Comparison

Ruthless Conquest vs Takeover RTS

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

Head to head
About

Ruthless Conquest

Engage in galactic strategy by sending fleets to capture planets and expand your empire. Enjoy local and internet multiplayer, or test your skills against six levels of challenging AI.

Highlights
  • Planet capture
  • Empire expansion
  • Fleet management
  • Local multiplayer
  • Internet multiplayer
  • Challenging AI opponents
Features
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Send the fleet to capture planets and expand your empire, until you vanquish them all! Local and internet multiplayer is supported in this galactic strategy game. Six levels of challenging AI await you for practice matches and for making up numbers. This game is completely free, has no ads or in-app purchases. It is a 2018 Christmas gift for players of Survivalcraft and other CandyRufusGames games.

About

Takeover RTS

Command squads of units in a real-time strategy game to defend your strongholds and conquer enemy buildings. Choose from multiple nations, each with unique units, spells, and upgrades, to lead your forces to victory in a war-torn land.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy gameplay
  • Command squads of units
  • Defend and seize strongholds
  • Multiple nations with unique abilities
  • Magic spells and Grand Spells
  • Army upgrades and edicts
Features
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Takeover is a real-time strategy game where you command squads of units to protect your strongholds from enemies and seize their buildings to win. For centuries the Rivadis Empire ruled the continent in its shine and glory. But now it fell into necromancers’ hands and dying. Time for Takeover has come! Lead one of 3 nations in the battle for Rivadis. Each nation has 5 types of squads, 3 types of strongholds and magic spells. In addition, you can build gold mines, farms to hire more squads, and obelisks to get more mana. Key features: - Real-time strategy with squads - 3 nations that you can control (and an extra Necromancers nation) - 5 squad types - 3 spells and a powerful Grand Spell for each nation - Edicts - upgrdes that make your army stronger - 8 levels for each nation

Screenshots

Ruthless Conquest3 screens
Takeover RTS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruthless Conquest at none against Takeover RTS's 1. Ruthless Conquest also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Takeover RTS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 78%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Takeover RTS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ruthless Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Ruthless Conquest against 4.3 for Takeover RTS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 73 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Ruthless Conquest's written reviews are positive against 86% of Takeover RTS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ruthless Conquest ships an update every 9 months, Takeover RTS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ruthless Conquest versus Takeover RTS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuthless ConquestTakeover RTS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (54 ratings) — better4.3 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews78.4% of reviews86.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5473 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB190 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperIgor KalicinskiIriySoft

Customer experience

Ruthless Conquest

All ratings54 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative13.5%

Takeover RTS

All ratings72 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative11.9%

In-app purchases

None

Ruthless Conquest

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Takeover RTS

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Ruthless Conquest free?
Ruthless Conquest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Takeover RTS free?
Takeover RTS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ruthless Conquest or Takeover RTS?
Ruthless Conquest is rated higher. Ruthless Conquest averages 4.3 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Takeover RTS averages 4.3 from 73 ratings.
Do Ruthless Conquest or Takeover RTS have ads?
Takeover RTS shows ads; Ruthless Conquest does not.
Which is updated more often, Ruthless Conquest or Takeover RTS?
Ruthless Conquest ships an update every 9 months, and Takeover RTS every 2 months. Most recently, Ruthless Conquest was updated on November 2, 2026 and Takeover RTS on November 3, 2026.

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