MicroWars vs Space Pixel Swarm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MicroWars
Engage in strategic microscopic battles where you command cells to conquer opponents. Collect resources, upgrade your units, and devise invasion plans to capture enemy bases and expand your territory. Outwit your rivals by building defenses and launching timely offensives.
- Microscopic battleground gameplay
- Command and conquer cells
- Resource collection and upgrades
- Strategic invasion planning
- Defensive and offensive tactics
- Board-based conquest
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Experience the thrill of a microscopic battleground with Microwars! In this action-packed mobile strategy game, players take on the role of a microscopic organism and send cells to conquer their opponent’s cells on a board. The objective is to take control of all the cells on the board and defeat the opponent. Collect resources, upgrade your cells, and strategize your attacks to gain an advantage. Microwars is a puzzle strategy game, where you need to find the best tactic to capture the enemy base. Here, brains over brawn is the rule! Create new invasion plans and put them into action in each level. Bit by bit, conquer the whole universe as your nodes expand and capture the enemies. Your expansion can only match the greatness of your strategic skills. But beware! keep an eye on your enemy’s strategy as they will try to overtake you while you are conducting your own offensives. You will have to build your defense and prepare your attacks in the same time, in order not to get defeated. Will you manage to elaborate the best strategy to take over the world? Prove it now by downloading Microwars!
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
MicroWars and Space Pixel Swarm both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Space Pixel Swarm's written reviews are positive against 34% of MicroWars's. Space Pixel Swarm also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). MicroWars's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 18). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. MicroWars sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Space Pixel Swarm sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for MicroWars against 4.6 for Space Pixel Swarm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MicroWars has 10K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of MicroWars's written reviews are positive against 82% of Space Pixel Swarm's.
MicroWars ships an update every 2 months, Space Pixel Swarm every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MicroWars | Space Pixel Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10K ratings) | 4.6 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Benoit Freslon | David Smith |
Customer experience
MicroWars
Space Pixel Swarm
Bugs and requests
MicroWars
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game resets progress on restart
- Impossible level 40 and 130
- Ads play over gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- More challenging AI opponents
- Ability to reinforce controlled cells
- Disable timer option
- More unique levels and characters
- Improved memory mini-game
Space Pixel Swarm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MicroWars
- No ads$3.99
Space Pixel Swarm
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Buy 20 Merits$0.99
- 10 Merits$0.99
