Comparison

Blast Waves vs Queen's Wish

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Blast Waves4 screens
Queen's Wish4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Blast Waves versus Queen's Wish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlast WavesQueen's Wish
Price$3.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.2 (42 ratings)4.6 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews81.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4273 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#160 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB158 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperKyle BarrettSpiderweb Software

Customer experience

Blast Waves

All ratings42 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Queen's Wish

All ratings73 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative11.6%

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
Show 4 more
  • Option for classic death animation
  • Option for slower walking animations
  • Visual indicator for cleared areas
  • Pinch to zoom functionality

In-app purchases

None

Blast Waves

No in-app purchases

None

Queen's Wish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blast Waves free?
Blast Waves costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Queen's Wish free?
Queen's Wish costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blast Waves or Queen's Wish?
Queen's Wish is rated higher. Blast Waves averages 4.2 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Queen's Wish averages 4.6 from 73 ratings.
Do Blast Waves or Queen's Wish have ads?
Neither Blast Waves nor Queen's Wish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blast Waves or Queen's Wish?
Blast Waves ships an update every 11 days, and Queen's Wish monthly. Most recently, Blast Waves was updated on October 21, 2026 and Queen's Wish on October 29, 2026.

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