Ruthless Conquest vs Space Pixel Swarm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Planet capture
- Empire expansion
- Fleet management
- Local multiplayer
- Internet multiplayer
- Challenging AI opponents
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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.
Space Pixel Swarm
Engage in an offline, single-player 2D space real-time strategy game. Overcome overwhelming odds by making difficult strategic choices, sacrificing planets to bolster your fleet, or fortifying your defenses. Enjoy diverse units, configurable AI, and a unique desperation mechanic.
- Offline single-player RTS
- Procedural skirmish mode
- Configurable swarm AI
- Desperation mechanic: lost planets fuel forces
- 29 campaign levels
- Diverse unit types
- Multiple enemy variations
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Space Pixel Swarm is an offline, single‑player space RTS where you start outnumbered and win by making hard strategic tradeoffs. Sacrifice planets to power up your fleet, or hold the line and fortify. Features - Offline single‑player RTS - Short sessions + procedural skirmish mode - Configurable swarm AI behaviors - Unique “desperation” mechanic: lost planets fuel your remaining forces - 29 carefully designed campaign levels with progressive difficulty - Diverse units: fighters, capital ships, shield generators, and missile installations - Multiple enemy variations that force different tactics Master Your Strategy Every level pushes you to refine your approach: expand fast to contest the enemy’s growth, or consolidate and build an unbreakable defense. Experiment with unit mixes, timing, and positioning to survive increasingly intense swarm pressure. Skirmish Mode for Endless Replayability Jump into randomized maps with customizable settings for quick matches and long-form challenges. Tune the swarm to your preference and test new strategies whenever you want. Share Your Thoughts Found a bug or have an idea? We’re actively improving the game and welcome feedback at: yearofthegamerdev@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruthless Conquest at none against Space Pixel Swarm's 3. Ruthless Conquest also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). Space Pixel Swarm's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Space Pixel Swarm sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ruthless Conquest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Pixel Swarm holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Ruthless Conquest's written reviews are positive against 82% of Space Pixel Swarm's.
Ruthless Conquest ships an update every 9 months, Space Pixel Swarm every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ruthless Conquest | Space Pixel Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (54 ratings) | 4.6 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Igor Kalicinski | David Smith |
Customer experience
Ruthless Conquest
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In-app purchases
Ruthless Conquest
No in-app purchases
Space Pixel Swarm
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Buy 20 Merits$0.99
- 10 Merits$0.99
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