Comparison

Shadow Rulers vs Spice Winds

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

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About

Shadow Rulers

Features
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Shadow Rulers is a global strategy game where you lead a secret organization competing for control of the world from the shadows. Expand your influence across strategic regions, challenge rival families, recruit specialized Lords, build powerful assets, manipulate global systems, and decide how your organization will rise. Every decision affects your path to power. CONTROL THE WORLD FROM THE SHADOWS Capture strategic regions and expand your global network. Use different Lords to exploit weaknesses in military power, politics, media, cyber operations, and the economy. DAILY SEASON OPERATIONS Every season lasts 30 days and creates a new strategic journey. Face a new challenge every day while major events unfold throughout the season, changing the world and forcing you to adapt your strategy. No two days of the season are exactly the same Develop powerful Influence Assets across the world, expand your organization, and generate resources that strengthen your long-term strategy. ENTER THE SHADOW MARKET Trade across strategic sectors including Defense, Energy, Technology, Banking, Pharma, and Media. Watch global signals, choose the right moment to act, and take advantage of changing market conditions. COMMAND YOUR LORDS Different Lords specialize in different forms of power. Choose the right approach for each target and exploit its weakest point before rival organizations do. FACE RIVAL FAMILIES Other shadow organizations are competing for the same world. Expand faster, defend your influence, and prevent rival families from becoming too powerful. SEASON PASS Unlock additional seasonal benefits including expanded Influence access, additional Market access, premium rewards, and access to Season Archive replays. SEASON ARCHIVE & REPLAY Revisit previously declassified operations from the current season and replay strategic scenarios without affecting your daily operation progress. GLOBAL STRATEGY Manage resources, influence, suspicion, strategic assets, world events, and long-term expansion while adapting your strategy to an evolving world. The world sees governments, corporations, wars, markets, and headlines. You see the forces behind them. MORE THAN 10 GAME MODES Shadow Rulers now offers more than 10 different ways to play. Each mode changes the rules, objectives, world conditions, and strategic challenges you face. From global wars and collapsing worlds to hidden conflicts, alliances, empires, and seasonal operations, every mode offers a different path to power. Welcome to Shadow Rulers.

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Spice Winds

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Spice Winds — A 1510 Mediterranean Trading Life The year is 1510. With a small ship and a pocket of gold, you set out to become the richest merchant on the Mediterranean — one cargo, one port, one clever deal at a time. Sail between ten historic ports — Venice, Genoa, Naples, Barcelona, Lisbon, Marseille, Istanbul, Tunis, Alexandria and Algiers — and read a living market where every price moves with supply and demand. Buy flax, iron, grain and spices where they're cheap, sell where they're dear, and watch for the port that pays a daily premium. FEATURES • A living economy — prices rise and fall as you and your rivals trade • Ten Mediterranean ports on a hand‑drawn map you can pan and explore • Build workshops and refine raw goods into valuable wares (flax→linen, iron→blades, grain→bread, sand→glass) • Grow a fleet — smacks, cogs, caravels and galleons; hire crew, repair hulls, mount cannon • Open warehouses, hire a merchant to sell while you sail, and a guard to keep thieves away • Take on guild and governor contracts for gold and reputation • Recover lost cargo from the deep with salvage charts • Climb the merchant rankings, earn ranks and titles, unlock achievements • Relaxing original soundtrack, with music and sound toggles Single‑player. Plays offline. Your progress is saved on your device. Hoist the sails, captain — the Mediterranean is yours to win.

Screenshots

Shadow Rulers4 screens
Spice Winds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spice Winds at none against Shadow Rulers's 5. On price, ads, 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. Shadow Rulers sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Spice Winds asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Shadow Rulers versus Spice Winds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadow RulersSpice Winds
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size380 MB131 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMutaz abdalganiHalil Dobracan

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Shadow Rulers

One-time5
  • Launch WMD Pack$0.99
  • Stability Tokens x4$2.99
  • Season Pass S1$5.99
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  • Season Pass S2 - 30 Days$5.99
  • Media Politics Pack$6.99
None

Spice Winds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shadow Rulers free?
Shadow Rulers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spice Winds free?
Spice Winds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shadow Rulers or Spice Winds have ads?
Neither Shadow Rulers nor Spice Winds shows ads.

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