Robot Colony 3 vs Hold the Keep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Robot Colony 3
Manage a robot colony and defend it from giant insects in this offline RTS game. Strategically produce autonomous robots that gather resources and build your base. Features manual robot control, new insect types, and numerous buildings.
- Robot colony management
- Defend against giant insects
- Autonomous robot behavior
- Manual robot control
- New insect types
- Dozens of new buildings
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Robot Colony 3 is an RTS about managing a colony of robots and protecting it from giant insects. Strategic selection of the right type of robots to produce is needed for the colony's success. The robots are autonomous and behave like ants. They search for food and resources and bring them to the base. The game is offline and has low system requirements. Here are some improvements compared to the first part of the game: - the ability to control robots manually - new types of insects with unique behavior - dozens of new buildings and power-ups
Hold the Keep
Command heroes and use skill cards in this fast-paced tactical survival game. Build your army, upgrade abilities, and defend your keep against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Each playthrough offers a chance to strategize and grow stronger for the next challenge.
- Command heroes
- Unleash skill cards
- Battle waves of enemies
- Build and upgrade army
- Defend the keep
- Strategic gameplay
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Hold The Keep is a fast-paced tactical survival game where you command heroes, unleash skill cards, and battle through waves of enemies that grow stronger over time. Build your army, upgrade your abilities, and defend the keep against an ever-intensifying battlefield. Every run challenges you to survive longer, make smarter choices, and grow stronger for the next fight. Summon heroes across different roles, including tanks, healers, ranged attackers, mages, assassins, and specialists. Unlike games that limit your squad size, Hold The Keep lets you bring as many heroes as you can afford to summon. Use skill cards to change the tide of battle with damage spells, summons, healing, shields, buffs, debuffs, and crowd control. Time each card carefully and build powerful combinations to survive longer. Face endless waves of enemies, elites, and bosses as the pressure keeps rising. Earn rewards, strengthen your heroes, upgrade your cards, improve your summons, and refine your strategy with each attempt. Can you hold the keep?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Robot Colony 3 at none against Hold the Keep's shown. Robot Colony 3 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Hold the Keep's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Robot Colony 3 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hold the Keep sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Robot Colony 3 against 5.0 for Hold the Keep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Robot Colony 3 ships an update monthly, Hold the Keep every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Robot Colony 3 | Hold the Keep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 371 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ivan Khokhlenkov | BcuzEYEcan |
Customer experience
Robot Colony 3
Hold the Keep
In-app purchases
Robot Colony 3
- Fast speed$3.99
Hold the Keep
- Talent point reset$0.99
- Gold Pack 1000$0.99
- Small Hero Shard Pack$1.99
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- Medium Gold Pack$4.99
- A medium pack of hero shards$4.99
- Premium Hero 1$4.99
- Premium Hero 2$4.99
- Large Gold Pack$9.99
- Large pack of hero shards$9.99
- Giant pack of gold$19.99
Questions
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