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DomiNations vs Hill Climb Racing 2

DomiNations 4.5★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Hill Climb Racing 2
Hill Climb Racing 2 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65

Hill Climb Racing 2 is the better choice for casual racing fun, despite its ad issues, while DomiNations struggles with significant stability and progression problems.

Full reviews: DomiNations · Hill Climb Racing 2

Hill Climb Racing 2 offers an addictive racing experience with good graphics and physics, though it's plagued by frequent and intrusive ads. DomiNations, a strategy and city-building game, suffers from extremely long upgrade times, frequent crashes, and a 'pay-to-win' feel.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay edge: Hill Climb Racing 2R2R9R11R23
DomiNations DomiNations offers a strategy and city-building experience with war simulation, new challenges, and updates that some users appreciate R11R23. However, many players criticize overpowered commanders like Ripley and the Knight, which ruin the strategic balance and make attacking difficult R2R9. Some also feel the game has become overcomplicated .
Hill Climb Racing 2 Hill Climb Racing 2 provides an engaging racing experience with unique vehicles, mechanics, and the ability to play offline . Users enjoy the variety of cars and the progression system, with new goals constantly added . However, some find the gameplay can get stale and matchmaking is unbalanced, often pitting players against those with maxed-out cars .
Ease of Use and Progression edge: Hill Climb Racing 2R1R5R10R26
DomiNations DomiNations is heavily criticized for extremely long upgrade and construction times, with some users reporting waits of weeks or even months for upgrades R1R5R10R26. This leads to a slow, grindy progression that many find frustrating and a 'time suck' R1R10.
Hill Climb Racing 2 Hill Climb Racing 2 is generally easy to pick up and play, with many users finding it fun and addictive . However, some players experience issues with the game's physics, like bridges glitching, and report that the game makes you wait ages to do anything sometimes .
Reliability and Performance tieR3R7R14R15
DomiNations DomiNations suffers from significant reliability issues, with frequent crashes and disconnections during attacks, causing players to lose troops and progress R3R16. Many users report being unable to log in or launch the game after updates R7R14R15. Some also mention bugs with screen adaptation and unstable gameplay R16.
Hill Climb Racing 2 Hill Climb Racing 2 also has notable reliability problems, with frequent game crashes, especially during deep runs or races, leading to lost progress and streaks R61. Users also report issues with ads freezing the game or not closing, requiring a restart . Some players mention losing sound or having their accounts flagged for cheating and locked out .
Price and Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR4R10R12R13
DomiNations DomiNations is widely criticized as a 'cash grab' and 'pay-to-win' game, where progression becomes extremely slow unless players spend money on speed-ups or crowns R10R12R13. Users feel forced to buy resources and that the game constantly adds money-related items R4R13R58.
Hill Climb Racing 2 Hill Climb Racing 2 is free-to-play but heavily monetized, with many complaints about excessive and intrusive ads that make the game unplayable without paying for an ad-free version R69R70. Users also note many microtransactions and expensive cars, leading to a 'pay-to-win' feel R69.
Support and Communication tieR4R45R54R61
DomiNations DomiNations users report poor support, with issues like not receiving purchased credits and being run in circles R54. Some players who lost their accounts received no solution from support R45. There are also complaints about the developers not fixing bugs but adding money-related items R4.
Hill Climb Racing 2 Hill Climb Racing 2 users have contacted developers multiple times about crashes but received no answers or help R61. Some users who lost all their progress or were banned couldn't get support or understand why . One user reported no reply to an email about offensive AI names after two weeks .
Pick DomiNations if

you enjoy deep strategy and city-building games with a historical theme, are patient with long upgrade times, and don't mind the potential need to spend money to accelerate progress R11.

Pick Hill Climb Racing 2 if

you're looking for an addictive, action-packed mobile racing game with unique vehicles and mechanics, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads or pay for an ad-free experience .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative reviews regarding crashes, bugs, and intrusive monetization, making it difficult to find clear advantages in reliability or value. Hill Climb Racing 2 has a much larger review base, which might skew its overall rating slightly higher due to broader appeal, but the core complaints are similar for both.

