Comparison

Hordes of Enemies vs Janken Samurai

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Ranked arena progression
  • Lethal combat mode
  • Online leaderboard competition
  • Endless roguelike quest mode
  • Unique maps and leveling system
Features
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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?

Screenshots

Hordes of Enemies4 screens
Janken Samurai4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hordes of Enemies sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Janken Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hordes of Enemies versus Janken Samurai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHordes of EnemiesJanken Samurai
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (545 ratings) — better4.5 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings545 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB172 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPixel Envision Ltd.Good Good Games LLC

Customer experience

Hordes of Enemies

All ratings545 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral15.2%
Negative25.7%

Janken Samurai

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral42.9%
Negative0.0%

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

3 purchases

Hordes of Enemies

One-time3
  • Zombie Apocalypse Brawler$0.99
  • The Chosen One Brawler$0.99
  • NO ADS$1.99
None

Janken Samurai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hordes of Enemies free?
Hordes of Enemies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Janken Samurai free?
Janken Samurai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hordes of Enemies or Janken Samurai?
Hordes of Enemies is rated higher. Hordes of Enemies averages 4.5 out of 5 from 545 ratings, while Janken Samurai averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Hordes of Enemies or Janken Samurai have ads?
Hordes of Enemies shows ads; Janken Samurai does not.
Which is updated more often, Hordes of Enemies or Janken Samurai?
Hordes of Enemies ships an update every 12 months, and Janken Samurai monthly. Most recently, Hordes of Enemies was updated on September 22, 2026 and Janken Samurai on September 10, 2026.

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