Comparison

WARSURGE vs Dawnmaker

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

Head to head
About

WARSURGE

Design custom units and weapons for a tabletop wargame. Create rosters, share data, and roll dice. Offers a free version with limited features, unlockable via subscription.

Highlights
  • Unit and weapon design
  • Roster creation
  • Data sharing
  • Dice rolling
  • Customizable gameplay
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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The WARSURGE App is your primary tool to play WARSURGE. You use it to design your Units and their Weapons. In addition, it provides you the ability to make Rosters, share data, roll dice and more. There are two versions of the WARSURGE App. This version is free to use with limited features, but can be fully unlocked with an active subscription of only $1.50 AUD per month. WARSURGE is a universal tabletop game where you can design and fight with any of your miniatures against any opponent. There are options for large scale warfare, covert skirmishes, single player, cooperative, story driven missions and more. Gameplay is founded on equality, where customisation has been our main focus. Using the game’s app/software, you can customise each miniature as you desire. WARSURGE’s game mechanics allow for two ways to play, suitable for players who prefer grand battles or epic skirmishes. The rules have been designed for balance and fun while maintaining the element of strategy. The basics of the game are straight forward to learn, but enters a new depth of expertise when players develop their tactics with their custom units. Though WARSURGE creates equal opportunity for players to engage their miniatures on the tabletop, an experienced or opportunistic player can exploit weaknesses in their foe’s strategy. Will you take a balanced army or specialise in a particular tactic? The choice is in the hands of the players. With WARSURGE, the possibilities are endless.

About

Dawnmaker

A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.

Highlights
  • City building mechanics
  • Deck building gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Lighthouse upgrades
  • Smog reclamation
  • Technology recovery
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.

Screenshots

WARSURGE4 screens
Dawnmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WARSURGE at Free against Dawnmaker's $8.99. Dawnmaker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WARSURGE is free to download; Dawnmaker costs $8.99 up front. WARSURGE sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Dawnmaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnmaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WARSURGE ships an update every 2 months, Dawnmaker daily. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WARSURGE versus Dawnmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWARSURGEDawnmaker
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB144 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperThree Brothers Grim Pty LtdAcram Digital

Customer experience

WARSURGE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dawnmaker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WARSURGE

Subscriptions1
  • WARSURGE Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WARSURGE free?
WARSURGE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WARSURGE or Dawnmaker?
Dawnmaker is rated higher. WARSURGE averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Dawnmaker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WARSURGE or Dawnmaker have ads?
Neither WARSURGE nor Dawnmaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WARSURGE or Dawnmaker?
WARSURGE ships an update every 2 months, and Dawnmaker daily. Most recently, WARSURGE was updated on September 13, 2026 and Dawnmaker on September 19, 2026.

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