Comparison

Swarm Simulator vs Crystal Crop Fever

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

Head to head
About

Swarm Simulator

Evolve your insect colony from simple larvae to powerful hive minds in this 3D incremental idle clicker game. Conquer territory, sacrifice units for growth, and ascend to unlock new mutations and expand your swarm across the universe.

Highlights
  • Incremental idle clicker gameplay
  • Endless progression and unit evolution
  • Idle mode for offline growth
  • Ascend system with new mutations
  • All-new 3D graphics and units
  • Elixir buffs and Golden Bug bonuses
Features
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Over 2 MILLION PLAYERS! Swarm Simulator: Evolution brings the strategic, incremental, idle, clicker gameplay of the wildly successful web game into a new 3D world with dozens of new systems and extra features! Evolve your way from lowly larvae and drones to all-powerful hive Overminds and beyond in this idle masterpiece! Conquer territory with fearsome Stingers and Locusts to become a tycoon of unit production. Sacrifice smaller units for the greater good of the colony and Ascend over and over as you build your Swarm toward its ultimate goal of universe spanning conquest! == Swarm Simulator Features == Idle Clicker Gameplay • Endless progression - start with a few lowly units, evolve and hatch your way to unimaginable numbers. • Idle mode - the game will keep progressing whether it's open or not, take a break for a few hours and your Swarm will grow and grow! • Ascend your Swarm to start over on a new world but with powerful new Mutations. Evolution Upgrades • All new 3D graphics and new units, dozens of 3D bugs in a fully 3D world. • Elixirs give short term buffs to your Swarm, use a Rage elixir to capture more territory ... or a Warper elixir to speed up time itself! • Golden Bugs can be captured to give long-term bonuses to your Swarm. • Swarm Lord Invasions, the HFL, Carapace Shards, unlockable skins for your bugs and more! The classic text-based incremental game has been reborn in vibrant 3D. Download Swarm Simulator now and conquer EVERYTHING!

About

Crystal Crop Fever

Features
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Crystal Crop Fever(CCF) is a turn based multiplayer select and submit tile game. Players take turns selecting tiles on grid revealing scores of the tile to the players. The higher the score the better. CCF has different modes, in one mode player scores are all tallied up and summed into a total team score. The hope is that players will learn from each others moves during game play and use that knowledge to find the tiles with the highest scores The tile map is in fact a landscape of hills and valleys randomized with a specified noise. To the players this manifests as tiles with high and low scores. CCF can be played single or multiplayer. In either case the amount of turns available to reveal tiles is the same. So if there are 40 turns in all, in a single player game the player would have 40 turns all to himself. Whereas 4 players in multiplayer would have 10 each. Key features Tile Map Turn based Secondary features Avatars for each player Treatments - team sum and highest score

Screenshots

Swarm Simulator4 screens
Crystal Crop Fever3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crystal Crop Fever at none against Swarm Simulator's 11. Crystal Crop Fever also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Swarm Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Swarm Simulator sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Crystal Crop Fever asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swarm Simulator ships an update every 9 days, Crystal Crop Fever every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Swarm Simulator versus Crystal Crop Fever: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwarm SimulatorCrystal Crop Fever
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIron Horse Games LLCAarhus University

Bugs and requests

Swarm Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Stuck on loading screen
  • Incorrect display of resources and upgrades
  • Issues with cloud save functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content and updates
  • Offline mode
  • Customization options
  • Improved progression and endgame

Crystal Crop Fever

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Swarm Simulator

One-time11
  • Pouch of Crystals$4.99
  • Elixir Mega Pack$4.99
  • Swarm Supporter Pack$9.99
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  • Bag of Crystals$9.99
  • Crystalline King Pack$9.99
  • Arcane Amplifier Pack$9.99
  • Super Shards Pack$9.99
  • Challenge Crusher Pack$9.99
  • Barrel of Crystals$19.99
  • Elixir Ultra Pack$24.99
  • Storehouse of Crystals$49.99
None

Crystal Crop Fever

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swarm Simulator free?
Swarm Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crystal Crop Fever free?
Crystal Crop Fever is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swarm Simulator or Crystal Crop Fever have ads?
Swarm Simulator shows ads; Crystal Crop Fever does not.
Which is updated more often, Swarm Simulator or Crystal Crop Fever?
Swarm Simulator ships an update every 9 days, and Crystal Crop Fever every 6 weeks. Most recently, Swarm Simulator was updated on September 22, 2026 and Crystal Crop Fever on August 23, 2026.

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