Hordes of Enemies vs Janken Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Janken Samurai
Engage in strategic combat across various ranks and a challenging Lethal mode. Explore an endless roguelike adventure with unique maps and a leveling system. Compete globally on leaderboards.
- Ranked arena progression
- Lethal combat mode
- Online leaderboard competition
- Endless roguelike quest mode
- Unique maps and leveling system
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Work your way through the ranks (1st Dan, 5th Dan, and 10th Dan) in the arena. Bring those skills to the life and death Lethal mode and compete on the online leaderboard against players from around the world. Take on Quest Mode! An endless roguelike mode with 6 unique maps and an all new leveling system. How many will fall to your blade?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Janken Samurai at none against Hordes of Enemies's 3. Janken Samurai also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months). Hordes of Enemies's advantage is ratings volume (545 vs 13) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating and review sentiment 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. Janken Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Hordes of Enemies against 4.5 for Janken Samurai. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hordes of Enemies has 545 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Hordes of Enemies's written reviews are positive against 57% of Janken Samurai's.
Hordes of Enemies ships an update every 12 months, Janken Samurai monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hordes of Enemies | Janken Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (545 ratings) — better | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 545 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Pixel Envision Ltd. | Good Good Games LLC |
Customer experience
Hordes of Enemies
Janken Samurai
Bugs and 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
Janken Samurai
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hordes of Enemies
- Zombie Apocalypse Brawler$0.99
- The Chosen One Brawler$0.99
- NO ADS$1.99
Janken Samurai
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hordes of Enemies free?
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