MINE ROAD vs Frontier Bound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MINE ROAD
Explore underground dungeons, rescue buried girls, and craft tools to aid your journey. Level up your abilities with rescued characters and recruit them as party members to overcome challenges.
- Underground dungeon exploration
- Rescue buried girls
- Crafting tools by combining items
- Leveling up abilities with rescued girls
- Recruit girls as party members
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MINE ROAD is the girls rescuing - underground exploring - dungeon RPG. The main objective of this game is finding and leading buried girls to the surface. You can also create tools by combining items you find. Digging will get easier when you create tools. You'll have to explore the whole underground and rescue every buried girl in order to get to the next dungeon. Rescued girls can be used for leveling up your abilities. You can also have a girl become your party member! Please carve your way through the dungeon. ■ TIPS - You can change the zoom level of the screen by swiping Vitality / Stamina area anytime. - If you find a new item, please check the Craft screen. You may be able to create new items. - Challenging monsters without leveling up is dangerous. I recommend to level up 'Attack' right away. - You can access 'Help' at any time with its button in the Options menu. It is recommended that you read it when you have time. - This description was rewritten by Matthias. Thank you for cooperation!
Frontier Bound
Recruit adventurers, build a trading guild, and embark on expeditions through a perilous frontier in this turn-based strategy RPG. Permanent death means your guild's legacy grows stronger with each run, offering new stories and challenges.
- Recruit and customize adventurers
- Build and manage a trading guild
- Send expeditions through a dangerous frontier
- Hundreds of hand-crafted encounters
- Permanent progression and upgrades
- Offline play
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Will you dive into the ancient ruins to find an enchanted amulet...or maybe death? Frontier Bound is a text-based strategy RPG where you recruit adventurers, build a trading guild, and send expeditions through a dangerous frontier. Death is permanent but your guild will live on. Every run tells a new story and every defeat leaves your guild stronger. BUILD YOUR CREW Hire mercenaries with unique stats, traits, and backstories. Customize them with specializations and artifacts. Watch them grow into legends or bury them in the frontier. RUN THE FRONTIER Face hundreds of hand-crafted encounters across escalating stages: ambushes, trade negotiations, rival showdowns, ancient ruins, and the Warlord boss. Roll the dice. Live with the result. GROW YOUR GUILD Between expeditions, manage your guild hub: upgrade facilities, stock provisions, trade cargo for profit, and recruit your next roster. Permanent progression means every run advances your legacy. BECOME A LEGEND Unlock three specialization paths: Merchant, Warlord, or Explorer. Earn titles and traits for your adventurers and conquer the Frontier. — Offline play, no internet required — Roguelite progression: permanent upgrades survive every run — No pay-to-win: deep strategy, fair progression — Game is now fully playable in: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian
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The clearest difference is price: MINE ROAD at Free against Frontier Bound's $1.99. MINE ROAD also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Frontier Bound's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume, 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
MINE ROAD is free to download; Frontier Bound costs $1.99 up front. MINE ROAD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Frontier Bound asks for nothing beyond the download.
MINE ROAD holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MINE ROAD's written reviews are positive against 50% of Frontier Bound's.
MINE ROAD ships an update every 6 weeks, Frontier Bound every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MINE ROAD | Frontier Bound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | takashi seki | Luis Herskovic |
Customer experience
MINE ROAD
Frontier Bound
In-app purchases
MINE ROAD
- Remove Ad$2.99
Frontier Bound
No in-app purchases
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