Comparison

Slay vs Wellington's Victory

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

Head to head
About

Slay

Engage in a turn-based strategy game set in medieval times. Conquer enemy territories, expand your own, and strategically upgrade your units from peasants to powerful barons. Balance resource management to avoid bankruptcy and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Territory capture and expansion
  • Unit upgrades (Peasants to Barons)
  • Strategic combat and castle sieges
  • Resource management and bankruptcy risk
  • Turn-based multiplayer
  • AI opponents
Features
Currently charting
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Slay is a simple to learn game of strategy and cunning set in medieval times. The island is divided up between the six players, and you must try to capture your enemies' land and link up your own territories to create larger and stronger ones. You begin capturing land by attacking with your peasants. Once your territories become richer you can combine peasants to make stronger and stronger people (Spearmen, Knights and then Barons) who can kill weaker enemy troops, or knock down their castles. Just be careful that you don't create too many expensive men or the territory will go bankrupt! "This game is pure strategy! It's a work of genius. Brilliant AI. Engaging turn-based multiplayer strategy. Sid Meier, eat your heart out!" - GameSpy.com "I love this game! I play it all the time, and when I'm not, I think about wanting to play it." - PocketNow.com "At first glance, Slay looks elementary, but hidden beneath are cunning strategy elements that must be finely balanced for success" - PC Magazine "Deceptively delightful. The graphics are simple, but the strategy is complex." - Download.com For the latest news on all my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!

About

Wellington's Victory

Engage in a historically accurate simulation of the Battle of Waterloo. Command Napoleonic units across seven iconic missions, utilizing advanced tactical features and detailed combat analysis. Experience hours of strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Historically accurate gameplay
  • 7 iconic missions
  • Accurate Napoleonic units
  • Unit quality categories
  • Diverse formations
  • Detailed combat analysis
  • Advanced tactical features
Features
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At dawn on June 18th, the torrential rain which had soaked the Belgium countryside the previous day began tapering off. Seventy thousand French troops, constituting the bulk of Napoleon’s Armee du Nord, which two days earlier had vanquished the Prussian Army of the Rhine at Ligney, now expected to exploit their initial victory by destroying the unsupported and inexperienced Anglo-Dutch forces which the Duke of Wellington had deployed across the Brussels-Charleroi highway a few miles south of the inconsequential hamlet called Waterloo. That morning at his headquarters in Le Caillou, Napoleon discussed the impending battle with his subordinates while awaiting the arrival of several French Corps which had bivouacked further south. Disagreeing with the French generals whom Wellington had consistently defeated in Spain, Napoleon insisted that his opponent was a poor commander and that the English troops were much inferior to the French. The battle which Napoleon envisioned would resemble ‘le petit dejeuner’, Wellington’s army would be devoured as easily as a light continental breakfast. - Historically accurate game play. - 7 missions including - Quatre Bras - Hougomont - La Haye Sainte - Plancenoit - Waterloo - Accurate Napoleonic Units; - Five categories of unit quality. - Different types of formations. - Detailed combat analysis. - In-depth reference charts. - Advanced tactical features including: - Map zoom. - Strategic movement. - Flank attacks. - Low Ammo. - Hours of Gameplay. © 2015 HexWar Games Ltd. © 2015 Decision Games, Inc © 2015 Lordz Games Studio s.a.r.l. All Rights Reserved. Please note this games runs best on iPhone 5S+ and iPad 3+

Screenshots

Slay4 screens
Wellington's Victory3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wellington's Victory at none against Slay's 13. Slay's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (74% vs 54%). On price, update cadence, 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

Slay costs $4.99 and Wellington's Victory $4.99 up front. Slay sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Wellington's Victory asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slay has 266 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Slay's written reviews are positive against 54% of Wellington's Victory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Slay versus Wellington's Victory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlayWellington's Victory
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.6 (266 ratings) — better4.2 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews — better53.6% of reviews
Number of ratings266 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#123 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.3
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB1.0 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorHunted Cow Studios Ltd.

Customer experience

Slay

All ratings266 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative18.8%

Wellington's Victory

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral35.7%
Negative10.7%

Bugs and requests

Slay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiplayer not working
  • Progress not saving in custom levels
  • Graphical issues on newer devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to revert to classic graphics
  • Ability to choose starting color
  • Larger/randomized map sizes
  • Online/multiplayer mode
  • Level editor or custom map creation
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  • Stats tracking and achievements

Wellington's Victory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Slay

One-time12
  • Snowflakes$0.99
  • Countries 1$0.99
  • Countries 2$0.99
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  • Patterns 1$0.99
  • Patterns 2$0.99
  • Patterns 3$0.99
  • Patterns 4$0.99
  • US States$0.99
  • Mythical Creatures$0.99
  • Whole row of 18 pages$9.99
  • Whole 3rd row$9.99
  • Whole 4th row$9.99
None

Wellington's Victory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slay free?
Slay costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Wellington's Victory free?
Wellington's Victory costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slay or Wellington's Victory?
Slay is rated higher. Slay averages 4.6 out of 5 from 266 ratings, while Wellington's Victory averages 4.2 from 19 ratings.
Do Slay or Wellington's Victory have ads?
Neither Slay nor Wellington's Victory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slay or Wellington's Victory?
Slay ships an update every 3 months, and Wellington's Victory every 3 months. Most recently, Slay was updated on September 27, 2026 and Wellington's Victory on September 19, 2026.

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