Oh! Edo Towns vs Arctictopia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oh! Edo Towns
Build your own samurai town in Edo period Japan. Strategically place buildings to create combos and boost your town's yield. Rewrite history with your unique medieval marvels.
- Build Edo period towns
- Strategic building placement
- Create building combos
- Boost town yield
- Rewrite history
- Screen rotation and zoom
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Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan! Your ideal samurai town awaits you! Erect houses, castles, and all manner of medieval marvels with a touch of the finger--rewriting the pages of history as you see fit! Strategically place compatible buildings to make "combos," boosting your Yield to become the best castle town in all the land! ---- Turn your device to rotate the screen, touch to scroll, and pinch to zoom in and out. Supports iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Note: Screen rotation and zoom are only available on iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch 2nd generation and later, and iPad. The game now lets you switch between English and Japanese. 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!
Arctictopia
Guide a mother polar bear across a melting Arctic landscape to reunite with her cub. Solve intricate puzzles with unique mechanics across 150 levels. Enjoy a charming, hand-drawn world with relaxing gameplay and adorable animal friends.
- 150 captivating levels
- 10 unique mechanics
- Hand-drawn Arctic world
- Melting ice puzzle element
- Relaxing gameplay with undo
- Adorable animal characters
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///// Achievements ///// ・2021 - Kyoto BitSummit The 8 Bit | Official Selection ///// Introduction ///// Arctictopia is a puzzle game set in the Arctic Ocean. Plan your moves carefully to help a mother polar bear reach her cub across the melting ice. As the ice sheets melt away, their journey home becomes even more perilous... ///// Features ///// ・10 unique mechanics across 150 captivating levels. ・Immerse yourself in a hand-drawn, picture book-style (but frosty!) Arctic world as you cross the icy ocean. ・Think through every move — with each step, the ice beneath your paws melts a little. ・Relax and take your time solving puzzles. You can easily undo moves or try a different level. Chill out and enjoy the challenge. ・Meet adorable friends — a playful cub, a curious seal, and a cheerful puffin. ///// Languages ///// English, 繁體中文, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Deutsch, Français, Русский, Español, Português, Italiano, Türkçe, Polski, ไทย, Tiếng Việt, हिन्दी, Norsk, Svenska, Suomi, Nederlands //////////////////// Terms of Use: https://gamtropy.com/term-of-use-en/ Privacy Policy: https://gamtropy.com/privacy-policy-en/ © 2021 Gamtropy Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arctictopia at 5.0 against Oh! Edo Towns's 4.7. Arctictopia also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 20 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Oh! Edo Towns's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Oh! Edo Towns costs $4.99 and Arctictopia $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Arctictopia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oh! Edo Towns has 48 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Oh! Edo Towns's written reviews are positive against 100% of Arctictopia's.
Oh! Edo Towns ships an update every 20 months, Arctictopia every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oh! Edo Towns | Arctictopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 272 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | Gamtropy Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Oh! Edo Towns
Arctictopia
Bugs and requests
Oh! Edo Towns
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezes
- Newspaper reporting new buildings when only unlocked
- Game finishing in 6th year instead of 16th
Requested features
10 requests- More Japanese-style games
- More land to build on
- More buildings
- Hotel game
- Ninja game
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- World War 2 style game
- Airline/Airport management game
- Hospital management game
- Hotel management game
- Business/product management game
Arctictopia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Oh! Edo Towns
No in-app purchases
Arctictopia
No in-app purchases









