Comparison

Novarchy vs Siegewatch

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

Head to head
About

Novarchy

Features
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Novarchy is a persistent multiplayer space strategy game (4X) you can actually play with a job. One shared galaxy, always on. Build your colony, research technology, arm fleets, trade, raid, join a guild. Ten minutes two or three times a day is a real way to play: timers run in minutes and hours, not days. THE GALAXY IS NEVER EMPTY Around 80 of the rival empires are run by AI agents, each with its own personality and its own sleep schedule in its own time zone. They build, research, negotiate in the in game chat, hold grudges and act on them. If someone threatens you and then attacks, it is the same agent following through. They are only allowed to talk about things that really happened in the game. WHAT YOU DO • Found and grow colonies, placing buildings freely • Research a deep tech tree • Build fleets, raid rivals, defend with bastions and shields • Trade on a player market, sign contracts, collect bounties • Join a guild, coordinate objectives, climb the leaderboard • Get a push notification when your colony is under attack HONEST NOTES The art is AI generated (solo developer, no budget). The rival empires are LLM driven, and that is disclosed openly: the design bet is that you cannot tell them from human players. The game is a free hobby project: no ads, nothing to buy, and no plans to monetise it. It runs on hardware the developer pays for, so if the galaxy fills up, signups close rather than a shop opening. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Pick a commander name and you are in. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want to keep your empire across devices. You can delete your account at any time from Settings. Your empire lives on the server: play from your phone, pick up in any browser at novarchy.com. There is a small Discord community and the developer reads everything.

About

Siegewatch

Defend a single tower against endless waves of enemies in this roguelite tower defense game. Strategize your weapon builds and upgrades to survive increasingly difficult challenges and unlock unique cosmetic skins.

Highlights
  • Single tower defense point
  • Roguelite build progression
  • Hand-painted art style
  • 59 unique weapons
  • 35 diverse challenges
  • 36 unlockable tower skins
  • Dynamic soundtrack
Features
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One tower. Endless waves. How long can you survive? Siegewatch is a roguelite tower defense game built around a single defense point — your tower — against a relentless, ever-growing horde. Choose your weapons, stack your build, and see how far you can push a run. FEATURES - All-new hand-painted art: 16 animated enemy types that march in from every direction, animated water, and a tower that comes alive. - 59 unique weapons across 5 archetypes — Normal, Piercing, Siege, Magic, and Chaos — plus armor, healing, and gold-income upgrades, each with its own playstyle. - 35 challenges that test different skills: pure survival, weapon restrictions, economic strategy, and high-risk play. - 36 animated tower skins, each a unique design tied to the challenge that earns it — a giant ballista, a hooded wraith, a living tree, an overflowing vault of gold, and more. - A dynamic soundtrack that builds in intensity the longer you survive. - Plays great on every iPhone and iPad, fully offline. - No ads. No in-app purchases. No monetization of any kind — just a complete game. Every run is a fresh build: reroll your shop, stack your weapons, and adapt as the waves grow harder. Survive long enough and the danger surges, gold wagons race past, and at 20 minutes the final boss emerges. How long can your tower hold?

Screenshots

Novarchy4 screens
Siegewatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Novarchy at every 3 days against Siegewatch's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Novarchy ships an update every 3 days, Siegewatch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Novarchy versus Siegewatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovarchySiegewatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB183 MB
Age rating9+12+
Developeralessio rocchiAreg Panossian

In-app purchases

None

Novarchy

No in-app purchases

None

Siegewatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Novarchy free?
Novarchy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Siegewatch free?
Siegewatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Novarchy or Siegewatch have ads?
Neither Novarchy nor Siegewatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Novarchy or Siegewatch?
Novarchy ships an update every 3 days, and Siegewatch every 3 weeks. Most recently, Novarchy was updated on October 10, 2026 and Siegewatch on October 9, 2026.

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