# Space Takeover - Defense.io — Conquer The Tower War Games

> Competitive planet conquest strategy game with line-drawing mechanics and fantasy props. (iPhone/iPad app by LIAO WENYAO.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-takeover-defenseio/id1589591729 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LIAO WENYAO](https://appshunter.io/developer/1192193094)
- Category: Games, Casual, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 4,859 App Store ratings · 307 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 288 MB
- Languages: Russian, Akan, Vietnamese, American English, Arabic, Indonesian, European Spanish, Italian, Korean, Malay and 5 more
- Released: 2021-10-16
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-takeover-defenseio/id1589591729/reviews.md

## What is Space Takeover?

The Space Takeover is an adventurous competitive mobile game. The gameplay is exciting and the game has a sense of substitution.
Space Takeover Game highlights
1. Compete for your favorite planet, draw lines between the planets, it’s time to speed up and see who finishes the task first!
2. Animation style, multi-level challenges are waiting for you to join, easy operation is 
3. A series of incredible fantasy props are also set up in the game, create as many effective combinations as possible, use them well, and get a high-quality game experience.
4. The animated cartoon style, the challenge of many levels waiting for you to join, the operation is easy and waiting for you to challenge, who is the real master of breaking through.
Beyond the city, competing for the planet. Masterpiece of risk strategy IO games.

## Key features

- Compete for planets
- Draw lines between planets
- Multi-level challenges
- Fantasy props
- Risk strategy gameplay
- Animated cartoon style

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy*300 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Energy*900 | $2.99 | one-time |
| Energy*2700 | $8.99 | one-time |
| Energy*8100 | $26.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads | $5.99 | one-time |
| Energy Pack | $3.99 | one-time |
| Piggy Bank | $2.99 | one-time |
| Energy*15000 | $49.99 | one-time |
| Carnival PackC | $8.99 | one-time |
| STARTER'S PACK | $0.99 | one-time |
| Card Gift Pack5 | $7.99 | one-time |
| Card Gift Pack1 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Card Gift Pack6 | $9.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Space Takeover?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Engaging strategy
- 👍 Enjoyable for casual players

**Cons**

- 💰 Aggressive monetization
- 🔋 Battery draining
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🤖 Unfair AI difficulty
- 📺 Excessive ads
- 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Offline bonus not working as intended
- Assassin unit not appearing in Auto Chess
- Screen freezing and app crashes
- Incorrect timer display for some items

**Most requested features**

- Improved offline rewards system
- Better explanations for game mechanics
- Option to disable ads completely

## Recent user reviews (10 of 307)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-takeover-defenseio/id1589591729/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Fun Game but Designed to be a Money Grab/Ad Farm

*2026-08-03, version 3.9*

The game is fun, and it’s engaging, until about level 180.  Up until this point, the isn’t too difficult, though I had to use plenty of freezes and shields along the way.  However, once I hit level 180, I’m hard blocked from progressing.  To get through this level, you would have to have an extremely powerful fleet, or you would a ton of special skills, both of which would require either a ton of [real] money, or a ton of [real] money and watching a ton of ads.

Additionally, the challenges get to the point where you can beat the early levels just fine, but then quickly become the same exact scenario of being impossible without power-ups and/or a strong fleet.

Then you have PVP.  In the beginning, PVP isn’t too bad; I was able to win almost every match, but then it got to the point where I hardly ever win a match, wasting what few attempts you get (without watching ads, of course).

And, to top it off, paying to remove ads only removes the forced ads; if you want extra power-ups or extra PVP attempts, you still have to watch “optional” ads.  I say “optional,” because even though they are considered optional, they are entirely necessary to get through levels, which I’m certain these devs understand.  It seems they want the best of both worlds; people pay to remove the forced ads, but the game is intentionally designed to be impossible to progress without watching “optional” ads.  This to me is very scummy.

Preemptive response to developer’s responses of “we value your feedback,” or whatever other canned response they like to give:  I don’t believe you.  You CHOSE how to develop your game, and it was a conscious decision to design your game to be impossible without ads, even AFTER paying to turn them off, or without spending money, thereby making your game Pay-to-win.  Do better!

