Comparison

Growtopia vs Elska

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

Head to head
About

Growtopia

This is a 2D sandbox game where players can build anything, create unique characters, and explore thousands of worlds. Engage in player-generated mini-games, craft items, and trade with a massive online community. Enjoy regular updates and cross-platform play.

Highlights
  • Build anything imaginable
  • Create unique characters
  • Explore thousands of worlds
  • Play player-generated mini-games
  • Craft and trade items
  • Cross-platform play
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Welcome to Growtopia, the 2D free-to-play sandbox game! Growtopia is a popular MMO game where everyone is a hero! Play together with wizards, doctors, star explorers and superheroes! Discover thousands of unique items and build your own worlds! JOIN OUR ENORMOUS COMMUNITY - millions of players are waiting for you to join and have fun! BUILD literally anything – castles, dungeons, skyscrapers, artwork, puzzles - even your favorite movie scenes! CREATE YOUR UNIQUE CHARACTER Become literally anyone! From space knight with a lightsaber to a noble queen with your own dragon! PLAY THOUSANDS OF MINI GAMES generated by other players! From parkour and races to PVP battles and ghost hunting! CRAFT AND TRADE Craft new items and trade them to other players! MONTHLY UPDATES! We do our best to entertain you with exciting monthly updates involving new items and events! EXPLORE countless unique pixel worlds - you can enter any of them! CROSS PLATFORM! Play with your friends anywhere – on smartphones, tablets or using the desktop client, - the progress is shared! Subscribe to our official YouTube channel for giveaways, useful tutorials and funny videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFTBaDHB4_Y8eFa8YssSMQ BE AWARE! This is an online game about collecting items – make sure to keep them safe ** Note: This is a freemium game that has optional In-App Purchases! ** Note: In-App Purchase, Chat, and Tapjoy Offer Wall options can be disabled in a Personal Controls area in the Options menu. Didn't get your gems or having a problem? Check out our support FAQ at www.growtopiagame.com/faq !

About

Elska

Embark on a chaotic cartoon adventure as a loyal dog fighting zombie animals. Wield unique weapons and unlock abilities to survive intense waves of mutated creatures across diverse maps. Customize your canine hero and choose from different classes to save the world.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced top-down shooter gameplay
  • Play as a brave dog, Elska
  • Fight mutated zombie animals
  • Unlockable abilities and canine determination
  • Round-based zombie waves
  • Two distinct maps
  • Customizable dog with accessories
Features
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The world has gone wild—but one dog hasn’t. Elska is a fast-paced, top-down cartoon shooter where you play as a brave, loyal dog named Elska, the only survivor of a mysterious lab explosion that turned all animals into bloodthirsty zombies. With nothing left but instinct, grit, and an experimental power pulsing through her veins, Elska takes the fight to the infected in a desperate mission to save the world. After the accident that unleashed Promethium Kyanite—a powerful energy source gone wrong—the animals Elska once called friends have mutated into savage creatures. Rats, cats, wolves, raccoons, and foxes... now roam the ruins of the lab and beyond, attacking anything in sight. But Elska isn’t running away. She’s loading up. Armed with unique weapons, unlockable abilities, and canine determination, you’ll face round-based zombie waves across 2 DIFFERENT maps, each more intense than the last. In game there are different classes to chose from. Each class has a different bundle of abilities. You can customize your dog and try different accessories with different effects.

Screenshots

Growtopia4 screens
Elska4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Elska at 5.0 against Growtopia's 3.8. Elska also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 24) and ads (none vs shown). Growtopia's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 1) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). On price 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. Growtopia sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Elska asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elska holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Growtopia has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Growtopia ships an update fortnightly, Elska every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Growtopia versus Elska: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowtopiaElska
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#98 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size372 MB308 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperUbisoftJA Games

Customer experience

Growtopia

All ratings11,316 ratings
Positive69.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative25.7%
Written reviews809 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative59.0%

Elska

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Growtopia

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Random bans without explanation
  • Rollback issues causing loss of items
  • Glitches causing forced disconnections

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improved security measures
  • Better moderation and banning of scammers
  • Optimized server performance
  • Controller support
  • Revamped user interface
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  • Ability to cancel role quests

Elska

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Growtopia

One-time23
  • Bag o' Gems$0.99
  • Chest o' Gems$1.99
  • Special Consumable 1$2.99
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  • Holiday Pack!$2.99
  • Special Event Pack$2.99
  • Gem Fountain$4.99
  • 30 Days Subscription$5.99
  • Special Cape$9.99
  • It's Rainin' Gems$9.99
  • Royal Grow Pass$9.99
  • Awesome Item 1$9.99
  • Awesome Item 2$9.99
  • Special Cosmetic$9.99
  • Special Cosmetic Item 2$9.99
  • Special Cosmetic 1$9.99
  • Special Event Pack$14.99
  • Special Bundle 2$14.99
  • Event Value Pack 2$14.99
  • Event Pass$19.99
  • Road To Glory$24.99
  • Gem Bounty$29.99
  • 365 Days Subscription$49.99
  • Gem Abundance$49.99
None

Elska

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Growtopia free?
Growtopia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elska free?
Elska is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Growtopia or Elska?
Elska is rated higher. Growtopia averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Elska averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Growtopia or Elska have ads?
Growtopia shows ads; Elska does not.
Which is updated more often, Growtopia or Elska?
Growtopia ships an update fortnightly, and Elska every 4 days. Most recently, Growtopia was updated on October 25, 2026 and Elska on October 14, 2026.

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