Politics and War vs Country Craft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Politics and War
Build your own nation in this massively multiplayer political simulation. Customize your country, manage resources, engage in diplomacy, and wage war with other players. Experience a dynamic player-driven economy and a thriving community.
- Create and customize your own country
- Player-driven resource economy
- Build armies and wage war
- Engage in diplomacy and alliances
- Roleplay and world-building
- Player-run organizations
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Create your own country and build your nation in Politics and War, the massively multiplayer political simulation game created by an American high school student in 2014. With over a quarter of a million players since its launch, Politics and War has become an international sensation. Create your own country and customize it for the ultimate roleplay and world-building experience. Choose your leader, draw your borders on a map, create your own nation flag, government type, nation currency, and much more. Mine and refine resources which can be bought and sold in a completely player-driven supply and demand economy. Use resources to power your nation, build military units, city improvement, and large-scale projects to improve your nation. Raise armies and wage war with other players. With 7 different military units, including nuclear weapons, you can raid neighboring nations to loot money and resources or wage all out attrition war to pummel your opponents into the ground. Engage in diplomacy with other nations by creating and joining alliances with other players. You can sign treaties, enforce political and economic sanctions, cooperate in global wars, and more. Work together with other players to compete for economic, militaristic, and diplomatic dominance in the game. Politics and War is free to play with no in-app ads, and unlike other games has strict limits on “pay-to-win” activity. This game was built and is still being developed and improved upon by an independent developer who was only 16 when he first created the game. With a thriving community around the game that includes player-run international organizations that handle in-game banking, nation building loans, in-game news organizations, and much more, Politics and War is an online nation building game like no other. Download it for free and start playing today.
Country Craft
Build a thriving village economy by gathering resources, crafting goods, and selling them. Expand your settlement and manage production to achieve prosperity.
- Harvest resources
- Produce goods
- Sell products
- Develop village economy
- Manage production
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Develop the economy of your village by harvesting resources and producing and selling goods.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Country Craft at none against Politics and War's 6. Country Craft also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Politics and War's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 23). On price, rating 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. Politics and War sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Country Craft asks for nothing beyond the download.
Country Craft holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Politics and War has 1.8K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Politics and War ships an update every 2 months, Country Craft every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Politics and War | Country Craft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Winchell | Vitalii Sidorov |
Customer experience
Politics and War
Country Craft
Bugs and requests
Politics and War
Reported bugs
4 issues- White screen on launch
- Unresponsive UI and buttons
- Account login issues
- Freezing during wars and battles
Requested features
4 requests- Add a restart/reset option
- Improve mobile UI and navigation
- Implement better protection for new players
- Reduce reliance on Discord for core gameplay
Country Craft
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Politics and War
- 1 Credit$6.99
- 2 Credits$12.99
- 3 Credits$18.99
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- 5 Credits$30.99
- 10 Credits$59.99
- 15 Credits$84.99
Country Craft
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Politics and War free?
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