Comparison

Gods Will Be Watching vs Bastion

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gods Will Be Watching

Experience a narrative-driven point-and-click thriller focused on difficult choices, sacrifice, and moral dilemmas. Navigate tense scenarios, solve puzzles, and make decisions that impact your team and the fate of the world in an interstellar conflict.

Highlights
  • Narrative puzzles
  • Moral dilemmas
  • Team and world impact
  • Interstellar espionage
  • Tense scenarios
  • Decision-based consequences
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Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect. Set against the backdrop of an interstellar struggle, Gods Will Be Watching follows Sgt. Burden and his crew in six tense chapters from hostage situations and wilderness survival to biological weapon prevention and agonizing torture scenarios. Each decision is crucial and players will need to choose between the lives of their team and the saving the world from genocide. There's no good or evil, just decisions, with only you and the gods as a judge to your actions. • An innovative departure from the traditional point and click adventure taking place in six intimate, tension-filled scenarios linked together through an epic narrative of interstellar espionage. • Set morals aside as you navigate Sgt. Burden and his team through harrowing predicaments and make decisions that will either save your team or sacrifice their lives for the sake of the mission. • Solve a wide variety of narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas using your own wits and burden the consequences of your choices. Do you intimidate or comfort your hostages to maintain your tenuous control of the situation? Should you kill the weakest member of your party to save on food for the strong? What is one life worth in the face of annihilation? • Receive your judgment from the gods upon failure and compare your choices to all other players in the universe over time. • Over 1,500 beautifully designed sprites tell your story against 15 stunning backgrounds and an emotionally stirring orchestral soundtrack. *Each chapter of Gods Will Be Watching is available via in-app purchases for $.99 USD.

About

Bastion

Explore a beautifully hand-painted world shattered by catastrophe. Wield upgradeable weapons in action-packed combat, with a reactive narrator guiding you through a deep story. Unlock new challenges and continue your adventure in New Game Plus mode.

Highlights
  • Hand-painted artwork
  • Original music score
  • Reactive narration
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Upgradeable weapons
  • New Game Plus mode
Features
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*NOTICE* Play the beginning for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. * * * AWARDS - App Store BEST of 2012 Pick - App Store EDITORS' CHOICE The original version of Bastion earned more than 100 industry accolades, including: - BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME and BEST DEBUT, Game Developers Choice Awards - DOWNLOADABLE TITLE of the YEAR, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences - BEST VIDEOGAME of the YEAR, Paste Magazine - BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SpikeTV - BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME and BEST INDIE GAME, Inside Gaming Awards * * * Bastion for iOS features all the highly acclaimed artwork, music, and narration that Bastion is known for, along with intuitive touch controls. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock New Game Plus mode and continue your journey! KEY FEATURES - Stunning hand-painted artwork - Critically-acclaimed original music score - Hours of reactive narration deliver a deep story - Intuitive touch controls created exclusively for iOS - Universal App optimized for iPhone and iPad - Variable difficulty for players of all skill levels - Action-packed combat rewards playing with finesse - 10+ unique upgradeable weapons to be used - 6 powerful Bastion structures to be discovered - 'New Game Plus' mode unlocked after finishing the story - Game Center achievements and leaderboards - Sync saved data seamlessly via iCloud Bastion is the first title from Supergiant Games. We're a small developer with big ambitions: to make games that spark your imagination like the games you played as a kid. Follow @SupergiantGames on Twitter or visit us at www.supergiantgames.com. * * * LANGUAGES - Voice-over narration: English - Text and subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Italian (based on region setting)

Screenshots

Bastion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bastion at 4.6 against Gods Will Be Watching's 3.8. Bastion also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 32%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 23). Gods Will Be Watching's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gods Will Be Watching sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Bastion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bastion holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bastion has 1.5K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Gods Will Be Watching's written reviews are positive against 59% of Bastion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gods Will Be Watching ships an update every 6 months, Bastion every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gods Will Be Watching versus Bastion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGods Will Be WatchingBastion
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (23 ratings)4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.3% of reviews59.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings231.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.1 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB1.3 GB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDevolver Digital, Inc.Supergiant Games, LLC

Customer experience

Gods Will Be Watching

All ratings22 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive32.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative64.6%

Bastion

All ratings1,527 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews408 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative34.1%

Bugs and requests

Gods Will Be Watching

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bastion

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • In-app purchase not unlocking full game
  • Inability to restore previous purchases
  • Frequent frame rate drops and stuttering

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to remap controls
  • Option to disable on-screen controls when using controller
  • Improved save system and auto-save functionality

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Gods Will Be Watching

One-time6
  • Gods Will Be Watching - Chapter 4$0.99
  • Gods Will Be Watching - Chapter 5$0.99
  • Gods Will Be Watching - Chapter 6$0.99
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  • Gods Will Be Watching - Chapter 2$1.99
  • Gods Will Be Watching - Chapter 3$1.99
  • Chapter 1&2$1.99
1 purchases

Bastion

One-time1
  • Bastion - Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Gods Will Be Watching free?
Gods Will Be Watching is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bastion free?
Bastion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gods Will Be Watching or Bastion?
Bastion is rated higher. Gods Will Be Watching averages 3.8 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Bastion averages 4.6 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Gods Will Be Watching or Bastion have ads?
Neither Gods Will Be Watching nor Bastion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gods Will Be Watching or Bastion?
Gods Will Be Watching ships an update every 6 months, and Bastion every 3 months. Most recently, Gods Will Be Watching was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bastion on November 3, 2026.

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