Arcane Tower vs Blokshot Evolution
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcane Tower
Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure as a brave wizard. Explore randomly generated maps, compete in daily challenges with global leaderboards, and learn from top player replays to defeat evil and uncover ancient secrets.
- Randomly generated maps
- Challenging roguelike mechanics
- Daily challenge mode
- Global leaderboards
- Watch top player replays
- Single-player adventure
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Evil reigns throughout the kingdom, darkness obscures the landscape. A brave wizard is determined to put an end to all of this. But there's only one way. The Arcane Tower keeps the powers and secrets required to defeat all the evil. Arcane Tower is a roguelike game with mechanics carefully designed to make every run challenging, interesting and incredibly fun. Key features: * Maps are randomly generated, meaning every run you play will be different from every other run you've played. * Daily Challenge! Every day a special map is generated, the same for everyone in the world. Compete in the daily leaderboards! * Watch other players: after playing a Daily Challenge, you can watch replays of the top players to see how they got their score.
Blokshot Evolution
Experience a skill-based arcade action game with a futuristic, geometric theme. Blast through challenges, enjoy classic gameplay, and compete with friends in a new multiplayer mode. Perfect for those who love retro-style action titles.
- Skill-based arcade action
- Futuristic geometric visuals
- Classic gameplay
- Touchscreen optimized
- Multiplayer mode
- Challenge friends
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A classically inspired, skill based arcade action game. Slip into a futuristic trance while blasting your way through a geometric cascade of challenges. Blokshot Revolution is the best of old school, skill based action games brought to life on touch screen devices. All the original glory of this action title is preserved and now introducing MULTIPLAYER! Show off your skills, challenge your friends and see who can survive the longest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Blokshot Evolution at Free against Arcane Tower's $1.99. Blokshot Evolution also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Arcane Tower's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
Blokshot Evolution is free to download; Arcane Tower costs $1.99 up front. Blokshot Evolution sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Arcane Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arcane Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Arcane Tower's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blokshot Evolution's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arcane Tower | Blokshot Evolution |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diego Cathalifaud | Player1games Inc. |
Customer experience
Arcane Tower
Blokshot Evolution
In-app purchases
Arcane Tower
No in-app purchases
Blokshot Evolution
- Remove Ads $0.99$3.99
- Remove Ads $1.99$7.99
