Comparison

Prisca vs Steel Tide

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

Head to head
About

Prisca

Build a prehistoric warrior tribe and lead them in strategic battles against enemy tribes and wild beasts. Develop your tribe through a flexible tech tree, construct buildings, and train diverse units. Enjoy full RTS control on mobile with intuitive gestures and camera options.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade warrior tribes
  • Flexible tech tree for army customization
  • Construct various buildings
  • Train and upgrade multiple unit types
  • Intuitive mobile RTS controls
  • Camera rotation, zoom, and pan
Features
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Welcome to the savage prehistoric world of Prisca! Prisca is a mobile fantasy RTS game set in a prehistoric time where you set upon a quest to build your warrior tribe and lead them to glorious battle against menacing enemy tribes in a land filled with ferocious beasts. You begin the game by selecting a male or female hero warrior who can level up over time as you play. Use your hero to complete objectives and earn tech points spendable at the tech tree screen to improve you tribes buildings, weapons and stats. The tech tree is flexible and provides players free rein to create your own unique army. In this demo, we have prepared 6 levels that help you understand the games core mechanics. You can replay each level as many times as you want and you will be rewarded with items. On your journey you will need to construct various buildings and produce warrior units to succeed. Prisca features a simple construction system designed for mobile touch devices that gives you total control over your warriors with less fuss and all the fun of an RTS game on PC. The game also provides full control over camera rotation, zoom and pan and includes multiple unit selection using both tap or drag gestures. Use the group selection feature to create groups of warrior units, ensuring you deliver your best strategy at all times. There are 4 kinds of building currently available; the Main House, Barracks, Arena, and Forge. The Main House is your home base and is required to build all other buildings. The Barracks produces tier 1 units, which are the most basic type of unit. They are fast and cheaply produced. The Arena can train tier 1 units into stronger units. The Forge is where you can manufacture various weaponry and armour for your trained units. Buildings and units can be further upgraded and modified via the tech tree. As a prehistoric warlord, you must lead your tribe of warriors through a land of wild beasts and dangerous enemies as you capture and pillage enemy resources, villages and bases to take control and conquer this sprawling savage wasteland. ========================================================= Lots more content is coming. Many more levels, buildings and unit types will become available soon. We are working hard and already have much to implement. We are thankful for your interest and support for our game. We would love to hear any feedback and suggestions you have. Please feel free to reach out to ben@ubacoda.com anytime.

About

Steel Tide

Engage in large-scale real-time strategy battles with diverse units like tanks, artillery, and aircraft. Build your base, manage your economy, and utilize unit strengths for tactical advantage. Play solo or with up to 8 players across multiple platforms.

Highlights
  • Large-scale real-time strategy battles
  • Base building and economy management
  • Diverse unit types (tanks, artillery, aircraft, fleet)
  • Tactical unit armor classes and counters
  • Cross-platform PvP (phone, tablet, desktop, browser)
  • Map editor and modding system
  • Offline single-player mode
Features
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Steel Tide is a real-time strategy game with large-scale battles. Raise a base, run an economy, and take the field with tanks, artillery, helicopters, jets and a fleet. Every unit has an armour class it is good against, so a mixed force beats the biggest gun. Artillery fires over ridges; point-defence towers shoot the rockets down. Transports put armour where the roads do not go. Crews that survive get better. When nothing else settles it, there is the silo. Play alone or together: • Conquest & Breakthrough against three grades of AI on generated or authored maps • Up to 8 seats in any mix of players and AI, in teams or free-for-all • Cross-platform PvP: phone, tablet, desktop and browser play on the same servers • Host your own server with one command and keep your games in your own hands • A scenario editor: paint the ground, place the spawns and the ore, play or share it • Modding system to customize units & buildings No ads or in-app purchases. Single player works offline.

Screenshots

Prisca4 screens
Steel Tide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Prisca at Free against Steel Tide's $3.99. Prisca also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Steel Tide's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Prisca is free to download; Steel Tide costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Prisca against 5.0 for Steel Tide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prisca has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prisca ships an update every 4 months, Steel Tide every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Prisca versus Steel Tide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPriscaSteel Tide
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size311 MB71 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBen WalkerJiyunke (Chengdu) Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Prisca

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Steel Tide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Prisca

No in-app purchases

None

Steel Tide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prisca free?
Prisca is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steel Tide free?
Steel Tide costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prisca or Steel Tide?
Prisca and Steel Tide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Prisca or Steel Tide have ads?
Prisca shows ads; Steel Tide does not.
Which is updated more often, Prisca or Steel Tide?
Prisca ships an update every 4 months, and Steel Tide every 3 days. Most recently, Prisca was updated on October 5, 2026 and Steel Tide on October 5, 2026.

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