Silversword is a fantasy role-playing game for iOS that recreates the mechanics of classic eighties dungeon crawlers.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#94
Games · paid
Sentiment
4.8
265 reviews
Nemesis
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Silversword for a long-form, distraction-free RPG experience that avoids the aggressive monetization common in modern mobile gaming.
For Fans of classic role-playing games like The Bard's Tale, Wizardry, and Might & Magic who prefer deep, long-form fantasy campaigns.
What does it look like?
Key features
New character class with unique skills and abilities introduced in the Rise Of The Dragons expansion
In-game navigation and tracking system for 70 distinct maps
Environmental system that alters magic effectiveness and surroundings based on time
How much does it cost?
The app uses a one-time purchase model at $4.99, explicitly marketed as not requiring additional in-app purchases to complete the game.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: maintenance.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews thrilled. Users appreciate nostalgic dungeon crawler mechanics provide an authentic experience for fans of classic eighties roleplaying games and fair monetization model avoids aggressive pay-to-win tactics and respects the player experience throughout the game, but report technical instability causes immediate application crashes when accessing the in-game shop menu on mobile devices.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Nostalgic dungeon crawler mechanics provide an authentic experience for fans of classic eighties roleplaying games
- Fair monetization model avoids aggressive pay-to-win tactics and respects the player experience throughout the game
- Technical instability causes immediate application crashes when accessing the in-game shop menu on mobile devices
62 of 185 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Silversword
How's the Games market?
Silversword holds a #94 Paid position in the US and #9 Paid in Finland, maintaining a niche but loyal international footprint. The lack of recurring revenue streams relative to roguelike competitors signals a long-term monetization risk.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Evan Debenham
Dominates the traditional roguelike space with a massive, highly active player base and frequent content updates.
- Maintains a consistent cadence of ten major releases in six months, dwarfing this app's update frequency.
- Open-source heritage fosters a massive community-driven ecosystem that this app cannot easily replicate.
- Deeply refined procedural generation mechanics provide infinite replayability compared to this app's static quest structure.
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Key takeaways for Silversword
Where is it heading?
The retro-RPG market is consolidating around titles that balance classic mechanics with modern stability and accessibility. Silversword remains exposed to technical churn, so the PM must prioritize core stability to defend the current rating against more active competitors.
- Technical instability in the shop menu causes immediate crashes, which erodes the positive sentiment generated by the fair monetization model.
- The high user satisfaction with the classic RPG experience suggests a stable, loyal core that is resistant to F2P churn.
The SWOT
- Authentic retro-RPG mechanics drive high user satisfaction
- One-time purchase model creates a clear value proposition for classic-genre fans
- Implementing descriptive audio cues could capture the underserved accessibility-focused RPG segment
- Expanding the Discord community could drive organic feedback loops
Next best moves
Rebuild shop menu logic because shop-access crashes are the top technical complaint → reduce churn of paying users.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
Users report: The app's lack of live-ops is…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Procedural generation (available in Shattered Pixel Dungeon but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The report reflects a significant increase in user review volume and a sharpened focus on the long-term revenue risks inherent in the app's one-time purchase model.
Bottom line
Silversword holds its category lead through sticky retro mechanics but bleeds potential users to more accessible roguelikes, so revenue growth hinges on fixing shop stability and expanding accessibility.
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