Comparison

Pathfinder Adventures vs Arcane Quest 3

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pathfinder Adventures

Embark on a cooperative card game adventure, battling monsters and acquiring new abilities. Develop your character through familiar RPG mechanics, customizing your deck as you explore diverse locales and overcome challenges. Play solo or with friends using pass-and-play multiplayer.

Highlights
  • Cooperative card game battles
  • Familiar RPG character development
  • Deck customization
  • Explore campaign locales
  • Animated backdrops and cut scenes
  • Single player and pass-and-play multiplayer
Features
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Pathfinder Adventures, the digital adaptation of Paizo Inc.'s Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, translates the world's best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game into an entirely new breed of card game, where players cooperatively battle monsters and villains, and acquire new feats, items, weapons and allies. Role-players will find the game's character development very familiar. Characters have classes such as fighter, wizard, and rogue, as well as numbers that define strength, dexterity, intelligence, etc. You'll improve your character by acquiring new items, allies, spells, and weapons as you explore and overcome challenges; over time, you'll be able to customize your deck to better suit your own individual vision of your character. The game can be played solo, or with other adventurers using built-in pass-and-play functionality. Pathfinder Adventures is free to download and play, however, some game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is required to earn in game currency during play. FEATURES: • Explore the towns, cities, dungeons and landscapes of the Rise of the Runelords campaign, including the fiercely-independent Sandpoint and the goblin-infested isle of Thistletop. • Every locale has been transformed from a card image to beautifully enhanced and animated backdrops. • Reactive cut scenes featuring Pathfinder's iconic characters. • An interactive tutorial ensures the game is easy to learn for new adventurers and veterans of the Pathfinder universe alike. • No physical card game set-up required. Pathfinder Adventures gets players straight into the action. • Multiple adventure profiles so that players can experience the campaign using every character. • Single player and pass-and-play multiplayer gameplay mode. To find more information about Asmodee Digital, please go to http://www.asmodee-digital.com/ Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/pathfinder/ Find all the latest news for Pathfinder on Facebook, Instgram, Twitter and Youtube! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmodeedigital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmodeedigital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmodeedigital/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/asmodeedigital

About

Arcane Quest 3

Embark on an epic adventure to save a fantasy realm by assembling a team of heroes, customizing their gear and spells, and battling dark forces. Engage in real-time multiplayer quests or create and share your own challenges with a robust level editor.

Highlights
  • Epic storyline with dozens of quests
  • 10 unique hero classes
  • 150+ equipment customization options
  • Real-time multiplayer quests
  • Quest editor for creating and sharing levels
  • Tabletop game inspired mechanics
Features
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Once again, the Powers of Darkness have returned to threaten the Realm of Auria. Join an epic journey to restore the honor of your guild and save your people, in this fantastic mix of adventure, role-playing, and strategy game. Choose your adventurers from 10 unique classes and vanquish hordes of orcs, undead, evil sorcerers and a lot more. Customize your heroes with more than 150 equipment options, learn powerful spells, and use all your strategy skills to defeat your enemies. Play real-time multiplayer quests with your friends and players from all around the world. Create and share your own quests! Infinite gameplay hours are guaranteed by the free level editor. FEATURES - Loyal to the classic tabletop games: roll the dice, level up your heroes, acquire new abilities and purchase the best equipment - Dive into an epic storyline including dozens of quests, find out the secrets of Auria and restore the honor of your guild - Real-time multiplayer missions to play with other players to obtain great rewards - Complete quests editor to publish and share your own quests, and play quests created by other players - Fully translated into English, French, German and Italian What Arcane Quest players are saying: - “Excellent adaptation of the HeroQuest board game. Brings back many childhood happy memories.” - “If you are looking to play a simple D&D board game for your phone, this is the game. Easy and fun, love it.” - “If you have been looking for a fantasy board game this is the best.“ - “If you were a fan of Hero Quest, Dragon Strike or D&D, board games, this is the perfect app to bring you back.”

