Comparison

Squad Command vs Duskhold

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

Head to head
About

Squad Command

Features
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Lead mighty squads with your Hero, as you enter enemy territory! In Squad Command, protecting your realm is just the beginning. Battle through worlds with unique layouts and strategies, discovering towers to conquer, ruins to rebuild and camps with mercenaries for hire. Use your hard earned gold to upgrade your squads stats, making them more powerful in their offensive push. Reach the enemy's castle and destroy it! Your opponent's squads are coming your way! Are you brave enough to stop their advance? Command your squad!

About

Duskhold

Defend your kingdom by building defenses during the day and leading your champion in combat at night. Engage in strategic hex-based battles against raiders and warships, with options for single-player or co-op multiplayer. Customize your champion, buildings, and research to survive the onslaught.

Highlights
  • Hex map kingdom defense
  • Day/night cycle gameplay
  • Champion-led combat with abilities
  • Extensive building and research options
  • Co-op multiplayer for up to four players
  • Offline single-player mode
Features
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Ride out with your champion. The walls will not hold the night on their own. Duskhold is kingdom defense on hex maps where you lead from the front. By day you raise walls, towers, barracks and farms on the plots each map gives you. When night falls, raiders march down the roads and warships land raiding parties on your coast, and your champion rides out to meet them: dash in, use four abilities, hold a gate, and pull back before a wall breaks. WHAT IS IN IT - 43 maps across 6 chapters, each with its own layout - 6 champions, each with a mount, a shared dash and four abilities of their own - 26 buildings with four tiers each; four of them split into a choice of two upgrade paths - 108 enemy types, 9 of them bosses - 38 research nodes, 111 pieces of equipment, 32 boons to pick during a run and 12 relics - Up to four players in one realm: host it, hand out the six-letter code and hold the walls together - Allies: add a friend by their code, see when they are hosting, and join with one tap - Play in English, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Indonesian, Russian, Japanese, Korean or Simplified Chinese ALLIES AND ACCOUNTS No account is ever required. Play, co-op by code and the shop all work signed out. If you want your allies to find you, pick a player name; if you want to keep your allies when you change phones, Sign in with Apple links them to your Apple ID - no e-mail is asked for. Your campaign progress stays on your device. You can unlink or delete your account from the game at any time. Player names are filtered before they are saved, and every ally row carries BLOCK and REPORT. There is no chat: invites are fixed templates, never free text. Single player needs no connection. Only co-op and allies go online. CREDITS Most 3D models and animations are free CC0 packs by KayKit (Kay Lousberg), Quaternius and Kenney. All music and sound effects were generated with Stable Audio; the item, ability and research icons, portraits and banners were made with AI image tools. Credits are in Settings.

Screenshots

Squad Command3 screens
Duskhold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Duskhold at every 3 days against Squad Command's every 2 weeks. Squad Command's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squad Command ships an update every 2 weeks, Duskhold every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Squad Command versus Duskhold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquad CommandDuskhold
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB326 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSRG Studios, Corp.Kaan Ipek

In-app purchases

None

Squad Command

No in-app purchases

None

Duskhold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Squad Command free?
Squad Command is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duskhold free?
Duskhold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Squad Command or Duskhold have ads?
Both Squad Command and Duskhold show ads.
Which is updated more often, Squad Command or Duskhold?
Squad Command ships an update every 2 weeks, and Duskhold every 3 days. Most recently, Squad Command was updated on October 3, 2026 and Duskhold on October 16, 2026.

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