The Path of Light vs iNethack2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Path of Light
Play as a priest of the Light, battling demons and healing villagers. Accompany a priestess on a perilous journey through the Abyss, testing your survival and romantic skills.
- Character customization
- Demon combat
- Healing mechanics
- Villager interaction
- Story-driven romance
- Abyss exploration
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Generate your own priest of the Light. Smite demons, heal wounds, confess fellow villagers, accompany the beautiful and devilish priestess on her journey through the Abyss and find out if you can survive... and win her heart!
iNethack2
Embark on a single-player dungeon crawl to collect treasure, find the Amulet of Yendor, and survive perilous mazes. This port offers graphical tilesets, touch controls, and customizable shortcuts for an enhanced roguelike experience.
- Single-player dungeon exploration
- Treasure collection and escape
- Multiple graphical tilesets
- Touchscreen gesture controls
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Bones file sharing integration
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"NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Your goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and escape the Mazes of Menace alive." -- iNethack2 is an iOS port of Nethack 3.6.7. Original port in 2009 by Dirk Zimmermann which was called iNethack. Updated by Jeff King to work on modern devices, and renamed iNethack2. Initial 3.6 update by Joe Doucette. Various other contributions from the open source community. iNethack2 features: · 9 graphical tilesets (plus IBMGraphics mode, and regular ASCII mode in color and monochrome) · 1 animated tileset: DawnHack Animated · Touchscreen gesture controls: swipe to pan, pinch to zoom · Customizable keyboard shortcut controls · Hearse (bones file sharing) integration · Works on iOS12+ Some facts about NetHack: · The first version of NetHack was released in 1987 · NetHack was a roguelike before people used the term roguelike · You can play NetHack for years and still make new discoveries · NetHack is one of the greatest games of all time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iNethack2 at 84% against The Path of Light's 17%. iNethack2 also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.4 vs 3.7). On update cadence, 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
iNethack2 is free to download; The Path of Light costs $3.99 up front. The Path of Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iNethack2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
iNethack2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNethack2 has 150 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of The Path of Light's written reviews are positive against 84% of iNethack2's.
The Path of Light ships an update every 3 months, iNethack2 every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | The Path of Light | iNethack2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Future Shock Software LTD |
Customer experience
The Path of Light
iNethack2
Bugs and requests
The Path of Light
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iNethack2
Reported bugs
14 issues- Game crashes when using inventory (I command)
- Crashes on Plane of Water during save restore
- File corruption errors when switching apps
- Game freezes with Chinese pinyin keyboard input
- Crashes when equipping rings
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- Crashes when dropping items
- Crashes when accessing discoveries list
- Cannot open level files error (501mobile.50)
- Game unrecoverable after certain actions
- Double-tap causes unintended character movement
- Floor tiles not rendering in corridors
- Crashes on iOS 11+ when dropping items
- Waiting for logfile access message loops
- Game crashes immediately on startup for some users
Requested features
17 requests- Separate button labels from command values
- External Bluetooth keyboard support
- Directional pad for movement
- Swipe-based movement controls
- Character name customization
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- Pet naming functionality
- Partial item stack management
- Cloud save synchronization across devices
- iPad Magic Keyboard support
- Japanese language localization
- Toggle for sparkle effects
- Multiple simultaneous game saves
- NetHack version 3.6+ support
- Slash'Em port for iOS
- Voice over support for accessibility
- Options file editing capability
- Discoveries list access without crashes
In-app purchases
The Path of Light
- Chapter 2$3.99
iNethack2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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