8 vs Final Outpost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8
Manage a farm, raise livestock, and grow crops to attract visitors and win contests. Expand your fields, hire staff, and decorate your farm to increase its appeal. Participate in festivals and aim for top rankings.
- Livestock management
- Crop cultivation
- Farm expansion
- Staff hiring
- Agritourism
- Contest participation
- Facility placement combos
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Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm! This humble little farm desperately needs a new manager, such as you! Start out by getting some livestock, grow flowers, fruit and vegetables, gradually expanding your fields and increasing the number of staff until you're ready to open for agritourism. As your farm's Appeal grows, you will be able to enter a variety of contests. The key to winning is raising the levels of your produce and skillful placement of farm facilities so that they work together as combos. A prize-winning farm is certain to attract even more visitors! Receive photos as gifts from happy visitors or for completing achievements, and exchange them at the FarmMart to obtain a wide range of installations for your farm. Photos can also be traded at the Odds&Ends Shop for handy items such as gadgets which influence the weather. More fun awaits at festivals, where you can try your skill in minigames like Tug of War, Outdoor Sports or puzzles. Apart from getting monetary prizes for winning these, you can also get cool hats for your staff. The end of each year is a thrilling time, as that's when the National Farm Ranking is announced! Challenge yourself and see if you can top all rankings for sales, number of visitors, visitors satisfaction and number of staff! * All game progress is stored on your device. Save data cannot be transferred between devices, nor can it be restored after deleting or reinstalling the app. Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! Kairosoft's pixel art game series continues! Follow kairokun2010 on Twitter for the latest Kairosoft news and information: https://twitter.com/kairokun2010
Final Outpost
Lead the last survivors of the apocalypse in this survival strategy base-builder. Manage citizens, assign jobs, craft tools, and build a fortified settlement. Survive against zombie hordes and harsh environmental conditions.
- Base building and expansion
- Citizen role assignment and skill upgrades
- Resource management and crafting
- Zombie defense and combat
- Farming and food production
- Simulated seasons and weather
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===DEFINITIVE Edition of the 1M+ player Base-Builder=== Traders, Settle new regions, Difficulty modes, Modifiers, New artwork, Achievements, No IAPs and more. Build your Outpost • Manage your citizens • Survive the zombie apocalypse Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive? ===ASSIGN JOBS=== Choose from 10+ job roles for each of your citizens, and watch them get to work! ===BUILD YOUR OUTPOST=== Construct and upgrade 12+ building types and expand your sprawling settlement. Build vital resource storage, production buildings and housing for new survivors. ===KILL ZOMBIES=== Deck out your defences to keep 5+ zombie types away from your walls. Start out with a single knife and progress to mowing down hordes with machine guns, crossbows and snipers. ===FARM FOR FOOD=== Feed your hungry citizens as your Outpost expands. Begin farming wheat in your fields to overcome the dwindling deer population outside your walls. ===SIMULATED SEASONS + WEATHER=== Survive harsh droughts, cold winters, and unforgiving thunderstorms with simulated weather and seasons. ===UPGRADE YOUR CITIZENS=== Upgrade your citizens’ skills to gather, defend and repair more efficiently. -------------------- 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 monetization model: Final Outpost at free against 8's paid. Final Outpost also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 59%). 8's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
8 costs $4.99 and Final Outpost $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for 8 against 4.4 for Final Outpost. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 40 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of 8's written reviews are positive against 75% of Final Outpost's.
8 ships an update every 7 months, Final Outpost fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8 | Final Outpost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (30 ratings) | 4.4 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #175 | #95 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 288 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | Exabyte Games Ltd |
Customer experience
8
Final Outpost
Bugs and requests
8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Final Outpost
Reported bugs
3 issues- Save crashes when loading
- Game freezes at start
- Game stuck at first tutorial tip
Requested features
2 requests- Update the game
- Add more features
In-app purchases
8
No in-app purchases
Final Outpost
No in-app purchases









