Ce Ma vs Dead Wake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ce Ma
Engage in strategic tower defense with hero control and tactical card builds. Fight through a campaign inspired by legendary battles, play solo, co-op, or PVP, and grow your army with unique heroes and equipment.
- Hero control and tower placement
- Tactical card builds
- Epic Three Kingdoms campaign
- Solo, co-op, and PVP modes
- Hero awakening and equipment collection
- Legion and stronghold development
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Three Kingdoms: Tower Defense combines hands-on hero control with strategic tower placement and tactical card builds. Defend every route from waves of enemies, unleash powerful hero skills, and enjoy a full campaign even when you are offline. EPIC THREE KINGDOMS CAMPAIGN Fight through seven story chapters inspired by legendary battles such as Red Cliffs and Yiling. More than 30 iconic heroes take the field across dozens of carefully designed stages. CONTROL YOUR HEROES Every hero has a distinct role and unique abilities. Move them freely, engage key targets, and time powerful skills while your towers hold the line. BUILD YOUR OWN DEFENSE Mix multiple tower types, heroes, and tactical cards to answer each threat. Bosses, traps, rescue objectives, ambushes, and counterattacks make every map a fresh strategic challenge. PLAY SOLO, CO-OP, OR PVP • Fair 1v1 tower battles in Capture the Towers • Two-player co-op maps including Guarding Jiange and Humans Invincible • Multi-hero gauntlets in Bronze Sparrow Terrace • Endless defense across land and water routes in Demon Tower Formation • Action-focused story packs such as Yueying's Tale and Lu Bu's Tale From quick competitive matches to deep co-op and progression modes, there is always a new way to play. GROW YOUR ARMY Awaken heroes and collect equipment, treasures, artifacts, and skins. Join a Legion, develop your stronghold, and tackle exclusive solo and co-op content with other members. A feature-rich tower-defense RPG from Xinline Games, creators of the Ce Ma Three Kingdoms series. Combine heroes, towers, and cards, then defend the pass with a strategy of your own. Support: xinline_report@qq.com
Dead Wake
Survive an endless horde of monsters on a highway. Grow your army, collect weapons and power-ups, and upgrade your squad in the armory to achieve the highest score on the global leaderboard.
- Grow your army
- Pick up weapons
- Collect power-ups
- Visit the armory
- Global leaderboard
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Dead Wake takes you on a wild ride through a monster infested highway. The goal is to survive for as long as possible. How long will you last? Features: • Grow your army • Pick up weapons • Collect special power-ups • Visit the armory to equip your squad before the madness begins • Automatically submit your top high-score to the global leaderboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dead Wake at 5.0 against Ce Ma's 4.5. Dead Wake also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Ce Ma's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Ce Ma sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dead Wake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dead Wake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ce Ma has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Ce Ma's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dead Wake's.
Ce Ma ships an update every 5 weeks, Dead Wake every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Ce Ma | Dead Wake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 255 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Xinline Information Technology Co., Ltd | Logan Voss |
Customer experience
Ce Ma
Dead Wake
Bugs and requests
Ce Ma
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing during battles
- Inability to update or download resources
- Crashes when certain heroes appear
Requested features
4 requests- More hero and tower variety
- Improved rewards and progression for free players
- Optimized performance on older devices
- Multiplayer and PvP modes
Dead Wake
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ce Ma
- 60 Game Coins$0.99
- 200 Game Coins$2.99
- 30-Day Value Pass$3.99
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- 游戏币350$3.99
- 800 Game Coins$9.99
- 1200 Game Coins$14.99
- Season Event Pack$19.99
- 2500 Game Coins$29.99
- 5000 Game Coins$59.99
- 8500 Game Coins$99.99
Dead Wake
- Remove Advertisements$9.99









