Comparison

Shadow Rulers 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

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.

About

Leviathan War

Engage in a persistent multiplayer world where real players shape nations through politics, business, diplomacy, and war. Vote on laws, run companies, and coordinate with allies to influence your country's future.

Highlights
  • Player-driven nation building
  • Political participation and lawmaking
  • Company creation and management
  • Resource production and trading
  • Territorial warfare and diplomacy
  • Persistent living world
Features
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Leviathan War is a multiplayer geopolitical strategy game where citizens shape one persistent world through politics, business, diplomacy and war. Vote on laws, run companies, work in factories and coordinate with other players to change your nation’s future. • Become part of a country: choose where to live, work, train and contribute. • Build political power: join a party, vote, run for office and propose laws. • Create an economy: produce resources, trade on a live market and hire players. • Change the map: organize with allies and fight over territory. • Return to a living world: elections, companies and conflicts continue between sessions. Free to start. Optional purchases include Emeralds and Pro gameplay benefits. Pro is available as an auto-renewable monthly or three-month subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The current price is shown before purchase. Manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://leviathanwar.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://leviathanwar.com/privacy

Screenshots

Shadow Rulers4 screens
Leviathan War4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shadow Rulers at none against Leviathan War's shown. Leviathan War's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Shadow Rulers sells 5 one-off in-app purchases 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

Shadow Rulers ships an update every 3 weeks, Leviathan War every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shadow Rulers versus Leviathan War: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadow RulersLeviathan War
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size380 MB38 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMutaz abdalganiLeviathan War Tech

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
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 Shadow Rulers free?
Shadow Rulers 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 Shadow Rulers or Leviathan War have ads?
Leviathan War shows ads; Shadow Rulers does not.
Which is updated more often, Shadow Rulers or Leviathan War?
Shadow Rulers ships an update every 3 weeks, and Leviathan War every 3 days. Most recently, Shadow Rulers was updated on October 11, 2026 and Leviathan War on October 19, 2026.

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