Athena Crisis vs Codex GameHawk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athena Crisis
Command over 40 diverse units in this turn-based strategy game. Engage in single-player campaigns or test your skills in online multiplayer. Design custom maps and campaigns, and experience unique invasion mechanics that blend single-player missions with player-vs-player combat.
- 40+ ground, naval, air, and special units
- Multiple single-player campaigns
- Sync and async online multiplayer
- Unlockable player skills and unit powers
- Map and campaign design tools
- Invasion mechanics for PvP battles
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Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that puts you in command of 40+ ground, naval, air and special units. Play through multiple single-player campaigns and measure yourself against others in sync and async online multiplayer. You can unlock player skills and unit powers, or design your own maps and campaigns. Fans of Advance Wars or Fire Emblem will feel right at home in Athena Crisis! Athena Crisis features invasions that turns single-player campaign missions into player vs player battles, with up to 7 people! Players can choose to activate a Power Crystal for an attack increase, which opens an inter-dimensional portal for friends to join – but also leaves it open for invaders to battle you.
Codex GameHawk
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GameHawk keeps a hawk's eye on every deal. Connect your Steam, GOG, Playstation and Nintendo accounts and get one overview of the games you own, one wishlist across your stores, and a push notification the moment a game drops to the price you want. YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY IN ONE VAULT • Every game you own on major gaming platforms in a single cover grid • Playtime per game and total hours played • Find your backlog: filter to unplayed games or sort by most played • Search your library and filter by store ONE WISHLIST ACROSS YOUR STORES • Your game platform wishlists merged into one list • Current price, regular price and discount for every game • All-time low badges, so you know when a price is as good as it has ever been REAL DEALS, RANKED BY WHAT YOU SAVE • The Deals tab shows the wishlist games that are on sale right now • Sort by biggest saving, and see which deals are all-time lows • Open any game in its store with one tap PRICE ALERTS THAT WATCH FOR YOU • Set the price you are willing to pay for a game • GameHawk checks store prices for you every day and sends a push when a game hits your price • The Alerts tab shows which alerts have been met and which are still waiting GAME DETAILS • Tap a game for its description, developer, publisher, release date, supported systems and languages ALSO ON THE WEB • See your Vault, Wishlist and deals on a big screen at game-hawk.com • Signing in on the web is approved from your phone, so no password is typed in a browser PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple or Google • You connect your stores on your own device. Your store logins stay on your phone and are never sent to GameHawk • Delete your account and its data at any time from Settings HAWK TIERS GameHawk is free to use as a Bronze Hawk: one connected store at a time and up to two deal alerts a day. • Silver Hawk (auto-renewing subscription, billed every 3 months): all your stores at once, every deal alert, and custom price alerts • Golden Hawk (one-time purchase): everything in Silver Hawk, for life Silver Hawk is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://shin.ro/toc Privacy Policy: https://shin.ro/codex-gamehawk-privacy-policy GameHawk is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve, Steam, GOG, Sony, Microsoft, Epic Games or CD PROJEKT. All trademarks belong to their owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Codex GameHawk at every 3 days against Athena Crisis's every 9 months. Athena Crisis's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Athena Crisis sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Codex GameHawk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Athena Crisis ships an update every 9 months, Codex GameHawk every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Athena Crisis | Codex GameHawk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nakazawa Tech KK | Shinro OU |
In-app purchases
Athena Crisis
- Map & Campaign Editor$0.99
- PvP & Curated Campaigns$2.99
- The Athena Crisis Campaign$5.99
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- Athena Crisis: Full Game$9.99
Codex GameHawk
- Silver Hawk$5.993 Months
- Golden Hawk$29.99
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