God Rivals: RPG Roguelike

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5.4~~/10~~

Our score

★ 3.4·50K+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-21

Screenshots

Pride, Envy and Wrath as demon bosses on the key art — Epic Boss Battle

The upgrade screen with the hero and an equipment grid — Upgrade and Unleash Your Strength

A blue ring skill clearing an arena in Chapter 5 — Wipe Out All Monsters

The God of the Sun offering Burning Sleep and Phoenix Rebirth boons — Discover Your God's Power

A boss fight with a purple blast on a stone floor — Fight Epic Bosses

A forest arena beside a purple crystal realm — Explore Diverse Realms

About God Rivals: RPG Roguelike

God Rivals is Gamee's dark-fantasy action roguelike — a fixed hero fighting through chapters of arenas with a special attack, an ultimate and boons from gods, against bosses named for the deadly sins — free on Android since spring 2026 and iOS since June 8, with ads, a $9.99 ad skip and loot boxes flagged. It is the hyper-casual studio's first action game, and the reviews say so: real potential, hitboxes that miss, and an August 1 patch that slowed the game to a crawl.

Game information

DeveloperGamee Joint Stock Company

Version1.1.22 (Android) · 1.1.23 (iOS)

Size617 MB (Android) · 699 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating13+

Requires (Android)Android 7.1+

Requires (iOS)iOS 15.0+

Offline modeNot stated — ads, events and passes online

Interface languagesEN, FR, DE, ID, JA, KO + 8 more

Store rating3.4 from 34 ratings

Installs50K+

Updated by developer2026-09-15

Data checked2026-09-21

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-21. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

God Rivals Review: A Hades-Style Roguelike Still Being Balanced in Public

Chapters, Boons and Sin-Named Bosses

The structure is the Hades template on a phone: runs through chapters of top-down arenas, a hero with auto-attacks, an aimed special skill and an ultimate meter, boons drawn between rooms from gods — the God of the Sun offers Burning Sleep and a legendary Phoenix Rebirth — and bosses at the end of each chapter, with Pride, Envy and Wrath on the key art. Between runs sits an RPG layer: equipment, talents and permanent upgrades that make the next run stronger. The reviews that like it say what for: an August 8, 2026 App Store five-star calls it a nice roguelike with excellent graphics and sound, responsive play, plenty to upgrade and no levels behind a paywall; a June 24 Play three-star with five votes calls it amazing for mobile. Gamee — a Hong Kong-registered puzzle studio — updated it to version 1.1.22–23 on September 15 with an Angel Privilege feature and custom profiles. Rated 13+ and Everyone, in 14 languages.

Hitboxes, Pink Blobs, and the August 1 Patch That Slowed Everything

The problems are the ones a young action game has. An August 12 Play two-star says the hitboxes are not coded properly — abilities pass harmlessly through enemies while enemy attacks land at double the range of the red indicator — and Gamee's reply points to version 1.1.17's hitbox fixes. The June 24 review finds the third chapter's pink blobs impossible to dodge and the rounds too long. An August 5 two-star describes the August 1 patch as an overadjustment: special-skill aiming far more limited, the ultimate meter barely filling, mobs slowed and weakened to compensate, the pace crawling; Gamee says it is reviewing the changes. On the App Store a September 3 one-star reached zero progression without spending and calls it a pay-to-win solo game with badly telegraphed enemies; an August 2 three-star wants a character creator instead of a preordained hero. Ratings: 4.0 from 1,760 on Play with 50,000-plus installs, 3.3 from 35 on the App Store.

Ads With a $9.99 Skip, Starter Packs, Pass Grounds and Loot Boxes

Apple flags Loot Boxes, Advertising and In-App Purchases; Google Play prices items from $0.99 to $79.99. The App Store's top ten are Skip Ads at $9.99, Starter Packs for a Glove at $0.99, an Orb at $9.99 and a Dagger at $14.99, a Sylvie character pack at $14.99, World Packs at $1.99 and $2.99, a Flash Deal Key at $0.99, and two tiers of a Pass Ground at $9.99 and $14.99. The August 8 five-star says nothing needs buying to progress; the September 3 one-star says progression stopped without it — both can be true of a roguelike whose difficulty curve is still moving. Apple's tracking list is Identifiers and Usage Data linked to you; Google's data-safety card lists Device IDs collected and App activity shared. The install is 699 MB on iPhone, iOS 15 or Android 7.1. Prices are regional.

Pros

Hades-style runs with gods' boons, an aimed special and an ultimate
Excellent graphics and sound and responsive play, per an August 2026 review
Permanent equipment and talent progression between runs
A studio that replies to every review and patches within weeks
No levels behind a paywall, per a five-star player

Cons

Hitboxes that miss enemies and hit you from outside the indicator, per August reviews
An August 1 patch that limited special aiming and slowed the pace to a crawl
Ads, a $9.99 ad skip, loot boxes and packs to $14.99 with items to $79.99
A fixed hero, no pause mid-stage, and a September player stuck without spending

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Verdict

A 5.4: a good-looking roguelike with the right skeleton and a balance team still finding it — hitboxes fixed in one patch, pace broken in the next — under the full ad-and-pack shop. Take it if you want Hades-style runs on a phone and are willing to ride the patches. Skip it until the August rebalance is reversed, or if ads with a $9.99 exit are not how you want a roguelike to start.

Gameplay6A solid roguelike frame whose balance swings patch to patch; chapter three's blobs are the wall.

Controls5Stick plus skill buttons; a special that aims strangely and hitboxes that lie, per reviews.

Replay value6Boons, gear and events give runs variety; long rounds and a stalled curve take it back.

Graphics & sound7Dark-fantasy arenas and sin-themed bosses that reviewers call excellent.

Monetisation4Ads unless you pay $9.99, plus loot boxes, starter packs and passes.

5.4out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

Frequently asked questions

Can you play God Rivals offline?

The store pages do not say. It is single-player, but ads, events, passes and the shop are online, and a June 2026 reviewer lost an event run at stage 19 to a bug that reads as a sync failure. Pay the $9.99 ad skip and test airplane mode if offline play matters.

Is God Rivals pay to win?

Its reviews disagree: an August 2026 five-star says nothing needs buying and no level is paywalled; a September one-star reached zero progression without spending. The shop has ads with a $9.99 skip, loot boxes flagged by Apple, starter packs to $14.99, pass tiers and items to $79.99 on Google Play. There is no PvP. Prices vary by region.

What phone do you need for God Rivals?

iOS 15 or newer with 699 MB free, or Android 7.1 or newer; Apple Silicon Macs run it. Reviews do not report performance trouble — the complaints are design and balance — so a mid-range phone is enough.

Can you play God Rivals with friends?

No. It is a single-player roguelike with no co-op, PvP or guilds on either store; events are solo runs against a stage counter. The September 2026 update added custom profiles, which is as social as it gets.

How long does a God Rivals run take?

Longer than reviewers want: a June 2026 review finds rounds go on too long, and a September one-star calls fights too long for zero reward. A chapter is a sitting; there is no pause or save mid-stage, which a June reviewer requests. The long game is gear, talents and events between runs.