Ozymandias vs Sys Admin Sim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Streamlined 4X gameplay
- Abstracted combat system
- Hand-painted historical maps
- Random and custom victory conditions
- AI that doesn't cheat
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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.
Sys Admin Sim
Manage a company's IT infrastructure by resolving technical issues, upgrading systems, and developing new skills. Every choice impacts the network's stability and your career progression. Become the ultimate system administrator.
- Solve technical tickets
- Fight system outages
- Upgrade company systems
- Unlock new skills
- Build a sysadmin career
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Solve tickets, fight outages, upgrade systems, unlock skills, and keep your company’s tech from melting down. Every decision matters. Every alert is a test. Every user… is a new kind of chaos. Build your career. Master your tools. Rule the network. Become the SysAdmin you were destined to be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sys Admin Sim at 100% against Ozymandias's 62%. Sys Admin Sim also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). Ozymandias's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). On 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
Ozymandias costs $3.99 and Sys Admin Sim $0.99 up front. Ozymandias sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Sys Admin Sim asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ozymandias holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ozymandias has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Ozymandias's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sys Admin Sim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Ozymandias | Sys Admin Sim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (22 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 493 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goblinz Studio SAS | Dwayne Woodson |
Customer experience
Ozymandias
Sys Admin Sim
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
Sys Admin Sim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ozymandias
- 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
Sys Admin Sim
No in-app purchases
