Heroic Battle vs Gaia Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heroic Battle
A strategic board game testing logic, deception, and memory. Play against friends or a champion AI, with customizable setups for unique gameplay. Learn piece identities through attacks and utilize special unit abilities.
- Logic, deception, and memory gameplay
- Play against friends online or AI
- Customizable piece setups
- Discover piece identities during attacks
- Special unit abilities
- Save and load custom game setups
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Every piece is a secret. Two armies face each other across the board, and neither side can see the other's ranks. Is that piece marching towards you a lowly scout or the Marshal himself? Attack and find out, or bluff and make your opponent guess. Heroic Battle is the classic board game of hidden ranks, played on a 10×10 battlefield with 40 pieces a side. Capture the enemy flag to win. Watch out for bombs, send your miners to defuse them, and remember: even the mighty Marshal falls to the Spy. Face a world champion - Your computer opponent is Probe, a three-time world champion AI. It bluffs, it remembers, and it punishes careless moves. Three skill levels take you from first game to serious challenge. Play online - Find a random opponent in seconds, matched by Elo rating - Climb the online leaderboard in Classic and Barrage - Create a private room and invite a Steam friend - Emoji chat, draw offers, and a move timer that keeps games moving Or play on the sofa - Pass and Play lets two players share one screen, hiding each army in turn. Study your games - Replay any finished game move by move, with every piece revealed - Memory aids mark revealed pieces and pieces that have moved, if you want them - Detailed statistics and 25 achievements to earn Your army, your way - Build and save your own starting setups, or let the game deal a random one - Barrage mode: 8 pieces a side for a fast, sharp game - Two piece sets and two rank-numbering styles - An interactive tutorial for new commanders - Leave any game against the AI and resume it later
Gaia Project
Embark on a strategic journey to colonize the galaxy by mastering terraforming. Each of the 14 unique factions has distinct environmental needs, driving the need to adapt planets for survival. This is the official digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game.
- 14 unique factions
- Peaceful galactic colonization
- Terraforming mechanics
- Adaptable environmental needs
- Official digital board game adaptation
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In Gaia Project, each player controls one of 14 factions striving to peacefully colonize the Terra Mystica galaxy. Each faction has different environmental needs to survive on a planet. These needs have led the factions to master terraforming, enabling them to make different planet types habitable for themselves. This is the official digital version of the board game Gaia Project by Feuerland Verlag. Minimum RAM: 3 GB Recommended RAM: 4 GB Gaia Project is a graphics-heavy board game with advanced AI opponents. Your gameplay speed and AI strength may be limited with older devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Heroic Battle at Free against Gaia Project's $9.99. Heroic Battle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (273 vs 38). Gaia Project's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Heroic Battle is free to download; Gaia Project costs $9.99 up front. Heroic Battle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Gaia Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Heroic Battle against 4.0 for Gaia Project. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heroic Battle has 273 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Heroic Battle's written reviews are positive against 59% of Gaia Project's.
Heroic Battle ships an update weekly, Gaia Project monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heroic Battle | Gaia Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (273 ratings) — better | 4.0 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 273 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 371 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Raimonds Rudmanis | DIGIDICED |
Customer experience
Heroic Battle
Gaia Project
Bugs and requests
Heroic Battle
Reported bugs
20 issues- New version won't start
- Restore purchases not working
- AI wins not reported
- Game shuts down unexpectedly
- Private games show incorrect pieces
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- Probe AI moves back and forth endlessly
- AI knows exact piece locations (perceived bug)
- Spy doesn't take out Marshal (perceived bug)
- Bombs can be beaten (perceived bug)
- App crashes upon opening
- Cannot select certain pieces
- Pieces hidden from view on turn
- Bombs and flags invisible
- Controls don't work properly
- Random ads freezing gameplay
- AI gets stuck and repeatedly moves a piece
- Game field freezes
- Cannot select a setup
- AI response time too slow
- Pieces do not set up on initial board
Requested features
10 requests- Add online multiplayer
- Improve AI difficulty/aggression
- Add different map options
- Add optional modes from special editions
- Connect account info to Game Center
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- Update graveyard to show total pieces
- Add aggressor advantage rule
- Add piece and board themes/skins
- Make AI harder or add challenge mode
- Allow users to create own setups (if not already)
Gaia Project
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Heroic Battle
- 20 setup slots$2.99
- Unlock all setups$2.99
- Remove ads$4.99
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- Heroic Battle Complete$8.99
Gaia Project
No in-app purchases
Questions
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