Optional. Cosmetic. Founding badge for the first 1000.
Conquest Rising is free to play and fully functional on the free tier. Supporter passes are optional purchases for players who want to back the studio and unlock cosmetics plus planning tools that do not mutate game state.
What you get
- Founding Supporter badge — permanent, visible across your country profile, alliance hall member rows, and chat. Reserved for the first 1000 lifetime supporters. Persists forever once earned, even after a pass expires.
- Custom country flag — upload your own emblem to fly above your country.
- Animated alliance banner glow — your alliance tag pulses with a subtle glow effect across the app.
- Custom chat color — pick the color your messages render in.
- Alternate combat skins — different shield-emblem themes in the Battle Resolution screen.
- Custom dashboard themes — alternate palettes (gold/black, navy/silver, crimson/cream) for your dashboard.
- Strategy tools — Attack Simulator and Build Planner for sandboxing attacks and projecting builds before you commit. These tools preview outcomes only; they do not create resources, modify combat stats, or spend turns.
Pricing
Optional paid access is aligned to how the game actually runs — by seasons:
- Season Pass — $8 per 8-week season. A single one-time purchase that unlocks every supporter benefit for that season.
- Yearly Season Pass — covers multiple seasons for players who know they want supporter access beyond one season.
- No monthly plan. Choose the seasonal or yearly option shown at purchase. Supporter status never grants gameplay power.
- At the start of each new season we send one optional reminder that the pass is available. That is the only nudge — no dark patterns, no silent charges.
What you do NOT get
This is a deliberate choice. A pay-to-win strategy game stops being a strategy game. The supporter tier exists so players who want to support the studio can do so without warping the competitive landscape.
The Founding Supporter slot
Permanent. Race-safe. The first 1000 lifetime supporters get a badge that cannot be earned afterward. If your paid pass expires later, you keep the badge — it marks you as someone who backed the game in its first chapter.
The slot allocation runs through an atomic counter in the engine, so there's no race condition where two players think they got slot 1000. Exactly the first 1000 lifetime supporters get it, in order.
Managing your pass
Supporter status applies for the season access covered by the product you purchased. A single-season pass ends when that season ends; a yearly pass covers the seasons included in that yearly window. Apple handles payment after App Store launch, and refunds are handled by Apple per their refund policy.
Your supporter status appears in the Settings screen along with the season it applies to and your Founding Supporter timestamp (if applicable).
Why we built this
Conquest Rising is built by a small team. Supporter passes keep the lights on without forcing ads, gameplay paywalls, or loot-box mechanics into a strategy game. If you've ever wanted to back a game without playing one that punishes you for not paying, this is for you.
If you can't afford it, that's fine. Play for free. We mean it.