Comparison

CodeBastion vs Helbreath Forever

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

Head to head
About

CodeBastion

Forge a city from a humble camp into a lasting bastion through strategic idle clicker and incremental city-building mechanics. Manage resources, assign citizens to jobs, research new technologies, and embark on expeditions to expand your legacy.

Highlights
  • Idle clicker and incremental progression
  • Resource and citizen management
  • Deep skill tree with research
  • Expeditions and exploration
  • Timed defense challenges
  • Offline progress
Features
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Build a city from its first camp into a lasting bastion in Code Bastion, a strategic idle clicker and incremental city-builder. Begin in Summary, where every tap matters. Gather wood, stone, food, and science through quick actions, manage your energy, watch your population, and keep your city moving even while you are away. Your resources continue to grow through citizen jobs and buildings, while seasons, incidents, and storage limits keep every plan under pressure. Move to Development to unlock a large skill tree across economy, construction, society, and expeditions. Each research choice opens new buildings, improves production, increases storage, strengthens manual gathering, expands your population, and prepares your city for the frontier. Turn a fragile settlement into a reliable system of farms, sawmills, quarries, mines, warehouses, markets, universities, barracks, walls, and more. Use the Resources screen to assign citizens to the jobs that matter most. Balance food, wood, stone, iron, coal, steel, gold, science, and influence. Build capacity before production overflows, keep enough workers in essential buildings, and adapt to changing seasons. Missions give every stage of the city a direction. Complete daily tasks, pursue a weekly campaign, and progress through a five-chapter city legacy: found the settlement, grow it into a city, open the frontier, endure its threats, and build a lasting legacy. When the city is ready, enter Expeditions. Train citizens, assign roles, craft preparation items, reveal a procedural map tile by tile, recruit from camps, discover points of interest, and research a catalogue of hidden treasures. Beyond the walls, every expedition can bring resources, experience, discoveries, and risks. Prepare for incursions with passive defenders and a timed defense challenge. Gather temporary materials, build defenses, create weapons, and decide how to hold the line when the frontier strikes back. CODE BASTION FEATURES Idle clicker and strategic incremental progression Quick actions, energy management, and offline progress Deep skill tree with research, upgrades, and unlocks Resources, citizen jobs, buildings, storage, and seasons Daily tasks, weekly campaigns, and city-wide goals Procedural exploration map, expeditions, equipment, and loot Treasure research, defense roles, incursions, and timed battles Five supported languages: English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian Build deliberately, explore carefully, and defend what you have created.

About

Helbreath Forever

Embark on a classic fantasy MMORPG adventure. Choose your faction, battle monsters, and engage in player-versus-player combat in a persistent online world. Develop your character with new skills and equip powerful gear.

Highlights
  • Faction-based PvP
  • Monster hunting and looting
  • Character leveling and stat building
  • Spellcasting system
  • Hundreds of equippable items
  • Persistent online server
Features
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Return to the world of Helbreath, the classic fantasy MMORPG. Choose your side in the age-old war between Aresden and Elvine, hunt monsters, grow your character and fight other players online. Online multiplayer: Play on a persistent online server alongside other adventurers. See other players in real time, trade blows and take part in faction-based PvP. Fight and grow: - Tap to attack, hold to repeat, and drag for critical strikes and dash attacks - Cast spells from a growing library of magic, each with its own effects and sound - Level up, spend your stat points and build your own style - Hundreds of weapons, each with its own damage and bonuses, plus rings, capes and necklaces to equip Loot and survive: - Monsters drop gold, potions, equipment and crafting materials - Stand on loot and tap Pick up - Use potions and food, and let HP, MP and SP recover naturally between fights - If you fall, recover your gear and get back in the fight Whether you fight for Aresden or Elvine, your legend starts now.

Screenshots

CodeBastion4 screens
Helbreath Forever4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Helbreath Forever at every 2 days against CodeBastion's every 2 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CodeBastion against 5.0 for Helbreath Forever. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodeBastion ships an update every 2 weeks, Helbreath Forever every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CodeBastion versus Helbreath Forever: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeBastionHelbreath Forever
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB554 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGines OrtizPibardos LLC

Customer experience

CodeBastion

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Helbreath Forever

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CodeBastion

No in-app purchases

None

Helbreath Forever

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CodeBastion free?
CodeBastion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Helbreath Forever free?
Helbreath Forever is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CodeBastion or Helbreath Forever?
CodeBastion and Helbreath Forever are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do CodeBastion or Helbreath Forever have ads?
Neither CodeBastion nor Helbreath Forever shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CodeBastion or Helbreath Forever?
CodeBastion ships an update every 2 weeks, and Helbreath Forever every 2 days. Most recently, CodeBastion was updated on November 10, 2026 and Helbreath Forever on November 13, 2026.

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