Tactical War vs Plastic Platoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Special "gray" art style
- 5 upgradeable tower types
- Teleport and mine abilities
- Destroy landscape objects
- 20 balanced levels
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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!
Plastic Platoon
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Tactical War sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Plastic Platoon asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tactical War | Plastic Platoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 371 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Binary 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
Tactical War
- 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
Plastic Platoon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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