tic vs Assimilax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
tic
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It's the classic tic-tac-toe you know and love, with a whole new world of strategy. Place guns, spin them, and SHOOT to clear the board and get three in a row. Before you'll know it your guns will be in an old fashioned Mexican stand-off. Do you have what it takes to get three in a row? Rules: - Each turn place an X or O shaped gun - Get three in a row to win - Each turn, SHOOT or spin guns up to 2 times - Guns will slide around the board or break when hit Have fun, partner!
Assimilax
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Assimilax is a game of quiet conquest: spread your colour across a hex board, one pastel orb at a time, until everything on it is yours. Each turn you do exactly one thing. Pick an orb and either CLONE it to a neighbouring hex (the original stays) or JUMP it two hexes across the board (it moves). Either way, every enemy orb touching where you land is ASSIMILATED โ quietly flipped to your colour. That's the whole game. No timers rushing you, no menus to wade through โ just you, a hex grid, and a slow, satisfying tide of colour spreading across it. Under the soft palette is a real strategy game: โข 40 hand-built levels and a gentle tutorial, laid out as concentric rings on a hex map. Start at the centre and climb outward. โข 3 boss battles gate the rings. โข 6 playable orbs, each with a special power that charges as you play: Coral's Embrace, Azure's Flow, Sage's Root, Honey's Glow, Lavender's Drift and Stone's Anchor. Time one right and the whole board tips your way. โข Three difficulties. Easy plays loose and forgiving; Normal keeps you honest; Hard thinks a move ahead and never blinks. Lives and continues soften the fall โ or don't, on Hard. โข A global leaderboard โ leave your three letters at the top. Everything is tuned for calm: soft pastels, a chill soundtrack, unhurried animations. Pick it up for one quick level, or lose an evening climbing the rings. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Works offline. Just a board to take, one orb at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assimilax at none against tic's 1. tic's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. tic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Assimilax asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | tic | Assimilax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Zuefeldt | Aidan Quigley |
In-app purchases
tic
- tic-tac-SHOOT Premium$1.99
Assimilax
No in-app purchases








