Comparison

Occidental Heroes vs Empire_mobile

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

Head to head
About

Occidental Heroes

Assemble an adventuring company to explore a new frontier. Engage in challenging skirmishes and strive for survival and eventual retirement. This game offers a no-holds-barred experience with no assistance.

Highlights
  • Form adventuring companies
  • Explore the Occident
  • Engage in brutal skirmishes
  • Survival focus
  • Retirement goal
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Form an adventuring company and explore the recently colonized Occident. Engage in brutal skirmishes and try to survive long enough to retire. No reloads, no hand-holding, no mercy.

About

Empire_mobile

Engage in a turn-based strategy war game on a computer-generated map. Capture cities to produce units for offense and defense, aiming to eliminate your opponent. Games can be lengthy and saved across sessions.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy gameplay
  • Computer-generated maps
  • City capture and production
  • Unit production (armies, fighters, ships)
  • Exploration and tactical combat
  • Save and resume games
Features
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Empire is a strategy and tactics war game, pitting you against the computer. The game is played on a computer generated map that contains land areas, sea areas, and cities. The object of the game is to eliminate the opponent by capturing cities and destroying the enemy forces. Cities once captured have production capability, and can produce units such as armies, fighters, destroyers, submarines, or carriers for offense or defense. Of course, the computer is trying to crush your forces and take over the world, as are you. Early in the game, exploration is most predominant, followed later by planned offensives and holding actions, till eventual victory or defeat. Warning, typical games can take as long as ten hours, and some people find the game addictive. The program keeps the game state in a disk file, and a single game usually takes multiple computer sessions. Since you can store the game on some cloud service (e.g. iCloud) you may also continue a game with the Mac version of Empire (https://apps.apple.com/de/app/empire/id1287139467?mt=12) and vice versa. Special credit goes to the author of the original game, Walter Bright.

Screenshots

Occidental Heroes4 screens
Empire_mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Empire_mobile at none against Occidental Heroes's 1. Empire_mobile also leads on ads (none vs shown). Occidental Heroes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (371 vs 6). On price, update cadence 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. Occidental Heroes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Empire_mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Occidental Heroes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Occidental Heroes has 371 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Occidental Heroes's written reviews are positive against 67% of Empire_mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Occidental Heroes versus Empire_mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOccidental HeroesEmpire_mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (371 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings371 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVladimir JovanovicFrank-Peter Poschmann

Customer experience

Occidental Heroes

All ratings358 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative7.7%

Empire_mobile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Occidental Heroes

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • UI elements not scaling properly on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save progress and load games
  • More character class options
  • Expanded map and content
  • Companion pets or animals
  • Difficulty settings or options

Empire_mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Occidental Heroes

One-time1
  • Expanded edition$5.99
None

Empire_mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Occidental Heroes free?
Occidental Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Empire_mobile free?
Empire_mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Occidental Heroes or Empire_mobile?
Occidental Heroes is rated higher. Occidental Heroes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 371 ratings, while Empire_mobile averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Occidental Heroes or Empire_mobile have ads?
Occidental Heroes shows ads; Empire_mobile does not.
Which is updated more often, Occidental Heroes or Empire_mobile?
Occidental Heroes ships an update every 2 months, and Empire_mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Occidental Heroes was updated on November 2, 2026 and Empire_mobile on November 3, 2026.

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