Mindustry vs Dungeon Warfare 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindustry
Build complex factories, manage supply chains, and defend your base from enemy waves in this real-time strategy game. Conquer planets, research new technologies, and engage in multiplayer battles with friends.
- Factory building and supply chains
- Tower defense against enemy waves
- Cross-platform multiplayer co-op and PvP
- Conquer planets with campaign and procedural sectors
- Research new blocks and technologies
- Map editor with scripting support
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Mindustry is a factory-building game with tower defense and RTS elements. Create elaborate supply chains to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and construct units. Command units to capture enemy bases, and expand your production. Defend your core from waves of enemies. Gameplay Features: - Use production blocks to create a wide variety of advanced materials - Defend your structures from waves of enemies - Play with your friends in cross-platform multiplayer co-op games, or challenge them in team-based PvP matches - Distribute liquids and fight constant challenges, like outbreaks of fire or enemy flier raids - Get the most out of your production by supplying optional coolant and lubricant - Produce a wide variety of units for automatic management of your base or assault on enemy bases - Set up assembly lines to construct armies of mechanized units - Use your units to square up against fully functional enemy bases Campaign: - Conquer the planets Serpulo and Erekir as you advance through 35 hand-made maps and 250+ procedurally generated sectors - Capture territory and set up factories to produce resources while you play other sectors - Defend your sectors from periodic invasions - Coordinate resource distribution between sectors via launch pads - Research new blocks to fuel progress - Invite your friends to complete missions together - 250+ technology blocks to master - 50+ different types of drones, mechs and ships Custom Games & Cross-Platform Multiplayer: - 16+ built in maps for custom games, in addition to two entire campaigns - Play co-op, PvP or sandbox - Join a public dedicated server, or invite friends to your own private session - Customizable game rules: Change block costs, enemy stats, starting items, wave timing and more - Full functional map editor with scripting support
Dungeon Warfare 2
Become a dungeon lord in this challenging tower defense strategy game. Deploy deadly traps and insidious contraptions to fend off waves of greedy adventurers. Master physics-enabled combat across handcrafted and procedurally generated levels.
- Physics-enabled tower defense
- 33 unique traps with 8 traits each
- Over 30 unique enemies
- 60+ handcrafted levels
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Progression with passive upgrades
- Equipment system
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Dungeon Warfare 2 is the definitive sequel to Dungeon Warfare, a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes. Game Features * Physics-enabled tower defense mayhem * 33 unique traps with 8 unique traits for each trap * More than 30 unique enemies, each with a special trait * More than 60 handcrafted levels + an infinite number of procedurally generated dungeons * 5+ boss battles * Progression with experience providing passive upgrades for the traps as well as skill points * Three skill trees with 11 skills on each tree * Equipment system with more than 30 unique items * Mix your own difficulty by combining difficulty mode runes for more challenge & reward * Endless mode * Environmental Hazards
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dungeon Warfare 2 at 4.9 against Mindustry's 4.5. Dungeon Warfare 2 also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0.0). Mindustry's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Mindustry costs $1.99 and Dungeon Warfare 2 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dungeon Warfare 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 420 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Mindustry's written reviews are positive against 81% of Dungeon Warfare 2's.
Mindustry ships an update every 3 days, Dungeon Warfare 2 fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Mindustry | Dungeon Warfare 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) | 4.9 (420 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews | 81.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 420 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 229 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anton Kramskoi | Jin Man Kim |
Customer experience
Mindustry
Dungeon Warfare 2
User reviews
Mindustry
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Excellent value
- 🚀 Tons of content
- 🚀 Impressive depth
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🐛 Unintuitive controls
- 🐛 Lack of tutorial/guidance
- 🐛 Outdated UI for newer devices
- 🐛 Progression bottlenecks
Dungeon Warfare 2
From 420 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game - very in depth
- 👍 Best iPhone game ever played
- 👍 Excellent tower defense game
- 👍 Fun and challenging
- 👍 Gem of a strategy game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on later levels
- 🐛 Skill 'Manufacturing' not working
- 🐛 Enemies too powerful, traps too weak
- 🐛 Tedious item/rune management
- 🐛 Confusing UI
Bugs and requests
Mindustry
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Freezing and performance issues
- Save data corruption and loss
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to save/load custom maps
- More campaign levels and content
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
- Expanded tech tree and upgrades
- Better UI scaling for larger screens
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- Ability to queue/fast-forward waves
- Improved pathfinding and unit AI
- More diverse enemy types and mechanics
Dungeon Warfare 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on tutorial and item selection
- Progression XP bug after first ascension
- Negative total damage on some traps
- Skill effects not working as described
Requested features
5 requests- Endless mode
- More traps
- Improved map design
- Better enemy balancing
- Clearer game mechanics explanations
In-app purchases
Mindustry
No in-app purchases
Dungeon Warfare 2
No in-app purchases







