Doomdark's Revenge vs Desktop Dungeons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doomdark's Revenge
Embark on an epic quest and engage in strategic warfare in this classic adventure game. Lead your characters to battle against an Empress and her frozen empire, offering both solo and multiplayer experiences.
- Quest and warfare gameplay
- Exploration and strategy
- Solo and multiplayer modes
- Multiple characters to command
- Epic fantasy storyline
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Mike Singleton's '85 classic Adventure Strategy sequel to The Lords of Midnight, brought to and updated for iOS. "It is many moons now since the Lords of Midnight first appeared out of the soft, wearing gloom. Those of you who took up their challenge and rode with them to battle against the cruel Witchking will need no reminding of that epic struggle. But now a new epic tale unfolds, the story of Doomdark’s Revenge. The game itself involves both quest and warfare, both exploration and careful strategy. You can play on your own or with friends; there are enough different characters at your command for all the family to join in and struggle against Shareth Heartstealer, Empress of the frozen Empire!" - Mike Singleton - 1985 Praise for The Lords of Midnight iOS. "Lords of Midnight does story-based, large-scope, high-fantasy warfare better than most titles I can think of, iOS or otherwise." - Rating 4/5- PocketTactics.com "This is an outstanding remake and developer Chris Wild, should feel very proud of creating such a superb celebration of the man’s work." - Rating 8/10 - Metro "If you're interested in classic games, especially fantasy and/or strategy games, Lords of Midnight is a must-have." - Rating 4/5 - TouchArcade.com "It's an unmissable remake. Few titles weather the storms of time as well as this solid-gold classic." - Rating 4/5 - PocketGamer.co.uk “Made of extremely bright colors and clean lines, a stylistic choice that was and still is very original.” – Multiplayer.it "Despite the perfectly adapted touch controls and crisp graphic presentation, this is a proper 1980s they-don’t-make-’em-like-they-used-to game" - PocketTactics.com "#3 - Top 10 iPad games and apps of December 2012" - QualityIndex.com "Lords of Midnight is an experience that everybody with a remote interest in games should have, buying into your characters and developing your own war stories is a wonderful thing. It is a game with hidden depths that deserve to be plumbed and I cannot recommend it enough." - KoruCottage.com iOS Best Port/Retro Gamer of the Year" - Arcade Life Please check out www.thelordsofmidnight.com/blog for news on updates and new features to come...
Desktop Dungeons
Engage in a unique puzzle roguelike adventure across randomly generated dungeons. Collect loot, spells, and items to defeat bosses and upgrade your kingdom. Unlock new classes, races, and items for hundreds of hours of strategic gameplay.
- Randomly generated single-screen dungeons
- 20 unlockable classes
- 7 unique races
- Kingdom upgrades for starting bonuses
- Hundreds of hours of quests and puzzles
- Daily Dungeon challenges
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***Cross platform saves! Play the same Kingdom on any device!*** Desktop Dungeons, the award-winning unique puzzle roguelike makes its debut on iOS! Fight your way through randomly generated dungeons, collect spells, items, and loot to defeat the dungeon boss and earn gold to upgrade your Kingdom. Unlock new classes to play as, useful items to discover, capricious gods to worship, and enemies to fight. All in service of the almighty bottom line and saving your Kingdom from peril. Desktop Dungeons packs all the challenge and reward of a dungeon crawling roguelike game into bite sized chunks of puzzle goodness. Take an Elf Warlord through the Venture Cave, defeat Aequitas the Warlock and sell his beard to your Taxidermist to afford an upgrade to your Blacksmith. Or, spend time in the game's extensive puzzles trying to understand exactly what worshipping Taurog is all about. Key Features: -Randomly generated single-screen dungeons offer bite sized adventure. -Explore new terrain to regenerate your health and mana, INNOVATION! -20 Classes to play as and unlock, including the new Chemist and Rat Monarch! -7 Races that combine uniquely with the Classes, each playing differently. -Upgrade your Kingdom to unlock items and preparations to start your dungeon runs with. -Loads of quests and puzzles to keep you entertained for hundreds of hours. -Compete with your friends in the new Daily Dungeon. -Music by the power duo of Danny Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac) and Grant Kirkhope (Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye 64) -The full Desktop Dungeons experience, optimized for touch screen. -Goats! "If you're looking for a roguelike with a cheeky swagger, and enough content to lose yourself in, then this should be at the top of your list." - PocketGamer (9/10) "Desktop Dungeons is brilliant. It is so incredibly simple, and so incredibly basic, and yet it is brilliant." - GameZebo (4.5/5) "Desktop Dungeons has made a pretty great effort to port their game to the iOS world, and it packs a lot of replay and problem solving into this app." - TouchArcade (4/5) Desktop Dungeons won the award for Excellence in Design at the 2011 Independent Games Festival, where it was also a Grand Prize nominee. Website: http://www.DesktopDungeons.net Forums: http://www.QCFdesign.com/forum Twitter: @QCFdesign
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doomdark's Revenge at Free against Desktop Dungeons's $9.99. Doomdark's Revenge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (90% vs 52%). Desktop Dungeons's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). On 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
Doomdark's Revenge is free to download; Desktop Dungeons costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Doomdark's Revenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Doomdark's Revenge's written reviews are positive against 52% of Desktop Dungeons's.
Doomdark's Revenge ships an update every 2 months, Desktop Dungeons every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doomdark's Revenge | Desktop Dungeons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 52.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 289 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Chilli Hugger Software Ltd | QCF Design |
Customer experience
Doomdark's Revenge
Desktop Dungeons
Bugs and requests
Doomdark's Revenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Desktop Dungeons
Reported bugs
12 issues- Crashes frequently
- Game freezes
- Screen does not rotate
- Game locked up after unlocking blacksmith
- Save files corrupted or stuck
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- Text unreadable
- UI elements overlap
- Game crashes after completing dungeons
- Game crashes when opening codex
- Game resets when minimized
- Blacksmith feature broken
- Tutorial step bugged
Requested features
11 requests- Add difficulty levels
- Update graphics
- Fix text formatting and readability
- Add cloud saves
- Improve UI for touch devices
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- Fix screen rotation
- Remove PC version leftovers
- Add Retina support
- Fix game freezes and crashes
- Improve polish and user experience
- Add dark mode
In-app purchases
Doomdark's Revenge
No in-app purchases
Desktop Dungeons
No in-app purchases
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