Builderment vs Tribal Forts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Builderment
Build and automate complex production lines on an alien planet. Harvest resources, craft items, and research new technologies to send goods back to Earth. Expand your factories and optimize your resource extraction.
- Build factories on a massive scale
- Automate item crafting
- Use conveyor belts for transport
- Research new technologies
- Harvest diverse resources
- Expand production lines
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Builderment is a factory building game at heart. It’s all about crafting and automation. You start by harvesting resources and crafting items in factories. Use those crafted items to research new technology and recipes to craft ever more complex items. Earth has run out of resources... You have been sent to a distant planet to extract its infinite resources and craft items to send back to Earth. You'll need to establish a base on this planet to build factories and production lines to automate the assembly of items. Features * Build factories on a massive scale * Use conveyor belts to transport items between factories * Craft dozens of unique items * Research technology to build more advanced buildings * Expand to harvest every resource on the map
Tribal Forts
Engage in fast-paced, turn-based strategy battles on randomly generated maps. Build your army, conquer forts, and outmaneuver opponents with a variety of units and technologies. Perfect for quick gaming sessions, this game offers simple mechanics and challenging AI.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- Offline play supported
- No in-game purchases
- Randomly generated maps
- Variety of units and technologies
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Fog of war mechanic
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A turn-based strategy game combining civilization development with tactical battles for control of the islands. Play through the campaign or start new games on randomly generated maps. Research technologies, develop cities, build armies, and conquer new territories. Features: • 12-mission campaign with varied objectives • randomly generated maps • city development and resource management • technology tree • different unit types and siege weapons • ships and naval operations • fog of war - opponents can only see the areas they have explored • single-player against AI • fully playable offline Difficulty on random maps: • Easy - opponents receive the same amount of resources as you • Medium - opponents receive more resources • Hard - opponents receive significantly more resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Builderment at 87% against Tribal Forts's 0%. Builderment also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Tribal Forts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ads 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. Builderment sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Tribal Forts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Builderment ships an update every 6 weeks, Tribal Forts every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Builderment | Tribal Forts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 253 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Builderment LLC | Mykhailo Bursa |
Customer experience
Builderment
Tribal Forts
Bugs and requests
Builderment
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing resources when moving storage
- Conveyor belt pathing issues and clipping
- Inconsistent resource production rates
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to run the game in the background
- Multiple research labs for parallel progression
- More varied and customizable map layouts
- Conveyor belt color-coding or labeling
- Overflow and smart splitter mechanics
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- Prestige mode or new game+ options
Tribal Forts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Builderment
- Pile of Gems$2.99
- Pile of Gems$4.99
- Bunch of Gems$6.99
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- Bunch of Gems$9.99
- Sack of Gems2 variants$19.99
- Advanced World Settings$19.99
- Chest of Gems$29.99
- Chest of Gems$39.99
- Vault of Gems$79.99
Tribal Forts
No in-app purchases









