Comparison

Romopolis vs Illuminaria

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

Head to head
About

Romopolis

Construct and manage an idyllic ancient Roman city, providing services to happy residents. Earn money, fame, and honor through a comprehensive campaign or custom scenarios. Enjoy a classic time management simulation with trophies and awards.

Highlights
  • Construct ancient Roman cities
  • Provide services to residents
  • Comprehensive campaign mode
  • Custom scenario creation
  • Earn money, fame, and honor
  • Win trophies and awards
Features
Currently charting
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Build ancient Roman cities. Earn money, fame and honor in this casual simulation game. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses and keep your residents happy by providing all the services they need. You'll be rewarded with money, fame and honor. It's up to you how to play - you can work your way to the top in the comprehensive campaign mode or you can create and play your own custom scenarios. Build dozens of Roman-styled houses, structures and other buildings. Trophies and awards available for the meticulous gamer! * Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city. * Build dozens of Roman-styled houses, structures and other buildings. * Win trophies and awards in 24 unique campaign scenarios. * Play your own custom scenarios. * Reach up to 22 achievements. Enjoy this classic and simple time management simulation game from the popular Townopolis-Romopolis-Megapolis series. Achieve various goals by building ancient Roman cities on a limited area with limited resources and in a limited time. But don't worry - you can pause the game at any time, or play casually without the time limit if you prefer.

About

Illuminaria

Build and manage multiple bases, command robot swarms for resource gathering and defense. Explore dungeons, research technologies, and assemble an army of golems to reclaim a world from darkness.

Highlights
  • Robot swarm control
  • Multi-base management
  • Automated resource gathering
  • Base defense systems
  • Dungeon expeditions
  • Golem army creation
  • Technology research
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Mine resources, manage and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to drive out the darkness and bring back the light. ■ Control a swarm of robots using simple interactions Choose where to build, what resources to gather, and then watch the robots do the heavy lifting. They'll gather the resources, build, load weapons, fight, and respond to the world around them. ■ Defend your bases from incoming attacks Vicious enemies of darkness will attack your base, attempting to destroy your reactors and steal your resources. Build turrets and load them up with ammunition to repel the attacks. ■ Build multiple bases and manage them all at the same time Instead of having a sandbox world, you'll need to build several smaller bases with finite space. Be on the lookout as all the bases keep functioning at all times and can be attacked by the enemies. ■ Venture into dungeon-like expeditions to battle and find precious relics Adventure and explore to find hidden treasures, and fight enemies in auto-battles. This way, you'll get rare resources to use to your advantage. ■ Research new technologies in different regions The game will have five regions, each with new resources and technologies to discover. ■ Liberate the world by lighting beacons and crafting your own army The world of Illuminaria was taken over by darkness. Unravel the story about what happened on the planet as you clean and liberate the five regions by lighting beacons and sending your armies of golems to attack.

Screenshots

Romopolis4 screens
Illuminaria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Illuminaria at 83% against Romopolis's 0%. Illuminaria also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Romopolis's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 25 months) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Romopolis costs $3.99 and Illuminaria $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Illuminaria holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Romopolis's written reviews are positive against 83% of Illuminaria's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Romopolis ships an update every 2 months, Illuminaria every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Romopolis versus Illuminaria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRomopolisIlluminaria
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#185 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB520 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLonely TroopsSelva Interactive

Customer experience

Romopolis

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative75.0%

Illuminaria

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Romopolis

No in-app purchases

None

Illuminaria

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Romopolis free?
Romopolis costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Illuminaria free?
Illuminaria costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Romopolis or Illuminaria?
Illuminaria is rated higher. Romopolis averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Illuminaria averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Romopolis or Illuminaria have ads?
Neither Romopolis nor Illuminaria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Romopolis or Illuminaria?
Romopolis ships an update every 2 months, and Illuminaria every 25 months. Most recently, Romopolis was updated on August 20, 2026 and Illuminaria on August 19, 2026.

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