Comparison

Hedgewars vs Warling Worm

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

Head to head
About

Hedgewars

Engage in hilarious, turn-based strategy combat with a team of armed hedgehogs. Utilize a vast arsenal of weapons and tools to outmaneuver and defeat your opponents across diverse, destructible landscapes. Enjoy single-player or multiplayer battles with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy combat
  • Hilarious artillery action
  • Up to 8-player local multiplayer
  • Randomly generated maps
  • 55+ devastating weapons
  • 25 game modifiers
  • Extensive team customization
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Hedgewars, it's a Blast! Description: This is the funniest and most addictive game you'll ever play - hilarious fun that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime. Hedgewars is a turn based strategy game but the real buzz is from watching the devastation caused by those pesky hedgehogs with those fantastic weapons - sneaky little blighters with a bad attitude! In other words Hedgewars is a turn based strategy, artillery, action and comedy game, featuring the antics of pink hedgehogs with attitude as they battle from the depths of hell to the depths of space. As commander, it's your job to assemble your crack team of hedgehog soldiers and bring the war to your enemy. Each player controls a team of several hedgehogs. During the course of the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use whatever tools and weapons are available to attack and kill the opponents' hedgehogs, thereby winning the game. Hedgehogs may move around the terrain in a variety of ways, normally by walking and jumping but also by using particular tools such as the "Rope" or "Parachute", to move to otherwise inaccessible areas. Each turn is time-limited to ensure that players do not hold up the game with excessive thinking or moving. A large variety of tools and weapons are available for players during the game: Grenade, Cluster Bomb, Bazooka, UFO, Shotgun, Desert Eagle, Fire Punch, Baseball Bat, Dynamite, Mine, Rope, Pneumatic pick, Parachute. Most weapons, when used, cause explosions that deform the terrain, removing circular chunks. The landscape is an island floating on a body of water, or a restricted cave with water at the bottom. A hedgehog dies when it enters the water (either by falling off the island, or through a hole in the bottom of it), it is thrown off either side of the arena or when its health is reduced, typically from contact with explosions, to zero (the damage dealt to the attacked hedgehog or hedgehogs after a player's or CPU turn is shown only when all movement on the battlefield has ceased). * Hilarious and devastating turn based combat for up to 8 players * Local multiplayer with optional AI opponents * Battle on an infinite number of randomly generated maps with over 31 environments, or choose from 48 set image maps * Utilise 55 (and counting) devastating weapons! Defeat your foes with simple weapons like Grenades or take it to the next level and trash entire landscapes with weapons like the Melon Bomb or Piano Strike * Play the game your way, with 25 different game modifiers, tweak almost every aspect of the match * Customize your team, with over 280 costumes, 32 graves, 13 forts, 100s of flags and unique voice packs * Huge battles with up to 64 hogs

About

Warling Worm

Command your troops in tactical battles with a vast arsenal of weapons. Outsmart opponents on destructible terrain across multiple maps to earn gold and climb the ranks. Engage in online multiplayer or play with friends.

Highlights
  • Fully destructible terrain
  • 29 unique weapons
  • 10 diverse maps
  • Customizable troops
  • Hot-seat multiplayer mode
  • Online multiplayer battles
Features
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You are the soldier, you are the general, you are the squad! Take control of your Warlings troops to win the battles! Choose from wide range of weapons to bring destruction upon your enemies and battlefield! Be smart and precise in steps you take, you can outplay your opponent at any time. Win battles, earn gold. Bring Armageddon to your enemies and everything around them in this new edition of Warlings Worm! Plan ahead and fight with almost 30 weapons on 10 unique maps (more to come!). Defeat other players online and reach the Master rank. You can play with friends too. FEATURES: ● Fully destructible terrain ● 29 awesome weapons ● 10 quality maps ● Customizable troops ● Hot-seat mode

Screenshots

Hedgewars3 screens
Warling Worm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hedgewars at 4.3 against Warling Worm's 3.2. Hedgewars also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Warling Worm sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Hedgewars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hedgewars holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Hedgewars's written reviews are positive against 21% of Warling Worm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hedgewars ships an update monthly, Warling Worm every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hedgewars versus Warling Worm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHedgewarsWarling Worm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (25 ratings) — better3.2 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews — better20.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2538 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB155 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAnton MalmyginDuong Nguyen

Customer experience

Hedgewars

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative38.0%

Warling Worm

All ratings38 ratings
Positive57.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative39.5%
Written reviews221 reviews
Positive20.8%
Neutral10.4%
Negative68.8%

Bugs and requests

Hedgewars

Reported bugs

117 issues
  • No instructions, no tutorial
  • Too many bugs
  • UX needs a lot of work
  • Unplayable on mobile
  • Instant crash when portrait orientation
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  • Crashes a lot
  • Crashes after loading a game
  • Game freezes
  • Vertical jump button useless
  • Not working on iPhone 4s
  • Zoomed, not playable
  • Screen freezes
  • Zoomed in screen, no controls
  • Unplayable
  • Zoomed in view of part of screen
  • Crashes constantly
  • Weird bug
  • Buttons disappear, zooms weirdly, visual glitches
  • Starts loaded and freezes
  • Crashes
  • Game screen only shows up on a fourth of the actual screen
  • Keeps kicking me off when I use certain weapons
  • Crashes 4 out of 5 games
  • Crashes even worse with the update
  • Freezes every time I try to play
  • Crashes halfway through
  • Won't start a game
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version still premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add multiplayer feature
  • Improve menu to match PC version
  • Enhance jumping
  • Add possibility to exit current level/return to main menu
  • Create own maps and weapons
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  • Add network mode and AI mode
  • Improve UI
  • Add mini map
  • Fix sound driver
  • Improve stability
  • Make weapon icons easier to distinguish
  • Play against someone over Wifi or bluetooth
  • Add dual controls
  • Add retina support

Warling Worm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hedgewars

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Warling Worm

One-time4
  • Buy 5 Medal$0.99
  • Buy 15 Medal$1.99
  • Buy 30 Medal$2.99
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  • Buy 40 Medal$3.99

Questions

Is Hedgewars free?
Hedgewars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Warling Worm free?
Warling Worm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hedgewars or Warling Worm?
Hedgewars is rated higher. Hedgewars averages 4.3 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Warling Worm averages 3.2 from 38 ratings.
Do Hedgewars or Warling Worm have ads?
Warling Worm shows ads; Hedgewars does not.
Which is updated more often, Hedgewars or Warling Worm?
Hedgewars ships an update monthly, and Warling Worm every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hedgewars was updated on October 23, 2026 and Warling Worm on October 24, 2026.

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