Power Grounds vs Hero's Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Power Grounds
Navigate a temple filled with monsters, strategically choosing abilities to overcome challenges. Discover original mechanics and test your survival skills in a unique roguelike experience.
- Randomly generated levels
- Original mechanics to discover
- Arena mode for survival
- Challenging achievements
- Strategic ability selection
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"an easy recommendation for anyone who wants a challenge" - TUAW.com "good luck putting that down once you unlock [the Arena mode]" - AppAdvice.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You are trapped inside a very special temple, surrounded by dangerous monsters. You have no weapons of your own, but the ground is filled with great powers. In Power Grounds, thinking strategically is very important when it comes to choosing your abilities. Would you be swift? Would you be strong? Would you be... wise? It much depends upon the situation. Features: - randomly generated levels - original mechanics that you will have to discover - arena mode! survive for as long as you can - challenging achievements * Originally made for the 7 Day Roguelike Challenge. *
Hero's Quest
Embark on an epic adventure as a hero, exploring a world filled with monsters and powerful bosses. Strategize your battles, level up your character, and collect gold, weapons, and equipment to enhance your stats and abilities. Discover new fighting styles and combinations in this roguelite RPG.
- Automatic battles
- Hero and skin customization
- Skill tree progression
- Unlockable areas and bosses
- Roguelite permanent upgrades
- Portrait orientation gameplay
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Hero's Quest is a game where you play the role of a lovely hero, go around exploring the world, and challenge your fighting ability to reach the highest level in the limited energy range. Your mission is to reach the highest level as you can to get a lot of gold coins, new weapons and equipment to improve your stats. Initially, you will have 20 energy points (EP). Trying to maintain or improve this stat so you can get high levels in the game. Every time you beat monsters and Bosses, you will get gold coins. The more monsters you beat, the more money you have and the faster you go on the adventure. The more you win, the faster you level up. The higher the level, the higher your ability to defeat the aggressive monsters encountered along the jorney. During the game, you will gradually discover your abilities and find the most effective fighting style for yourself. That's the magic, it can be very rewarding to play and discover new strategies or relics combinations. Explore the world and challenge yourself to reach the highest levels within limited energy! • Heroes and Skins • Hero’s Quest allows you to choose different characters to participate in thrilling battles, each hero have different bonus stats and wonderful pixel art skins. Heores can also be situational you'll have to chose the most suitable Hero for each scenario. • Skill Tree • Players can chose between multiple passive Skills to shape the gameplay the way they like. Skills are separated into different types ranging ranging from ofensive, defensive or utility skills. • Immersive world • Unlock multiple areas, where with powerful monsters enemies are waiting for you. Battle can be very intense the further you get. Players also need to defeat Bosses with outstanding power to unlock new Maps, Relics and Equipment. • Roguelite action • Roguelite is an evolution of the Roguelike genre, this means you still have to start the game from the beginning when the game is over, but you also have permanent upgrades to make each run easier and esiear while also making you progress further and further. The more you play, the more you progress! • Automatic battle • You'll find monsters along the map and your job is to choose the fights. Your focus should be on strategy, Hero and Relics combinations. Let the game do the rest. • Portrait orientation • Play the game anywhere with only one hand. Music by Aaron Krogh: https://soundcloud.com/aaron-anderson-11 Character Art by Ækashics: http://www.akashics.moe/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hero's Quest at Free against Power Grounds's $0.99. Hero's Quest also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 5). Power Grounds's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 22) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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
Hero's Quest is free to download; Power Grounds costs $0.99 up front. Hero's Quest sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Power Grounds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hero's Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hero's Quest has 1.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 65% and 66% positive.
Power Grounds ships an update every 5 weeks, Hero's Quest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Power Grounds | Hero's Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Diego Cathalifaud | Murilo Bastos |
Customer experience
Power Grounds
Hero's Quest
Bugs and requests
Power Grounds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hero's Quest
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on startup
- Infinite loading screen
- Crit rate bug causing inconsistent damage
Requested features
4 requests- Add teleport/skip functionality
- Implement a reset progress option
- Improve the equipment progression curve
- Introduce more enemy/boss variety
In-app purchases
Power Grounds
No in-app purchases
Hero's Quest
- Tickets - Tiny$0.99
- Ad Skip - Tiny$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Tickets Small$1.99
- Skin: Void Bender$1.99
- Skin: Shadowbringer$1.99
- Ad Skip - Small$1.99
- Skin: Warlock Warrior$1.99
- Skin: High Summoner$2.99
- Skin: Elaine$2.99
- Skin: Blight Lord$2.99
- Skin: Goddess Yoko$2.99
- Skin: Asema$2.99
- Skin: Shadow Piercer$2.99
- Tickets - Medium$3.99
- Ad Skip - Medium$3.99
- Tickets - Large$6.99
- Ad Skip - Large$6.99
- Tickets - Super$12.99
- Ad Skip - Super$13.99
- Tickets - Extra Large$27.99
- Tickets - Ultra$54.99
Questions
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