Frequently asked

Are DomiNations and Hill Climb Racing 2 free to play?
Yes, both DomiNations and Hill Climb Racing 2 are free to download and play, but they both include in-app purchases (IAP) and are heavily criticized for their monetization strategies R10R13R69R70.
Which game has better performance and fewer crashes?
Neither game has a clear edge in performance; both DomiNations and Hill Climb Racing 2 are frequently reported to crash, freeze, or have connectivity issues by users R3R16R58R61.
Do these games have excessive ads?
Hill Climb Racing 2 is particularly noted for having an excessive number of intrusive and unskippable ads that significantly detract from the gameplay experience R69R70. DomiNations also has ads, with some users complaining about long and unclosable commercials R18R19R21R24.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] DomiNations 4/5 · US Good game, fix commanders: The game used to be better and is still great, but now, it’s become less strategic due to commanders being overpowered. You could bring an entire anti-commander squad in and it would get wiped out in one hit. The only criticism I have is that commanders are to powerful. Still great in terms of city building and progression.
  2. [R9] DomiNations 3/5 · US Pretty good: This game is probably one of the best games in the app store (although that isn’t saying much) and it’s a pretty well rounded game. However, there are quite a few bugs and the AI is pretty bad. Also whoever added the commanders deserves life in prison, those things one-shot almost every unit at level one and completely ruin the game. I mean every time I try to attack someone, Riply so
  3. [R11] DomiNations 5/5 · US My thoughts of the game: I love this game as it help me to relax. It also helps to know how war is like in real time. Good game and thank you the game developers
  4. [R23] DomiNations 5/5 · US World Domination: What I like about the game is that it updates and adds new challenges to the game, making it more interesting and entertaining.
  5. [R1] DomiNations 1/5 · US Time suck: Takes too long to advance. Plan on investing A LOT of time to this game. Click bate central....why can’t it be more like the original game ? Get ready to waste time....time you will never get back! Why 14 or 16 days to wait for n upgrade? Clean up click bait and make upgrades progress faster. Do better
  6. [R5] DomiNations 4/5 · US Build time: My only complaint is forever & 3 years to build everything - other than that - great game.
  7. [R10] DomiNations 1/5 · US Too long: DON’T PLAY ‼️‼️‼️I could play this game for 3 years straight and still be in the early stages of development. It takes weeks to months to upgrades building and literal years to complete university studies. Only play this game if you have Endless time & unlimited money. Nothing but a cash grab and they won’t fix it. DONT PLAY
  8. [R26] DomiNations 4/5 · US Too long to upgrade: When you get to the higher stages of age like atomic age, space age etc. it takes over 10 days to upgrade a lot of things. Once I upgrade three or four different things I don't play the game for a while to wait for the upgrades to finish. There should be either an incentive or faster way to upgrade.
  9. [R3] DomiNations 3/5 · US Crash Crash Crash: If you can get yourself through an entire attack without the game crashing and disconnecting from the servers. Count your blessings. Because a miracle just happened. It’s a good game otherwise. Just be prepared to attack with your troops and then lose them when the game crashes and you have to recook them all and select new ones from reinforcements, because they’re gone into the
  10. [R7] DomiNations 1/5 · US No se actualiza a tiempo: No se actualiza a tiempo
  11. [R14] DomiNations 5/5 · US I can’t login: After 11 years I can’t login!!! Its too bad
  12. [R15] DomiNations 3/5 · US Does not launch after update: Good day, the game does not launch after the update. I thought I just needed to wait. I entered the game, left it for 10 minutes, 0 progress. · translated
  13. [R4] DomiNations 1/5 · US Game has been Changing for the worse: Nothing gets fixed but they add money related items every update. I will be departing from this game soon unfortunately.
  14. [R12] DomiNations 3/5 · US Good game at lower levels: Always loved this game. But as I got to higher levels, more and more of the players had purchased all sorts of goodies, making them impossible or harder to beat.
  15. [R13] DomiNations 1/5 · US Would not recommend: Constant Money Grab complete pay to win. No balance between offense and defense .
  16. [R45] DomiNations 3/5 · US Fun game: The game is amazing in itself, but while I played here and there, I happen to always get data wiped for no reasons, i spoke to support and they offered me no solution.
  17. [R54] DomiNations 3/5 · US Be careful. They take your money.: I have been playing this game for years. Their support is horrible and the game has bugs. In June this year my daughter bought me some credits for Father’s Day and I didn’t receive what she bought. They keep running me in circles trying to wear me down. I am done and filing formal complaints.
  18. [R61] Hill Climb Racing 2 1/5 · US Great game if it didn’t CRASH: This game always crashes when I’m in deep runs or just in general. I’ve contacted the devs multiple times and tried support but no answers or help. FIX YOUR GAME I’m on iPhone 13
  19. [R69] Hill Climb Racing 2 3/5 · US Good game but ads are too obnoxious: It’s a really good game but the ads are way way too obnoxious and there are a lot of micro transactions too but if the ads you don’t pick to watch are gone I will come to play the game again and I do not have enough money to pay for a $9.99 monthly subscription either. If there was a way cheaper option to just get rid of the ads I might consider getting it. (Al
  20. [R70] Hill Climb Racing 2 1/5 · US Unplayable: This game is such garbage if you dont pay for the ad free version. Everything makes you watch an ad and is so intrusive makes the game not fun.
  21. [R16] DomiNations 2/5 · US bugs: too many bugs，hard to connect， screen size adptation error
  22. [R58] DomiNations 1/5 · US Game Constantly Freezes & You Lose Money: This game constantly freezes and crashes. You lose resources you buy and/or are forced to buy unnecessary resources because their game constantly freezes and crashes. It’s so annoying. It really ruins the fun of the game. I’ve reached out to customer service multiple times and it still keeps happening. They won’t even refund you when this happens. It’s a t
  23. [R18] DomiNations 3/5 · US Good game, too much advertising: A nice game, killed off by endless advertising. Some of the ads block you phone for 2 minutes (I.e. Microsoft)
  24. [R19] DomiNations 1/5 · US Too many adds: Can’t close adds. Will run for more than a full minute
  25. [R21] DomiNations 3/5 · US Lots of bugs and long ads: Although a fun game, seems like each release results in more bugs than the last release. Also, some of the forced ads go for more than a minute. Now thinking about deleting game.
  26. [R24] DomiNations 3/5 · US Game vs Commercial: The game is well thought out. However, the commercials force you onto their website and push you into wasted time in a rude manner. Since the merger of ownership, the game has slowed down and level- ups look exactly the same too often.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store