The Enchanted Cave vs Rock Pusher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Enchanted Cave
Explore a mysterious cave, collecting treasures and battling monsters to reach the 100th floor. Utilize special items to escape and return stronger, delving deeper with each attempt. Enjoy a streamlined interface and improved gameplay mechanics.
- Collect artifacts, stat gems, and gold
- Fight monsters to reach floor 100
- Use Escape Wings to teleport out
- Smart pathfinding for movement
- Quickly sell unwanted items
- Simplified and re-balanced combat formulas
- Quick spell casting and potion use
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Enter the Enchanted Cave, collecting artifacts, stat gems and gold as you fight to reach floor 100! Use the Escape Wings to teleport out and recover, then head back in with powerful artifacts to delve deeper into the cave each time. Improvements from the flash game: - User interface completely redone for small touchscreens. - Tap to move where you want to go with smart pathfinding - you won't walk into a monster unless you tap their exact square. - Fast-find an item in your inventory by tapping it when you open a chest. - A "Sell Junk" button in the shop to quickly sell all of your non-artifact, non-potion old equipment. - Damage and Magic formulas simplified and re-balanced (Attack magic is useful now!). - Magic window to allow you quickly cast a spell without opening your inventory. - Potions window to quickly use potions without opening your inventory. - Saving can be anywhere in the cave to be picked up later. Auto saves each floor. - Walk on empty gold bags. - Low-life warning. - New title screen. - Higher stairs contrast. - Faster movement. Developer updates on future games: https://twitter.com/dustinaux http://dustinauxier.com
Rock Pusher
Hire workers to help you push a massive boulder to its designated location. Despite the difficulty, successfully moving the rock yields valuable rewards.
- Hire workers
- Push a boulder
- Earn rewards
- Idle gameplay
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Can you push the rock? Hire workers to push the boulder to its destination. This rock is very hard to move, but it can give you nice rewards!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Enchanted Cave at 87% against Rock Pusher's 25%. The Enchanted Cave also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Rock Pusher's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (10K vs 19). On 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
Rock Pusher is free to download; The Enchanted Cave costs $0.99 up front. Rock Pusher sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. The Enchanted Cave asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Enchanted Cave holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rock Pusher has 10K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of The Enchanted Cave's written reviews are positive against 25% of Rock Pusher's.
The Enchanted Cave ships an update every 3 weeks, Rock Pusher every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Enchanted Cave | Rock Pusher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better | 4.5 (10K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 24.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 327 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dustin Auxier | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
The Enchanted Cave
Rock Pusher
User reviews
The Enchanted Cave
From 19 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great value for price
- 👍 Nostalgic flash game port
- 👍 Simple yet strategic
- 👍 Satisfying progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Clunky controls
- 🐛 Elemental defenses OP
- 🐛 Balance issues with some enemies
- 🐛 Game can be short
- 🐛 Some users lose weapons on restart
Rock Pusher
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Potential
- 🚀 Fun game
- 🚀 Great game but few bugs
- 🚀 Very fun, minimal ads
- 🚀 Enjoyable, addictive gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unable to unlock Atlas
- 🐛 Gear power quest not working
- 🐛 Merge quest not working after evolving workers
- 🐛 Gear inventory freezes
- 🐛 Prestige timer issues
Bugs and requests
The Enchanted Cave
Reported bugs
10 issues- Screen stays black when going down stairs
- Repeated footstep sound loop
- Game crashes on level 20
- Lost all weapons on restart
- No way back to the store after restart
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- No stairs to go back to previous floor
- Microphone access prompt
- Overrides sound settings
- Cannot listen to own music
- Cannot cast spells listed in menu
Requested features
11 requests- More levels
- Sequel (Enchanted Cave 2) on iOS
- Enchanted Cave 3
- iPad version
- Game Center achievements
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- Longer game duration
- More depth
- Story elements
- Skill trees
- Crafting system
- Updates and new dungeons
Rock Pusher
Reported bugs
8 issues- Unable to unlock Atlas after meeting gear power requirement
- Merge quest gets stuck after evolving workers
- Gear inventory freezes and becomes unusable
- Prestige timer resets incorrectly
- Energy system not functioning as expected
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- Progression blocked at certain levels
- Glitches when using multiple maps
- Inability to upgrade gear past gold tier
Requested features
7 requests- Increase prestige frequency
- Improve energy system and offline progression
- Add more content and progression beyond current roadblock
- Implement better quest and progression tracking
- Improve merging and upgrading mechanics
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- Add more ways to earn resources and progress
- Provide better communication channels with developers
In-app purchases
The Enchanted Cave
No in-app purchases
Rock Pusher
- Small Gem Pack$2.99
- Medium Gem Pack$4.99
- Starter Pack 2$4.99
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- Starter Pack With Prestige$6.99
- Energy Bundle$7.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Large Gem Pack$9.99
- Ice Island Pack$14.99
- Fire Island Pack$19.99
- Epic Gem Pack$19.99
Questions
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