Alternatives to Clash of Clans
By App Store Tracker Editorial · Updated — App Store ratings fetched to
The short version
Clash of Clans is Supercell's base-building strategy game where you grow a village, train troops, and raid other players in clan wars. The closest swaps are fellow Supercell titles Boom Beach, with the same build-and-raid loop and a 4.71 rating across 297,000+ reviews, and Castle Clash for hero-driven base battles. Total Battle offers deeper strategy. The list ranks by embedding similarity and live App Store ratings.
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People look for Clash of Clans alternatives when they want a fresh base-building world, a different combat style, or a less grind-heavy progression. The picks here mostly do the same core job: build and upgrade a base, train or collect an army, raid or defend against other players, and join a guild or clan for cooperative wars. Some are direct base-building strategy games, a few are Supercell's own titles, and a couple lean toward card battles or hero collection. We ranked these picks by embedding similarity to Clash of Clans' build-train-raid model, then weighed live App Store ratings and review counts so you can tell big strategy hits from smaller ones. All are free to play with in-app purchases that speed up building and upgrades, so check how heavily each leans on paid boosts before you commit to growing a base.
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US App Store ratings, prices from Apple. Chart rank is the top free chart position over the last 30 days; downloads and revenue are third-party monthly estimates.
Why it's similar
Both are Supercell strategy games sharing the Clash universe, characters, and a competitive battle focus. Each rewards smart deployment against other players.
How it differs
Clash Royale is a fast real-time card-duel game, not a base-building raider, so matches last minutes rather than building a village over weeks. With a 4.6 rating across 3,777,468 reviews it is a different format in the same world.
Why it's similar
Both have you lead an army to knock down an enemy's defenses and climb a global ranking, with troop and spell upgrades. Each rewards building a strong force.
How it differs
Castle Crush is a real-time card duel where you deploy a deck to destroy a castle, a faster lane-battle format than Clash of Clans' base raids. With a 4.77 rating across 80,416 reviews it is card-driven rather than base-building.
IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Why it's similar
Lords Mobile: Kingdom Wars matches Clash of Clans on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 87%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (free download with in-app purchases) and editorial focus. Rated 4.4 stars across 161.3K reviews.
Why it's similar
Both are persistent strategy games where you build, grow an army, and battle other players in a shared world with alliances. The build-and-conquer scope overlaps with Clash of Clans.
How it differs
Total Battle leans into deeper map-based strategy and resource management with a more PC-like complexity. With a 4.61 rating across 52,438 reviews it is a heavier strategy experience than Clash of Clans' streamlined village raids.
Why it's similar
Both are strategy games where you deploy soldiers and use battle tactics to defeat enemy armies in a medieval setting. Each rewards smart troop placement.
How it differs
Kingdom Clash is a battle-simulator focused on auto-resolving army clashes rather than Clash of Clans' persistent base-building and raiding. With a 4.59 rating across 16,015 reviews it leans toward tactics puzzles over long-term village growth.
Why it's similar
Both are base-building strategy games where you grow a stronghold, command heroes and troops, and battle in guild-versus-guild wars. The build-fight-guild loop closely matches Clash of Clans.
How it differs
Castle Clash leans heavily on hero collection and faction battles like Crown of Thorns, a stronger RPG-hero focus than Clash of Clans. With a 4.21 rating across 31,418 reviews it is older and more hero-driven.
Why it's similar
Both are strategy games where you build structures that produce units and battle other players. The build-and-deploy loop overlaps with Clash of Clans.
How it differs
Tiny Clash from Voodoo centers on quick 1v1 battles with building-summoned units, a lighter, lane-style format than Clash of Clans' full base raids. With a 4.41 rating across 5,632 reviews it is hyper-casual by comparison.
Why it's similar
Tower Clash matches Clash of Clans on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 87%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (free download with in-app purchases) and editorial focus. Rated 4.4 stars across 2.6K reviews.
IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Why it's similar
Both are strategy games where you command heroes and units in battles to dominate opponents. Each blends collection and combat.
How it differs
Clash of Lords 2 is a hero-collection action game with free-for-all brawls, a different format from Clash of Clans' base-building and raiding. With a 3.83 rating across 1,575 reviews it is older and lower-rated.
Why it's similar
Both are strategy games where you rebuild a realm, recruit an army, and lead it to victory solo or with a team. The build-and-battle framing overlaps with Clash of Clans.
How it differs
Checkmate Clash mixes class selection and chess-like positioning with army battles, a more puzzle-strategy hybrid than Clash of Clans' base raids. With a 4.75 rating across only 208 reviews it is small and newer.
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Every app in our database carries a dense vector embedding derived from its title, subtitle, full description, and category metadata. To find apps similar to Clash of Clans, we compute cosine distance against every other app and keep the closest 30. The similarity score shown on each pick is 1 - distance/2 clamped to [0,1] — 100% means the embedding spaces are identical, 0% means orthogonal.
Apps from Clash of Clans's own developer are left out. The 10 most similar of the rest are ordered by App Store rating times the logarithm of their rating count, so a 4.8-star app with 100,000 ratings ranks above a 4.5-star app with 200 ratings.
The similar-app list was computed on May 25, 2026. Ratings are the latest US App Store fetch for each app, taken between November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026. Prices and update dates come from Apple when the page is built.
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