REDCON vs Final Outpost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REDCON
Command your fortress in a perpetual war, managing resources and directing troops to defend against enemies and achieve objectives. Strategize with active pause, customize your base, and deploy a vast arsenal to conquer your foes.
- Build and customize battle fortress
- Use Active Pause for strategic orders
- Command vast arsenal of weapons
- Manage ammo, power, and manpower
- Replay levels and farm perks
- Infiltrate, Annihilate, or grind targets
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Order your crew to extinguish fires, repair and operate machinery, and repel intruders. Target enemy rooms while balancing ammo, power, and manpower to keep your fortress operational. MAJOR UPDATE 2.0 • World Map to replay levels and farm perks. • Enhanced graphics quality with sharper, clearer visuals. • High refresh rate support for buttery smooth animations. Set in the dystopian future in which the First World War never ended, humanity knows only war and bombardment. ◉ Build and customize your battle fortress as you wish ◉ Use Active Pause to freeze time and issue multiple orders instantly ◉ Command vast arsenal of weapons, from individual soldiers to superguns ◉ Infiltrate, Annihilate or grind your targets down through Attrition You are a Strike Commander, tasked by Fuhrer of the Empire State to spearhead an artillery offensive against Traitor General Kranz. You might be the one to end all wars. Customize and manage your battle fortress. Grow and upgrade your arsenal of weapons and utility facilities, then place them in different slots of your fortress layout. You are in command. Target your guns and command your soldiers. Active Pause allows you to freeze time and issue multiple orders simultaneously. Put out fires, repair damaged weapons and unleash orchestrated assaults on your opponent. Get rewards for victory. Gain new fortress layouts as you conquer the rogue state of Krux, earn medals and perks to aid you in battle. Engage in FTL-like real-time strategy battles where every decision counts!
Final Outpost
Lead the last remnants of civilization to survive a zombie apocalypse. Build and manage your outpost, assign citizens to vital tasks, and craft weapons to defend against the undead. Balance resources, research, and defense to ensure your community's survival.
- Build and upgrade outpost structures
- Manage citizen jobs and skills
- Craft weapons and tools
- Scavenge and manage resources
- Defend against zombie attacks
- Simulated weather and day/night cycle
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===Final Outpost 2.0 is available now!=== Top-100 strategy game in 140+ countries worldwide! Build your Outpost • Manage your citizens • Survive the zombie apocalypse As the leader of one of the last remnants of civilization, you must manage your citizens, use resources to expand your outpost, and protect your citizens from both starvation and zombies. In the face of this great challenge, you are given control over the construction of new buildings for your citizens to live and work in. Striking the right balance of building types is critical to maintaining the resource stockpiles so valuable to your citizens. Equip your workforce with the right tools for the job as the needs of your Outpost are shaped by its growth. Craft weapons to protect and defend your Outpost from zombies that wander too close... -------------------- ==BUILD== Improve your base over time to shelter your citizens from the outside world, and stockpile resources to save as many lives as possible. ==UPGRADE== Upgrade the capabilities of your citizens with the skill tree. Earn skill points by killing zombies and ensure the survival of your citizens by guiding them from novice to warrior as you play. ==MANAGE== Lead your citizens into a new age of prosperity by assigning them the right jobs, including farmers and guards. ==CRAFT== Give your citizens the tools they need to survive. Build a workshop to unlock advanced crafting and create weaponry to fend off the dead. ==SURVIVE== Combat famine and the dead by perfecting your long-term strategic balance of management, research, building and crafting. GAME FEATURES • Assign your citizens to scavenge, hunt, farm, mine and more • Craft tools and manage your resources • Construct and upgrade 12+ building types • Defend your walls from 5+ zombie types • Feed your hungry citizens as your Outpost expands • Simulated weather, seasons and day/night cycle • Upgrade your citizens with the skill tree -------------------- Send your feedback and bug reports to support@exabytegames.com Join the newsletter: https://cutt.ly/news-d
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: REDCON at 4.3 against Final Outpost's 4.0. Final Outpost's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. REDCON sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Final Outpost sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
REDCON holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of REDCON's written reviews are positive against 67% of Final Outpost's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
REDCON ships an update monthly, Final Outpost every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | REDCON | Final Outpost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | 66.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Peroutka | Exabyte Games Ltd |
Customer experience
REDCON
Final Outpost
User reviews
REDCON
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Unique and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Well-designed user interface
- 💡 Interesting story and world-building
- 🚀 Challenging but rewarding experience
- 👍 Satisfying progression and sense of accomplishment
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywall to access full game content
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes and unbalanced levels
- 🔒 Limited replay value after completing campaign
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and technical issues
Final Outpost
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Challenging but fun
- 👍 No ads or pay-to-win
- 🚀 Frequent updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of difficulty scaling
- 🔍 Repetitive late-game
- 🐛 Unresponsive workers
- 🔍 Tedious resource management
Bugs and requests
REDCON
Reported bugs
3 issues- Restore purchases not working
- Inconsistent enemy AI behavior
- Graphical glitches on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- Sandbox/custom level editor
- Difficulty options or customization
- Ability to replay completed levels
- Expanded story and additional campaigns
Final Outpost
Reported bugs
6 issues- Workers not responding
- Snipers/guards not activating
- Resources disappearing
- Progress reset after updates
- Zombie invincibility glitch
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- Inconsistent resource collection
Requested features
12 requests- Sandbox mode
- Difficulty settings
- Ability to rearrange outpost
- More building/job variety
- Skill progression for workers
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- Ability to skip tutorial
- Faster time controls
- More enemy/event variety
- Multiplayer/co-op mode
- Ability to repair walls
- Food/resource storage upgrades
- Scavenging/exploration missions
In-app purchases
REDCON
- REDCON 2+$1.99
- REDCON 1+$1.99
- REDCON 1++$3.99
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- REDCON 3$5.99
- REDCON 2$7.99
- REDCON 1$9.99
Final Outpost
- Set Traps$0.79
- Set Traps$0.99
- Continue$0.99
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- Additional Save Slots$1.99
- Ambush Survivors$1.99
- Ambush Survivors$2.99
- Search for Resources$4.99
- Search for Resources$7.99
- Raid Nearby Settlement$12.99
- Raid Nearby Settlement$16.99









