Amber Halls vs Tearscape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amber Halls
Explore a palace filled with ancient artifacts and treasures while outsmarting dangerous monsters. This game blends roguelike elements with Sokoban-style puzzles, offering endless replayability. Compete in daily quests with a new map each day and climb the leaderboards.
- Ancient artifact exploration
- Monster outsmarting
- Roguelike and Sokoban puzzle blend
- Daily quests with unique maps
- Daily leaderboards
- Endless replayability
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Amber Halls is a palace filled with ancient artefacts and treasures. Dangerous monsters wander through the halls, but with the help of powerful items you'll be able to outsmart them. However, carrying items from room to room will prove challenging. Amber Halls is a tiny mix of roguelike and sokoban. If you like puzzle games that you can play forever you are going to love this. * Includes Daily Quest! A new map every day, the same for all players. Compete in the daily leaderboards!
Tearscape
Embark on a 2D action-adventure in a gothic world, featuring fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art. Master precise fighting, unlock new abilities, and delve into challenging dungeons filled with secrets.
- Fast-paced combat
- Exploration
- Pixel art style
- Unlockable abilities
- Dungeon crawling
- Boss fights
- 2-Player Local Co-Op
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FEATURES • Achievements • Cloud Saves • Controller support • 2-Player Local Co-Op (Requires 2 Controllers) Discover a Gothic world in this 2D top-down action-adventure, blending fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art inspired by Game Boy Color classics. Fight monstrous foes, unlock new abilities, and explore a non-linear map filled with hidden secrets and dangerous challenges. COMBAT Master precise combat, where every strike and dodge matters. Manage your stamina as you face off against grotesque enemies. You have a limited number of healing flasks so use them wisely. Upgrade your character's stats to remain effective in combat. TOOLS Discover powerful new tools hidden in the dungeons that enhance both combat and exploration. Unlock new abilities to defeat enemies more effectively and access hidden paths, uncovering deeper secrets within the world. DUNGEONS Uncover hidden dungeons throughout Tearscape's dark, interconnected world. Each dungeon holds unique challenges, powerful items, and deadly enemies, pushing your combat and exploration skills to the limit. BOSS FIGHTS Face off against challenging bosses: massive, grotesque creatures born from dark experiments. Each encounter demands precise timing, strategy, and mastery of your abilities to emerge victorious. EXPLORATION Explore the vast, interconnected map filled with branching paths, hidden shortcuts, and secret areas. The non-linear design encourages exploration, rewarding you with powerful items and new abilities. NPCs Encounter a diverse cast of NPCs, some offering guidance, others seeking your help, and a few with their own hidden agendas. Every interaction adds depth to the story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Amber Halls at $1.99 against Tearscape's $9.99. Amber Halls also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Tearscape's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Amber Halls costs $1.99 and Tearscape $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Amber Halls ships an update every 3 weeks, Tearscape every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amber Halls | Tearscape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Diego Cathalifaud | NERDS TAKE OVER |
Customer experience
Amber Halls
Tearscape
In-app purchases
Amber Halls
No in-app purchases
Tearscape
No in-app purchases









