Comparison

Nova Rogues vs Greedwave

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

Head to head
About

Nova Rogues

Engage in a one-thumb roguelite space shooter where each run offers a unique ship build through chosen upgrades. Navigate a branching map, face diverse enemies and bosses, and select from multiple difficulty levels. Enjoy a free-to-play experience with optional purchases for an enhanced, ad-free adventure.

Highlights
  • One-thumb roguelite space shooter gameplay
  • Randomized ship builds with 85 upgrades
  • Branching map with diverse encounters
  • Three distinct playable ships
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Optional ad removal and offline play
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Nova Rogues is a one-thumb roguelite space shooter. Drag to fly. Your guns fire while your thumb is down, and every run you build a new ship from the upgrades you choose. FLY THROUGH A GATE, PICK YOUR UPGRADE Before each fight, gates open on the battlefield. Fly into the one you want and stay until its ring fills. Reroll the choices, or skip the pick. A NEW BUILD EVERY RUN • 85 upgrades in four rarities, from Common to Legendary • Chain crits, pierce, multishot, drones, elements and more • 49 modules to collect and equip before you launch THREE SHIPS The all-round Falcon, the precision Manta and the close-combat Hammer. Each flies differently and has its own abilities. CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE A branching map of fights, elites and shops. Pick your route, your risk and your rewards, then face the Talon, the Brood and the Verge, and their bosses. Bosses warn you before their big attacks, so every hit is fair. FOUR DIFFICULTIES Casual, Standard, Challenging and Nightmare. Start relaxed, then see how far you can push. MORE TO PLAY FOR • 30 challenges with fixed ships and rules • Milestones, badges and leaderboards • Leave mid-run and continue later • Available in 10 languages FREE TO PLAY Nova Rogues is free. The optional No Forced Ads purchase removes forced ads and banners, lets you play offline, and makes revives instant. The two daily bonus-chest ads stay optional for everyone. Think fast. Fly smart. Build broken.

About

Greedwave

Features
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A top-down zombie shooter where the hard part is leaving. The horde grows in five phases. A helicopter comes down once per phase after the first, on one of three pads, and which pad it picks is decided when the wave starts. Never the same pad twice in a row. Everything you found this raid sits in a pocket that only that helicopter makes real. Everything you bought stays yours no matter how badly it goes, so the question is never whether you can survive another phase. It's whether you needed to. Three maps. A house in daylight, grass yard, five doors you can barricade. A motel on a rainy night with fifteen doors, which is more than you can hold. And a quarantine post that fell, spread across five separate buildings. Shambler and Runner are the crowd. Brute goes through barricades. Bloater poisons the ground where it dies. Armored won't take damage from the front, so you move. In the last phase the Colossus arrives, too wide to fit through any door, and the only place it can be hurt is its back. Weapons run from a silenced pistol to a minigun, three upgrade tracks each. Barricades, turrets, grenades, two vests. You can play without a vest. People do. Between raids: coin, levels, a shop, a loadout, an appearance screen. All of it checked on the server, not on your phone. Free. No ads, no purchases. Turkish and English.

Screenshots

Nova Rogues4 screens
Greedwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Greedwave at none against Nova Rogues's 3. Greedwave also leads on ads (none vs shown). Nova Rogues's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, 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. Nova Rogues sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Greedwave asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova Rogues ships an update every 2 days, Greedwave every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Nova Rogues versus Greedwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNova RoguesGreedwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size406 MB64 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerutku sahinYIGIT ALTUNAY

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Nova Rogues

One-time3
  • Pilot Starter Kit$2.99
  • No Forced Ads$3.99
  • Supporter Bundle$5.99
None

Greedwave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nova Rogues free?
Nova Rogues is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Greedwave free?
Greedwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nova Rogues or Greedwave have ads?
Nova Rogues shows ads; Greedwave does not.
Which is updated more often, Nova Rogues or Greedwave?
Nova Rogues ships an update every 2 days, and Greedwave every 4 days. Most recently, Nova Rogues was updated on November 6, 2026 and Greedwave on November 6, 2026.

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