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Battle Islands vs Lords Mobile

Battle Islands is an RPG simulation game from DR Studios (2014) while Lords Mobile is a mmorpg RPG game from IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (2019).

Battle Islands

2014 · DR Studios

6.3GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mostly Positive

Lords Mobile

2019 · IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

5.9GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Steam files Battle Islands under RPG and Simulation. In contrast, it files Lords Mobile under Mmorpg and RPG.

Battle Islands

Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.

Description from its Steam store page

Lords Mobile

Clash with global players in this epic real-time strategy game!

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Battle IslandsLords Mobile
GamingPickz Score6.3/105.9/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (75%, 3,469)Mixed (67%, 5,888)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceFreeFree
Install size0.15 GB1 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20142019
DeveloperDR StudiosIGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Battle Islands vs Lords Mobile, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Battle IslandsRPG simulation game
    Lords MobileMmorpg RPG game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Battle IslandsStrategy, Free to Play, World War II
    Lords MobileFree to Play, Strategy, Massively Multiplayer

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Battle IslandsScore 6.3 · 75% on Steam
    Lords MobileScore 5.9 · 67% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Battle Islands3,469 reviews · 0.15 GB
    Lords Mobile5,888 reviews · 1 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Battle IslandsFree
    Lords MobileFree

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Battle IslandsPlayable
    Lords MobilePlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Battle Islands takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularityBattle Islands

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Battle Islands (GamingPickz Score 6.3)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

StrategyFree to PlayMultiplayerWorld War IICasualWarRPGGore

Where they differ

Battle Islands is also

ActionTower DefenseSingleplayerBuildingOnline Co-OpCo-op

Lords Mobile is also

Massively MultiplayerNSFWLGBTQ+AnimeMemesIlluminati

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Battle Islands is relaxed, easy to pick up. Lords Mobile is relaxed, easy to pick up.

System requirements, side by side

Battle IslandsLords Mobile
Minimum GPU128MB Video Card (
Minimum CPUIntel Core i3 equivalent
Minimum RAM2 GB
Install size0.15 GB1 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Battle Islands · Lords Mobile.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Battle Islands and 0 for Lords Mobile. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Battle Islands and Lords Mobile in scope?

Battle Islands has drawn 3,469 Steam reviews and installs in 0.15 GB. Lords Mobile has drawn 5,888 Steam reviews and installs in 1 GB.

Is Battle Islands or Lords Mobile better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Battle Islands rates higher (6.3 to 5.9). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Battle Islands or Lords Mobile?

Battle Islands is cheaper right now at Free, against Free. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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