Monstergotchi vs Pathos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monstergotchi
Create and customize your own monster by mixing and matching various body parts. Embark on an epic adventure through five chapters, collect loot, and battle other players online to become the ultimate warrior.
- Custom monster creation
- Story-driven RPG gameplay
- Online PvP battles
- Loot collection and upgrades
- Multi-chapter world exploration
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Monstergotchi is a unique story driven RPG with Online PVP Battle feature. Create your custom monster from various body parts just like Frankenstein! Mix all kinds of legs, arms, head types and equip it with proper armor. Explore the world in 5 chapters filled with epic loot to improve and refine your Monster until it becomes the ultimate warrior, ready to defeat evil lord Zaralor. Challenge other players in the arena and win daily rewards. Will you become the ultimate hero?
Pathos
Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure inspired by Nethack's rule set. Select from 13 distinct classes and delve into a perilous dungeon. Your mission is to confront your nemesis in hell and escape with as much treasure as possible.
- Nethack-inspired gameplay
- 13 playable classes
- Deep dungeon exploration
- Defeat nemesis in hell
- Loot collection and escape
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Pathos is a roguelike adventure game inspired by the rule set from Nethack. Choose from 13 classes and journey deep into the dungeon. Descend to hell to defeat your nemesis before escaping the dungeon with all the loot you can carry! Email mailto:hodgskin.callan@gmail.com Twitter https://twitter.com/callan_hodgskin Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/pathos_nethack Discord https://discord.gg/TRhRZhX Made with Invention https://gitlab.com/hodgskin-callan/Invention
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pathos at none against Monstergotchi's 4. Pathos also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (360 vs 5). Monstergotchi's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Monstergotchi sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pathos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pathos holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathos has 360 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Monstergotchi's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pathos's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Monstergotchi ships an update every 32 months, Pathos every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monstergotchi | Pathos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (360 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 360 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Igor Perepechenko | Callan Hodgskin |
Customer experience
Monstergotchi
Pathos
In-app purchases
Monstergotchi
- Handful of diamonds$0.99
- Bunch of diamonds$4.99
- Pile of diamonds$9.99
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- A mountain of diamonds$19.99
Pathos
No in-app purchases
