Comparison

SpellForce vs Tyrant's Blessing

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

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About

SpellForce

Build and lead your fantasy empire in this turn-based strategy game. Explore new lands, battle enemies with unique units, and evolve your heroes and soldiers with RPG mechanics. Enjoy a full fantasy saga with no microtransactions or ads.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy and tactics
  • Fantasy empire building
  • Hero and unit progression
  • Simultaneous turn-based combat
  • 3 playable races
  • Over 30 different units
Features
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Time for a new turn on the critically acclaimed SpellForce-Series. The epic fantasy saga is finally available on mobile devices, offering a whole new angle to the franchise. Leaving the story of its PC ancestors untouched and comes indeed 100%-story free, the Premium Game will offer turn-based strategy and tactics instead of real-time. CRAFT YOUR FANTASY EMPIRE Creating an own Kingdom turn by turn is the main goal in the 13-Mission long adventure mode or the free game, where you are facing your AI-opponents on randomly generated maps. Choose between the Dark Elves, the Orcs or Humans as playable races and ally or fight six neutral factions. Send your troops to conquer cities, to claim mines or farms and to search for treasure. EXPLORE NEW LANDS Your race’s hero will lead your army on their search for glory, treasures and valuable resources to exploit. Because your ever-expanding empire needs them to prosper. When you find new cities, you can muster new unique unitsand command them in any battle that lies ahead. BATTLE YOUR ENEMIES While your heroes explore the realms, you will meet your opponents on the battlefield and will exterminate them in simultaneous turn-based combats. Played out on hexagons, you’ll send Archers, Catapults, Knights or Dark Elf Necromancers against beasts & enemies like Spiders, Shadow Nightmares or Barbarian Berserkers. While you plan your actions, so does your enemy. When you both execute your plans, you’ll see who the better strategist is. EVOLVE YOUR SOLDIERS SpellForce: Heroes & Magic is also an Role Playing Game. Your hero and your soldiers both gain experience and they both can find magical items like swords, armor or other equipment. When you level up, you can learn new skills and of course seasoned warriors are more valuable on the battlefields than fresh recruits. Features: ● No microtransactions, no lootboxes, no ads, not a single Free2play mechanic. Just a great game. ● Craft your own fantasy empire: Expand, Explore, Exploit and Exterminate. And no, we don’t think it’s a 4X game – do you? ● Lead your Heroes: Carry the battle to your opponents and defeat them. ● A world of magic: Heroes and units can cast Lightning Strikes or Fear Spells, can stun foes or heal companions. ● Simultaneously turn-based combat: Plan your armies’ actions while your enemy does and execute them at the same time. ● Items, Level ups, Skill-Trees: Individualize your army with fully fledged RPG mechanics. ● 3 Playable Races: Orcs, Humans, Dark Elves & their iconic heroes await your commands. ● 6 Neutral Races to ally with or fight against: Gargoyles, Shadows, Elves, Dwarves, Barbarians and Trolls are either loyal companions or fearsome enemies on the battlefield. ● Over 30 different units to muster and to lead into combat. Thank you for playing ‘Spellforce: Heroes & Magic’! Get in touch with HandyGames: http://www.handy-games.com Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/handygames Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://goo.gl/2Kq6yY Check news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/handy_games Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/handygames Imprint: http://www.handy-games.com/contact/ © www.handy-games.com GmbH

