Comparison

Tactical War vs Plastic Platoon

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

Head to head
About

Tactical War

Engage in a challenging tower defense experience where strategic planning is crucial to protect your base. Utilize special towers, unique abilities, and environmental destruction to overcome enemy hordes across 20 balanced levels. This game demands careful thought and decisive action to succeed.

Highlights
  • Special "gray" art style
  • 5 upgradeable tower types
  • Teleport and mine abilities
  • Destroy landscape objects
  • 20 balanced levels
Features
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Test your tactical skills in classic challenging tower defense game! This game does not forgive mistakes, so plan each step carefully and protect your base from hordes of enemies. Features: 1. The special "gray" style dilutes your colorful monotony =) 2. 5 kinds of special towers with great upgrade possibilities 3. Special abilities "teleport" and "mine" help you in tricky situations 4. The ability to destroy objects of the landscape to place more towers 5. 20 perfectly balanced levels Think and act!

About

Plastic Platoon

Features
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Plastic Platoon — the toy box is the battlefield! Command a platoon of classic green plastic army men in a tower-defense war fought at toy scale, across the backyard, the kitchen floor, the bathroom tiles, the picnic blanket and 21 hand-built levels in all. The enemy marches in along winding cobblestone roads. Your job: line them with the right troops and hold the line before anyone reaches your base. DEPLOY YOUR PLATOON • Riflemen, gunners and snipers for the infantry fight • Bazookas, grenadiers and mortars for the heavy hitting • Flamethrowers to melt a crowd • A Medic Tent that heals nearby troops — the closer they are, the faster they mend • A Command Tent that lets you pick up and reposition the soldiers around it KNOW YOUR ENEMY • Waves of enemy infantry, armoured tanks and a giant boss • A fast, fragile laser tank that strikes from sniper range — deal with it quickly • Bullets bounce off heavy armour, so bring explosives and fire to crack the tanks A REAL CAMPAIGN • 21 levels across living-room, garden and household battlefields • Winding, looping cobblestone roads and detailed toy-scale terrain • Original music and sound, a pause menu, and an early-launch "Next Wave" bonus for bold commanders • A built-in Field Guide explaining every unit's strengths and weaknesses FAIR AND FRIENDLY • No ads • No in-app purchases • No internet required — play anywhere • Nothing is collected; your progress stays on your device Made by a dad for his kids. Fall in, soldier — the platoon is counting on you!

Screenshots

Tactical War4 screens
Plastic Platoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plastic Platoon at none against Tactical War's 5. Plastic Platoon also leads on ads (none vs shown). Tactical War's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Tactical War sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Plastic Platoon asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tactical War versus Plastic Platoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTactical WarPlastic Platoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size371 MB3 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBinary Punch s.r.o.Andrew Cowley

Bugs and requests

Tactical War

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Level 20 crashing on wave 10
  • Difficulty in placing towers in certain areas due to UI elements

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Endless/survival mode
  • More tower/weapon variety
  • Ability to reuse purchased upgrades across levels

Plastic Platoon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Tactical War

One-time5
  • 1500 Money Pack$0.99
  • No ads$0.99
  • 3500 Money Pack$1.99
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  • 5500 Money Pack$2.99
  • 12500 Money Pack$5.99
None

Plastic Platoon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tactical War free?
Tactical War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plastic Platoon free?
Plastic Platoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tactical War or Plastic Platoon have ads?
Tactical War shows ads; Plastic Platoon does not.

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