Fantasy Defense Quest vs Core Tower Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fantasy Defense Quest
Defend your castle from invading Orcs, Dragons, and other magical creatures in this addictive tower defense game. Strategize your defenses with a variety of towers, upgrade them, and build mazes to stop the enemy horde. Earn more gold coins faster by playing on higher difficulties.
- Strategic tower placement
- Tower upgrades
- Maze building
- Variety of enemy types
- Multiple tower types
- Difficulty-based coin bonuses
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Fantasy Defense Quest is a fun and addicting Tower Defense game in a world of magic and sorcery. The world is in danger! The Orcs are invading us, Dragons, Goblins and Ogres are on their side! You are the world's last hope... Stop them before they take your castle! Plan your defense using magic, arrows and ancient technologies. Plant towers, upgrade them, build mazes. Be creative and do everything you can to save the world from the Orc Invasion! The ennemies: - Goblin Fodders: weak warriors with weak armors - Orc Warriors: stronger warriors with armors - Orc Chieftains: provides additional armor to surrounding units - Orc Necromancers: revives other dead units - Orc Battlemage: resistant to magic - Ogre Maulers: heavy armor, hard to kill! - Blue Dragons: young and inexperienced but you should still fear their flames - Black Dragons: thinking ninja but flying and throwing flames, watch out! - Red Dragons: On the way to excellence the red dragon will give you a real hard time... - Gold Dragons: heavy and aggressive, they are the proud of the Dragon army! - Goblin Flying Contraption: Who said a little goblin can not be the most dreadful enemy? Your weapons: Archer Tower: long range, fast shooting, targets air and land Frost Tower: slows down units - air and land, low damage, area of effect. Flame Tower: magical effect, Area of Effect splash damage. Targets air and land Siege Tower: massive damage, armor piercing, ground only, short range. Dragon Tower: massive damage to air units only, no damage to ground. Want to EARN MORE GOLD COINS FASTER? Play in Medium and get 2x coins or plain in Hard and get 4x coins Have fun playing :) Say Hi, Like us and follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FantasyDefenseQuest
Core Tower Defense
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Zombies are marching on the energy core of New Terra, and you decide the road they take. Build a maze of nodes, line it with turrets and hold the core in this 3D sci-fi tower defense strategy game you can play offline on iPhone and iPad. BUILD THE ZOMBIES' PATH The twist on classic TD: you build the path. At the start of every level, lay nodes on the grid, and every node bends the route past your guns. Make the maze as long as you like, just never seal the core off. Between waves, add, upgrade and sell turrets. 7 TURRETS, 3 LEVELS EACH Machine Gun, Laser, Quad Gun, Rocket, Light Gun, Ice and Black Hole. Upgrade them in battle and unlock their special abilities, from Chain and Quad Explosion to Teleport. ELEMENTAL COMBOS Fire, ice, lightning and blue fire. When two elements hit the same zombie, they fuse into one of six combos such as Lightning Storm, Plasma and Frost Fire. 20 LEVELS ON NEW TERRA A lab parasite has turned the colonists into zombies. Fight from Pandora Research Center and Nova Station to the Endless Labyrinth and the Dark Zone, with a story quest on every level. ENDLESS SURVIVAL Six survival maps, waves that never stop and zombies that grow stronger every five waves. How long can your core hold? ZOMBIES THAT TEST YOUR MAZE Fast runners, element-immune zombies and bosses like the Brute push your defense to the limit. GROW YOUR ARSENAL Spend Skill Points, Blueprints, Titanium and Compensators on damage, range, fire rate and abilities. Earn badges, clear challenges and daily missions, and climb to level 100. PLAY YOUR WAY • Play offline, on iPhone and iPad • Pinch to zoom, drag to look around, speed waves up to 2× Just one more level? Questions or ideas? Write to contact@skylinesgames.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fantasy Defense Quest at fortnightly against Core Tower Defense's every 2 months. Fantasy Defense Quest also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Fantasy Defense Quest sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Core Tower Defense sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fantasy Defense Quest ships an update fortnightly, Core Tower Defense every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fantasy Defense Quest | Core Tower Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christophe Delhaze | MUHAMMED TAHA AKTAS |
In-app purchases
Fantasy Defense Quest
- Mini Pack$0.99
- Remove Ads Forever$1.99
- Small Pack$4.99
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- Medium Pack$9.99
- Large Pack$19.99
- Jumbo Pack$39.99
- Epic Pack$99.99
Core Tower Defense
- Compensator 5$0.99
- Titanium 5$1.99
- Blueprint 5$2.99
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- Compensator 25$3.99
- Skill Point 11$5.99
- Life Core 11$5.99
- Titanium 25$7.99
- Blueprint 25$12.99
- Skill Point 130$49.99
- Life Core 130$49.99
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