Botworld Adventure vs Bastion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Botworld Adventure
Explore a vast open world, collect and customize powerful bots, and engage in strategic turn-based battles. Team up with other players in guilds to complete quests and conquer exclusive events.
- Explore an epic open world
- Collect and customize bots
- Engage in strategic battles
- Choose your character species
- Create or join a guild
- Complete quests and events
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Battle your way through an Epic Open World RPG from the makers of Rodeo Stampede! OPEN WORLD Botworld is a huge, beautiful and diverse world which you can explore as you venture out to collect rare scrap and discover new bots. Enter new environments, meet a variety of characters, collect rare treasures and uncover the many secrets hidden in Botworld. You can freely explore the many lush forests and arid deserts but make sure you have a strong team of bots because you never know what's around the corner! BATTLE Outsmart your foes in a unique strategic battle system. Your bots will leap, charge, stun or blast around the arena using advanced AI while you pick the perfect abilities to stomp your foes. Each bot has unique abilities and a powerful ultimate, combine these with your favourite player abilities for maximum effect. COLLECT & CUSTOMIZE You will discover, build and collect rare and powerful bots to create the ultimate team. Search the world to discover new bot recipes and collect rare scrap to build and upgrade your favourites. Customise their powers and abilities as they level up and get stronger. CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER Play as one of 4 species: cats, dogs, buffalo and lizards. Choose a unique look to add your own personality to the character. CREATE OR JOIN A GUILD! Now Botmasters can come together and collaborate in completing quests! Join an existing guild or create your own, with the ability to share strategies and discoveries through the guild text chat. When you have enough botmasters in your crew, venture forth and take on the guild exclusive events! Finish these so you can score some unique scrap and outfits!
Bastion
Explore a beautifully hand-painted world shattered by catastrophe. Wield upgradeable weapons in action-packed combat, with a reactive narrator guiding you through a deep story. Unlock new challenges and continue your adventure in New Game Plus mode.
- Hand-painted artwork
- Original music score
- Reactive narration
- Intuitive touch controls
- Upgradeable weapons
- New Game Plus mode
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*NOTICE* Play the beginning for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. * * * AWARDS - App Store BEST of 2012 Pick - App Store EDITORS' CHOICE The original version of Bastion earned more than 100 industry accolades, including: - BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME and BEST DEBUT, Game Developers Choice Awards - DOWNLOADABLE TITLE of the YEAR, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences - BEST VIDEOGAME of the YEAR, Paste Magazine - BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SpikeTV - BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME and BEST INDIE GAME, Inside Gaming Awards * * * Bastion for iOS features all the highly acclaimed artwork, music, and narration that Bastion is known for, along with intuitive touch controls. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock New Game Plus mode and continue your journey! KEY FEATURES - Stunning hand-painted artwork - Critically-acclaimed original music score - Hours of reactive narration deliver a deep story - Intuitive touch controls created exclusively for iOS - Universal App optimized for iPhone and iPad - Variable difficulty for players of all skill levels - Action-packed combat rewards playing with finesse - 10+ unique upgradeable weapons to be used - 6 powerful Bastion structures to be discovered - 'New Game Plus' mode unlocked after finishing the story - Game Center achievements and leaderboards - Sync saved data seamlessly via iCloud Bastion is the first title from Supergiant Games. We're a small developer with big ambitions: to make games that spark your imagination like the games you played as a kid. Follow @SupergiantGames on Twitter or visit us at www.supergiantgames.com. * * * LANGUAGES - Voice-over narration: English - Text and subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Italian (based on region setting)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bastion at none against Botworld Adventure's shown. Bastion also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Botworld Adventure's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Botworld Adventure sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Bastion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Botworld Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Botworld Adventure has 7.7K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Botworld Adventure's written reviews are positive against 59% of Bastion's.
Botworld Adventure ships an update every 6 weeks, Bastion every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Botworld Adventure | Bastion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.7K ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews — better | 59.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | 1.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 672 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Featherweight Games Pty Limited | Supergiant Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Botworld Adventure
Bastion
User reviews
Botworld Adventure
From 7.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Offline gameplay
- 👍 Charming art style
- 🎨 Unique bot-building mechanics
- 🕹️ Engaging combat system
- 💰 Generous free-to-play model
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of social features
- 🕰️ Grindy progression after early levels
- 🔢 Difficulty scaling tied to player progression
- 🔧 Buggy and unstable at times
- ⏳ Long loading times
Bastion
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent gameplay and story
- 👍 Captivating narration and soundtrack
- 🎨 Beautiful art style and visuals
- 💰 Worth the one-time purchase
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and performance issues
- 🔁 Forced to repurchase after previous purchase
- 🎮 Subpar controller support
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Bugs and requests
Botworld Adventure
Reported bugs
4 issues- Invisible recruited bots
- Game freezing and crashing
- Rendering issues in certain areas
- Progression-blocking quest bugs
Requested features
5 requests- Add real-time PvP battles
- Improve bot customization options
- Introduce more diverse enemy types
- Implement a restart/reset feature
- Add guild/clan functionality
Bastion
Reported bugs
3 issues- In-app purchase not unlocking full game
- Inability to restore previous purchases
- Frequent frame rate drops and stuttering
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to remap controls
- Option to disable on-screen controls when using controller
- Improved save system and auto-save functionality
In-app purchases
Botworld Adventure
- Gem Pack 1$2.99
- Great Desert Pack$2.99
- Fall Grove Pack$3.99
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- Gem Pack 2$4.99
- Saltwater Swamp Pack$4.99
- Parched Sea Pack$5.99
- Starter Pack$5.99
- Gem Pack 3$9.99
- Gem Pack 3$19.99
- Gem Pack 5$49.99
- Gem Pack 6$99.99
Bastion
- Bastion - Full Game$4.99
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