Comparison

Imperium vs Lanecraft

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

Head to head
About

Imperium

Lead the Roman legions to victory against barbarian hordes and Carthaginians. Strategize your battles and become the champion Rome needs. A tactical autobattler set in ancient Rome.

Highlights
  • Tactical autobattler gameplay
  • Lead Roman legions
  • Battle barbarian hordes
  • Conquer Carthaginians
  • Strategic combat
Features
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The barbarian hordes of Gaul, and the cunning Carthaginians have almost brought Rome to its knees. The Roman people pray to Jupiter for a champion to drive out these enemies, will that champion be you?

About

Lanecraft

Build bases, spawn armies, and battle for supremacy in this free real-time strategy game. Choose from 9 unique races, each with distinct units and abilities, and engage in multiplayer battles or face challenging AI opponents. Upgrade your units and manage resources to dominate the battlefield.

Highlights
  • 9 unique playable races
  • Branching unit upgrade trees
  • 1v1 to 4v4 multiplayer modes
  • AI opponents with 4 difficulty levels
  • Online multiplayer via party codes
  • Status effects and unit combos
  • Resource management (gold, wood, meat)
Features
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Lanecraft is completely free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no paywalls, and nothing to buy. Build towers, train armies, and fight across lanes in real time. Each of the nine races has its own heroes, units, racial abilities and economy, and branching upgrade paths change how units fight and how they look. Nine campaigns, ninety missions. Every race has a full story: voiced briefings, events that fire mid-battle, and named villains who take the field as real heroes. Hunt them down or raze their keep, pick your loadout at the war table, and claim a victory plaque with your bonus objectives on it. Play online in co-op or PvP, create a lobby, and invite friends with a party code. You can also play the full game offline against AI with no internet connection. Features: • 9 races: Crown, Horde, Goblins, Oozlings, Demon, Deep, Wild, Geists, and Tenders • 9 campaigns, 90 missions, all of them voiced • 3 heroes and 21 units per race • 52 maps, from duels to six-team free-for-alls • Ground that fights back: clan halls, tunnels, river fords, curse obelisks, bunkers, powder barrels, meteor strikes and rising floods • Online co-op and PvP with lobbies and party codes • Full offline play against AI • 4 AI difficulties, Easy through Nightmare • Towers you can build and upgrade • Branching unit upgrades that change abilities and appearance • 21 status effects and 4 combos, each one explained in the gallery • Pings and quick chat for team coordination • Player profiles, stats, achievements, and unlockable avatars Lanecraft is a complete strategy game built for playing alone, with friends, or against other players.

Screenshots

Imperium3 screens
Lanecraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lanecraft at 5.0 against Imperium's 4.2. Lanecraft also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Imperium's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Imperium sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Lanecraft asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lanecraft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Imperium has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Imperium ships an update every 2 weeks, Lanecraft every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Imperium versus Lanecraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImperiumLanecraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (30 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB198 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperRene SlumpKenny Preston

Customer experience

Imperium

All ratings30 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral24.0%
Negative4.0%

Lanecraft

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Imperium

One-time2
  • Pouch of Gems$3.99
  • Chest of Gems$12.99
None

Lanecraft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Imperium free?
Imperium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lanecraft free?
Lanecraft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Imperium or Lanecraft?
Lanecraft is rated higher. Imperium averages 4.2 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Lanecraft averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Imperium or Lanecraft have ads?
Neither Imperium nor Lanecraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Imperium or Lanecraft?
Imperium ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lanecraft every 3 days. Most recently, Imperium was updated on October 19, 2026 and Lanecraft on October 17, 2026.

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