnollHack at Free against The Lonely Dwarves's $0.99. GnollHack also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (112 vs 15). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
GnollHack is free to download; The Lonely Dwarves costs $0.99 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 — 4.7 for The Lonely Dwarves against 4.7 for GnollHack. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GnollHack has 112 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of The Lonely Dwarves's written reviews are positive against 85% of GnollHack's.
The Lonely Dwarves ships an update every 4 months, GnollHack every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Lonely Dwarves | GnollHack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (112 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 112 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 776 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Spazcosoft, LLC | Hyvän mielen pelit ry |
Customer experience
The Lonely Dwarves
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In-app purchases
The Lonely Dwarves
No in-app purchases
GnollHack
No in-app purchases
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