Comparison

Office Knockout vs DEADGRID

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

Head to head
About

Office Knockout

Engage in chaotic top-down arcade combat, throwing office supplies at coworkers to fight your way through sixteen floors of corporate hell. Each run offers a unique experience with randomized layouts and power-ups.

Highlights
  • Top-down arcade brawler gameplay
  • Sixteen randomly generated floors
  • Office supplies as weapons
  • Power-ups for enhanced gameplay
  • Dual-joystick controls
  • Designed for short play sessions
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OFFICE KNOCKOUT — When Quitting Just Isn't Enough The boss is breathing down your neck. The printer's broken again. Karen from accounting won't stop talking about her cat. You've had it. Office Knockout is a chaotic top-down arcade brawler where you fight your way up through sixteen floors of corporate misery, hurling office supplies at every coworker who gets in your way. Computers, chairs, mugs, coffee cups, books, even toasters — if it isn't bolted down, it's a weapon. HOW TO PLAY • Move with the left joystick, aim with the right • Walk over office props to pick them up • Tap the throw button to launch them at coworkers • Survive each floor and climb to the top FEATURES • Sixteen randomly generated floors — every run is different, with shifting cubicle layouts, varying coworker counts, and unpredictable powerup placements • Power-ups that change everything — hearts heal you, shields absorb hits, and double-damage flames crank up your throws • Real office props as weapons — chairs, computers, mugs, coffee cups, phones, books, and toasters, each with their own damage and weight • Earn stars on every floor — finish with full health to claim all three; chase a perfect run across all sixteen • Smooth dual-joystick controls tuned for touch screens • Iconic enemy chatter — coworkers shout office-speak as they chase you down • Optimized for both iPad and iPhone with custom HUD layouts per device • Designed for short sessions — perfect for breaks, commutes, or sneaking in a run between meetings FREE TO PLAY Office Knockout is completely free with no in-app purchases. The game is supported by occasional ads between floors. Never during gameplay. FOR FANS OF Top-down arcade games, casual brawlers, roguelikes, and anyone who's ever fantasized about a very, very bad day at the office. Download Office Knockout. Climb the corporate ladder. The hard way.

About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with a minimalist aesthetic. Battle through thousands of procedurally generated levels, collect unique weapon finishes, and compete globally in various multiplayer modes. Features permadeath, diverse enemy types, and strategic deployables for ultimate replayability.

Highlights
  • Thousands of procedurally generated levels
  • Collectable weapon finishes
  • Twelve handcrafted arenas
  • Permadeath survival mode
  • Ranked 1v1 duels
  • Duo co-op mode
  • 36 unique weapons
Features
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DEADGRID is a minimalist zombie arena shooter — pure, intense arcade action with real multiplayer. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, its own weather, its own rule and its own goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts. Two modes break the pattern — INFECT, where you ARE the outbreak and hunt the survivors down, and FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun and only one walks out. 1,080 WEAPON FINISHES Thirty collectable liveries — GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW and more — across all 36 weapons. Every third rung of the Climb pays one out. Locked finishes stay secret until you earn them. TWELVE HANDCRAFTED ARENAS Fight through Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá and Terreiro do Paço — plus four arenas of our own: The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Lava rivers, container mazes, neon crossings. Every layout is placed by hand, never generated. SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE Endless waves of the undead. Every run is permadeath — beat your best in kills, waves and time survived. RANKED 1v1 — THE ARENA Duel real opponents in last-one-standing combat. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, earn a random upgrade every round, and climb 8 divisions to the top of the global ladder. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory — revive each other and see how deep two survivors can go. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things — each with its own 3D model. Loot weapon crates mid-run and build your loadout on the fly. NINE ZOMBIE TYPES Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, jumpers that vault your walls, fire-spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets from the air, gaolers with hooked chains and summoners who raise the dead. Smart pathfinding routes them around cover — they hunt, they don't just shamble. TURRETS & DEPLOYABLES Three turret types, barriers, claymores, explosive barrels and the legendary clapping monkey. Build choke points, then watch the horde walk into them. PROGRESS THAT LASTS • GAME PASS: a 101-tier season track with exclusive skins, chests and emotes • MISSIONS: endless ladders that pay pass XP with bonus chests on every claim • SPECS: permanent lifetime upgrades that make every future run stronger • 42 SKINS to unlock — from the humble Rookie to floating war gods • 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends list with live presence, duo invites and player profiles. Daily streaks keep your fire burning. PURE PERFORMANCE Optimized for smooth 60fps. All game audio is synthesized in real time — zero audio files, tiny download. Endless waves, thousands of levels. Just pure arcade zombie survival. Any coin pack removes ad breaks forever. Download DEADGRID and see how long you survive.

Screenshots

Office Knockout3 screens
DEADGRID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DEADGRID at 4.7 against Office Knockout's 3.7. DEADGRID also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 95 months) and ratings volume (81 vs 3). Office Knockout's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. DEADGRID sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Office Knockout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEADGRID holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEADGRID has 81 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Office Knockout ships an update every 95 months, DEADGRID every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Office Knockout versus DEADGRID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffice KnockoutDEADGRID
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (81 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings381 — better
Update frequencyEvery 95 monthsEvery 4 days — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB402 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperTyler HollowayAfonso Quinaz

In-app purchases

None

Office Knockout

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time7
  • Scrap + No Ads$0.99
  • Cache + No Ads$4.99
  • Premium Pass$4.99
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  • Crate + No Ads$9.99
  • Pallet + No Ads$19.99
  • Container + No Ads$49.99
  • Motherlode + No Ads$99.99

Questions

Is Office Knockout free?
Office Knockout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Office Knockout or DEADGRID?
DEADGRID is rated higher. Office Knockout averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DEADGRID averages 4.7 from 81 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Office Knockout or DEADGRID?
Office Knockout ships an update every 95 months, and DEADGRID every 4 days. Most recently, Office Knockout was updated on November 2, 2026 and DEADGRID on November 10, 2026.

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