Comparison

Zombie Exodus vs Eldrum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zombie Exodus

Experience a text-based survival-horror novel where your choices shape your destiny during a zombie apocalypse. Create a unique character with diverse professions, skills, and backgrounds to navigate a collapsing society and confront the undead.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive story
  • Character customization
  • Multiple professions and backgrounds
  • Skill progression system
  • Encounter other survivors
  • Crafting and scavenging
Features
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Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit "Zombie Exodus," can you survive the first few days of the zombie outbreak as the dead rise, society collapses, and the living struggle to survive? "Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven" is a series of thrilling interactive survival-horror novels by Jim Dattilo, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without animation or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Customize a character using a variety of professions, backgrounds, special challenges, and skills to survive in a brutal and chaotic city as the Zeta virus spreads. Will you be an honorable soldier, searching through neighborhoods to aid survivors? Or will you be a ruthless bandit who loots and robs others for needed supplies? How about a paranoid hacker, psychopathic con artist, pragmatic scientist, or idealistic teenager? Dozens of options allow you to play the character of your choice. Set in the "Zombie Exodus" world, the first part of "Safe Haven" focuses on the first few days of a viral outbreak which changes the infected into mindless zombies. Explore the changes to society at the start of the pandemic. Board your house, gather supplies, meet over a dozen other characters, and survive encounters with the living dead and even other survivors. Scavenge numerous locations, craft items, and use a variety of skills to survive the many challenges of the apocalypse. With three brand new chapters and another 310,000 words, "Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven" is now more than than 900,000 in total! That's more than 72,000 each time you play. Given the number of paths from beginning to end, you can have a unique story every time and still never see all there is in "Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven!" The "Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven" series will continue with future stories in new locations in the coming years. • Play as male, female or nonbinary, gay, straight, bi, asexual, or aromantic. • Nineteen backgrounds/professions including Soldier, Teenager, Professional Wrestler, Bank Robber, and Doctor. Or create your own custom class. • Choose your skill levels in eighteen different apocalyptic skills such as Stealth, Ranged Weapons, Scavenging, and Survival. Level up your skills after each chapter and choose from hobbies to round out your character. • Select optional challenges for your survivor. Take care of a dependent child or a pet, or deal with a phobia, compulsion, addiction, or affliction. • Meet other survivors each with their own personalities, motivations, desires, and flaws. Even form romantic relationships with those you meet. • Enjoy 15 optional character portraits, drawn by various artists.

About

Eldrum

Embark on a text-based RPG adventure where your choices shape the narrative. Explore a world of warring factions, gather equipment, and develop your character. Discover secrets and multiple endings in this immersive interactive fiction.

Highlights
  • Text-based choices adventure RPG
  • Character building and equipment
  • Multiple endings
  • Over 8 hours of playtime
  • Secrets to discover
  • Supports phones and tablets
  • Accessible for blind/low-vision players
Features
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Try before you buy! Eldrum: Untold is free to try up to a certain point in the story where you’ll be offered to purchase the full game in order to continue. Eldrum: Untold is an immersive text-based RPG adventure, combining old school CYOA (Choose Your Own Adventure) features with modern twists. PLOT You wake up on a beach - shipwrecked, confused and traumatized. Follow the footprints and you will find a fellow survivor in the wilderness. She is a nomad, who seems to have endured the same traumatic experiences. Together, you embark on a quest for answers and retribution. As you venture through the world to discover the truth in this interactive fiction, you’ll gather equipment and forge your character. The lands of Tem Khiris are drenched in blood. You must figure out a way to survive in this world of warring states and rival tribes. Proceed with caution, for death lurks around every corner. Poor decisions will soon send you on a one-way trip to the Underworld. FEATURES - Nostalgic table-top RPG style - Many secrets to discover - Equip and build your character - Over 8 hours of playtime (Estimated, single play-through) - Multiple endings - Replay-ability with different play styles opening up different locations, NPCs and gear - Text based choices adventure RPG - Supports phones as well as tablets - Accessible to blind and low-vision players Choose wisely, your decisions matter! IN THE NEWS “A full-on RPG, complete with character progression, inventory management, and NPC interactions ... The character development and combat systems find that sweet spot between being too simplistic to matter and becoming a bloated distraction.” – Gamespace.com “Untold is a really solid and convenient package. It delivers feelings of grand adventure while allowing you to experiment and explore, and it does this pretty much all through text. It may not satisfy folks looking for a flashier, more action-packed experience, but Untold's restraint is exactly what makes it so impressive and refreshing.” – 148apps.com JOIN THE COMMUNITY https://discord.eldrum.com

Screenshots

Zombie Exodus4 screens
Eldrum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Eldrum at none against Zombie Exodus's shown. Eldrum also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Zombie Exodus's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Zombie Exodus sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Eldrum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Zombie Exodus against 4.7 for Eldrum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 779 and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Zombie Exodus's written reviews are positive against 87% of Eldrum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zombie Exodus ships an update every 3 months, Eldrum every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zombie Exodus versus Eldrum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZombie ExodusEldrum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (779 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews86.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7791.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB159 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCAct None

Customer experience

Zombie Exodus

All ratings778 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews245 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative10.6%

Eldrum

All ratings1,442 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews304 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative6.9%

User reviews

Zombie Exodus

From 779 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great in-depth story builder
  • 👍 Highly immersive and engaging
  • 👍 Excellent character customization
  • 👍 Meaningful choices with consequences
  • 👍 Wonderful writing and storytelling

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive per-chapter pricing model
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔒 Lack of save/restore functionality
  • 🔒 Difficulty transferring progress across devices

Eldrum

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Immersive story and world-building
  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork and music
  • 🕹️ Engaging gameplay with meaningful choices
  • 🔍 Lots of secrets and replayability
  • 💰 Fair pricing model (one-time purchase)

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Lack of guidance/hints can be frustrating
  • 🕰️ Relatively short main story
  • 🤖 Combat system could use more depth
  • 🔄 Limited ability to revisit previous areas

Bugs and requests

Zombie Exodus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saved progress not loading correctly
  • Certain choices not registering properly
  • Dialogue/text issues (typos, inconsistencies)

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free content or demo chapters
  • Ability to purchase the full game upfront
  • Improved save/load system with multiple slots
  • More character customization options
  • Faster content updates and new chapters

Eldrum

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional softlocks/progression blockers
  • Typos and minor text issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content/story expansions
  • Ability to carry over progress/decisions to sequels
  • Additional languages (e.g., Russian, Spanish)
  • Improved inventory/save management

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Zombie Exodus

One-time8
  • Skill Point Bonus2 variants$0.99
  • Attribute Points Bonus$0.99
  • Stories from the Outbreak$2.99
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  • Stories from the Outbreak II$2.99
  • Part One$7.99
  • Part Two$7.99
  • Part Three$7.99
  • Part Four$11.99
3 purchases

Eldrum

One-time3
  • Upgrade from Basic to Premium$1.99
  • Basic$4.99
  • Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Zombie Exodus free?
Zombie Exodus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eldrum free?
Eldrum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zombie Exodus or Eldrum?
Eldrum is rated higher. Zombie Exodus averages 4.5 out of 5 from 779 ratings, while Eldrum averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Zombie Exodus or Eldrum have ads?
Zombie Exodus shows ads; Eldrum does not.
Which is updated more often, Zombie Exodus or Eldrum?
Zombie Exodus ships an update every 3 months, and Eldrum every 9 days. Most recently, Zombie Exodus was updated on October 29, 2026 and Eldrum on October 29, 2026.

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