Blast Waves vs Queen's Wish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blast Waves
Engage in a tactical arcade shooter where time advances with your actions. Survive an intergalactic conflict by rapidly acquiring new weapons and abilities, then lead your surviving commanders in strategic squad battles.
- Roguelike Survival Mode
- Squad Auto-Battler Command Mode
- Hundreds of unlockable weapons, armor, and gadgets
- 6 unique biomes with destructible terrain
- Dozens of allied and enemy troop types
- Skill-based joystick and tap-to-target controls
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Blast Waves is a tactical arcade shooter where time only moves as you move, and every shot counts. Play through the rogue-like Survival Mode as a fresh recruit. Rapidly gain new weapons and abilities while trying to make it through an intergalactic conflict. Most troopers won't make it. The few that do survive become permanently playable as clone squad commanders. In the auto battler-like Command Mode, players build and organize squads while fighting to last as long as possible against overwhelming odds. Key Features: -Survival Mode: Build a character from the ground up across multiple battles. -Command Mode: Characters that make it through Survival Mode can be selected to lead squads against increasingly overwhelming odds. -100s of weapons, armor types, and gadgets to unlock. -6 unique biomes with destructible terrain and distinct environmental challenges. -Dozens of allied and enemy troop types to learn and master. -Skill-based joystick shooting and tap-to-target control schemes. -Holotags record the unique exploits of every character.
Queen's Wish
Embark on an epic fantasy RPG adventure as a banished royal. Explore a vast world, make impactful choices, and forge your own destiny. Build an empire, free the oppressed, or serve your mother the Queen. Engage in tactical combat and uncover ancient artifacts.
- Epic fantasy role-playing adventure
- Open-ended story with choices and endings
- Suspenseful tactical combat
- Explore enormous world and dungeons
- Unique fortress building system
- Over 100 side quests and magical artifacts
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Queen's Wish DOES NOT support: iPhone 5 or earlier, iPhone SE. You are royalty of the mighty empire of Haven! Your mother the Queen rules, while you enjoy a life of sheltered luxury. Then, one morning, you wake up to find yourself banished to your Empire’s lost colony. You mother has declared your childhood at an end. Your mission? Prove yourself by reconquering Haven’s rebellious vassals, or don’t bother to come home. At last, you have been given wealth, magic, soldiers. The Queen thinks you will submit and join the family business. Now that you have freedom and power, you might have other ideas ... Queen's Wish: The Conquerer is an epic, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Wander free through an enormous world, sink into a fascinating story full of surprises and interesting decisions, and use your cunning to outwit a multitude of dungeons and foes. In this open-ended adventure, you can build an Empire or free the oppressed. Serve the Queen or rebel. Fight or use diplomacy. Build fortresses, smith enchanted blades and armor, and deal with nagging relatives! Queen's Wish: The Conquerer features: * Epic fantasy adventure with over 50 hours of gameplay. * Open-ended story in a variety of mysterious lands, featuring many choices, paths and endings. Lots of replay value. * Suspenseful tactical combat. Select from fifty different abilities. Build and rebuild your warriors to face rapidly changing foes. * Explore (and conquer) an enormous outdoors and a huge variety of dungeons and enemy fortresses. * Gain strength with a unique fortress system. Build and equip fortresses, making your warriors stronger in a wide variety of ways. * Not just orcs and elves. Features the unforgettable races and characters that make Spiderweb Software adventures unique. * Over 100 side quests and hundreds of magical artifacts to hunt for. Enjoy a new adventure from Spiderweb Software, now celebrating 25 years of making fine indie fantasy role-playing goodness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Queen's Wish at 4.6 against Blast Waves's 4.2. Queen's Wish also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 67%) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). Blast Waves's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Blast Waves costs $3.99 and Queen's Wish $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Queen's Wish holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Blast Waves's written reviews are positive against 81% of Queen's Wish's.
Blast Waves ships an update every 11 days, Queen's Wish monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blast Waves | Queen's Wish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (42 ratings) | 4.6 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 81.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #160 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kyle Barrett | Spiderweb Software |
Customer experience
Blast Waves
Queen's Wish
Bugs and requests
Blast Waves
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Queen's Wish
Reported bugs
4 issues- Controls outside screen
- Game not usable on iPhone 12 display
- Window size problems on iPhone SE
- Game save deleted (no backup)
Requested features
9 requests- Import more games to iPhone
- iCloud game saves
- Add stats to enemies
- French language support
- Smoother scrolling effect on iPhone
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- Option for classic death animation
- Option for slower walking animations
- Visual indicator for cleared areas
- Pinch to zoom functionality
In-app purchases
Blast Waves
No in-app purchases
Queen's Wish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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