Risky Wars vs WW2 Countries At War
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Risky Wars
Engage in strategic conquest on a classic board game map. Distribute reinforcements, fortify territories, and earn trade cards to boost your forces. Experience an epic campaign or create custom matches with adjustable rules and AI opponents.
- Distribute reinforcements
- Conquer enemy territories
- Fortify sectors
- Earn trade cards
- Epic campaign mode
- Custom matches
- Adjustable game rules
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Experience the next generation of the classic Risk board game! Distribute your reinforcements and conquer enemy territories. Fortify your sectors and secure bonus units round by round. Earn trade cards and use their reinforcement boost to break through enemy lines. Fight your way through the epic campaign or prove yourself in exciting custom matches. Strategy, tactics and risk determine victory or defeat! CAMPAIGN ► Complete great operations consisting of challenging missions ► Diverse mission objectives require customized strategies ► Complete all mission objectives to secure maximum rewards ► Achieve promotions and unlock upgrades ► Use powerful boosts to your advantage CUSTOM GAME ► Play on the classic Risk board game map or unlock other great maps ► Adjust the game rules or play according to the classic Risk rules ► Up to 5 computer opponents with adjustable levels of difficulty ► Compete against friends (pass and play) ► The harder the match, the better the rewards OTHER FEATURES ► Interactive tutorial to all game areas ► Match statistics (territories, units, reinforcements, dice results, ...) ► Global game statistics (missions, custom games, dice results, ...) ► Optional fast forward computer turns ► Different zoom levels for a better overview ► Game state synchronizes across all devices and platforms ► Everything from the classic Risk board game and more! Stay tuned for more! Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/VertexArts Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RiskyWars Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiskyWars Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/RiskyWars www.riskywars.com
WW2 Countries At War
Engage in turn-based strategic combat across historical World War II campaigns. Command land, air, and sea forces to conquer territories and dominate the globe. Recruit allies or conquer rivals in increasingly challenging scenarios.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- World War II campaigns
- Land, air, and sea forces
- Recruit or conquer nations
- Increasingly complex scenarios
- Global domination objectives
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WW2 Countries At War is a turn-based game pitting the various major and minor powers against each other. This war game is based on the WW2 conflict and plays through scenarios that increase in difficulty and complexity. Use your land, air and sea forces to spread and dominate the world. As one of the major powers, you can recruit minor countries or conquer any country standing in your way to victory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: WW2 Countries At War at 2.5K against Risky Wars's 32. WW2 Countries At War also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (79% vs 65%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Risky Wars sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and WW2 Countries At War sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Risky Wars against 4.6 for WW2 Countries At War. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WW2 Countries At War has 2.5K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Risky Wars's written reviews are positive against 79% of WW2 Countries At War's.
Risky Wars ships an update every 2 weeks, WW2 Countries At War every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Risky Wars | WW2 Countries At War |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (32 ratings) | 4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 2.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 580 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertex Arts UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) & Co. KG | wombi pty ltd |
Customer experience
Risky Wars
WW2 Countries At War
Bugs and requests
Risky Wars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
WW2 Countries At War
Reported bugs
8 issues- Armies getting locked in certain territories
- Troops disappearing when transferred
- Inability to close battle report
- Menus overlapping, preventing button presses
- Game crashing on certain turns
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- Entire screen freezing on certain actions
- Allies/friends randomly declaring war
- Countries joining alliances automatically
Requested features
16 requests- Add diplomacy features
- Add more countries and maps
- Add new game modes like sandbox
- Add different types of divisions
- Add more advanced diplomacy mechanics
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- Add WW1 or Cold War scenarios
- Add ability to make peace
- Add ability to join different alliances
- Add more economic improvements and resource strategy
- Add ability to randomize alliances
- Add ability to make allies/friends declare war less
- Add ability to upgrade units
- Add ability to make peace treaties and post-war borders
- Add civil war mechanics
- Add ability to surrender countries
- Add ability to make countries puppets or vassals
In-app purchases
Risky Wars
- Starter Kit$2.49
- Veterans Pack$4.99
- The Continents$4.99
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- Great Nations 1$4.99
- Great Nations 2$4.99
- Conquerers Chest$9.99
- Rulers Treasure$19.49
WW2 Countries At War
- BuyCredits$3.99
- Buy 15 contracts$5.99
- BuyExpansionGame$7.99
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- BuyFullGame$7.99
- BuyBulkCredits$8.99
Questions
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