Comparison

Desert Knights vs Beach Siege

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

Head to head
About

Desert Knights

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Go through the desert with your awesome desert knight! 09724ff653

About

Beach Siege

Engage in strategic tower defense battles across various game modes. Build and upgrade defensive towers to protect your ship from waves of enemies. Compete globally or team up with friends in challenging cooperative and versus matches.

Highlights
  • Campaign mode with 4 difficulty levels
  • Online versus multiplayer
  • Online co-operative mode
  • Tower upgrades and new factions
  • Global leaderboards
  • Tower XP system for upgrades
Features
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Welcome to Beach Siege! Below you'll find a small "how to" with high level information about how to play and navigate the game. I hope you enjoy! MENU Leaderboard - This is a global leaderboard that shows high scores for each of the available difficulties. If you don't choose a user-name you'll be using the "Default" name which is shared across all users who don't specify a name. Username - This name is how you show up on the leaderboards, as well as how your name shows up when you are playing in online matches. Campaign - 4 difficulty modes where you can earn Mint (which is used to purchase upgrades to towers and unlock new tower factions) as well as get your score in the global leaderboards. Online VS - VS mode is where you go head to head with another online player. You are responsible for both sending units for them to fight as well as building towers to defend against the units that they send you. (known issue- when you finish a vs mode match, your "income" will never change on the final screen) Online Co-Op - Here you will work WITH another online player to conquer the traditional 30 waves from the campaign mode, however the enemies are much more challenging. Factions - From this screen you can browse your Tower Factions, unlock new factions by spending Mint earned from Campaign Mode, or spend Mint to upgrade all towers within a faction by 1 level. GAMEPLAY After starting a match you will be prompted to select a faction. You will only have your unlocked factions visible to you. The percentage bar under the faction name is a way to view your completion of upgrades for the towers within that faction (each tower can go up to level 50). After selecting a faction the match will start. You must build towers to defend your ship from the impending waves of enemies (the timer in the top left tells you when the next wave is due). Build towers by selecting them from your list of available towers and tapping a square, if you regret your placement you have 3 seconds to refund that tower for the full price after which it can be sold for 75% of its original cost. To sell or refund towers, select them by tapping them and click the "sell" or "refund" button in the bottom right. You can also upgrade the tower (if eligible) by clicking the button in the top right. Selecting a tower shows the range in a circle around it, as well as information about how it performs in combat. Each kill awards that tower type some XP, when a certain type of tower gains enough XP ALL towers of that type will level up and increase their range and base damage. Bosses come every 5 waves. They will do 3 things: 1. Spawn Bomb, these bombs need to be tapped on or they will destroy towers near them 2. Spawn Enemies, these enemies are much stronger than their regular counterparts 3. Spawn Healing Zones, nothing to be done about these, but enemies who walk through them gain 10% of their health back.

Screenshots

Desert Knights1 screens
Beach Siege2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Desert Knights at none against Beach Siege's shown. Desert Knights also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 51 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Desert Knights ships an update fortnightly, Beach Siege every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Desert Knights versus Beach Siege: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesert KnightsBeach Siege
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 51 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB226 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperEric KatzenmeierDavid Duba

In-app purchases

None

Desert Knights

No in-app purchases

None

Beach Siege

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Desert Knights free?
Desert Knights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beach Siege free?
Beach Siege is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Desert Knights or Beach Siege have ads?
Beach Siege shows ads; Desert Knights does not.
Which is updated more often, Desert Knights or Beach Siege?
Desert Knights ships an update fortnightly, and Beach Siege every 51 months. Most recently, Desert Knights was updated on October 29, 2026 and Beach Siege on November 2, 2026.

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