Comparison

Block Bastion vs Wickbound

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

Head to head
About

Block Bastion

Features
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Block Bastion is a portrait tower defense game built for quick, tactical battles. Defend your command core against waves of enemy vehicles and drones. Build cannon, tesla, EMP, anti-air, and missile towers, then reinforce your base with walls, mines, factories, and labs. Every wave asks you to spend carefully, place defenses well, and adapt before the next attack arrives. Features: - Portrait-first tower defense gameplay - Multiple tower and structure types - Upgrade and sell decisions during battle - Ground and air enemies - Wave-based progression - Tactical base building with limited resources - Optional rewarded boosts and remove-ads purchase Hold the line, protect the core, and build a bastion that survives the assault.

About

Wickbound

A premium roguelike deckbuilder designed for one-handed play and short sessions. Build your deck, outlast the storm, and keep the light burning. Offers a full game unlock with a single purchase and offline play.

Highlights
  • One-handed portrait mode gameplay
  • Short 5-10 minute runs
  • Kill-safe save system
  • 76 cards across three types
  • 40 unique relics
  • Three acts with 18 enemies
  • Daily seeded runs with leaderboards
Features
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You are the last lighthouse keeper on a drowning coast. The storm has teeth, and the light is all that holds it back. Wickbound is a premium roguelike deckbuilder designed for one hand and one sitting. No ads. No subscriptions. No account. One purchase unlocks the full game forever — and it plays in airplane mode. BUILT FOR YOUR THUMB Portrait-only. Every card, every choice, every enemy sits in thumb reach. Runs take 5–10 minutes, and a kill-safe save system means you can force-quit mid-combat and resume exactly where you stood. BURN OR BULWARK • 76 cards across Flares, Wards, and Beacons • The Keeper stacks Kindle and watches enemies burn down • The Salvager (unlock by winning) turns armor into a weapon • 40 relics that bend the rules of every run THREE ACTS OF STORM Fight through the Harbor Storm and the Drowned Reach to face the Mother of Storms. 18 enemies with fully telegraphed intents — every death is your mistake, and every win is your plan working. CLIMB THE LADDER Ascension 1–5 per character. Each win unlocks a crueler storm. THE DAILY WATCH One seeded run per day — identical for every player on Earth. One attempt. Game Center leaderboard. Bragging rights until midnight UTC. Keep the light. Outlast the storm.

Screenshots

Block Bastion3 screens
Wickbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wickbound at none against Block Bastion's shown. Block Bastion's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Block Bastion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wickbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Block Bastion versus Wickbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock BastionWickbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB71 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAmol SamantGreen Delta Technology LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Block Bastion

One-time1
  • Block Bastion$0.99
1 purchases

Wickbound

One-time1
  • Wickbound — Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Block Bastion free?
Block Bastion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wickbound free?
Wickbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Block Bastion or Wickbound have ads?
Block Bastion shows ads; Wickbound does not.

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