WARSURGE vs Dawnmaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Unit and weapon design
- Roster creation
- Data sharing
- Dice rolling
- Customizable gameplay
- Multiple game modes
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
WARSURGE ships an update every 2 months, Dawnmaker daily. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WARSURGE | Dawnmaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Three Brothers Grim Pty Ltd | Acram Digital |
Customer experience
WARSURGE
Dawnmaker
In-app purchases
WARSURGE
- WARSURGE Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
Dawnmaker
No in-app purchases









