Choose Battle Islands
Choose Battle Islands if you want a Simulation experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 70.1% positive across 1,530 reviews.
Battle Islands vs War Planet Online: Global Conquest
Battle Islands and War Planet Online: Global Conquest both land in Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam. Battle Islands (2014) is 3 years older than War Planet Online: Global Conquest (2017). Battle Islands scores higher on Steam reviews (70.1% positive) than War Planet Online: Global Conquest (59.4% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose War Planet Online: Global Conquest
Choose War Planet Online: Global Conquest if you want a Massively Multiplayer game with MMO. On Steam, it's the newer release (2017) and ships with the modern feature baseline. War Planet Online: Global Conquest launched in 2017.
Both Battle Islands and War Planet Online: Global Conquest sit in Strategy and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Battle Islands |  War Planet Online: Global Conquest | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2017 |
| Genres | Strategy, Simulation, Free To Play | Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 70.1% positive (1,530 reviews) | 59.4% positive (387 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | DR Studios | Gameloft |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Battle Islands (2014) is 3 years older than War Planet Online: Global Conquest (2017).
- Battle Islands scores higher on Steam reviews (70.1% positive) than War Planet Online: Global Conquest (59.4% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Battle Islands vs War Planet Online: Global Conquest — FAQ
- Which is better, Battle Islands or War Planet Online: Global Conquest?
- On Steam reviews Battle Islands scores higher (70.1% positive) than War Planet Online: Global Conquest (59.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Battle Islands is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Battle Islands or War Planet Online: Global Conquest first?
- If you want chronology, Battle Islands (2014) came out before War Planet Online: Global Conquest (2017). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Battle Islands and War Planet Online: Global Conquest similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.