Comparison

Worms™ 4 vs Tropico

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

Head to head
About

Worms™ 4

Engage in real-time online multiplayer battles with players worldwide. Discover new weapons, upgrade your arsenal, and customize your worms. Conquer 80 single-player missions across five unique locations.

Highlights
  • Synchronous Multiplayer Matches
  • Brand New Weapons
  • Weapon Upgrades
  • 80 Single Player Missions
  • Factions and World Events
  • Fantastic Customisation Options
Features
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***4/5 - "charmingly fun," 148 Apps*** ***4/5 - "I can't deny the grin it put on my face," Touch Arcade*** ***4/5 - "probably the best mobile game in the series and worth picking up for the missions alone," Tap Smart*** The latest instalment in the worldwide mega hit franchise! When the guys and girls at Team 17 jump around and squeal with excitement, you know you are on to a winner. You see, the team who designed Worms 4 had you and your favourite device in mind when they created; • Synchronous Multiplayer Matches: Battle against opponents from around the world with real time one on one online multiplayer matches! • Shorter, more explosive matches to provide compelling bite sized gameplay. • Streamlined menu systems to get you into game with a minimum of fuss. • Add enriched cartoon visuals which look great even on the smaller screens. But that’s not all! Take a look at the below list and you will see why the folks at Team17 are simply buzzin about Worms 4. • Brand New Weapons: Wreak havoc with an assembly of brand new weapon designs including Hailey’s Comet! • Weapon Upgrades: Worms 4 is designed to be a very rewarding play experience. Players can collect more than a hundred weapon upgrades to make their worms more powerful! Weapon upgrades can be mixed and matched to better suit the player’s strategy. • Five Gorgeous Locations: Do battle in five beautiful hand drawn regions: Middle Turf, Candiville, Wacky-Habara, Tomorrow Islands and the Fro Zone. • 80 Single Player Missions: Test your skills against 80 single player missions. Missions are designed not only to provide the player with hours of enjoyment, but also to teach the finer points of Worms playing strategy! • Factions: Each player in the game chooses an allegiance, fighting under the banner of Red or Blue! The daily tug of war competition pits faction against faction, with the winners reaping the benefits of extra in-game rewards! • World Events: Each week dynamic events take place around the game’s world map. The player enters into these events and competes against other players, with the aim of representing their faction and earning prizes for fellow faction members. • Better with Metal: Users whose devices have metal support enjoy additional visual effects. • Fantastic Customisation Options: As always, Worms 4 features a plethora of great customisation options, allowing the player to individually customise each worm and give their team the personal touch! • Daily Challenges: Partake in fun optional daily challenges to earn yourself and your faction additional rewards! • Loot: Spin the loot wheel and break open the loot chests to gain truckloads of rewards and customise every aspect of your worm! • Connect with Friends: Connect your Facebook account to battle your friends in online multiplayer or view your friend’s progress on the world map screen and compete to beat their scores. Get even more Team17 information, including the latest game updates and more… Facebook: /WormsTeam17 Twitter: @Team17Ltd Web: www.team17.com DON’T MISS OUR OTHER EXCITING WORMS GAMES ON THE APP STORE Worms Special Edition, Worms Crazy Golf, Worms 3 & Worms Revolution - Deluxe Edition.

About

Tropico

Lead an underdeveloped Caribbean island to glory as its elected ruler. Manage every aspect of your nation, from infrastructure and economy to politics and foreign policy, in this humorous city-builder with a political twist. Transform your island into a tourist paradise, industrial powerhouse, or a police state.

