Tower Fortress vs Mineblast!!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tower Fortress
Embark on a roguelite run-and-gun adventure to conquer a mysterious, creature-infested tower. Each playthrough offers a unique challenge with randomized levels, evolving abilities, and diverse weaponry. Unlock new suits and upgrades to aid your ascent and defeat formidable bosses.
- Randomized levels for replayability
- Evolving abilities and skills
- Four themed zones with unique hazards
- Multiple gun types
- Unlockable suits with unique abilities
- Level-end upgrades
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A mysterious tower has risen! It emits plumes of noxious green smoke from its summit making people sick. Strange creatures infest the tower but if nobody tries to ascend it we will all be doomed! Are you that hero?..... Features: -Randomised for replay. Every run is different! -Evolve your abilities and skill to progress ever further up the tower! -4 Themed zones to ascend! -Unique hazards and monsters to each zone! -4 Epic End Zone Boss Fights! -Loads of Gun Types including, Laser, T Gun, Bubble Gun and Shotgun! -25 Suits to unlock each with unique abilities that affect play. -Upgrade yourself at the end of each level with 20 upgrade abilities! -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
Mineblast!!
Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs in this platformer destruction game. Utilize the fully destructible environments to create paths, uncover gems, and find hidden secrets. Enjoy hours of creative fun with pixel art graphics and chiptune music.
- Fully destructible environments and physics
- Pixel art graphics and chiptune music
- Hidden secrets and levels
- Creative pathfinding with TNT
- Gem collection
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Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs. Mineblast!! is a platformer destruction game with fully destructible environments. Blast walls to open your way, blast soil and crates to find precious gems, blast wooden platforms to use them as a bridge, there is no limit to your creativity. Features: • Fully destructible environments and physics. • Quality pixel art graphics and chiptune music. • Lots of hidden secrets and levels. • Super Cat Tales characters. • Hours and hours of fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tower Fortress at none against Mineblast!!'s shown. Tower Fortress also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 54%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Tower Fortress sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Mineblast!! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tower Fortress holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tower Fortress has 812 ratings behind it against 153, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Tower Fortress's written reviews are positive against 54% of Mineblast!!'s.
Tower Fortress ships an update every 6 days, Mineblast!! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tower Fortress | Mineblast!! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (812 ratings) — better | 4.0 (153 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 54.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 812 — better | 153 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Tower Fortress
Mineblast!!
Bugs and requests
Tower Fortress
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mineblast!!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels freezing or not loading properly
- Inability to progress past certain stages
- Saved data being lost after updates
- Ads causing the game to crash or become unresponsive
Requested features
4 requests- Add checkpoint system to avoid restarting levels
- Introduce more playable characters and customization options
- Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Improve level design to reduce frustrating dead ends
In-app purchases
Tower Fortress
- Gem Pack$0.99
- Gem Box$1.99
- Gem Chest$2.99
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- Premium$3.99
Mineblast!!
- Gate Ticket$0.99
- Premium$2.99
Questions
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