REDCON vs Steampunk Tower 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REDCON
Command your fortress in a perpetual war, managing resources and directing troops to defend against enemies and achieve objectives. Strategize with active pause, customize your base, and deploy a vast arsenal to conquer your foes.
- Build and customize battle fortress
- Use Active Pause for strategic orders
- Command vast arsenal of weapons
- Manage ammo, power, and manpower
- Replay levels and farm perks
- Infiltrate, Annihilate, or grind targets
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Order your crew to extinguish fires, repair and operate machinery, and repel intruders. Target enemy rooms while balancing ammo, power, and manpower to keep your fortress operational. MAJOR UPDATE 2.0 • World Map to replay levels and farm perks. • Enhanced graphics quality with sharper, clearer visuals. • High refresh rate support for buttery smooth animations. Set in the dystopian future in which the First World War never ended, humanity knows only war and bombardment. ◉ Build and customize your battle fortress as you wish ◉ Use Active Pause to freeze time and issue multiple orders instantly ◉ Command vast arsenal of weapons, from individual soldiers to superguns ◉ Infiltrate, Annihilate or grind your targets down through Attrition You are a Strike Commander, tasked by Fuhrer of the Empire State to spearhead an artillery offensive against Traitor General Kranz. You might be the one to end all wars. Customize and manage your battle fortress. Grow and upgrade your arsenal of weapons and utility facilities, then place them in different slots of your fortress layout. You are in command. Target your guns and command your soldiers. Active Pause allows you to freeze time and issue multiple orders simultaneously. Put out fires, repair damaged weapons and unleash orchestrated assaults on your opponent. Get rewards for victory. Gain new fortress layouts as you conquer the rogue state of Krux, earn medals and perks to aid you in battle. Engage in FTL-like real-time strategy battles where every decision counts!
Steampunk Tower 2
Engage in a unique tower defense strategy game set in an alternative Steampunk universe. Command a Battle Tower, deploy specialized turrets, and battle formidable enemies and bosses across Europe. Build and upgrade your base to gain an advantage in this free-to-play war.
- Unique Steampunk tower defense gameplay
- Dynamic battles with specialized turrets
- Stronger enemies and humongous bosses
- Build and upgrade secret Steampunk city
- War for territories and resource control
- Storyline missions across Europe
- Develop railway network for transport
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Steampunk Tower 2 is a unique tower defense game for free set in the alternative Steampunk universe. There is a dragged-out world war with the enemy never seen before. Lord Bingham is coming back to the world arena and he needs a skilled commander. There is a secret base hidden in the mountains of Spain, with ginormous aircraft Carrier transporting the Battle Tower under your authority and also a team of specialists who execute special assignments. Game Features: • The sequel to the unique tower defense game - Steampunk Tower! More turrets, more enemies, aircraft Carrier, giant map of Europe… everything as in tower defense games for free. • Dynamic battles! Each turret has its own specifics and its unique super shot. • Stronger enemies! Enemies have acquired extra armour but their weak spots have also appeared. • Test super weapons and special bonuses that will increase your chances of success in a battle. • Humungous bosses! You can’t beat these steam monsters on the first try. • Secret Steampunk city! Build scientific research laboratories, warehouses and factories for building new turrets and upgrade Tower. • War for the territories! Control the factories to produce component parts for your turrets. • Team of professionals! Send your agents on special missions to get extra resources. • Many storyline missions throughout Europe! Find a way to defeat the enemy and get into the heart of enemy territory for the final stroke. • Trains! Develop railway network for transportation of agents and resources. Can’t Steampunk be without trains?!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: REDCON at 63% against Steampunk Tower 2's 33%. Steampunk Tower 2's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. REDCON sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Steampunk Tower 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Steampunk Tower 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 622 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of REDCON's written reviews are positive against 33% of Steampunk Tower 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
REDCON ships an update monthly, Steampunk Tower 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | REDCON | Steampunk Tower 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) | 4.5 (622 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 622 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Peroutka | DreamGate |
Customer experience
REDCON
Steampunk Tower 2
User reviews
REDCON
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Unique and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Well-designed user interface
- 💡 Interesting story and world-building
- 🚀 Challenging but rewarding experience
- 👍 Satisfying progression and sense of accomplishment
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywall to access full game content
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes and unbalanced levels
- 🔒 Limited replay value after completing campaign
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and technical issues
Steampunk Tower 2
From 622 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Awesome graphics and sound
- 🚀 Awesome bosses
- 👍 Kept good elements from original
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Requires data collection to play
- 💰 Microtransactions and pay-to-win elements
- 🐛 Unplayable on certain devices/screen sizes
- 🐛 Progression issues and lost progress
Bugs and requests
REDCON
Reported bugs
3 issues- Restore purchases not working
- Inconsistent enemy AI behavior
- Graphical glitches on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- Sandbox/custom level editor
- Difficulty options or customization
- Ability to replay completed levels
- Expanded story and additional campaigns
Steampunk Tower 2
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game hard locks in tutorial
- Purchases not received
- Quests and objectives not clearing properly
- Enemies and objects not visible on screen
- Save function not working
Requested features
5 requests- Improve zoom and camera controls
- Add more weapon variety
- Reduce grind and energy/timer limitations
- Improve cloud saving and data restoration
- Provide better customer support
In-app purchases
REDCON
- REDCON 2+$1.99
- REDCON 1+$1.99
- REDCON 1++$3.99
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- REDCON 3$5.99
- REDCON 2$7.99
- REDCON 1$9.99
Steampunk Tower 2
- Few Gems$0.99
- Starter pack$1.99
- Pouch of Gems$2.99
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- Chest of Gems$5.99
- Gems pack$5.99
- Box of Gems$7.99
- Ultra pack$9.99
- Box of Gems$15.99
- Wagon of Gems$29.99
- Mountain of Gems$59.99









