Wild Forest vs Illuvium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wild Forest
Engage in intense real-time strategy battles on your smartphone. Build bases, command armies of unique units, and conquer territories in fast-paced PvP combat. Create custom maps and challenge thousands of players worldwide.
- Build and upgrade bases
- Create and command diverse units
- Engage in real-time PvP battles
- Conquer territories
- In-game map editor
- Direct touch controls
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Wild Forest is a unique hardcore RTS on your smartphone! Build your base, create units, conquer territories and defeat all enemies! Unleash your power in fast and intense real-time battles with fury and funny animals! Classical RTS direct control system improved by touch innovation! Use your fingers and become the greatest commander! The more you play, the better! Infinite Units with unique abilities and their own destiny. Invent victorious strategies with your army! Create custom maps with the in-game editor! Show your imagination, create your maps and battle with your friends in multiple game modes! Thousands of players are waiting for you on the battlefield! Wild Forest is a unique classic PvP real-time strategy single screen game for mobile!
Illuvium
Build and manage a thriving city in a dynamic economic simulation. Strategically allocate resources, trade profitably, and expand your influence. Own, buy, and sell in-game assets securely through blockchain integration.
- Strategic city-building
- Dynamic economic simulation
- Resource management
- Blockchain asset trading
- High-quality graphics
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Engage in the ultimate city-building and economic strategy experience with Illuvium: Zero. Strategically build your city, manage resources, to rule resources in Illuvium, every decision impacts your City’s success. - Strategic City-Building: Design and manage your city with intricate detail—Optimise resource allocation to expand your city and increase your economy share. - Dynamic Economy: Dive into a realistic economic simulation where market forces and trade decisions affect your progress. Balance resource extraction with demand and trade profitably. - Stunning Graphics and Intuitive Controls: Experience high-quality graphics that bring your city to life. Easy-to-navigate controls make building and managing your city a breeze. - Blockchain Integration: With blockchain technology, you can securely own, buy, and sell in-game assets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Illuvium at 4.4 against Wild Forest's 3.9. Illuvium also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Wild Forest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Illuvium sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Wild Forest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Illuvium holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Wild Forest's written reviews are positive against 68% of Illuvium's.
Wild Forest ships an update every 11 days, Illuvium every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wild Forest | Illuvium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (55 ratings) | 4.4 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 693 MB | 381 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZILLION WHALES HQ LIMITED | Illuvium Labs - FZCO |
Customer experience
Wild Forest
Illuvium
Bugs and requests
Wild Forest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Illuvium
Reported bugs
6 issues- Sign-in server down
- Cannot sell, transfer, or do anything of value on free to play
- No option to access paid lot on mobile
- Game does not start on iPhone 13
- Profile reverted to lower level after upgrade
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- Game not loading on the app
Requested features
8 requests- More languages, especially German
- Tutorial for beginners
- PC and mobile availability
- AI for language translation
- More combat against friends
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- Allow free land users to use self-produced fuel and blueprints
- Progress bar on passive fuel generation
- Fix profile level reverting bug
In-app purchases
Wild Forest
No in-app purchases
Illuvium
- Handful of Credits$0.99
- Bundle of Credits$4.99
- Stack of Credits$9.99
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- Coffer of Credits$19.99
- Hoard of Credits$49.99
- Pile of Credits$99.99
