Emergent vs Leviathan War
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Leviathan War
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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
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Verdict
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.
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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.
Emergent ships an update every 3 days, Leviathan War weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emergent | Leviathan War |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joseph Smith | Leviathan War Tech |
In-app purchases
Emergent
- 10,000 Gold$0.99
Leviathan War
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- 500 Emeralds$1.99
- 3,000 Emeralds$5.99
- 7,000 Emeralds$12.99
Questions
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