Comparison

Empire vs Ruthless Conquest

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

Head to head
About

Empire

Lead historical battles and campaigns of World War II as a commander. Strategically command diverse troops and weapon systems in challenging turn-based missions. Conquer objectives, escort convoys, and lead nations to victory across Europe.

Highlights
  • Over 100 land, air, and sea units
  • Unit improvements and expansions
  • 120+ unique generals
  • 60+ missions in 4 major campaigns
  • Historical battle scenarios
  • Conquer strategic objectives and cities
Features
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LEAD YOUR TROOPS TO VICTORY Empire: World War II takes you into the chaos of World War II. As a commander, historical battles and campaigns are relived under your leadership. In challenging missions, you take command of the troops and have to rethink your strategic decisions turn by turn. You have a variety of different troop types and weapon systems from the Second World War at your disposal to defeat your opponent. ####### - Over 100 different units on land, air and sea - Unlock improvements and expansions for your units to make them even better to make it more effective - More than 120 unique generals that can support your units in battle - More than 60 individual and unique missions in 4 major campaigns (more in Work) - Relive the Polish campaign and show your skills - Join Operation Weser-Exercise and secure the Norwegian coast - Conquer France and the Benelux countries in the western campaign - Complete Operation Sea Lion and take control of England - Be part of the AfricaCorps and conquer North-Africa - Many individual goals make the campaigns even more versatile - Conquer strategic objectives and cities - Escort convoys to their destination - Destroy special units - Safe resource productions - Play battles in which you can lead an entire country to victory over all of Europe - Each campaign unlocks a special battle scenario - Experience the starting position from the point of view of one of several nations and lead your alliance to victory

About

Ruthless Conquest

Engage in galactic strategy by sending fleets to capture planets and expand your empire. Enjoy local and internet multiplayer, or test your skills against six levels of challenging AI.

Highlights
  • Planet capture
  • Empire expansion
  • Fleet management
  • Local multiplayer
  • Internet multiplayer
  • Challenging AI opponents
Features
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Send the fleet to capture planets and expand your empire, until you vanquish them all! Local and internet multiplayer is supported in this galactic strategy game. Six levels of challenging AI await you for practice matches and for making up numbers. This game is completely free, has no ads or in-app purchases. It is a 2018 Christmas gift for players of Survivalcraft and other CandyRufusGames games.

Screenshots

Empire4 screens
Ruthless Conquest3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruthless Conquest at none against Empire's 24. Ruthless Conquest also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (54 vs 13). Empire's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Empire sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. Ruthless Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Empire against 4.3 for Ruthless Conquest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Empire's written reviews are positive against 78% of Ruthless Conquest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Empire ships an update fortnightly, Ruthless Conquest every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Empire versus Ruthless Conquest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmpireRuthless Conquest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)4.3 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews78.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1354 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB49 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndre PotgeterIgor Kalicinski

Customer experience

Empire

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Ruthless Conquest

All ratings54 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative13.5%

In-app purchases

24 purchases

Empire

One-time24
  • 180 Coins$1.99
  • 180 science points$1.99
  • Small starter set$3.99
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  • 500 Coins$4.99
  • 500 science points$4.99
  • 500 training points$4.99
  • 750 premium points$4.99
  • Axis general$6.99
  • British general$6.99
  • General from smaller countries$6.99
  • Polish general$6.99
  • Generalmajor Erwin Rommel$7.99
  • Oberleutnant Gerhard Barkhorn$7.99
  • Hauptmann Michael Wittmann$8.99
  • 1200 coins$9.99
  • 1200 science points$9.99
  • 1200 training points$9.99
  • 1800 premium points$9.99
  • Messerschmitt BF109e Veteran$9.99
  • Heavy elite infantry veteran$9.99
  • Panzer IIIf Veteran$9.99
  • Medium starter set$12.99
  • 2500 science points$19.99
  • Big starter set$29.99
None

Ruthless Conquest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Empire free?
Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruthless Conquest free?
Ruthless Conquest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Empire or Ruthless Conquest?
Ruthless Conquest is rated higher. Empire averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Ruthless Conquest averages 4.3 from 54 ratings.
Do Empire or Ruthless Conquest have ads?
Empire shows ads; Ruthless Conquest does not.
Which is updated more often, Empire or Ruthless Conquest?
Empire ships an update fortnightly, and Ruthless Conquest every 9 months. Most recently, Empire was updated on October 10, 2026 and Ruthless Conquest on October 20, 2026.

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