Game Dev Story vs Warbits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Game Dev Story
Build your own game development studio from the ground up. Hire and train staff, research new genres, and develop hit games to conquer the industry. Create your own consoles and aim for a million-selling title.
- Manage game company
- Develop own game console
- Train staff members
- Unlock new genres
- Discover popular combinations
- Develop for latest platforms
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Manage your own game company and try to create a million-selling game in this unique simulation. Features the ability to develop your company's own game console, plus a system for changing your staff members' professions. Hire talented people and train them to develop their skills. As your staff gets more experience, you will unlock a wider array of game genres and content to develop. Try to find the most popular combinations and develop for the latest platform! Your staff members can have a variety of game-related professions, from programmer to sound engineer. Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry! -- Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! https://twitter.com/kairokun2010
Warbits
Engage in turn-based strategic combat in a galactic war simulator. Battle through a story-driven campaign, test your skills in challenge modes, and utilize powerful upgrades. Compete online or locally against friends and AI.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- 20-mission campaign
- 30 challenge missions
- 16 power-ups
- Online and local multiplayer
- Asynchronous gameplay
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“Possibly the best online multiplayer game ever released for iOS.” -PocketTactics.com Warbits, a war simulator for a better tomorrow. Give peace a fighting chance by settling your differences casualty free. Don't agree with your fellow factions? You don't have to! Put those blasters down, load up Warbits, and virtually crush the opposition! --TURN-BASED STRATEGY-- CAMPAIGN - Battle through 20 missions across 5 unique environments as you unravel the story of a dysfunctional galaxy and the war simulator designed to save it. CHALLENGE MODE - Test your grit against 30 challenging missions at your own pace. 10 Skirmish, 10 Puzzle and 10 unlockable Veteran missions. POWERS - Supercharge your army with 16 game changing power-ups. ONLINE OR LOCAL - Take the fight online with Game Center or play locally against friends and AI opponents. TAG MATCHES - Automatically get matched against players based on the modes you like to play. INSTRUCTION MANUAL - Harken back to the golden age of cracking open a new game with this classic instruction manual: http://riskylab.com/WarbitsManual OTHER FEATURES • Asynchronous gameplay • 40 Custom versus maps • 15 Game Center achievements • Replays & in game messaging • Sync campaign progress with iCloud "Comforted a 4-year-old who was nervous on a flight." -Twitter Follower “I haven't laughed at a game in a long time and this has touched my heart.” -Beta Tester “Is it out yet?” -Twitter Follower 2012 "C'est incroyable." -NeoGAF Member “looks so incredibly generic from the trailer...” -YouTube Comment Follow Risky Lab: https://twitter.com/RiskyLab https://www.facebook.com/warbitsgame
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Warbits at $0.99 against Game Dev Story's $4.99. Warbits also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 11.0). Game Dev Story's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Game Dev Story costs $4.99 and Warbits $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Game Dev Story holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3K and 644 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Game Dev Story's written reviews are positive against 87% of Warbits's.
Game Dev Story ships an update every 4 months, Warbits every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Game Dev Story | Warbits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (3K ratings) — better | 4.7 (644 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 87.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 644 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #70 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | Risky Lab Inc |
Customer experience
Game Dev Story
Warbits
Bugs and requests
Game Dev Story
Reported bugs
3 issues- Blackouts causing loss of progress
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Difficulty in obtaining certain resources
Requested features
5 requests- More consoles and game genres
- Ability to customize console designs
- Expanded content and longer playtime
- More staff and office options
- Improved late-game progression and challenges
Warbits
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Game Dev Story
No in-app purchases
Warbits
No in-app purchases