### 1/5 — Bugs

*2026-07-19, version 3.9*

I very much enjoyed this game until I came across what could only be bugs or hacking that have frustrated me to no end. During the PvP there have been opponents that have spaceship lvls of 999 and the screen freezes wasting one of the very few chances you get for PvP. There have also been instances where the opponents spaceships were of lesser quality and lvl than mine and still seem to be able to overpower my ships. I don’t recommend playing this game with so many inconsistencies and bugs. Especially since I’ve reported the first problem and there seems to be nothing the developers are doing to stop it.

### 1/5 — Fun but ads ruin it.

*2026-07-19, version 3.9*

Imagine a great game.    Almost perfect in the design but you are forced to watch ads.    Forced the I actually complete a level you have to watch an ad.    I thought I clicked something so I closed the app because I hate ads and the level didn’t finish because the ad was apart of completing the level.

   Update.   At level 60 it goes from every so often getting an ad to at the end of every level.   If you make the mistake of thinking you accidentally watched a bonus and close the game, you will have to redo the level.  

   I’m deleting this game as I hate watching videos after every level.

### 2/5 — Terrific - but…

*2026-07-02, version 3.8*

Ads in the game. Not the way you’d expect, but ads playing in the top corner *while you play*, some you can mute, some you can’t. And dear god they’re annoying, looping, and they don’t stop. I get that developers need to make money but screw this attitude.

### 1/5 — Mandatory ads

*2026-06-15, version 3.8*

If I could give less than one star, I would. From the very beginning, you have ads playing audio throughout every single level. Kill the ad, start a new level, more ads. Inescapable.

If I wanted to listen to ads, I'd open YouTube.

### 1/5 — Кошмар кошмарный, ужас ужасный

*2026-06-10*

Сама игра ненапряжная и в нее можно было бы поиграть, если бы не реклама после каждого уровня… проходишь уровень ща минуту и две минуты втыкаешь в рекламу. Хочу ли я так играть? Нет, рекомендовать такое я бы тоже никому не стал, пока это не пофиксят, я бы не заходил в эту игру вообще. На странице приложения написано, что это стратегия, но по факту симулятор просмотра рекламы.

### 2/5 — Can be fun but overrun with ads. Had to delete.

*2026-06-06, version 3.8*

Had to remove- wasn’t worth having it take up space on my phone when I can’t use it when also listening to podcasts or music. I enjoyed the game and understand having ads at some points, including between levels or for enhancements, but the ads started blasting while playing levels, making it impossible to listen to other things.

### 1/5 — These ads are too much

*2026-06-06, version 3.8*

Autoplay, no way to mute audio ads ruin this otherwise promising game

### 1/5 — Scam

*2026-06-03, version 3.8*

There are way way way too many ads, and no way to make them go away. It’s an ad machine designed as a game.

### 1/5 — Pay to play

*2026-05-31, version 3.8*

Too many ads and quickly becomes pay to play.

## Frequently asked questions about Space Takeover

### What is Space Takeover - Defense War about?

Space Takeover - Defense War is a competitive mobile game focused on conquering planets. Players draw lines between planets to complete tasks and compete against others. The game features an animated cartoon style and multi-level challenges.

### What are the key features of this game?

Key features include competing for planets by drawing lines, multi-level challenges in an animated style, and the use of fantasy props to create effective combinations for a better gaming experience. It's described as a risk strategy IO game.

### Is Space Takeover - Defense War free to play?

The game is free to download and play. However, it does include in-app purchases and advertisements, which are common monetization models for free mobile games.

### What kind of gameplay can I expect?

You can expect adventurous and competitive gameplay with a sense of substitution. The core mechanic involves drawing lines between planets to speed up and complete tasks before opponents, utilizing strategy and fantasy props.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.9 — 2026-07-03

Fixed some bugs. App's smoother now.

### 3.8 — 2026-05-30

Fixed some bugs. App's smoother now.

### 3.7 — 2026-05-21

Stability improvements and bug fixes.

### 3.6 — 2026-04-03

Arrested some bugs and sent them to jail.

### 3.5 — 2025-12-17

Fixed the crash issue, more stable.

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