Comparison

Emergent vs Leviathan War

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

Head to head
About

Emergent

Shape barren worlds with hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulations. Terraform landscapes, create ecosystems, and mine resources to power your connection to other players' realities. Balance creation and destruction to keep planetary hearts beating.

Highlights
  • Hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulation
  • Terraform mountains and carve rivers
  • Paint life onto barren worlds
  • Remote viewing of other players' realities
  • Send and receive gold with other players
  • Mine resources to maintain connection
  • 10 unique explorable worlds
Features
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Your planet is your canvas. Sculpt a living world like clay. Raise mountains with a finger, flood the seas, and let rivers dig gold out of the rock. Where the water goes, life follows — and evolves to fit the world you made. Other players' planets orbit alongside yours. Visit them. Chat with whoever's home. Send gold in an envelope that isn't anyone's until it's opened. WHAT YOU DO • Sculpt terrain in real time — one finger raises land, two fingers fly • Seed life and watch it spread, species by species • Mine gold. Every gram costs the world something. • Fly satellites — 107 of them — that steer weather, growth, and fortune • Gamble at the Cosmic Arcade: slots, blackjack, carts, snow tubes • Top the leaderboard by wealth, or by how much life your world holds Your world keeps living while you're away. Rivers flow, ore returns, and eleven planets wait in the dark. One account, every screen. Start on your phone, continue in any browser at emergent-d.com. Same world, same wallet, same friends.

About

Leviathan War

Features
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Leviathan War is a persistent online strategy game where real players share one persistent world map. Start as a citizen of a real country. Work in factories, trade on a live market, and build wealth. Train your character and join the military. Run for congress, pass laws, and shape your nation's economy. When diplomacy fails, take your country to war — battles are decided by the combined effort of every player who shows up. • A living world — elections, wars and markets run in real time, whether you're online or not • Real politics — vote, campaign, pass laws, form parties and alliances • A real economy — produce goods, trade currencies, run companies • War that matters — territory changes hands and the map redraws • Nine languages — English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Greek, Croatian, Turkish and German Free to play. Optional purchases support development. Pro Monthly is an auto-renewable subscription at $2.99 per month. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://leviathanwar.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://leviathanwar.com/privacy

Screenshots

Emergent4 screens
Leviathan War4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Emergent at none against Leviathan War's shown. Emergent also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Emergent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Leviathan War sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emergent ships an update every 3 days, Leviathan War weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Emergent versus Leviathan War: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmergentLeviathan War
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJoseph SmithLeviathan War Tech

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Emergent

One-time1
  • 10,000 Gold$0.99
4 purchases

Leviathan War

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time3
  • 500 Emeralds$1.99
  • 3,000 Emeralds$5.99
  • 7,000 Emeralds$12.99

Questions

Is Emergent free?
Emergent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leviathan War free?
Leviathan War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Emergent or Leviathan War have ads?
Leviathan War shows ads; Emergent does not.
Which is updated more often, Emergent or Leviathan War?
Emergent ships an update every 3 days, and Leviathan War weekly. Most recently, Emergent was updated on October 16, 2026 and Leviathan War on October 2, 2026.

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