Comparison

Dawnmaker vs Live Hard, Die Hard

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

Head to head
About

Dawnmaker

A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.

Highlights
  • City building mechanics
  • Deck building gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Lighthouse upgrades
  • Smog reclamation
  • Technology recovery
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.

About

Live Hard, Die Hard

Lead an elite special forces unit against an alien invasion in this real-time strategy game. Manage your troops' combat, recovery, and stress levels to defend Earth from extinction.

Highlights
  • Real-time combat command
  • Troop recovery and resistance management
  • Soldier stress management
  • Strategic artillery deployment
  • Elite special forces unit leadership
Features
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Busy but Addictive! This BATTLE x MEDICAL Counter-Invasion Real-Time Strategy is like nothing you've ever seen! An army of aliens is here to invade the Earth! Show the Earth-style greeting to those unwanted visitors who lounge around our grounds! Lead your troops to extinguish zillions of aliens! In the year 20XX... Humanity stands on the brink of extinction after a sudden alien invasion. The only hope: a final assault on the enemy’s central command, the Terminal Core. As commander of an elite special forces unit, you lead the desperate charge for survival. ◆Nonstop Real-Time Combat◆ Your soldiers march and fight on their own, but your orders decide who lives. Call retreats, deploy reinforcements, unleash skills, and time your artillery with deadly precision. Victory belongs to those who command the moment! ◆Another Battlefield Behind the Frontline◆ Wounded soldiers are evacuated for treatment, but every loss strains those left behind. Hold the line too long, and your formation collapses. Balance recovery and resistance! ◆Stress Management◆ Fierce battles wound not only the body… but the mind as well. As commander, it is your duty to reward the soldiers who’ve fought with all they have! A small light of gratitude that keeps their hearts from breaking.

Screenshots

Dawnmaker4 screens
Live Hard, Die Hard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dawnmaker at daily against Live Hard, Die Hard's every 9 days. Dawnmaker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Live Hard, Die Hard's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $8.99). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Dawnmaker costs $8.99 and Live Hard, Die Hard $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dawnmaker against 5.0 for Live Hard, Die Hard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnmaker ships an update daily, Live Hard, Die Hard every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dawnmaker versus Live Hard, Die Hard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnmakerLive Hard, Die Hard
Price$8.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB443 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAcram DigitalAsobism.Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

Dawnmaker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Live Hard, Die Hard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

None

Live Hard, Die Hard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live Hard, Die Hard free?
Live Hard, Die Hard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dawnmaker or Live Hard, Die Hard?
Dawnmaker and Live Hard, Die Hard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dawnmaker or Live Hard, Die Hard have ads?
Neither Dawnmaker nor Live Hard, Die Hard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dawnmaker or Live Hard, Die Hard?
Dawnmaker ships an update daily, and Live Hard, Die Hard every 9 days. Most recently, Dawnmaker was updated on November 8, 2026 and Live Hard, Die Hard on November 9, 2026.

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