Arcane Tower vs Advance Tactics
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.
Advance Tactics
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You start with your units and your flag. So does the enemy. The goal is to either capture their flag and return to your depot or eliminate their forces before they do the same to you. Combat works on a grid with terrain affecting movement and defense. Unit types have strengths and weaknesses against each other. Positioning and unit composition matter. Game Modes: - Skirmish: Vs. Computer - Local Battle: Player Vs. Player or Computer vs. Computer (Demo mode) Unit Types: - Infantry - Rocketeer - Heavy Tank - Jeep - Tank - Artillery - Rockets Armory/Customization - 30+ colors and skins to customize armies
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Advance Tactics at Free against Arcane Tower's $1.99. Advance Tactics also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Arcane Tower's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Advance Tactics is free to download; Arcane Tower costs $1.99 up front. Advance Tactics sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Arcane Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arcane Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, Advance Tactics weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arcane Tower | Advance Tactics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diego Cathalifaud | devin sewell |
In-app purchases
Arcane Tower
No in-app purchases
Advance Tactics
- Premium Skin - "Stealth Camo"$0.99
- Premium Skin - "UV Camo"$0.99
- Premium Skin - "Kung Fu Camo"$0.99
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- Premium Skin - "Grass Camo"$0.99
- Premium Skin - "Wood Camo"$0.99
- Premium Skin - "Paper Camo"$0.99
- Premium Skin - "Nebula Camo"$0.99
- Premium Skin - "Glitch Camo"$1.99
- Premium Skin - "Airbrush Camo"$2.99
- Premium Skin - "Fire Camo"$2.99
Questions
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