Comparison

Order Automatica vs Defend The Holidays

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

Head to head
About

Order Automatica

Engage in strategic, automated battles on a compact grid. Plan your unit placements and tile manipulations to create devastating chain reactions against demonic foes. Master deep gameplay mechanics for endless tactical possibilities.

Highlights
  • Automated battles
  • 3x3 ritual grid
  • Unit positioning
  • Tile manipulation
  • Synergy building
  • Relic combinations
  • Challenging encounters
Features
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Order Automatica is a dark tactical roguelite where automated battles are won before they even begin. Build deadly synergies on a small 3x3 ritual grid, position your units carefully, manipulate tiles, and prepare for brutal encounters against demonic enemies. Every move matters. What looks simple quickly becomes a deep game of: - positioning, - timing, - unit merging, - tile effects, - relic combinations, - curses, - and run-breaking synergies. Enemies attack automatically, but victory depends entirely on your planning. One clever setup can trigger devastating chain reactions. One mistake can end an entire run. Experiment with wildly different builds, adapt to unpredictable encounters, and discover strategies that completely change how the game is played. A small board. Endless possibilities. Like chess with demons.

About

Defend The Holidays

Defend against four warring holiday factions on a single battlefield. Strategically place unique towers, lead powerful champions, and conquer diverse boards in this offline tower defense game. Earn cosmetic rewards through gameplay.

Highlights
  • Four warring holiday factions
  • Strategic tower placement and upgrades
  • Hero champions with abilities
  • Thirty campaign boards across four acts
  • War Mode with front-line pushing
  • Daily challenges and bounties
  • Unlockable cosmetic rewards
Features
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Four holidays. One battlefield. Christmas, Halloween, Easter and St. Patrick's Day have gone to war, and every one of them wants the road you are standing on. BUILD A REAL DEFENSE Place towers along the path and watch them fight back - each one hand-painted with its own defender, from candy-cane cannons to jack-o'-lantern mortars. Four tower roles, five levels, and a branching choice at level three that splits every tower down two different paths. There is no single right build. LEAD A CHAMPION Every faction fields its own heroes. Send them where the line is thinnest, spend their ability at the right moment, and they will level up as they fight. THIRTY BOARDS, FOUR ACTS A campaign that teaches you one rule at a time and then starts combining them. Thinner purses. Heavier hordes. Waves that come from the air. By the last act you are holding sixteen waves against two factions at once. WAR MODE All four holidays on one map, at the same time. Buy troops, push the front line, take ground, and burn down three enemy camps before they burn down yours. It is a different game on the same board. A NEW BOARD EVERY DAY One daily challenge, the same for everyone, one attempt. Three bounties a day and a streak worth keeping. EVERY LOOK IS EARNED Champion looks you win by playing - by wins, by boards, by war rank - with an ultimate form for anyone who earns them all. None are for sale. ENDLESS, RANKED Free Play goes on as long as you can hold the line. Your best wave goes to the Game Center leaderboard. NO WIFI REQUIRED The whole game is on your phone. No account, no login, no timers, and nothing to wait for. Playable in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Dutch.

Screenshots

Order Automatica4 screens
Defend The Holidays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Defend The Holidays at Free against Order Automatica's $5.99. Defend The Holidays also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Order Automatica's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

Defend The Holidays is free to download; Order Automatica costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Defend The Holidays holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Order Automatica has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Order Automatica ships an update every 2 weeks, Defend The Holidays every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Order Automatica versus Defend The Holidays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrder AutomaticaDefend The Holidays
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size315 MB205 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPixel Perfect Dude S.A.PATRICK JEFFREY COLVIS

Customer experience

Order Automatica

All ratings23 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%

Defend The Holidays

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Order Automatica

No in-app purchases

None

Defend The Holidays

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Order Automatica free?
Order Automatica costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Defend The Holidays free?
Defend The Holidays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Order Automatica or Defend The Holidays?
Defend The Holidays is rated higher. Order Automatica averages 4.2 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Defend The Holidays averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Order Automatica or Defend The Holidays have ads?
Defend The Holidays shows ads; Order Automatica does not.
Which is updated more often, Order Automatica or Defend The Holidays?
Order Automatica ships an update every 2 weeks, and Defend The Holidays every 3 weeks. Most recently, Order Automatica was updated on November 10, 2026 and Defend The Holidays on October 29, 2026.

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