Empire vs Ruthless Conquest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- Planet capture
- Empire expansion
- Fleet management
- Local multiplayer
- Internet multiplayer
- Challenging AI opponents
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Empire sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. Ruthless Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Empire ships an update fortnightly, Ruthless Conquest every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Empire | Ruthless Conquest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 9 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andre Potgeter | Igor Kalicinski |
Customer experience
Empire
Ruthless Conquest
In-app purchases
Empire
- 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
Ruthless Conquest
No in-app purchases
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