Comparison

Sandbox Zombies vs Guts Out

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

Head to head
About

Sandbox Zombies

Engage in chaotic battle simulations by creating custom levels with diverse units and a vast arsenal. Pit humans against monsters like vampires, werewolves, and ninjas, or combine their abilities for unique combat scenarios. Enjoy a regularly updated, ad-free experience with an optional one-time purchase for the full version.

Highlights
  • Custom level creation
  • Diverse unit types (humans, monsters, supernatural)
  • Hybrid unit abilities
  • Wide arsenal of weapons
  • Silly and unique weapon options
  • Regular updates
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sandbox Zombies is an action level editor. With zombies in it. Carefully set up your own elaborate scenarios, or just revel in causing chaos. With no innate goal, Sandbox Zombies trusts you to find fun in creativity and mischief. No ads and no internet required. Sandbox Systems: - Factions: Humans can fight humans too! There are 12 factions and you can edit who fights who. - Territory: Many units will try to claim territory for their faction, and this funnels units towards where the action is. - Modifiers: Units can be given a wide variety of modifiers such Invisibility, Armor, Vampirism, and much more. Many modifiers can be combined. - Spawners: Keep units respawning forever. So the battle can be endless while you just sit back and watch. - Electric Grid: Connect power sources (such as sensors and solar panels) to powered terrain (such as turrets, doors, spawners, lures, capture points, and more) to turn them on, or even make a certain faction control them. - Ground Mess: Bullet casings, scorch marks from explosions, and (depending on your settings) blood and guts from the injured will gradually paint the floor. You can wipe it clean by hand. - Day/Night Cycle: A Sun and Moon orbit the level separately, and can affect some units and terrain. - Offline Level Sharing: The entire sandbox data can be encoded into text for easy no-internet-required cross-platform sharing. - Controller Support: Optionally plug in a controller to take over any number of units and turrets at once and control them in the style of a twin stick shooter. Hand the controller to a friend and that's asymmetric local multiplayer. Support for multiple controllers is planned. Sandbox Content: - Normal Weapons: Shotguns, Rocket Launchers, Uzis, Miniguns, Smgs, Assault Rifles, Snipers, Revolvers, Flamethrowers, Swords - Silly Weapons too: Teleporter Guns, Paintball Guns, Frost Thrower, Zombification-Injector Guns, Braimwormifiers - Units: Humans, Ghouls, Mummies, Skeletons, Witches, Demons, Angels, Ninjas, Ghosts. And most of those can also be either Werewolves or Vampires on top of that! And zombified on top of that! - Terrain: Turrets, Crates, Explosive Crates, Sandbags, Barbed Wire, Mud, Fog, Doors, Lures, Sensors, Capture Points, Solar Panels - Units can be given extra modifiers: Metal Armor, Wings, Invincibility, Invisibility, Regeneration, Being On Fire, Being Frozen, Locust Breath, Emergency Teleport, Divinity, Brainworms, Vampirism, Lycanthropy, Zombification - And much more! There's just a one-time purchase for extra content, but the basic game is free so jump in and start causing chaos!

About

Guts Out

Engage in a physics-based sandbox game featuring controllable ragdolls and a variety of vehicles. Unleash an arsenal of weapons and explosives to interact with destructible environments and diverse items.

Highlights
  • Controllable ragdolls
  • Drivable vehicles
  • Diverse weapons
  • Explosives
  • Destructible objects
  • Ragdoll interaction
Features
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Physics based sandbox game with ragdolls. Features: Controllable ragdolls Drivable vehicles - scooters, skateboards Various weapons - speargun, lasers, pulse gun, grenade launchers, and more. Explosives - grenades, land mines, mortars, big bomb Diverse items to smash, slash, slice, and obliterate ragdolls, crush bones, and spill guts Destructible objects Blood splatters everywhere

Screenshots

Sandbox Zombies4 screens
Guts Out4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sandbox Zombies at Free against Guts Out's $2.99. Sandbox Zombies also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Guts Out's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (93% vs 84%). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Sandbox Zombies is free to download; Guts Out costs $2.99 up front. Sandbox Zombies sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Guts Out sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guts Out holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 326 and 1.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Sandbox Zombies's written reviews are positive against 93% of Guts Out's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sandbox Zombies ships an update every 11 days, Guts Out fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sandbox Zombies versus Guts Out: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandbox ZombiesGuts Out
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (326 ratings)4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.5% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3261.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB210 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMOSS RED LLCVISIO BOREALIS MB

Customer experience

Sandbox Zombies

All ratings324 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative8.0%

Guts Out

All ratings1,473 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.8%

User reviews

Sandbox Zombies

From 326 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun sandbox experience
  • 👍 Variety of units and weapons
  • 💡 Potential for great updates
  • 👍 Good value for premium version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • 🔇 Lack of sound effects
  • 🔒 Premium features locked behind paywall

Guts Out

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 👍 Good graphics
  • 👍 No ads
  • 👍 Easy to play
  • 👍 Entertaining gore

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional lag issues
  • 🐛 Weak ragdoll physics
  • 🔍 Limited levels/content

Bugs and requests

Sandbox Zombies

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when playing for extended periods
  • Inability to restore premium purchases after reinstallation
  • Spawner and control issues when reaching entity limit

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more weapons and units
  • Implement unit control and customization
  • Increase map size and entity limit
  • Introduce destructible terrain and buildings
  • Add sound effects and background music
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  • Implement save/load functionality
  • Add vehicles and transportation options

Guts Out

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Forced 5-star rating
  • Levels not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and maps
  • Improved ragdoll physics
  • Slow motion mode
  • Additional weapons and traps
  • Realistic blood/gore effects

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sandbox Zombies

One-time2
  • Sandbox Zombies Unlocked$4.99
  • Sandbox Zombies Premium$4.99
5 purchases

Guts Out

One-time5
  • Ragdoll pack$1.99
  • Boom pack$1.99
  • Weapons pack$1.99
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  • No ads$1.99
  • Giga pack$4.99

Questions

Is Sandbox Zombies free?
Sandbox Zombies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Guts Out free?
Guts Out costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sandbox Zombies or Guts Out?
Guts Out is rated higher. Sandbox Zombies averages 4.3 out of 5 from 326 ratings, while Guts Out averages 4.8 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Sandbox Zombies or Guts Out have ads?
Guts Out shows ads; Sandbox Zombies does not.
Which is updated more often, Sandbox Zombies or Guts Out?
Sandbox Zombies ships an update every 11 days, and Guts Out fortnightly. Most recently, Sandbox Zombies was updated on October 23, 2026 and Guts Out on October 27, 2026.

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