Comparison

Tank Battle vs The Fires UnKnown

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

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About

Tank Battle

Experience the D-Day landings in this historical wargame. Command Allied or German forces through challenging missions, utilizing specialized units and strategic gameplay. Overcome defenses, clear minefields, and claim victory on the beaches of Normandy.

Highlights
  • Historical D-Day invasion simulation
  • Playable Allied and German campaigns
  • Specialized D-Day 'Funnies' units
  • Diverse terrain and troop classes
  • Detailed combat analysis and strategic movement
  • 23 missions with large-scale beach invasions
Features
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Land your troops on the beaches of northern France, lay bridges to cross flooded enemy defences, avoid tanktraps, clear the area of dangerous minefields, overcome the enemy and claim the beachhead for the Allies! Tank Battle: Normandy is a historical wargame themed around the Allied invasion of Axis held in Europe on the 6th of June, 1944. Play as the Allies, British or Americans as many new units enter the theatre for the first time. Or, play as the Germans as they use their impressive arrays of heavy tanks, bunker emplacements and artillery to repel the invasion forces. The invasion missions are a careful recreation of the naval landings at Omaha, Utah, Sword and Gold beaches. The other missions are a mixture of themed and historical battles that challenge even the most skilled wargamers. From the lush and forested bocage and fortified beaches of Northern France where tank is king, to tight urban environs where infantry units can rule all, Tank Battle: Normandy requires the player to be at the top of their game! Enjoy Airborne Landings, bridge-laying tanks, mine-clearing tanks, bunker assaulting AVRE's, Fireflies and Kangaroo’s. Typical mission objectives include; escorting units, holding positions, capturing points, repairing units and, the ever-popular, destroy the enemy army. The game system represents a major upgrade of the already successful engine used throughout the Tank Battle series and enjoys a number of new features and refinements. Key Game Features: ● High Definition World War II era graphics. ● 23 Missions to play through, including 4 large-scale beach invasions. ● Play as the British in the 8 Mission ‘First Strike’ tutorial campaign introducing off-screen bombardment and landing craft. Includes a full-scale mission. ● Play as the Americans in the 4 Mission ‘Invasion’ Campaign. ● Play as the British in the 6 Mission ‘Assault’ Campaign. ● Play as the Germans in the 5 Mission ‘Counterattack’ Campaign. ● Over 100 unique units! ● Specialist D-Day 'Funnies' units including: Churchill Bridgelayer, M4 Sherman Crab minesweepers, M4 Sherman DD floating tanks, ● LCT and LCVP landing crafts. ● New defensive German units including: bunkers and gun emplacements. ● High Definition grassland and beach terrains. ● Four troop classes; Raw, Average, Veteran and Elite. ● Other Game Features; detailed combat analysis, flank attacks, strategic movement, indirect fire, mounting and dismounting from vehicles, multi-level hills, minesweepers, bridge-laying. ● Hours of game play. ● Map zoom. ● Additional Purchasable Campaigns. Purchasable Extra Content: ● 8 Mission 'Breakout' Campaign, playing as the Americans. ● 8 Mission 'Pursuit' Campaign, playing as the British. ● 6 mission Overlord! campaign. Find us on Facebook – facebook.com/HexWar Follow us on Twitter - @HexwarGames Game Forum - hexwar.com/forums Thank you for supporting our games! © 2015 HexWar Games Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

About

The Fires UnKnown

Features
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A turn-based tactics game played on a hex grid. Twenty maps, each one finished in 20 to 40 minutes. NOTHING IS LEFT TO LUCK Combat is computed in whole numbers, with no random rolls anywhere. The damage figure shown before you attack is not a forecast — it is exactly what will happen. The same position always plays out the same way. You cannot blame a loss on the dice, but every win is one you actually earned. TAKE IT BACK UNTIL YOU COMMIT Tap a unit and its movement range appears in blue, its firing range in red. You pick where to move first and choose the action afterwards, so nothing is locked in until you say so. The game saves after every move, so you can stop mid-battle and pick it up later. THE GROUND MATTERS Plains, forest, mountain, river, sea, road, city, factory, port, airfield. Each one changes how much cover a unit gets and how much movement it costs. Hide in the trees, put a mountain at your back, race down a road to close the gap. Maps with open water turn on transports and landings; the larger maps turn on holding cities to grow your income. TWENTY MAPS, ONE STORY A ceasefire order never reached the front line. What follows is a war that should never have happened. Each map opens with a short briefing, and finishing all twenty plays the ending. WHO YOU PLAY Against the AI at three levels, or two players passing one device back and forth. TWELVE LANGUAGES English, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, Русский, Italiano, Bahasa Indonesia. PLAYS OFFLINE The only thing that needs a connection is the ads. In airplane mode the game itself still runs. WHAT IT COSTS Maps 1 to 10 open one at a time: clear a map, watch one ad, move on. Maps 11 to 20 unlock together for a single payment, available from the very start. There is nothing else to buy.

Screenshots

Tank Battle1 screens
The Fires UnKnown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Fires UnKnown at Free against Tank Battle's $2.99. The Fires UnKnown also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Tank Battle's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

The Fires UnKnown is free to download; Tank Battle costs $2.99 up front. Tank Battle sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and The Fires UnKnown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tank Battle ships an update every 2 months, The Fires UnKnown every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tank Battle versus The Fires UnKnown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTank BattleThe Fires UnKnown
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.315.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size342 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHunted Cow Studios Ltd.STUDIOYOURMINI

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Tank Battle

One-time7
  • Breakout Campaign$1.99
  • Pursuit Campaign$1.99
  • Dark Days campaign$1.99
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  • Strike! Campaign$1.99
  • Overlord! Campaign$1.99
  • No Retreat! Campaign$1.99
  • Tears and Sweat Campaign$1.99
1 purchases

The Fires UnKnown

One-time1
  • All Maps (11-20)$2.99

Questions

Is Tank Battle free?
Tank Battle costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Fires UnKnown free?
The Fires UnKnown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tank Battle or The Fires UnKnown have ads?
The Fires UnKnown shows ads; Tank Battle does not.
Which is updated more often, Tank Battle or The Fires UnKnown?
Tank Battle ships an update every 2 months, and The Fires UnKnown every 4 weeks. Most recently, Tank Battle was updated on November 1, 2026 and The Fires UnKnown on October 25, 2026.

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