Retropolis vs Geocracy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retropolis
Build your crew, take on jobs, and craft card combos to dominate a city. Rise from a street-level hustler to an untouchable kingpin through strategic warfare and reputation building. Recruit allies, secure resources, and expand your influence block by block.
- Real-time multiplayer gang warfare
- Contract and mission-based progression
- Deep card crafting and combo strategy
- Reputation and influence system
- Recruit, manage, and grow your gang
- Compete for total city control
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Your city is the game board. Retropolis turns the real map around you into a turf war: the cafés, bakeries and bars of your neighbourhood become buildings you can buy, upgrade and cash in. Other players see your buildings, and you see theirs. A Hold-up card robs their till. A Sabotage card makes them pay for repairs, or the building goes to auction. Then they come for yours. In Retropolis you can: • buy real places around you and collect their income, even while you're away • hold up and sabotage rival players' buildings • take the fixers' contracts and play the map's mini-games: Shell Game, Quick Draw, The Playground and more • stack building traits: Money Launderer, Franchise, Racket, Gambling Den and more • catch your daily Happy Hour to double your Reputation • climb the season leagues from Rookie to Legend • join a gang, hold turf together and talk with the whole city • collect cards, gear and building skins New seasons, live events and secrets hidden around the city keep the map moving. Retropolis is free to play, with optional in-app purchases. The Retropass is an optional auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is lost when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.retropolisgame.com/legal
Geocracy
A unique massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game set in France. Players manage and develop a French commune using real-world territory data, resources, and strategic decisions in military, economic, and diplomatic gameplay.
- Real-world French territory data
- Resource management and production
- Territory conquest and defense
- In-game market for trading
- Alliance creation and communication
- Diplomacy and military strategy
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Plongez dans Geocracy, un jeu de stratégie et de gestion massivement multijoueur (MMORTS) unique en son genre, fondé sur les données réelles du territoire français. Choisissez une commune de France et développez-la en exploitant son environnement authentique : forêts, cours d’eau et champs deviennent vos atouts pour produire des ressources, construire votre économie et lever votre armée. Étendez votre influence à travers la France : - Conquérez les communes voisines et défendez votre territoire - Commercez vos ressources sur le marché pour accumuler richesse - Progressez dans le classemen - Créez des alliances et conversez sur les différents canaux de communications Chaque décision compte : agriculture, stratégie militaire, commerce ou diplomatie… Ferez-vous prospérer votre commune ou la verrez-vous tomber aux mains d’un rival ? Devenez le stratège que la France attend — entrez dans l’ère de Geocracy !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Retropolis at 93% against Geocracy's 70%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Retropolis sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Geocracy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Retropolis ships an update fortnightly, Geocracy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retropolis | Geocracy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nathan Plouvier | Theo Brochard |
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Retropolis
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In-app purchases
Retropolis
- Monthly Retropass3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Retropass$49.991 Year
- Small bill of cash$0.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Bag of Cash$4.99
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- Briefcase of Cash$8.99
- Safe of Cash$17.99
- Pallet of Cash$49.99
- Hijacked Cash Convoy$89.99
Geocracy
- 1000 golds$0.99
- New city$0.99
- 5500 golds$3.99
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- 12000 golds$8.99









