Pointless Wars vs Spire Bastion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pointless Wars
Engage in strategic battles against friends or AI in this multiplayer and single-player war game. Choose your troops and defend your castle across 20 unique levels, or compete in an 8-player tournament. The objective is to have fun battling for no reason.
- Two-player mode
- Single-player campaign
- 20 unique levels
- 8-player tournament mode
- Troop selection
- Castle defense
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Welcome, and join the battle by declaring war.... for no reason whatsoever. Play against your friends and family in two-player mode, where you each get to choose your arsenal of troops to take each other down! In the single-player campaign, you fight against an enemy AI whose only purpose is to destroy your castle. There are 20 fun-packed levels, each a little different than the one before. If one is too hard, just skip to the next one! Defend against the onslaught by sending out troops, but you don't get to choose your arsenal..... The fun doesn't stop there! You can play up to 8 players in tournament mode. Battle to the top of the bracket in individual battles, and see who will come out on top! With so many Pointless Wars happening, we hope you have fun battling your opponents for no reason! Good luck out there!
Spire Bastion
Defend your Crystal Core from climbing enemies in this simple yet strategic tower defense game. Place heroes to auto-fight and utilize 3D terrain to your advantage. Enjoy a relaxing experience with light strategy and satisfying results.
- 3D terrain impacts gameplay
- Light strategy with skill combos
- Floor-by-floor progression
- Hero placement and auto-fighting
- Focus on calm decisions
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Spire Bastion is a fresh and simple tower defense that feels good to pick up and play. Enemies climb the spire toward your Crystal Core. You drag to place heroes and they auto-fight, so the focus stays on calm decisions and satisfying results. Features ● 3D terrain matters: geometry changes range, lines of fire, and chokepoints ● Light strategy: simple skill combos that feel smart without heavy micromanagement ● Floor-by-floor climb: each layout offers a small twist and a new idea to try Play at your own pace, let the map guide your plan, and protect the Crystal Core. Drop in, relax, and enjoy the climb.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spire Bastion at none against Pointless Wars's 1. Spire Bastion also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 22 months). Pointless Wars's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Pointless Wars sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spire Bastion asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pointless Wars against 5.0 for Spire Bastion. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pointless Wars has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pointless Wars ships an update every 22 months, Spire Bastion fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pointless Wars | Spire Bastion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 359 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Peter Brumbach | FutureBright Technology Company Limited |
Customer experience
Pointless Wars
Spire Bastion
In-app purchases
Pointless Wars
- Remove Ads$1.99
Spire Bastion
No in-app purchases
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