Fireteam vs Backburn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Fireteam
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Fireteam is a tactical strategy game where every decision matters. Draft a 3-unit fireteam from a roster of 17 unique military units, assign powerful attributes, and battle your opponent in turn-based combat. No luck. No pay-to-win. Just strategy. DRAFT. STRATEGIZE. DOMINATE. Each match starts with a blind draft โ both players pick from the same shared roster. Choose your 3 units wisely, then assign 1 of 16 attributes to each. Will you build an aggressive rush squad? A tanky defensive wall? A combo that exploits your opponent's weaknesses? With over 42,000 possible squad combinations, no two matches play the same. 17 UNIQUE UNITS From frontline Tanks and precision Marksmen to devastating Stealth Bombers and tactical Combat Controllers โ every unit has unique stats, abilities, and a priority that determines turn order. Learn them all. Master the matchups. MULTIPLE GAME MODES Play vs AI โ Three difficulty tiers: Beginner, Veteran, and Hardcore Online 1v1 โ Challenge real players in competitive matches Ranked โ Climb the ladder in best-of-3 ranked series. Earn your rank from Lieutenant to General Campaign โ Five story-driven missions with fog-of-war exploration, boss fights, and permadeath roguelike mechanics Territory War โ Join or create an army, claim territory on a shared hex map, launch 48-hour attacks, and compete in monthly seasons CAMPAIGN: WAR OF ATTRITION Lead your 17-unit platoon through five interconnected missions โ from underground bunkers to destroyed skyscrapers to cybernetic cores. Explore maps with fog of war, encounter enemies, open loot chests, and fight your way to the exit. But be careful: units lost in combat are gone for good. Manage your rations, choose your battles, and survive. TERRITORY WAR Join an army of real players and fight for control of a shared territory map. Officers claim hexes, set AI defense strategies, and launch attacks on rival armies. Each hex produces rations over time. Capital hexes earn Control Points for the monthly season leaderboard. Coordinate with your army, donate rations, and dominate the map. FAIR COMPETITIVE PLAY Every player has access to the same units, attributes, and game mechanics. There are no pay-to-win advantages. Victory is earned through strategy, not spending. Cosmetic customization is available through the in-game store โ new card art, board styles, and more. FEATURES 17 units with unique abilities and stats 16 attributes that modify unit behavior 5 campaign missions with story, bosses, and exploration Online multiplayer and ranked competitive play Territory War with army management and hex conquest Cosmetic store with card art and board styles Works offline for AI and campaign modes Download Fireteam and prove you're the better commander.
Backburn
This offline strategy game lets you plan up to six turns ahead in wildfire scenarios. Compare different decisions, manage resources, and learn from your choices in a fictional environment. Rehearse before advancing to make every turn count.
- Plan six turns ahead
- Compare strategy branches
- Manage resources and crews
- Offline gameplay
- Thirty authored incidents
- After-action reports
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NEW IN 5.0: SEE THE NEXT TURN, UNDO A MISTAKE, TAKE A DAILY INCIDENT โข Forecast: the map outlines every cell the fire will reach on your next Advance, and rings any structure that turn would lose. Change an order and the forecast redraws. It is exact for one turn because the game is deterministic. โข Undo: step back any order placed since the last Advance, from a single line cell to a burnout. Undo never rerolls the fire. โข Daily Incident: one new incident per date, generated on your device. An authored map with the wind turned 30 to 60 degrees and a fresh random sequence, the same for everyone that day. Your first finished attempt counts; practise as often as you like. Build a streak and share a plain-text result card. โข Recruit, Standard or Veteran: Recruit slows the fire for learning, Standard is the campaign as you know it, Veteran spreads faster, spots more and makes engines work within two cells of their water target. โข Service Record: nineteen commendations, from regime specialist to seven-day streaks, computed on your device. โข Field Training that waits for you to act, briefings that introduce each new resource, iPad keyboard shortcuts, VoiceOver map summaries and high-contrast overlays. Make the next turn count. Backburn is an offline wildfire incident-command strategy game for iPhone and iPad, with thirty authored incidents and tools for trying, reviewing and learning from your decisions. COMMAND THE MAP Select and move resources, build line, place water or retardant, burn out from completed line and evacuate housing groups. Each Advance passes twenty minutes. Working crews tire; HOLD lets them recover. An authored weather schedule shows when winds shift, gust fronts arrive, inversions lift and spotting pressure rises. REHEARSE BEFORE ADVANCING Decision Desk resolves the next turn in two copies: your current orders, or crews held in place. Strategy Lab explores up to six turns of three fixed policies. Neither changes your incident or its random sequence. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Every campaign incident and the Daily Incident save their map, orders, weather, clock and random state. Resume from the menu, briefing or Daily screen. Completed incidents can be reopened to review the report. COMPARE YOUR ATTEMPTS A restart keeps one previous attempt per scenario. Compare both recorded timelines and their acres, structures lost and line completed at the same turn. LEARN FROM ACTUAL RESULTS After-action reports state recorded growth, losses, injuries and score, plus any commendation earned. Passing a scenario and extinguishing all fire are different outcomes. The Field Guide explains the real rules, including the forecast, difficulty and Daily Incident. Thirty incident maps across grassland, chaparral, conifer, peat and interface fuels, with seeded spread and spotting, resource rosters and housing groups. Play in landscape on iPhone or iPad. No account, advertising, subscription or in-app purchases; gameplay works offline and progress stays on your device. Backburn is a fictional strategy game with a surface-fire model adapted for play. It is not a real-world fire forecast, emergency tool or professional training. The in-game forecast predicts only this game's next turn. There is no live weather feed, online leaderboard or app-managed cloud synchronization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fireteam at Free against Backburn's $0.99. Fireteam also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Backburn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support.
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Fireteam is free to download; Backburn costs $0.99 up front. Fireteam sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Backburn asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Fireteam | Backburn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $0.99 |
| Positive reviews | โ | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 4 days |
| Ads | โ | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Monetization | โ | Paid |
| Devices | โ | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craig Handy | Robert Corbin |
In-app purchases
Fireteam
- 500 War Bonds$4.99
- 1,200 War Bonds$9.99
- 3,000 War Bonds$19.99
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- 6,000 War Bonds$29.99
Backburn
No in-app purchases









