Royal Match vs The Lost City

How do Royal Match and The Lost City compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Royal Match	The Lost City
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	medium
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	medium	long
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	3,787,192	209
Reviews say	What players like Entertaining and addictive gameplay loop Progression system unlocks new castle areas Powerful boosters and collectible rewards Common complaints Levels become impossible without in-app purchases Difficulty spike designed to pressure spending Pay-to-win mechanics targeting spenders with easier levels	What players like Beautiful hand-painted graphics and visuals Clever season-based puzzle design with engaging mechanics Thoughtful, elegant puzzles at fair difficulty level Common complaints Navigation and map system confusing and cumbersome without teleport Game crashes to splash screen when switching apps, losing progress context Hint system has UI issues - easily misclicked, takes 10 minutes to generate

Royal Match — Match-3 puzzle game where you restore a royal castle by breaking obstacles and combining power-ups to beat challenging levels. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) The Lost City — Explore a mystical lost city frozen in four seasons, solving elegant hand-drawn puzzles to uncover its seasonal magic. (rated medium difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.