Comparison

Invaders Inc. vs X

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

Head to head
About

Invaders Inc.

Lead an alien invasion in this fast-paced strategy game. Choose from various alien races, harvest resources, and upgrade your forces to conquer Earth. Experience challenging gameplay with multiple difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Lead alien invasion
  • Choose from three alien races
  • Harvest and upgrade resources
  • Evolve alien species
  • Upgrade spaceships
  • Produce weapons of war
Features
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Invaders Inc. is a fun and fast-paced strategy game where you take control of an alien invasion against planet Earth. Lead your invaders to victory and wipe out the human race! Invaders Inc. is an exciting new twist on the popular 'Pandemic' / 'Plague' type strategy game. Choose from 'real' alien races commonly believed to visit earth - including Greys, Reptilians and Insectoids. Each race has their own strengths and weaknesses making for challenging gameplay. Conquer the globe to unlock new alien races. Harvest natural resources from the Earth and use them to upgrade your spaceships, evolve your aliens and produce weapons of war. FEATURES: - Three levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal and Hard. - Three alien races: Greys, Reptilians and Insectoids. - Evolve your aliens to increase their chances of success. - Upgrade your spaceships ready for battle. - Produce weapons of war to give you an advantage over the earthlings.

About

X

Lead an alien invasion force to conquer Earth in this challenging strategy game. Utilize unique alien species and over fifty invasion tactics, evolving your army as you fight against humanity's defenses. Experience a galactic war where only the most strategic players can achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Alien invasion strategy
  • Ten alien species to command
  • Over fifty strategic invasion variants
  • Extensive upgrade trees
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Galactic war simulation
Features
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X-Core. Galactic Plague is a really challenging strategy for iOs Take side of alien invaders and attack earthlings with the game mechanics like in plague or pandemic. Only 10% of players may boast of complete levels. Test yourself. Fight against earthlings. X-Core. Galactic Plague is a real war. A space war depicting a clash of alien civilizations and earthlings. There have always been wars, but this war you will never forget. Like the plague, galaxy invaders will attack the earth and leave only a fallout wasteland after them. Aliens are attacking as never before! Pathetic earthlings can’t avoid the invasion. So they have to prepare their primitive weapons, missiles, tanks – everything that can help them survive this clash. Ten alien species are available to you: -Greys -Repriloids -Insectoids -Egyptian gods -Psychotrons -Biomorphes -Energy beings -Machines -Galaxy Council -USSR – United Space Socialistic Republics More than fifty strategic variants to invade the earth are available to you. Big upgrade trees enable you to evolve in the middle of your invasion company. Aliens vs. Earthlings – a banal theme for any movie, game, whether strategy or action. A banal theme turned upside down that will make you feel as a leader of an alien invasion army. It’s up to you how to proceed. Forward, my space general! Lead your army to victory! Be the plague, be the epidemic, evolve, kill, conquer! Support X-CORE: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xcore.galactic.plague/ Google+ https://plus.google.com/communities/118131895337046348904 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xcore_galactic_plague_official/

Screenshots

Invaders Inc.4 screens
X3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: X at none against Invaders Inc.'s shown. X also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.3). Invaders Inc.'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Invaders Inc. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and X sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

X holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Invaders Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 56% of X's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Invaders Inc. ships an update every 3 months, X every 17 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Invaders Inc. versus X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInvaders Inc.X
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (132 ratings)3.6 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews55.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings132 — better65
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB186 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPHB Media LtdMikhail Vladimirovich

Customer experience

Invaders Inc.

All ratings132 ratings
Positive55.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative37.9%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.6%
Negative34.4%

X

All ratings65 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive55.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative32.9%

User reviews

Invaders Inc.

From 132 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun and addictive strategy gameplay
  • 💰 Free-to-play model
  • 👽 Unique alien invasion theme
  • 🧠 Simple yet strategic mechanics
  • ⚙️ Multiple difficulty levels

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • ⏸️ Forced ads even to quit the game
  • 🐢 Slow progression and point accumulation
  • 😴 Limited content and gets boring quickly
  • 📋 Limited to only three alien races

X

From 65 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Great time killer
  • 👍 Interesting concept
  • 👍 Good music
  • 👍 Can be played offline

Room to improve

  • ⚖️ Extremely difficult on easy
  • ⚖️ Unbalanced gameplay
  • ⚖️ Paywalls for progression
  • ⚖️ In-game purchases not working
  • ⚖️ Frustrating difficulty spikes

Bugs and requests

Invaders Inc.

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Game crashes after selecting difficulty
  • White screen glitches after ads
  • Unclosable ads preventing gameplay
  • Ads bypass ad blockers
  • Button malfunctions and unresponsive taps
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  • Typos in game text (e.g., 'evergy' instead of 'energy')
  • Gray screen preventing gameplay
  • Ads consume excessive data

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add more alien races
  • Implement pause and speed controls
  • Add visual effects and animations
  • Include more detailed country-level maps
  • Add online multiplayer mode
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  • Implement news/event system during gameplay
  • Add UI theme personalization and color options
  • Include more languages (Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, German)
  • Add ground forces and combat mechanics
  • Increase point earning rate
  • Add more scenarios and campaigns
  • Include Half-Life alien races

X

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • In-game purchases not working
  • Buy button unresponsive
  • Game crashes and restarts progress
  • Egyptian Gods race not working
  • Scripture for mobility not infecting new countries
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  • Awareness skyrockets too quickly
  • Secret weapon progress speed inconsistent
  • Bug with negative 'free' population after wiping out a nation
  • Island nations unconquerable after 90% world conquest
  • Bug where island remains unconquered
  • Game glitches and crashes
  • Screen doesn't fit correctly
  • X-comp turned into action
  • Game freezes on login screen
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Purchased crystals not received
  • Secret weapon research time changes drastically

Requested features

13 requests
  • Fix in-game purchase issues
  • Add more characters/races
  • Add new gimmicks
  • Make game easier
  • More crystal ads
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  • Add multiplayer
  • Add hints for players
  • Option to remove/minimize news
  • Add UFO designation system for unreachable areas
  • Option to repurchase upgrades
  • Optimize screen for iPhone X
  • Add daily crystal bonus
  • Make game cost money upfront instead of paywalls

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Invaders Inc.

One-time1
  • Upgrade Pack$2.99
10 purchases

X

One-time10
  • crystal_1$0.99
  • 2000+100 crystals$1.99
  • 3000+250 crystals$2.99
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  • USSR$3.99
  • 4000+450 crystals$3.99
  • Reptilians$3.99
  • Insectoids$3.99
  • Egypt gods$3.99
  • Galactic Council$3.99
  • 9000+2200 crystals$8.99

Questions

Is Invaders Inc. free?
Invaders Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is X free?
X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Invaders Inc. or X?
X is rated higher. Invaders Inc. averages 3.3 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while X averages 3.6 from 65 ratings.
Do Invaders Inc. or X have ads?
Invaders Inc. shows ads; X does not.
Which is updated more often, Invaders Inc. or X?
Invaders Inc. ships an update every 3 months, and X every 17 months. Most recently, Invaders Inc. was updated on November 2, 2026 and X on November 2, 2026.

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