Rat Raid vs Astra Squad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rat Raid
Defend your farm from waves of mutant rats by gathering resources, crafting weapons, and upgrading your defenses. Fight to protect your crops and home in this action-packed defense game.
- Defend farm from mutant rats
- Gather resources
- Craft powerful weapons
- Upgrade equipment
- Survive endless waves
- Explore and collect
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Defend your farm, craft powerful weapons, and wipe out waves of mutant rats! The farm is under attack! A mysterious mutation has turned ordinary rats into vicious monsters, and they’re coming in endless waves! Take control of a brave farmer and fight to protect her home, crops, and everything she has worked so hard to build. Explore the farm and gather valuable resources scattered across the land. Chop, mine, collect, and harvest everything you can to keep your defenses growing. Every resource can make the difference between holding the line and watching your farm fall. Craft powerful weapons and upgrade your equipment to become stronger with every battle. Improve your tools, unlock new gear, and build up your arsenal to deal with increasingly dangerous mutant rats. The stronger the invasion becomes, the stronger you’ll need to become! Defend different areas of the farm, survive rat waves, and push back the growing rat infestation. Keep improving your equipment, expand your defenses, and turn your farm into an unstoppable fortress! The mutant rats won’t stop coming. Gather resources, upgrade your gear, and fight your way through the invasion. Can you save the farm and drive the mutant rats back for good?
Astra Squad
Lead humanity's counterattack against alien invaders as Commander Astra. Rebuild your forces, gather resources, and upgrade your hero with powerful weapons to defend Earth. Engage in intense battles across the planet to reclaim the stars.
- Lead humanity's defense force
- Rebuild and strengthen your army
- Gather resources
- Upgrade hero and weapons
- Fight waves of alien monsters
- Counterattack across Earth
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Rebuild the world - Reclaim the stars! The year is 2199. The alien monsters have conquered the Moon and Mars and now threaten Earth. In response, the world unites to form the ultimate defense force! Play as Commander Astra, a hero who must rebuild her army after a crushing defeat. Fight through waves of alien forces to protect the Earth! Gather valuable resources to strengthen your hero, gain powerful weapons, and lead humanity's counterattack across Earth!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rat Raid at 4.9 against Astra Squad's 4.6. Rat Raid also leads on chart position (#192 vs unranked) and review sentiment (28% vs 19%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Rat Raid sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Astra Squad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rat Raid holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 664 and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Rat Raid's written reviews are positive against 19% of Astra Squad's.
Rat Raid ships an update every 4 days, Astra Squad every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Rat Raid | Astra Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (664 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews — better | 19.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 664 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #192 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 475 MB | 565 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 24 HIT Riga SIA | MEGAGIGA GAMES BILISIM AS |
Customer experience
Rat Raid
Astra Squad
In-app purchases
Rat Raid
- Hard 1$0.99
- Hard 1 offer$0.99
- Hard 2$4.99
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- Hard 2 offer$4.99
- Elite wheat farmer$7.99
- Hard Pack 3$9.99
- No ads pack$9.99
- X2 Tool damage forever$11.99
- X2 Weapon damage forever$12.99
- No ads VIP pack$22.99
Astra Squad
- Gem Pack 1$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Rare Shotgun Pack$1.99
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- Gem Pack 2$4.99
- Gem Pack 3$9.99
- No Ads Pack$9.99
- Melania Pack$9.99
- Tool Damage Forever$11.99
- Weapon Damage Forever$12.99
- Gem Pack 4$19.99