Highlights
  • Island nation management
  • Political strategy
  • City building
  • Economic development
  • Foreign policy
  • Customizable nation types
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All hail El Presidente! The proud nation of Tropico is now in your hands and badly in need of modernisation! As the freshly elected leader of an underdeveloped Caribbean island with untapped resources and enormous potential, hopes are high that you will deliver Tropico into the glorious future its people deserve. The opportunities are boundless in this humorous city-builder with a political twist. YOU RULE! Develop and manage every aspect of Tropico, from its roads, buildings and people, to its military, trade and foreign policies. BE A VISIONARY LEADER Transform Tropico into the country you want it to be: a booming tourist paradise, an industrial powerhouse, a police state, or all three! PLAY POLITICS Recount elections, calm unruly elements, manage public opinion and reward your loyal followers… BUILT FOR iOS Exercise complete control with an intuitive touch interface and gameplay mechanics designed and refined for mobile gaming. EXERT ABSOLUTE POWER! From printing your own money to growing your own fanclub, Tropico includes all the extra edicts, missions, landmarks and leisure facilities of its popular expansion pack, Absolute Power. ADDITIONAL MISSION PACKS Fleece revolutionary llamas and search for alien life in the free 'Postcards from Tropico' mission pack. Or play the markets and face God’s wrath in 'The Tropican Dream' mission pack, available via in-app purchase. This game requires iOS 14 or later and just under 3GB of space to install. Supported iPhones: • iPhone 6S / 6S Plus and later • Any iPhone SE • iPod Touch (7th generation, 2019) Supported iPads: • iPad mini (5th generation, 2019) and later • iPad Air (3rd generation, 2019) and later • iPad (5th generation, 2017) and later • Any iPad Pro Copyright © 2023 Kalypso Media Group GmbH. Tropico is a registered trademark of Kalypso Media Group GmbH. All rights reserved. Developed for and published on iOS by Feral Interactive Ltd. Apple, the Apple logo and iOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Feral and the Feral logo are trademarks of Feral Interactive Ltd. All other logos, copyrights and trademarks are property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Screenshots

Worms™ 44 screens
Tropico4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tropico at 73% against Worms™ 4's 30%. Tropico also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and chart position (#82 vs unranked). Worms™ 4's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $12.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Worms™ 4 costs $4.99 and Tropico $12.99 up front. Worms™ 4 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Tropico sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tropico holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 725 and 2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Worms™ 4's written reviews are positive against 73% of Tropico's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Worms™ 4 versus Tropico: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorms™ 4Tropico
Price$4.99 — better$12.99
Rating3.8 (725 ratings)4.7 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews73.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7252K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#82 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB2.3 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTeam17 Digital LimitedFeral Interactive Ltd

Customer experience

Worms™ 4

All ratings725 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative23.4%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral9.9%
Negative60.1%

Tropico

All ratings2,019 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews687 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative20.7%

User reviews

Worms™ 4

From 725 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Classic Worms gameplay
  • 🎨 Detailed graphics and visuals
  • 🤖 Challenging single-player campaign

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and loading issues
  • 🔌 Unreliable server connectivity
  • 🤖 Unbalanced difficulty in some levels
  • 🔒 Broken Facebook integration for multiplayer
  • 💰 Excessive in-app purchases and microtransactions

Tropico

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Faithful port of PC version
  • 💰 Fair one-time purchase price
  • 🎨 Excellent graphics
  • 🕹️ Intuitive touch controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and save data loss
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤔 Clunky road building
  • 🕰️ Slow construction speed
  • 🕹️ Finicky camera controls

Bugs and requests

Worms™ 4

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Corrupted save data after updates
  • Inability to connect to servers
  • Chests and rewards not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved multiplayer modes and matchmaking
  • Option to play without Facebook login
  • More weapon and customization options
  • Ability to save progress locally

Tropico

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Missions not triggering properly
  • Inability to build or demolish roads
  • Audio issues (speed up, no sound)
  • Flickering minimap

Requested features

5 requests
  • More campaign missions and scenarios
  • Improved population growth and AI
  • Ability to customize terrain
  • Multiplayer or online features
  • Support for older iPad models

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Worms™ 4

One-time4
  • Worm Charm$0.99
  • Fist O' Donkey Dollars$0.99
  • Bag O' Donkey Dollars$1.99
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  • Safe O' Donkey Dollars$3.99
1 purchases

Tropico

One-time1
  • The Tropican Dream$2.99

Questions

Is Worms™ 4 free?
Worms™ 4 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Tropico free?
Tropico costs $12.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Worms™ 4 or Tropico?
Tropico is rated higher. Worms™ 4 averages 3.8 out of 5 from 725 ratings, while Tropico averages 4.7 from 2K ratings.
Do Worms™ 4 or Tropico have ads?
Neither Worms™ 4 nor Tropico shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Worms™ 4 or Tropico?
Worms™ 4 ships an update fortnightly, and Tropico fortnightly. Most recently, Worms™ 4 was updated on September 24, 2026 and Tropico on September 24, 2026.

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