The Samurai Wars vs History Conqueror 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Samurai Wars
Engage in tactical warfare with historical samurai portraits. Command troops, utilize unique skills, and employ diplomacy, ninja tactics, and political maneuvering to conquer Japan. Collect over 400 samurais and 200 treasures.
- Tactical troop command
- Unique samurai skills
- Diplomatic activities
- Ninja operations
- Political maneuvering
- Town development
- Collectable warlords and treasures
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◆The Samurai Wars◆ This is a tactical war game using actual portrait of samurai. Conquer whole Japan as Oda nobunaga who is famous samurai warlord with over 400 samurais! ◆Intuitive Battle◆ You can command your troop and use tactical skill by Flick/Tap! Defeat enemy by using each samurai's tactical skill! ◆Various Strategies◆ It is not easy to survive by just tactics in battlefield. Diplomatic activities like trading and alliance... Various Ninja's activities... Political activities in Imperial court and Shogunate... Development of town... Let's plan your own strategy! ◆A lot of Warlords, Treasure There are over 400 samurais and 200 treasure items. Can you collect all?
History Conqueror 2
Engage in a historical strategy game where you alter timelines to achieve world domination. Choose from over 140 empires and 300 kings to fight for supremacy. Compete against others online in thrilling multiplayer battles.
- Rewrite history timelines
- Over 140 playable empires
- More than 300 historical kings
- Online multiplayer mode
- Conquer world history
- Empire building and warfare
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History Conqueror is a history strategy game where you rewrite the chronological table of history to conqueror world history. In History Conqueror II, you can now choose from over 140 empires with more than 300 kings appearing in the game! You can also play with and against other players online in the multiplayer mode! Fight to be the only ruler in the history of mankind! Newly added empires: Kingdom England, Kingdom of France, Holy Roman Empire, Inca Empire, Aztec Empire, Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire, Tang, Qin, Joseon Dynasty, Kamakura Shogunate, Edo Shogunate, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: History Conqueror 2 at none against The Samurai Wars's shown. History Conqueror 2 also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 53%). The Samurai Wars's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (63 vs 16). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. The Samurai Wars sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and History Conqueror 2 sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for The Samurai Wars against 4.0 for History Conqueror 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of The Samurai Wars's written reviews are positive against 75% of History Conqueror 2's.
The Samurai Wars ships an update fortnightly, History Conqueror 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Samurai Wars | History Conqueror 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (63 ratings) — better | 4.0 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Keita Nagafuchi | TAKAMOTO MIURA |
Customer experience
The Samurai Wars
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In-app purchases
The Samurai Wars
- Stone 100$0.99
- Available Samurai +14 variants$3.99
- Scenario pack - Honnoji no Hen$3.99
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- Scenario pack - Sekigahara$3.99
- Remove ADs$6.99
- Stone 1000$8.99
- Stone 5000$39.99
- Stone 12000$89.99
History Conqueror 2
- Library Scale +3$1.49
- Extensions$3.99
- Library Scale +10$3.99
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- Library Scale +20$5.99
- Library Scale +50$11.99
- Library Scale +100$19.99
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