Comparison

Pointless Wars vs Pumpkin Siege

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Two-player mode
  • Single-player campaign
  • 20 unique levels
  • 8-player tournament mode
  • Troop selection
  • Castle defense
Features
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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!

About

Pumpkin Siege

Features
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Pumpkin Siege is an offline tower defense game with a king on horseback. By day you build your kingdom; by night you defend your castle against an army of pumpkin knights, witches and crows. RIDE AND CHARGE Gallop across the valley on your horse and charge the night raiders with your lance. Chain your hits into combos, grab the gold they drop and race back when the castle walls start to shake. BUILD TOWERS Pick a plot and build a cannon, a crossbow or a frost tower. Upgrade each one to level 3, sell the ones you no longer need and plan the castle defense for the next wave. BUILD YOUR KINGDOM Your workers gather wood, stone, coal, iron and crystals. Sell them at the market, where one good pays x3 every day, unlock new lands along the valley and upgrade your castle. A kingdom building game and a base defense game in one. SURVIVE THE NIGHTS Every night the invasion grows. Every fifth night the giant Pumpkin King marches on your walls with his gold crown, and every tenth night is a Halloween night. How many nights can your kingdom survive? THREE KINGDOMS TO CONQUER Hold the Valley to open the Pumpkin Marsh, then the Witch Peaks, on a hand-painted kingdom map. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW - A daily gift that grows with your streak, and a treasure chest every morning - Goals with rewards, treasure hunts and a travelling merchant - Crowns for your kingdom: treasury, swift steed, strong walls, sharp cannons - 6 horses to ride and 12 finds to collect in your album Part tower defense, part survival game: a medieval strategy game and TD game you can play offline, anywhere, in 20 languages. Easy to pick up, hard to put down: build, defend and charge! THREE TOWERS, THREE WAYS TO WIN - Crossbow: fast bolts that pick off raiders one by one before they reach the walls. - Cannon: heavy shells that hit a whole crowd at once. - Frost: an icy pulse that slows every raider around it, so the other towers can finish the job. Every tower grows to level 3, and you can sell it for half its price when you want to try another plan. KNOW YOUR ENEMY Pumpkin knights, witches, crows and black knights march on the castle from every side, more of them each night. Read the wave, place the right tower and ride in yourself where the line is about to break. TIPS FOR NEW KINGS - Open a sawmill and a quarry early: wood and stone build almost everything. - Look at the market every morning: one good sells for x3 that day. - Put a frost tower next to a cannon: slowed raiders take every shell. - Spend your crowns on the kingdom upgrades: they stay with you in every new game. EASY TO PLAY Ride with one finger and charge with one tap. There are no energy bars and nothing to wait for: play one quick night or defend your kingdom for an hour.

Screenshots

Pointless Wars4 screens
Pumpkin Siege4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pumpkin Siege at none against Pointless Wars's 1. Pumpkin Siege also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months). Pointless Wars's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Pointless Wars sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pumpkin Siege asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pointless Wars ships an update every 22 months, Pumpkin Siege monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pointless Wars versus Pumpkin Siege: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPointless WarsPumpkin Siege
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size249 MB330 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPeter BrumbachGianluca De Mare

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pointless Wars

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Pumpkin Siege

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pointless Wars free?
Pointless Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pumpkin Siege free?
Pumpkin Siege is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pointless Wars or Pumpkin Siege have ads?
Pumpkin Siege shows ads; Pointless Wars does not.
Which is updated more often, Pointless Wars or Pumpkin Siege?
Pointless Wars ships an update every 22 months, and Pumpkin Siege monthly. Most recently, Pointless Wars was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pumpkin Siege on October 31, 2026.

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