Comparison

Athena Crisis vs Codex GameHawk

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

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Codex GameHawk

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Athena Crisis4 screens
Codex GameHawk4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Athena Crisis ships an update every 9 months, Codex GameHawk every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Athena Crisis versus Codex GameHawk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAthena CrisisCodex GameHawk
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB15 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNakazawa Tech KKShinro OU

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Athena Crisis

One-time4
  • 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
2 purchases

Codex GameHawk

Subscriptions1
  • Silver Hawk$5.993 Months
One-time1
  • Golden Hawk$29.99

Questions

Is Athena Crisis free?
Athena Crisis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Codex GameHawk free?
Codex GameHawk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Athena Crisis or Codex GameHawk have ads?
Neither Athena Crisis nor Codex GameHawk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Athena Crisis or Codex GameHawk?
Athena Crisis ships an update every 9 months, and Codex GameHawk every 3 days. Most recently, Athena Crisis was updated on October 4, 2026 and Codex GameHawk on October 4, 2026.

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