ENYO vs Kriegspiel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ENYO
Engage in tactical turn-based combat using a hook and shield. Navigate a changing labyrinth, strategically push or pull enemies into environmental hazards to defeat them. Master combos and climb leaderboards in this challenging roguelike.
- Hook & shield combat
- Indirect combat mechanics
- Environmental hazards (lava, spikes)
- Turn-based tactical battles
- Chain combos
- Highscore leaderboards
- Procedurally generated labyrinth
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ENYO is a tactical roguelike about hook & shield combat. Grab your hook & shield and descend as Enyo, the Greek goddess of war, into an ever-changing labyrinth to recover 3 legendary artifacts. ENYO's gameplay is based on indirect combat. Enemies can only be defeated by pushing or pulling them into burning lava pits or onto deadly spiked walls. A limited set of actions per turn keeps ENYO accessible, while its core is highly tactical turn-based battles. Master your weapons and chain powerful combos through clever maneuvers to climb the highscore leaderboards across all 3 game modes.
Kriegspiel
Engage in a strategic board game inspired by Napoleonic warfare. The objective is to capture enemy arsenals by deploying lines of communication and blocking enemy movements on a large game board. Offers online and local multiplayer, as well as AI practice.
- 20x25 game board
- Capture enemy arsenals to win
- Deploy lines of communication
- Block enemy lines
- Online multiplayer
- Local multiplayer
- AI practice mode
- Level editor
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Inspired by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz and the European war campaigns of Napoleon, Kriegspiel is a chess-variant played by two opposing players on a 20 x 25 game board. Capture the enemy's Arsenals to win. Deploy your Lines of Communication to keep friendly units in contact. Block enemy lines for strategic advantage. "The surprises of this Kriegspiel seem to be inexhaustible," wrote French Situationist Guy Debord. In Debord's view the game represents the totality of factors at play in wartime maneuvers, what he called "the dialectic of all conflicts." -- Play 2P online against another player -- Play 2P in person on the same device -- Practice against the computer -- Level editor for customizing formations -- Language support for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and English Kriegspiel is produced and maintained by Alexander R. Galloway. The game is noncommercial. There are no in-app purchases. No advertisements. No Patreon. No GoFundMe. No monetization of player data. There is literally no possible way to take your money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kriegspiel at none against ENYO's 1. Kriegspiel also leads on ads (none vs shown). ENYO's advantage is ratings volume (445 vs 66) and review sentiment (84% vs 74%). On price, rating, update cadence and device support 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. ENYO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kriegspiel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for ENYO against 4.6 for Kriegspiel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ENYO has 445 ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of ENYO's written reviews are positive against 74% of Kriegspiel's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ENYO | Kriegspiel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (445 ratings) — better | 4.6 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 74.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 445 — better | 66 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | Alexander Galloway |
Customer experience
ENYO
Kriegspiel
Bugs and requests
ENYO
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scoring system resets unexpectedly
- Crash when opening daily challenge
- Dash button not working after throwing shield
- Enemies getting stuck or behaving unpredictably
Requested features
5 requests- Enemy bestiary or info screen
- Ability to save progress
- More game modes or level variations
- Custom level editor
- Cloud save support
Kriegspiel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ENYO
- Unlock ENYO and remove Ads$1.99
Kriegspiel
No in-app purchases








