Empire Takeover vs Base Defense!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empire Takeover
Build and expand your empire by connecting buildings to grow them taller. Recruit legendary heroes and crush opponents with simple drag controls. Enjoy various game modes, including a level editor and offline play.
- Connect and grow buildings
- Drag controls for building takeover
- Build and occupy territory
- Recruit legendary heroes
- Stage Maker Mode for level design
- Peace Mode for solo play
- Offline Mode for network-free play
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● Fight: Connect all your buildings together to grow them taller and then takeover the enemy's buildings. ● Control: Simple drag controls from one building to another. ● Build: Build your empire, occupy more territory, crush your opponents. ● Heroes: Recruit legendary heroes. ● Special art style: Lowpoly Style Game. ● 3 Special Mode: #1 Stage Maker Mode: design levels by yourself and share it to your family, your friends or all the worldwide players. #2 Peace Mode: stay away from multiplayer war. #3 Offline Mode: play levels even you have no network. Good luck, I wish you will like this game!
Base Defense!
Lead your community, manage resources, and defend your base from enemies. Explore new areas to rescue civilians and expand your territory. Upgrade your character and hire workers to strengthen your defenses and conquer new bases.
- Base defense and expansion
- Resource management
- Enemy combat and boss battles
- Civilian rescue and community building
- Character upgrades
- Worker hiring
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In Base Defense! you will be responsible for defending and expanding your base Play as a leader and manage all resources, fight against enemies and even save civilians to create a living community. Explore for new areas to save more people. Shoot enemies and defeat bosses to conquer new bases. Upgrade your character, hire workers and much more!
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Verdict
Empire Takeover and Base Defense! both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Empire Takeover's written reviews are positive against 22% of Base Defense!'s. Empire Takeover also leads on ads (none vs shown). Base Defense!'s advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 3.2K). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Empire Takeover sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Base Defense! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Empire Takeover holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 10K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Empire Takeover's written reviews are positive against 22% of Base Defense!'s.
Empire Takeover ships an update every 10 days, Base Defense! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Empire Takeover | Base Defense! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (10K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better | 22.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 520 MB | 282 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HONGKONG HERONOW LIMITED | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Empire Takeover
Base Defense!
User reviews
Empire Takeover
From 3.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fun community
- 🚀 Lots of content to keep you engaged
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🤯 Confusing user interface and menus
- 💰 Overly monetized with expensive in-app purchases
- 🤔 Unclear game mechanics and progression
Base Defense!
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Interesting concept
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Potential for more levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔋 Severe performance issues and lag
- 💰 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🚫 Paid 'no ads' option doesn't work as expected
Bugs and requests
Empire Takeover
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and server instability
- Graphical glitches and performance problems
- Lost progress and rewards due to bugs
Requested features
3 requests- Better tutorial and in-game help
- Ability to play with friends
- More focus on the core tower defense gameplay
Base Defense!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workers and upgrades not functioning properly
- Progress not saving correctly
- Inconsistent and unreliable gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add sound and music
- Improve progression and longevity
- Reduce reliance on ads
- Fix bugs and optimize performance
In-app purchases
Empire Takeover
- prefered Giftpack 1$0.99
- prefered Giftpack 2$1.99
- prefered Giftpack 3$4.99
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- Monthly Card_2$9.99
- prefered Giftpack 4$9.99
- Monthly Card_4$14.99
- Monthly Card_3$19.99
- prefered Giftpack 5$19.99
- prefered Giftpack 7$49.99
- prefered Giftpack 8$99.99
Base Defense!
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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