Comparison

Bad Things Happen vs Sphere TD

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

Head to head
About

Bad Things Happen

Manage your Malifaux game experience with this app. Track your models, assemble Crews, generate Encounters, and monitor in-game statuses. Access stat cards for all Factions to easily explore your options.

Highlights
  • Model collection tracking
  • Crew building
  • Encounter generation
  • In-game status tracking
  • Faction stat cards
Features
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Bad Things Happen is the perfect app for Malifaux players. It allows you to track your model collection, build Crews, generate Encounters, and track in-game statuses. It includes the stat cards for every Faction, allowing you to quickly and easily peruse your options.

About

Sphere TD

A complex tower defense game where you build and upgrade towers to defend against waves of spheres. Strategize with deep customization, resource management, and research to overcome challenges. Offers extensive replayability with numerous levels and modes.

Highlights
  • Tower and projectile customization
  • 30 base towers with 28+ stats
  • 33 mods with millions of combinations
  • Research and crafting system
  • Tower inventory and energy management
  • 50 hand-crafted levels and endless mode
  • Offline and online play with cloud sync
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Sphere TD is a tower defense game with one difference: there are no preset towers. You build every tower yourself by combining mods to spam more projectiles. UNIQUE FEATURES - Build & mod every tower. There are no preset towers. - Defend each map with 5 towers. Max them out and spam more projectiles. - Split your shots, bounce, multiply, shock, burn. The build is up to you. - Your base can fly, towers and all. Explore the maps and mine ores. - Research and craft mods. Just don't run out of energy. WHAT IS IN THE GAME - 41 towers, each with its own grid layout and function - 33 mods, each with tiers, MK upgrades, a B-Side function, and 3 perks, for over a million tower builds - 50 hand-crafted maps with three objectives each - Endless mode after map 50, plus map-specific challenges - A research tree, mod crafting, and a trader - Spheres that scale into elites, bosses, armored, shielded, cloaked and flying - Offline play, with cloud sync and leaderboards - Cross platform: mobile and desktop NO NONSENSE No pay to win. No time gates. No paywalls. No ad spam. No loot boxes. Funding the Galatium Academy is appreciated, never required. MESSAGE FROM THE DEV Hi, I'm Alex, a solo developer, and Sphere TD is my first game. If you like tower defense and building your own towers, you should feel right at home. Come discuss tower builds with other friendly cadets on Discord. I am committed to 10 years of support. You want it, I'll make it. Ready to join the Galatium Academy?

Screenshots

Bad Things Happen4 screens
Sphere TD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sphere TD at 100% against Bad Things Happen's 50%. Sphere TD also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). Bad Things Happen's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Bad Things Happen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sphere TD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sphere TD holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Bad Things Happen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sphere TD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bad Things Happen ships an update every 11 days, Sphere TD every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bad Things Happen versus Sphere TD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBad Things HappenSphere TD
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (22 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB363 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWyrd GamesStandardIssueGames

Customer experience

Bad Things Happen

All ratings22 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral18.2%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.2%
Negative31.8%

Sphere TD

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bad Things Happen

One-time1
  • Full Stat Cards$9.99
10 purchases

Sphere TD

One-time10
  • Au Field Ration$4.99
  • Defender Starter Pack$7.99
  • Au Supply Cache$9.99
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  • Galatium Express Token$9.99
  • Galatium Academy Pack$14.99
  • Shadow Broker Vantage$19.99
  • Au Enterprise Fund$24.99
  • Flux Enrichment Grant$24.99
  • Au Strategic Stockpile$49.99
  • Au Global Reserve$99.99

Questions

Is Bad Things Happen free?
Bad Things Happen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sphere TD free?
Sphere TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bad Things Happen or Sphere TD?
Sphere TD is rated higher. Bad Things Happen averages 3.5 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Sphere TD averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Bad Things Happen or Sphere TD have ads?
Sphere TD shows ads; Bad Things Happen does not.
Which is updated more often, Bad Things Happen or Sphere TD?
Bad Things Happen ships an update every 11 days, and Sphere TD every 3 days. Most recently, Bad Things Happen was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sphere TD on October 25, 2026.

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