Comparison

Ozymandias vs Caverna

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

Head to head
About

Ozymandias

Experience the thrill of building a Bronze Age empire in a streamlined 4X strategy game. Expand your territory, develop cities, and raise armies. Unique victory conditions and abstracted combat ensure fast-paced, strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Streamlined 4X gameplay
  • Abstracted combat system
  • Hand-painted historical maps
  • Random and custom victory conditions
  • AI that doesn't cheat
Features
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Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format. At the dawn of history, Bronze Age kings built the first empires. Strategize their rise to power in a uniquely streamlined 4X. Expand your borders, build cities in tactical locations then raise armies to defend them. Each turn, you receive opportunities but must choose only one. Random victory conditions make every game different; custom victory conditions support different styles of play. DISTILLED DESIGN - Focus on strategy over tactics, we’ve stripped the busywork out of 4X gameplay. - Combat abstracted into an innovative Power system, you only move armies and fleets. HISTORICAL MAPS - Hand-painted maps charting Bronze Ages around the world. - Each empire's trait and start location bring a unique set of challenges. EASY TO LEARN - The tutorial is a short story campaign about explorer, Gertrude Bell. - Climb the difficulty ladder against our AI, which never cheats to compete.

About

Caverna

Lead a dwarf tribe to expand their cavern home and cultivate the surrounding forest. Dig deeper for resources, furnish rooms to grow your tribe, and forge weapons for adventures. Cultivate fields, breed animals, and increase your wealth to become the strongest tribe leader.

Highlights
  • Dwarf tribe management
  • Cavern expansion and furnishing
  • Resource cultivation and mining
  • Animal breeding and farming
  • Weapon forging and adventures
  • Worker action system
Features
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Caverna by Uwe Rosenberg makes you the head of a dwarf tribe, living in a small cavern. You cultivate the forest in front of your cavern and dig deeper into the mountain throughout the game. By furnishing rooms in your caverns you make space to grow your tribe and and create new goods from your resources. Deeper into the mountain you will find fountains as well as ore and gem mines. It's on you to decide how much ore and gems you want to mine, giving you the opportunity to forge weapons and go on adventures; a new way to do things in the game instead of using actions with your workers. Outside your cavern you can clear the forest, cultivate fields, fence pastures and grow crops or breed animals. All this in order to increase your wealth and become the strongest and best tribe leader of them all!

Screenshots

Ozymandias4 screens
Caverna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ozymandias at $3.99 against Caverna's $11.99. Ozymandias also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and chart position (#124 vs unranked). Caverna's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On review sentiment, 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

Ozymandias costs $3.99 and Caverna $11.99 up front. Ozymandias sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Caverna asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ozymandias holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 62% and 61% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ozymandias ships an update every 2 weeks, Caverna every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Ozymandias versus Caverna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOzymandiasCaverna
Price$3.99 — better$11.99
Rating4.3 (23 ratings) — better4.1 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews — better61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#124 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size493 MB450 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoblinz Studio SASDIGIDICED

Customer experience

Ozymandias

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative23.8%

Caverna

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.9%

Bugs and requests

Ozymandias

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Crashes frequently, especially late game
  • Save progress lost after crashes
  • Game crashes when saving
  • Game restarts to beginning after crash
  • UI elements too small
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  • Font unadjustable and unreadable
  • Does not support both landscape orientations
  • iPad orientation issues
  • Screen does not rotate
  • Crashes randomly, progress lost

Requested features

10 requests
  • More objective cards
  • More maps
  • PvP mode on mobile
  • Cloud Saves / iCloud saves
  • Multiplayer option
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  • Fix iPad orientation / autorotate
  • Support both landscape orientations
  • Zoom feature for map
  • Tooltip for combat strength
  • Demo with actual gameplay

Caverna

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Ozymandias

One-time9
  • The World$0.99
  • The Andes$0.99
  • Sahara Desert$0.99
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  • Indonesia$0.99
  • Mesoamerica$0.99
  • Aegean Sea$0.99
  • Indus Valley$0.99
  • Near East$0.99
  • All Maps$3.99
None

Caverna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ozymandias free?
Ozymandias costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Caverna free?
Caverna costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ozymandias or Caverna?
Ozymandias is rated higher. Ozymandias averages 4.3 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Caverna averages 4.1 from 12 ratings.
Do Ozymandias or Caverna have ads?
Neither Ozymandias nor Caverna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ozymandias or Caverna?
Ozymandias ships an update every 2 weeks, and Caverna every 6 days. Most recently, Ozymandias was updated on October 12, 2026 and Caverna on October 13, 2026.

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