Comparison

Ravensword vs Radiation Island

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

Head to head
About

Ravensword

Embark on an epic adventure in a vast, richly detailed 3D world. Gather powerful weapons, collect items, enhance your skills, and unravel the mysteries of a kingdom through a deep storyline. Engage in reflex-based combat, explore diverse environments, and make choices that impact your journey.

Highlights
  • Enormous 3D world to explore
  • First/Third Person camera switching
  • Hundreds of items and loot
  • Reflex and precision combat
  • Various weapon types
  • Flying and ground mounts
  • Decision-based quests
Features
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From the award winning studio that brought you Ravensword: The Fallen King and Aralon: Sword and Shadow, comes RAVENSWORD: SHADOWLANDS. Ravensword brings unprecedented visuals to the role playing and adventure genre. Explore a vast and richly detailed world, gather powerful weapons, collect hundreds of items, increase your skills, and follow a deep storyline to solve the mysteries of the Kingdom of Tyreas. Features: Enormous 3d world to explore First Person and 3rd Person on the fly switching Gorgeous and realistic scenery Ragdoll Physics Game Center Achievements iCloud support Original Soundtrack from composer Sean Beeson Hundreds of items to use Reflex and precision based combat with manual blocking and dodging Various weapon types - Bows, Crossbows, Hammers, Swords, Axes Flying Mounts Horses Tons of enemy types including huge prehistoric creatures. Lockpicking Pick Pocketing Stealth Magical Runes Item enhancement Tons of loot Plenty of armor upgrades Mounted combat Decision based, multi-part Quests Reputation and Jail System Follow us for the latest info and game news! • http://crescentmoongames.com/other-games/ • http://facebook.com/crescentmoongames • http://twitter.com/cm_games

About

Radiation Island

Embark on a survival adventure in a vast open world, stranded in an alternate reality. Explore, craft, and fight to uncover secrets and find your way back home. Survive harsh environments, dangerous creatures, and the undead.

Highlights
  • Open-world exploration
  • Crafting and resource gathering
  • Combat against wildlife and zombies
  • Day-night cycle and weather effects
  • Underwater exploration
  • Multiplayer arena mode
Features
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Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises. Use everything you find to survive it and solve its puzzle to get back to the real world. Follow your own path in an environment of breathtaking beauty and gigantic scope. Explore huge forests inhabited by dangerous wolves, bears and mountain lions. Investigate abandoned villages and old military compounds where zombies guard vital tools, weapons and clues to the secrets of this world. You can even swim and dive, if you can avoid the hungry crocodiles. Hunt wild animals, fish or gather fruits to overcome hunger. Mine for resources and craft weapons, tools and basic vehicles. Find hidden treasures, equipment and fire arms to prevail in a world full of perils: radiation, anomalies, harsh weather and enraged zombies. Experience the full day-night cycle and face the dangers of darkness and cold. Survive and beat the game to unlock multiplayer mode: fight other real players online in a closed arena for valuable resources. AMAZING QUALITY, AND IT’S ONLY ON iOS! Optimized for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the new A8 processors with greater environmental detail, spectacular visual effects and unparalleled performance! Takes advantage of Metal on A7 and A8 devices to provide cutting edge graphics. GAME CENTER, AirPlay and iCloud iCloud support is integrated so players can save and share progress across devices. AirPlay lets you play the game on larger displays via Apple TV. Climb the Game Center leaderboards, challenge friends and unlock dozens of achievements. Supports iOS MFi Game Controllers. Important: iPhone 4 and older devices are not supported.

Screenshots

Ravensword2 screens
Radiation Island4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Radiation Island at none against Ravensword's 7. Radiation Island also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (74% vs 59%). Ravensword's advantage is chart position (#77 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ravensword costs $6.99 and Radiation Island $4.99 up front. Ravensword sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Radiation Island asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Ravensword against 4.3 for Radiation Island. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 218 and 650 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Ravensword's written reviews are positive against 74% of Radiation Island's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ravensword ships an update every 10 months, Radiation Island every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Ravensword versus Radiation Island: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRavenswordRadiation Island
Price$6.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.1 (218 ratings)4.3 (650 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews73.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings218650 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#77 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size829 MB2.3 GB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCrescent Moon Games LLCAtypical Games

Customer experience

Ravensword

All ratings218 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews880 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral12.6%
Negative28.1%

Radiation Island

All ratings649 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1,173 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral8.0%
Negative18.1%

User reviews

Ravensword

From 218 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great graphics and gameplay
  • 🔒 Immersive open-world experience
  • 👍 Engaging story and quests
  • 💡 Potential for Skyrim-like experience on mobile

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Performance issues on older devices
  • 👎 Short main story and limited content
  • 🕹️ Subpar controls and UI

Radiation Island

From 650 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 PLEASE KEEP UPDATING
  • 👍 Enjoyable for years
  • 👍 Immersive environment
  • 👍 Tense atmosphere
  • 👍 Open world with variety

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and resets progress
  • 🐛 Glitches with building
  • 🐛 Laggy performance in certain areas
  • 🔋 Battery draining
  • 🐛 Disappearing items and chests

Bugs and requests

Ravensword

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when reading books/scrolls
  • Glitches with key items and progression
  • Compatibility issues on older iOS devices
  • Inventory and UI bugs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More character customization options
  • Expanded open world and quest content
  • Improved performance optimization
  • Controller support

Radiation Island

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes causing loss of progress
  • Glitches with building and structures
  • Disappearing items and chests
  • Laggy performance in certain areas
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

8 requests
  • Creative mode with unlimited resources
  • Multiplayer co-op
  • More vehicles (cars, boats, etc.)
  • Expanded crafting and building options
  • More enemy variety and difficulty
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  • Additional weapons (grenades, flamethrowers, etc.)
  • Weather effects (rain, storms, etc.)
  • Ability to tame animals as companions

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Ravensword

One-time7
  • Potion of Experience$0.99
  • 3 Talent Points$1.99
  • Restoration Potion Pack$2.99
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  • Experience Potion Pack$3.99
  • Perfect Gem Pack$3.99
  • 5000 Gold$4.99
  • 25000 Gold$19.99
None

Radiation Island

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ravensword free?
Ravensword costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Radiation Island free?
Radiation Island costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ravensword or Radiation Island?
Radiation Island is rated higher. Ravensword averages 4.1 out of 5 from 218 ratings, while Radiation Island averages 4.3 from 650 ratings.
Do Ravensword or Radiation Island have ads?
Neither Ravensword nor Radiation Island shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ravensword or Radiation Island?
Ravensword ships an update every 10 months, and Radiation Island every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ravensword was updated on November 8, 2026 and Radiation Island on November 6, 2026.

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