Comparison

Kingdom vs CodeBastion

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

Head to head
About

Kingdom

Engage in real-time multiplayer strategy by mining, building, and managing your kingdom. Plan invasions and defend your territory in a quest for ultimate rule. This game offers deep strategic gameplay for ambitious rulers.

Highlights
  • Real-time multiplayer strategy
  • Resource management (mining, woodcutting)
  • Kingdom building
  • Tax management
  • Political intrigue (coups)
  • Invasion mechanics
Features
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A real time, multiplayer strategy game. Mine, chop wood, build houses, manage taxes, start coups, invade your neighbors. One kingdom is guaranteed to rule them all! Terms of Use: https://legal.kingdoms.ninja/terms

About

CodeBastion

Forge a city from a humble camp into a lasting bastion through strategic idle clicker and incremental city-building mechanics. Manage resources, assign citizens to jobs, research new technologies, and embark on expeditions to expand your legacy.

Highlights
  • Idle clicker and incremental progression
  • Resource and citizen management
  • Deep skill tree with research
  • Expeditions and exploration
  • Timed defense challenges
  • Offline progress
Features
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Build a city from its first camp into a lasting bastion in Code Bastion, a strategic idle clicker and incremental city-builder. Begin in Summary, where every tap matters. Gather wood, stone, food, and science through quick actions, manage your energy, watch your population, and keep your city moving even while you are away. Your resources continue to grow through citizen jobs and buildings, while seasons, incidents, and storage limits keep every plan under pressure. Move to Development to unlock a large skill tree across economy, construction, society, and expeditions. Each research choice opens new buildings, improves production, increases storage, strengthens manual gathering, expands your population, and prepares your city for the frontier. Turn a fragile settlement into a reliable system of farms, sawmills, quarries, mines, warehouses, markets, universities, barracks, walls, and more. Use the Resources screen to assign citizens to the jobs that matter most. Balance food, wood, stone, iron, coal, steel, gold, science, and influence. Build capacity before production overflows, keep enough workers in essential buildings, and adapt to changing seasons. Missions give every stage of the city a direction. Complete daily tasks, pursue a weekly campaign, and progress through a five-chapter city legacy: found the settlement, grow it into a city, open the frontier, endure its threats, and build a lasting legacy. When the city is ready, enter Expeditions. Train citizens, assign roles, craft preparation items, reveal a procedural map tile by tile, recruit from camps, discover points of interest, and research a catalogue of hidden treasures. Beyond the walls, every expedition can bring resources, experience, discoveries, and risks. Prepare for incursions with passive defenders and a timed defense challenge. Gather temporary materials, build defenses, create weapons, and decide how to hold the line when the frontier strikes back. CODE BASTION FEATURES Idle clicker and strategic incremental progression Quick actions, energy management, and offline progress Deep skill tree with research, upgrades, and unlocks Resources, citizen jobs, buildings, storage, and seasons Daily tasks, weekly campaigns, and city-wide goals Procedural exploration map, expeditions, equipment, and loot Treasure research, defense roles, incursions, and timed battles Five supported languages: English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian Build deliberately, explore carefully, and defend what you have created.

Screenshots

Kingdom2 screens
CodeBastion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CodeBastion at none against Kingdom's 3. CodeBastion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Kingdom's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (18 vs 4). On price, ads 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. Kingdom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CodeBastion asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CodeBastion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Kingdom's written reviews are positive against 100% of CodeBastion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kingdom ships an update every 5 days, CodeBastion every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Kingdom versus CodeBastion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKingdomCodeBastion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJad HannaGines Ortiz

Customer experience

Kingdom

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

CodeBastion

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Kingdom

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Supporter$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Gold and Meat Pack$1.99
  • 5 Book Pack$3.99
None

CodeBastion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kingdom free?
Kingdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CodeBastion free?
CodeBastion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kingdom or CodeBastion?
CodeBastion is rated higher. Kingdom averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while CodeBastion averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Kingdom or CodeBastion have ads?
Neither Kingdom nor CodeBastion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kingdom or CodeBastion?
Kingdom ships an update every 5 days, and CodeBastion every 10 days. Most recently, Kingdom was updated on October 6, 2026 and CodeBastion on September 21, 2026.

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