About

Tyrant's Blessing

Lead a rebellion against a tyrannical overlord and his undead army in this turn-based tactical game. Make strategic choices, manage your heroes' unique abilities, and outsmart your enemies in challenging battles to reclaim your homeland.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical combat
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Hero recruitment and abilities
  • Environmental interaction in battles
  • Random encounters and choices
  • Resource management
Features
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The Tyrant landed in Tyberia bearing promises of a paradise, without war, without suffering… and without death. All Tyberians had to do in order to enter his paradise was to simply die at the hands of his Dead Army. The war was over before it even began, with thousands perishing in the Tyrant's wake, only to be brought into his fold as undying thralls, bound by magic. The few living warriors left are scattered across the remnants of their homeland, tirelessly looking for a way to turn the tables on the tyrannical Tyrant. Lead a great Uprising, defeat the Dead Army, and drive the monstrous overlord back into the depths of the sea from whence he came. Tyrant's Blessing is a tactical turn-based game where your ability to plan, adapt, and strategize is more important than min-maxing your units or finding the sharpest sword in the hoard. Select battles every day, make challenging choices, and cleverly use the strengths of these rag-tag insurgents to defeat the undead hordes and maybe - just maybe - bring real life back to Tyberia. Every Day is a Battle for Survival Before you bring the battle to the Tyrant's doorstep, you'll have to make sure you live long enough to reclaim the Island. - Decide whether to fight, rescue the living from the Undying, or gather your strength. Every choice matters throughout every day of the Uprising. - As you fight your way across the face of Tyberia, face off against random encounters that force difficult decisions. Do you intervene and fight highwaymen, putting your warriors at risk? Do you try to save a child, risking valuable time and resources? Only your morals and ideals hold the answer. Every Battle is a Risk The Tyrant can’t be defeated without destroying an army's worth of the Undying. However, winning is more than simply whacking the enemy as hard as you can. - Analyze the fray and plan accordingly. Place warriors around the battlefield to gain strategic advantages. - Stay ever mindful of surroundings: kick up dust to make the enemies lose sight or hop over stones and dodge into bushes to avoid enemy attacks. - Mind the enemy: every attack is telegraphed, but take care, simply moving away leaves behind a shadow. This remnant of a character can still be attacked if there is no way to avoid it... - Knock the enemies out of the way and into obstacles, shield weaker heroes with ones that can tank damage, as well as chain powerful elemental attacks using the environment. Brute force works, but fight smarter, not harder. Every Risk is Another Day Each of your heroes has their own personality, properties, and abilities. Who will you choose to put in harm’s way? - Enlist twenty hallowed heroes, each with a distinct set of abilities that can dramatically alter the course of any battle. - But stay mindful: Not all heroes appear in a playthrough - and not everyone is guaranteed to make it to the finish line of this quest. - Pick the right team for the task. An assassin may thrive in confined spaces, while an archer will suffer in close quarters. Some heroes may even bring their pets along, who might provide just enough leverage to win a battle for the group. - We cannot afford to lose even a single hero to the undead tyrant!

Screenshots

SpellForce4 screens
Tyrant's Blessing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SpellForce at every 9 days against Tyrant's Blessing's every 10 months. SpellForce also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Tyrant's Blessing's advantage is review sentiment (65% vs 36%) and rating (4.3 vs 3.9). 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

SpellForce costs $0.99 and Tyrant's Blessing $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tyrant's Blessing holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of SpellForce's written reviews are positive against 65% of Tyrant's Blessing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpellForce ships an update every 9 days, Tyrant's Blessing every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
SpellForce versus Tyrant's Blessing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpellForceTyrant's Blessing
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.9 (27 ratings)4.3 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.1% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#178 — better#188
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size447 MB1.1 GB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbHFreedom Games, LLC

Customer experience

SpellForce

All ratings26 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral19.2%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral19.4%
Negative44.4%

Tyrant's Blessing

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral17.6%
Negative17.6%

In-app purchases

None

SpellForce

No in-app purchases

None

Tyrant's Blessing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpellForce free?
SpellForce costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tyrant's Blessing free?
Tyrant's Blessing costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpellForce or Tyrant's Blessing?
Tyrant's Blessing is rated higher. SpellForce averages 3.9 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Tyrant's Blessing averages 4.3 from 16 ratings.
Do SpellForce or Tyrant's Blessing have ads?
Neither SpellForce nor Tyrant's Blessing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpellForce or Tyrant's Blessing?
SpellForce ships an update every 9 days, and Tyrant's Blessing every 10 months. Most recently, SpellForce was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tyrant's Blessing on November 3, 2026.
Which is more popular, SpellForce or Tyrant's Blessing?
SpellForce currently peaks at #178 in the App Store charts, and Tyrant's Blessing at #188. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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