Sleigh Joyride vs Hordes of Enemies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sleigh Joyride
Help Santa deliver presents by guiding his sleigh to each house. Avoid obstacles like tall buildings to keep the sleigh flying. Share your progress on social media or enjoy a quick distraction.
- Santa's present delivery gameplay
- Obstacle avoidance (tall buildings)
- Social sharing (Facebook, Twitter)
- Quick game distraction
- Apple TV and iPhone support
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Sleigh Joyride for iPhone and the new AppleTV. iPad version coming soon. Help Santa deliver presents this year, make sure to hit each house or else Santa's sleigh won't be able to fly. Watch out for tall buildings! Make sure to share your progress on Facebook or Twitter. And when grandma is asking you if you have a job, just walk away and play a quick game of Sleigh Joyride, the perfect distraction from those uncomfortable family holiday interactions. Thanks for playing, hope you enjoy it. Happy Holidays!
Hordes of Enemies
Engage in fast-paced, single-player combat against relentless waves of enemies in this pixel art brawler. Master simple tap or swipe controls to survive multiple movie-inspired scenes and achieve high scores. Enjoy optional immersive features and unlock achievements.
- Single player horde survival
- Simple tap or swipe controls
- 3 movie-inspired scenes
- Optional blood effects
- Game Center leaderboards & achievements
- iCloud sync
- Haptic feedback support
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It's an ambush! You're surrounded and there's nowhere to run, the only option is to fight, so make your last stand count. Do you have what it takes? Its fun to mindlessly destroy bad guys, try it! The game is a single player horde/wave survival high score game, designed for short bursts of entertainment. With simple tap or swipe based controls anyone can easily pick up and play without going through complex tutorials. Hordes of Enemies features 3 movie inspired scenes to play, each with different enemies. • The Last Samurai: A samurai and his katana against the army of ninjas. • Zombie Apocalypse: A girl and her baseball bat against the waves of undead. • The Chosen One: The hero must face countless amounts of agents in a brawl fight. Game features: ▸ Optional Blood Effects ▸ Animated iMessage Stickers! ▸ Game Center - leaderboards & achievements ▸ iCloud - sync across all your iOS/tvOS devices ▸ Haptic Feedback - optional for added immersion (iPhone 7 & up) ▸ 3D Quick Actions - go directly into action! (iPhone 6 & up) ▸ iCade and MFi game controller support ▸ Fully localized into 12 languages ▸ Gorgeous pixel art by Gustavo Viselner ▸ Original music by Stuart Duffield In-app purchases are completely optional and you can play the whole game without purchasing anything. We wanted to create a simple and fun game that we would want to play ourselves and we hope that you'll feel the same, enjoy! If you like our game please take a moment to rate & review it on the App Store. We are planning to add more scenes in the future and your input would help immensely.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sleigh Joyride at 100% against Hordes of Enemies's 59%. Sleigh Joyride also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Hordes of Enemies's advantage is ratings volume (545 vs 12). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Hordes of Enemies sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sleigh Joyride asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sleigh Joyride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hordes of Enemies has 545 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Sleigh Joyride's written reviews are positive against 59% of Hordes of Enemies's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sleigh Joyride | Hordes of Enemies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | 4.5 (545 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 59.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 545 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Eby | Pixel Envision Ltd. |
Customer experience
Sleigh Joyride
Hordes of Enemies
Bugs and requests
Sleigh Joyride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hordes of Enemies
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on 'The Chosen One' level
- Black screen/freezing on launch
- Ads still shown despite 'no ads' purchase
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and themes
- Upgradable abilities and stats
- Difficulty settings or progression
- Cloud save/sync support
In-app purchases
Sleigh Joyride
No in-app purchases
Hordes of Enemies
- Zombie Apocalypse Brawler$0.99
- The Chosen One Brawler$0.99
- NO ADS$1.99
Questions
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