Comparison

Fantasy Defense Quest vs Tower vs Goblins

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Strategic tower placement
  • Tower upgrades
  • Maze building
  • Variety of enemy types
  • Multiple tower types
  • Difficulty-based coin bonuses
Features
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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

About

Tower vs Goblins

Defend your castle from waves of attacking goblins in this strategic tower defense game. Upgrade your hero and fortress with various weapons and special skills to survive increasingly difficult enemy raids. Enjoy a visually appealing medieval world with endless fun.

Highlights
  • Build and defend your castle
  • Upgrade hero and base
  • Strategic placement of weapons
  • Level up hero abilities
  • Variety of weapons and skills
  • Visually appealing graphics
Features
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Aim, shoot and protect your castle from waves of enemies in tower defense game THE OWNER OF THE CASTLE Show your strategy skills in a unique tower defense game and protect your base against waves of goblins. Discover an unforgettable gaming experience of TD games with interesting levels, improvements and strategic challenges. Encounter various enemy raids on your difficult path, upgrade your hero and base to stop them all! Endless fun is waiting for you in Spire vs Goblins: Tower Defense game download right now absolutely free. BUILD AND DEFEND To turn your tower into an impenetrable fortress, with each reflected wave, collect a reward that can be used to add new blocks and a variety of weapons: a spear, a ballista or a magic crystal. Each type of weapon unlocks special skills that will help you stay safe, destroy the enemy base and waves of goblins. You need to build wisely - a lot depends on the position of the blocks in your survival. Aim and shoot - the goblins are attacking! This RPG shooter will constantly keep you in suspense, be ready to skillfully use your bow to protect the tower from flying monsters, dark magicians, terrible demons. Each time the enemies become stronger and be sure that you have properly upgraded your hero and defensive structure to become an epic invincible archer. Strategic- Use your sharp wits to fight off enemies as you wander around looking for blocks to add to your tower. It may seem that everything is simple in Tower vs Goblins: RPG Shooter, as in many idle games, but you need to plan ahead and think about how to properly display all the weapons in your fortress. Another important detail is the strategic use of resources and unique abilities. Level Up - Go through the levels in this TD RPG shooter game and discover awesome upgrades, weapons, and other improvements. After defeating each wave, you are given the opportunity to choose the leveling of the hero to your heart's content: attack power and speed, damage crit, number of arrows and much more! After completing the level, upgrade your fortress: it's up to you to upgrade your defenses and be an impregnable defender or upgrade your weapons and not even let the enemies near you. Catchy - it's about the gameplay and especially about the graphics. The cute design and attention to detail makes Tower vs Goblins: Aim and Shoot a very visually appealing adventure that mesmerizes and maintains a chill vibe. The animation of waves of enemies is a special work of art! MEDIEVAL EPIC WORLD So come on, build your mighty tower, survive and wage war against the goblins in this exciting RPG tower defense game. Travel through different areas to explore new opportunities to protect your fortress and ways to destroy an ever-increasing number of enemies! Dive into the world of non-stop fun TD games full of dangerous monsters, magic, and castles.

Screenshots

Fantasy Defense Quest4 screens
Tower vs Goblins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fantasy Defense Quest at 83% against Tower vs Goblins's 14%. Fantasy Defense Quest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Tower vs Goblins's advantage is ratings volume (273 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Fantasy Defense Quest sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Tower vs Goblins sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fantasy Defense Quest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tower vs Goblins has 273 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Fantasy Defense Quest's written reviews are positive against 14% of Tower vs Goblins's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fantasy Defense Quest ships an update fortnightly, Tower vs Goblins every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fantasy Defense Quest versus Tower vs Goblins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFantasy Defense QuestTower vs Goblins
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (273 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1273 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe Delhaze24 HIT Riga SIA

Customer experience

Fantasy Defense Quest

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Tower vs Goblins

All ratings273 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

Fantasy Defense Quest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tower vs Goblins

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Archer/hero level stuck at 3/4 through level 1 despite progressing to later worlds
  • Locked menu items never unlock even at high levels
  • Challenge mode notifications appear but mode is inaccessible
  • Ad-free purchase fails to remove optional reward ads
  • Ads persist even with airplane mode enabled
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  • Game waves last only seconds when offline
  • Misleading promotional images showing more towers than actually available

Requested features

7 requests
  • Archer HP upgrade system
  • Nerf flying enemy damage
  • Increase tower placement limit beyond 16
  • Add settings/options menu
  • Unlock mechanism for locked features
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  • More content and progression variety
  • Clearer unlock requirements for menus

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Fantasy Defense Quest

One-time7
  • 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
5 purchases

Tower vs Goblins

One-time5
  • Bunch of money$4.99
  • Chest of money$9.99
  • No Ads$9.99
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  • A lot of money$14.99
  • No Ads Pack$14.99

Questions

Is Fantasy Defense Quest free?
Fantasy Defense Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tower vs Goblins free?
Tower vs Goblins is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fantasy Defense Quest or Tower vs Goblins?
Fantasy Defense Quest is rated higher. Fantasy Defense Quest averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tower vs Goblins averages 4.3 from 273 ratings.
Do Fantasy Defense Quest or Tower vs Goblins have ads?
Both Fantasy Defense Quest and Tower vs Goblins show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fantasy Defense Quest or Tower vs Goblins?
Fantasy Defense Quest ships an update fortnightly, and Tower vs Goblins every 2 months. Most recently, Fantasy Defense Quest was updated on June 8, 2026 and Tower vs Goblins on September 27, 2026.

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