Nanuleu vs Gargoyles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nanuleu
Control a network of magical trees in this minimalist strategy game. Plant, expand, acquire resources, and defend against enemies to capture points and achieve victory. Features five distinct scenarios for varied gameplay.
- RTS/Tower defense gameplay
- Magical tree network control
- Strategic planting and expansion
- Resource acquisition
- Enemy defense
- Five distinct scenarios
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Nanuleu is a RTS/Tower defense game where you control a network of magical trees that need to survive and defeat the enemies that attempt to destroy them. In this game your only task is to plant, but while doing so you need to choose between expansion, resource acquisition and defense. Your objectives are to capture certain points on the map and destroy your enemies, before it is too late. The game features five different scenarios: First Contact, Invasion, Exploration, Counterattack and Remnants. **Second place winner of the Indie Game Maker Contest 2015. "This is definitely a game that you’ll keep wanting to come back to time and time again." - App Advice "Nanuleu is an excellent strategy game with tower defense elements." - iTopNews
Gargoyles
Command a strategic army of gargoyles to defend against attacking automatons and predators. Evolve your gargoyles through unique trees, harvest pixies, and follow a compelling story to uncover the source of the attacks. Features include diverse enemies, randomly assigned gargoyle perks, and in-game achievements.
- Strategic gargoyle army placement
- Pixie harvesting and resource management
- Gargoyle evolution with multiple trees
- Defeat diverse enemies and automatons
- Engaging story campaign
- Randomly assigned gargoyle perks
- 22 in-game achievements
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Lulu ported a gargoyle from the Between. She had last seen a gargoyle when she was ten. Her grandmother had brought her to the forest, and helped her feed a pixie to the strange unmoving creature. This gargoyle, too, ate a pixie from Lulu’s careful hand. It sang a pure note of pleasure. Then it spoke into Lulu’s mind. At that moment the automatons attacked. Place your gargoyle army strategically to harvest pixies and defeat the hordes of attacking automatons and predators. Level your gargoyles, evolving them into more-powerful forms in three different evolution trees. Try a tanky Boulder for defense and a Black Mage for ranged vapor-type damage—or maybe experiment with the Lure ability of the multirow Manticore. In the main campaign, follow Lulu and her companion gargoyle Poe to discover the source of the automatons and how to stop them. Your gargoyle army stays with you as you proceed through each battle of the campaign. With your favorite evolutions and best battle tactics, you might make it to victory. FEATURES • 24 distinct enemies including vaporwolves, tetrapods, and lightbats • every gargoyle pup is different because of its randomly assigned perks (some rare!) • 22 in-game achievements • pause the combat at any time • save and load the game at any time • tutorial, game tips, and an “easy” difficulty setting are available if wanted • optional story mode • original music by Joel Roston • no in-app purchases or ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gargoyles at 100% against Nanuleu's 55%. Gargoyles also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Nanuleu's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (71 vs 5). On ads, 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
Nanuleu costs $2.99 and Gargoyles $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gargoyles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nanuleu has 71 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Nanuleu's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gargoyles's.
Nanuleu ships an update every 2 months, Gargoyles every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Nanuleu | Gargoyles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (71 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Selva Interactive | Karl Voskuil |
Customer experience
Nanuleu
Gargoyles
Bugs and requests
Nanuleu
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game doesn't start
- Technical glitches
- Black bars on screen edges
- Laggy performance
- Sound issues (not respecting do not disturb)
Requested features
19 requests- More levels
- More maps
- Online multiplayer mode
- More unit/enemy variety
- Sequel to the game
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- Story mode
- More creative defense trees
- Upgrade trees
- Build walls
- Option to keep an island
- Fix battery drain issue
- Add more towers
- Add more enemies
- More replayability
- More content
- New maps
- New trees
- More games like this
- Expand the game
Gargoyles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nanuleu
No in-app purchases
Gargoyles
No in-app purchases









