Retro Commander vs Mergewarden

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS). Take command and fight it out in a world where a cataclysmic timeline has transpired on Mother Earth. Wage wars solo, against the AI, or take on your gaming comrades and friends in cross-platform multiplayer matches. Form teams and clans and fight co-op style with the AI and other players for ultimate victory. As opposed to other real-time strategy game, Retro Commander tries to focus on both, a fun single player and a thrilling multiplayer experience. The game strives to be easy to learn with a modern user interface. Single player comes with skirmish matches against the AI as well as a comic-based story campaign. Multiplayer can be played cross-platform and includes a ranking and rating system. POST-APOCALYPTIC: Real-time strategy (RTS) played in a post-apocalyptic timeline on Mother Earth. The environment includes day-night cycles, rain, snow, wind and solar flare activity. STORY CAMPAIGN: Deep campaign and story line of humanity after a cataclysmic event. Factions come with their own specialized technologies such as stealth, robots, drones or shields. SINGLE & MULTIPLAYER: A challenging AI for both single and multiplayer matches with co-op play. Cross-platform multiplayer including LAN/internet. ONLINE play comes with an award and rating system. PLAY MODES: In addition to regular skirmish matches, the game supports missions such as elimination, survival, capture the flag, defense and battle royale. Available in both single and multiplayer also are escort and rescue missions. STRUCTURES & TROOPS: Common troops for land, sea and air warfare is available to all factions. Specialized elements such as stealth, shields, EMP weapons, nukes, portals, orbital weapons, assimilator and other troops and structures provide for additional variety. RESEARCH: A tech tree and research options enable to build specialized structures and troops. A Tech Snatcher can be used to steal enemy technology. MODDING: A map editor is included allowing for player-modded maps including player-modded campaigns. All elements including troops, structures, as well as graphics and sound effects, can be modded if desired.

Mergewarden combines a fast 3×3 merge board with a compact auto-battle. Summon guardians, drag two matching units together, and build a formation in seconds to stop five increasingly dangerous waves. Each patrol takes about 75 seconds, but every decision matters. Which guardian should you strengthen? Which lane needs more damage? Do you save your scrap for the next merge or fill an empty tile now? FEATURES • Short merge and auto-battle runs • Six guardians with distinct combat roles • Cards, upgrades, and a permanent collection book • Six Ascendant and three Mythic skins with unique silhouettes and weapons • Skin previews with a default-skin comparison and attack animation • A chosen Mythic skin after twelve rewarding victories • Replayable loot sectors, Swarm Challenge, and personal records • Weekly Arena with fixed loaner heroes, rotating rules and optional Game Center rankings • Patrol Forge: four rewarding victories grant a guardian card • Chests with visible odds and pity protection • Daily rewards plus daily and weekly missions • Rotating 14-day Circuits with simple rule changes • Optional reward videos for clearly shown bonuses • Free to play with an optional Prism Starter Pack and fixed Star Chip packs • No game-specific registration, chat, or real-time PvP The three highest cleared sectors provide full loot when replayed. Older sectors remain available for practice. Frontier, loot, and swarm victories count toward the skin goal; practice runs do not. Randomized chests are earned only through gameplay and are not sold for real money or Star Chips. Optional reward videos can double a clearly shown reward or skip a chest timer. Star Chips are earned in the game or optionally purchased in fixed packs, unlock only fixed items shown in advance, and cannot open or speed up chests. Video offers are available to ages 16 and older; core gameplay remains playable without ads. Choose English or German in Settings. Progress is saved locally on your iPhone. Optional manual backup to your private iCloud lets you explicitly restore it after reinstalling. There is no automatic multi-device wallet sync. The one-time Prism Starter Pack unlocks Prism and includes 100 Star Chips and 500 Bolts. If Prism is already unlocked, it grants one Prism card instead. Purchases are optional, contain fixed rewards and are not subscriptions. The shop displays Apple's localized prices. New purchases of the Starter Pack are available only during the first seven days after creating your saved game; previous ownership remains restorable. In Weekly Arena, everyone uses the same loaner heroes and levels. Purchases provide no advantage. After optionally signing in to Game Center, compare your best score globally or with friends. Without signing in, the arena remains playable locally.