Screenshots

Pathfinder Adventures4 screens
Arcane Quest 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arcane Quest 3 at 4.6 against Pathfinder Adventures's 4.0. Arcane Quest 3 also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 61%). Pathfinder Adventures's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pathfinder Adventures sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Arcane Quest 3 sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arcane Quest 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 745 and 307 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Pathfinder Adventures's written reviews are positive against 90% of Arcane Quest 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathfinder Adventures ships an update every 9 days, Arcane Quest 3 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pathfinder Adventures versus Arcane Quest 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathfinder AdventuresArcane Quest 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (745 ratings)4.6 (307 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews89.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings745 — better307
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size940 MB354 MB
Age rating+912+
DeveloperTwin Sails InteractiveNex Game Studios OU

Customer experience

Pathfinder Adventures

All ratings744 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews615 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral9.9%
Negative29.1%

Arcane Quest 3

All ratings307 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.4%

User reviews

Pathfinder Adventures

From 745 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game mechanics
  • 👍 Faithful to board game experience
  • 👍 Challenging and rewarding
  • 👍 Beautiful graphics and cards
  • 👍 Significant replay value

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🕹️ Steep learning curve
  • 🕰️ Slow progression without paying
  • 🔍 Confusing UI and tutorial

Arcane Quest 3

From 307 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun casual gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable turn-based RPG
  • 👍 Great character customization
  • 👍 Solid tactical gameplay
  • 👍 Reminiscent of classic tabletop RPGs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and save file issues
  • 🐛 Multiplayer functionality not working well
  • 🔒 Lack of in-game save option
  • 🔒 Difficulty progression feels unbalanced
  • 🔒 Some classes/abilities underperforming

Bugs and requests

Pathfinder Adventures

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Dice rolls not working as expected
  • Saved progress and purchases not syncing
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incompatibility with newer devices
  • In-app store not functioning properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More expansions and adventures
  • Additional characters and classes
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • More loot and customization options
  • Improved performance on older devices

Arcane Quest 3

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and save file loss
  • Multiplayer mode not working as intended
  • Unresponsive controls and camera issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add in-game save option
  • Improve multiplayer functionality
  • Expand character progression and customization
  • Rebalance difficulty curve
  • Add more free character options

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pathfinder Adventures

One-time10
  • Daily Gold$1.99
  • Rise Of The Goblins 2$1.99
  • Rise Of The Goblins$2.99
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  • A Fighter's Tale : Valeros$2.99
  • 4,000 Gold$4.99
  • Large Treasure Bundle$4.99
  • Limited Offer$4.99
  • 9,000 Gold$9.99
  • Rise Of The Runelords Bundle$14.99
  • 20,000 Gold$19.99
9 purchases

Arcane Quest 3

One-time9
  • Gold Pack 1$0.99
  • Arcanes Pack 1$0.99
  • Gold Pack 2$1.99
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  • Arcanes Pack 2$1.99
  • Hero Pack 1$1.99
  • Hero Pack 2$1.99
  • Hero Pack 3$1.99
  • Gold Pack 3$2.99
  • Ultimate Pack$2.99

Questions

Is Pathfinder Adventures free?
Pathfinder Adventures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcane Quest 3 free?
Arcane Quest 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pathfinder Adventures or Arcane Quest 3?
Arcane Quest 3 is rated higher. Pathfinder Adventures averages 4.0 out of 5 from 745 ratings, while Arcane Quest 3 averages 4.6 from 307 ratings.
Do Pathfinder Adventures or Arcane Quest 3 have ads?
Arcane Quest 3 shows ads; Pathfinder Adventures does not.
Which is updated more often, Pathfinder Adventures or Arcane Quest 3?
Pathfinder Adventures ships an update every 9 days, and Arcane Quest 3 monthly. Most recently, Pathfinder Adventures was updated on October 21, 2026 and Arcane Quest 3 on October 24, 2026.

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