DREDGE vs Honkai: Star Rail
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
DREDGE is the better app overall, scoring 8.7 to 8.3. DREDGE wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Honkai: Star Rail on 2.
Story lovers who want a moody, self-contained adventure they can finish
RPG fans who like turn-based strategy and a story with jokes
Score by score
The details
| Feature | DREDGE | Honkai: Star Rail |
|---|---|---|
| Category | RPG & Adventure Games | RPG & Adventure Games |
| Category rank | #2 of 8 | #5 of 8 |
| Developer | Black Salt Games | HoYoverse |
| Pricing | Paid | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | — |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is DREDGE better than Honkai: Star Rail?
DREDGE is the better app overall, scoring 8.7 to 8.3. DREDGE wins on 3 of the 5 scores, Honkai: Star Rail on 2.
Which is cheaper, DREDGE or Honkai: Star Rail?
DREDGE: Try the first area free on iOS; the full game is a one-time $24.99 purchase. Honkai: Star Rail: Free to play; Oneiric Shards from $0.99 and a $4.99 Express Supply Pass. On value for money, DREDGE scores higher.
Do DREDGE and Honkai: Star Rail work on the same devices?
Only DREDGE runs on Mac.
Which is more private, DREDGE or Honkai: Star Rail?
DREDGE scores higher on privacy (8.8/10). App Store label: coarse location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics may be collected but are not linked to you, and nothing is used to track you.
Strengths and weaknesses
DREDGE
- Pay once, with no ads or timers
- Moody art and an unsettling story
- Try the first area before you buy
- Full price is steep for a mobile game
- Shorter than most RPGs
- Recent updates are only small fixes
DREDGE starts as a relaxing fishing game. You sell your catch, upgrade your trawler and chat with odd islanders. Then night falls, the fog rolls in, and the fish start looking wrong. Packing your grid-shaped cargo hold is oddly satisfying, the mystery keeps pulling you forward, and controllers work too. On iOS you can try the first area free before paying once. It's shorter than most RPGs here, and that's fine.
Full DREDGE review
Honkai: Star Rail
- Strategic fights you can play one-handed
- Strong writing, voice acting and cutscenes
- Auto-battle cuts down the daily grind
- Gacha for characters and Light Cones
- Daily energy limits progress
- Large download and frequent patches
Honkai: Star Rail is the HoYoverse RPG to pick if you'd rather plan than dodge. You ride the Astral Express between strange worlds, and battles are turn-based puzzles about weaknesses, buffs and timing, with auto-battle for the daily grind. The writing is funnier than you'd expect, and the voiced cutscenes look great. Like its siblings, though, the characters you really want come from gacha pulls.
Full Honkai: Star Rail review
