Kriegspiel vs Ants vs Robots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kriegspiel
Engage in a strategic board game inspired by Napoleonic warfare. The objective is to capture enemy arsenals by deploying lines of communication and blocking enemy movements on a large game board. Offers online and local multiplayer, as well as AI practice.
- 20x25 game board
- Capture enemy arsenals to win
- Deploy lines of communication
- Block enemy lines
- Online multiplayer
- Local multiplayer
- AI practice mode
- Level editor
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Inspired by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz and the European war campaigns of Napoleon, Kriegspiel is a chess-variant played by two opposing players on a 20 x 25 game board. Capture the enemy's Arsenals to win. Deploy your Lines of Communication to keep friendly units in contact. Block enemy lines for strategic advantage. "The surprises of this Kriegspiel seem to be inexhaustible," wrote French Situationist Guy Debord. In Debord's view the game represents the totality of factors at play in wartime maneuvers, what he called "the dialectic of all conflicts." -- Play 2P online against another player -- Play 2P in person on the same device -- Practice against the computer -- Level editor for customizing formations -- Language support for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and English Kriegspiel is produced and maintained by Alexander R. Galloway. The game is noncommercial. There are no in-app purchases. No advertisements. No Patreon. No GoFundMe. No monetization of player data. There is literally no possible way to take your money.
Ants vs Robots
Engage in strategic colony management with two distinct factions: ants and robots. Choose between real-time strategy battles against other colonies or tower defense against waves of bugs. Explore a sandbox mode with a map editor or progress through a story mode.
- Colony management simulator
- RTS battles
- Tower defense mode
- Playable ant and robot factions
- Sandbox mode with map editor
- Story mode
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Ants vs Robots is a colony simulator game with simple and intuitive controls. The game has two modes: 1) RTS where you fight other colony, 2) Tower Defence where you fight waves of bugs. There are two playable factions — ants and robots. The game features sandbox mode with a map editor and story mode where you complete level after level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kriegspiel at none against Ants vs Robots's 1. Ants vs Robots's advantage is review sentiment (96% vs 74%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Ants vs Robots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kriegspiel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Kriegspiel against 4.6 for Ants vs Robots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 52 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Kriegspiel's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ants vs Robots's.
Kriegspiel ships an update every 6 months, Ants vs Robots every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kriegspiel | Ants vs Robots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (66 ratings) | 4.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Alexander Galloway | Ivan Khokhlenkov |
Customer experience
Kriegspiel
Ants vs Robots
In-app purchases
Kriegspiel
No in-app purchases
Ants vs Robots
- No ads and fast speed$3.99
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