Comparison

Change Game! vs ClimarisQ

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

Head to head
About

Change Game!

Build and manage a thriving city across diverse environments, balancing resource management, economic growth, and community well-being. Face environmental challenges like heat waves and rising sea levels as player actions impact the planet's climate.

Highlights
  • City building in various environments
  • Resource and business management
  • Farming, fishing, and livestock
  • Environmental impact simulation
  • Community health and happiness management
  • Research and development investment
Features
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Change Game - Play with the Planet! Build a city in an urban, rural, mountain, coastal or island environment; Supply it with power and water; Farm, fish and raise livestock; Create factories and businesses; Manage natural resources, and trade with other players; Invest in research, education and entertainment; Care for the health, happiness and well-being of your community. But watch out: the more you and the other players generate emissions on the planet, the greater the challenges you will face! You will encounter heat waves, droughts, floods, rising sea levels or the spread of new diseases… Will your city survive? Rise to the challenge and find out! Change Game was created, following the Game Thinking methodology, by the CMCC Foundation (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change) - the Italian centre for international and multidisciplinary research on the interactions between climate, socio-economic systems and natural ecosystems - with funding from Climate KIC EIT and development by Melazeta S.r.l., a company specialized in the development of educational games.

About

ClimarisQ

Features
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ClimarisQ is a smartphone/web game from a scientific mediation project that highlights the complexity of the climate system and the urgency of collective action to limit climate change. It is an app-game where players must make decisions to limit the frequency and impacts of extreme climate events and their impacts on human societies using real climate models.

Screenshots

Change Game!4 screens
ClimarisQ3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Change Game! at every 3 weeks against ClimarisQ's every 14 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Change Game! ships an update every 3 weeks, ClimarisQ every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Change Game! versus ClimarisQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChange Game!ClimarisQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size541 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCMCC FoundationDavide FARANDA

In-app purchases

None

Change Game!

No in-app purchases

None

ClimarisQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Change Game! free?
Change Game! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClimarisQ free?
ClimarisQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Change Game! or ClimarisQ have ads?
Neither Change Game! nor ClimarisQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Change Game! or ClimarisQ?
Change Game! ships an update every 3 weeks, and ClimarisQ every 14 months. Most recently, Change Game! was updated on June 3, 2026 and ClimarisQ on September 19, 2026.

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