ENYO vs Vactics
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.
Vactics
Engage in tactical, chess-like combat by building powerful mechs to battle robotic enemies. Face randomly generated challenges and fight for a better future in this strategic warfare game.
- Mech building
- Tactical chess-like combat
- Randomly generated challenges
- Mech and tech upgrades
- Extended campaign
- Leaderboard competition
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Build the mech to fight against robotic Vactics in tactical chess-like combat. The war is already over and the heroes of the city have fallen. Take on a new randomly generated challenge every time you play and join with the citizens to fight for a better future. Vactics is designed to let you play as much as you like and upgrade to the full version at any time. Unlocking the pro version of the game provides: • Access to all 18 mech types and dozens of additional tech modifiers. • Access to the full 24 colour palettes to choose from with custom app icons each. • An extended campaign with additional enemy types and areas to fight through. • An additional phase to the campaign with the true ending and all the co-pilots. • The daily district challenge where you can compete with others on the leaderboards. • Much more to discover.... -- Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ENYO at 4.7 against Vactics's 4.0. ENYO also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 71%) and ratings volume (446 vs 56). Vactics's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Vactics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ENYO holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ENYO has 446 ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of ENYO's written reviews are positive against 71% of Vactics's.
ENYO ships an update every 6 months, Vactics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ENYO | Vactics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (446 ratings) — better | 4.0 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better | 70.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 446 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 309 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | Gerard Delaney |
Customer experience
ENYO
Vactics
User reviews
ENYO
From 446 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple but deep mechanics
- 🎨 Gorgeous art style
- 🕹️ Unique hook and shield mechanics
- ⏱️ Great for short play sessions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🤔 Unclear enemy mechanics
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls at times
- 💰 Ads can be intrusive
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Vactics
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative gameplay mechanics
- 👍 Deep tactical gameplay
- 🎨 Gorgeous art style
- 🎶 Excellent synthwave score
- ✨ Well-balanced gameplay
Room to improve
- 💰 High price for pro version
- 💸 Expensive subscription options
- 😩 Frustrating paywall
- ❓ Lacking tutorial explanations
- 🐌 Slow restart function
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
Vactics
Reported bugs
6 issues- Combo attack bonus cancelled by heavy landing
- "Restore purchases" not working after update
- Cannot equip more than one ability
- Inconsistent combat: adjacent Vactic not hitting
- Cannot mount one tech in Chassis and one in Engine
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- Line-of-sight for ranged enemies unclear
Requested features
20 requests- Add more upgrades
- Add more game modes
- Add online co-op
- Add infinite wave competition
- Add diverging paths on map like FTL
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- Add small story elements at decisions
- Add new enemies and technologies
- Add a big boss
- Add Russian language support
- Improve tutorial clarity
- Faster restart function
- Option to confirm selection before moving
- More customization options for mechs
- Unlock more mechs for free
- Add wallpapers in the art style
- Support for lowercase game text
- Option to change palettes easily
- Save progress on runs
- Adjustable difficulty settings
- Add more content
In-app purchases
ENYO
- Unlock ENYO and remove Ads$1.99
Vactics
- Subscribe to Vactics Pro$2.993 Months
- Vactics Pro$8.99








