Sky: Children of the Light vs Wuthering Waves
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Sky: Children of the Light is the better app overall, scoring 8.7 to 7.9. Sky: Children of the Light wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Wuthering Waves on 1.
Players who want a calm, beautiful adventure to share with friends
Action RPG fans who want harder, skill-based combat in an open world
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Sky: Children of the Light | Wuthering Waves |
|---|---|---|
| Category | RPG & Adventure Games | RPG & Adventure Games |
| Category rank | #1 of 8 | #7 of 8 |
| Developer | thatgamecompany | Kuro Games |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Sky: Children of the Light better than Wuthering Waves?
Sky: Children of the Light is the better app overall, scoring 8.7 to 7.9. Sky: Children of the Light wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Wuthering Waves on 1.
Which is cheaper, Sky: Children of the Light or Wuthering Waves?
Sky: Children of the Light: Free to play with no ads; candles and season passes are cosmetic, from $4.99. Wuthering Waves: Free to play; Lunites from $0.99 and a $4.99 Lunite Subscription. On value for money, Sky: Children of the Light scores higher.
Do Sky: Children of the Light and Wuthering Waves work on the same devices?
Only Wuthering Waves runs on Mac.
Which is more private, Sky: Children of the Light or Wuthering Waves?
Sky: Children of the Light scores higher on privacy (7.6/10). App Store label: purchases and identifiers may be used to track you. Purchases, user content, identifiers, usage and diagnostics may be collected but are not linked to you.
Strengths and weaknesses
Sky: Children of the Light
- No ads and nothing pay-to-win
- Gorgeous art and music
- Cross-platform play with friends
- Little challenge and no combat
- Needs an internet connection
- Candles and season passes can add up
Sky is the rare online game built around kindness. You fly through seven hand-crafted realms, solve gentle puzzles and meet strangers who might take your hand and lead you somewhere new, often without a word. It's free, has no ads, and everything for sale is cosmetic. Seasons keep adding new stories, like 2026's walk-through Van Gogh paintings. If you want combat or loot, there's very little here.
Full Sky: Children of the Light review
Wuthering Waves
- The most demanding combat of the big gacha RPGs
- Smooth traversal with parkour and flight
- Runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC
- Recent iOS updates needed several crash fixes
- Gacha for top characters and weapons
- Privacy label links financial info and location
Wuthering Waves is the open-world RPG for people who find Genshin's combat too gentle. Dodges, counters and Echo skills taken from defeated monsters make fights fast and demanding, while wall-running, flight and a motorbike make getting around fun. It won Players' Voice at The Game Awards 2025. The iOS version has needed a string of crash fixes lately, and the best characters still come from gacha.
Full Wuthering Waves review
