Comparison

Dead Effect vs Spartan Firefight

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

Head to head
About

Dead Effect

Embark on a thrilling sci-fi FPS adventure where you awaken to an empty ship filled with horrors. Fight for survival against infected creatures, uncover mysteries, and upgrade your arsenal in an epic campaign.

Highlights
  • Sci-fi FPS combat
  • Single player campaign
  • Weapon upgrades
  • Time-slowing ability
  • Survival mode arenas
  • Unlockable achievements
Features
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Be careful, you need at least 160 MB FREE RAM to run the game. "Dead Effect is pretty awesome."-capsulecomputers.com.au 9/10 "Graphically, the game is top notch."-toucharcade.com 4/5 Stars "Dead Effect [...] strikes an impressive balance between humor and fear"-modojo.com 4/5 ESS Meridian System: Wednesday September 7, 2045… 178 days of hibernation. Delta 3 Chamber, Active… Tissue and vital functions Check. Error! Disruption Detected… Critical Health Detected. 3… 2… 1… Awakening! Something is not right, the hibernation pods are all empty. What is happening? You are an elite member of the Unit 13. Fight for your life in a SCI-FI FPS game that will send chills down your spine. • Grab your phone/tablet, get in control and bring infected horrors down. Your interface is zombie-shooting ready. • An epic single player campaign awaits you with more than 5 hours of story gameplay. Space is cold and full of horrors. • Throughout the campaign you will find new weapons and money to upgrade your armory. • Discover the mysteries of the ESS Meridian, and wander around its impressive environments with intense background music. • Use your special ability to slow down the time and defeat even the toughest enemies! • Will you take up the challenge and try to defeat all your enemies in survival mode arenas? Unlock all the achievements and get all the weapons available! FOLLOW US: https://www.facebook.com/DeadEffectGame/ twitter.com/deadeffectgame deadeffect.com About the developer: BadFly Interactive, a.s. is a small indie studio based in Brno, Czech Republic. We are a group of veterans of the gaming industry, having worked on projects like Mafia, Vietcong, Mad Max or Witcher III in the past. With each of us having dedicated 15+ years of our professional careers to game development, we thought it was about time we started making games under our own flag. We love horror and sci-fi movies, good action, and cheesy one-liners. Our goal is to create entertaining games which combine fast-paced action with gore, humor, and lots of fun.

About

Spartan Firefight

Engage in fast-paced, under-five-minute battles against enemy waves. Unlock and upgrade a diverse arsenal of weapons, and customize your unique Spartan with collectible skins and gear. Compete on global leaderboards and enjoy a constantly evolving experience with new content planned.

Highlights
  • Epic PvP game modes
  • Unlock and upgrade powerful weapons
  • Customize your Spartan
  • Climb global leaderboards
  • Unlock ranks and rewards
  • New challenges daily
Features
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Get ready for the Firefight! From the creators of Spartan Runner comes a new action-packed game: Spartan Firefight. Battle against waves of enemies across a variety of game modes and maps in under five minutes. Unlock and upgrades powerful weapons to help you in your task. Purchase and collect skins, helmets, shoulders and more to create your unique Spartan. UNLOCK AND UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS: Collect and upgrade a variety of powerful weapons going from the Magnum to the Spartan Laser, level them up with your kills and collect unique skins for each weapon. BECOME THE MVP: Climb the world leaderboad to prove you're the greatest Spartan of them all! CONSTANTLY EVOLVING: Look out for new helmets, shoulders, skins, maps and game modes in the future. Spartan Firefight is a non-stop evolving game! GAME FEATURES: * Epic PvP game modes * Powerful weapons to unlock and upgrade * Various game modes to master * Customize your own Spartan * Unlock ranks and unique rewards * New challenges every day * Climb to the top of the leaderboard * Each maps offer challenging new terrain to explore * Unlock achievements * And more to come soon! Get ready and join the fight now, Spartan!

Screenshots

Dead Effect4 screens
Spartan Firefight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dead Effect at none against Spartan Firefight's shown. Dead Effect also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). Spartan Firefight's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 171). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Dead Effect sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Spartan Firefight sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spartan Firefight holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spartan Firefight has 3.8K ratings behind it against 171, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Dead Effect's written reviews are positive against 93% of Spartan Firefight's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dead Effect versus Spartan Firefight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead EffectSpartan Firefight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (171 ratings)4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.5% of reviews92.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1713.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size761 MB117 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBrainVault Games, LLCWilliam Bourdon

Customer experience

Dead Effect

All ratings171 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative12.6%

Spartan Firefight

All ratings3,794 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews387 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.9%

User reviews

Dead Effect

From 171 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Amazing graphics and visuals
  • 🎮 Smooth and good controls
  • 🌌 Immersive atmosphere
  • 🧟 Classic space zombie theme
  • 💰 Free to play

Room to improve

  • ❓ Orbs hard to find
  • 🚫 No jump button
  • 💸 Expensive weapons
  • ⏳ Short game duration
  • 🪲 Enemies too close/aggressive

Spartan Firefight

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent pixel art and animations
  • 👍 Faithful to the Halo franchise
  • 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 💎 Impressive customization options
  • 🆓 Free-to-play with fair monetization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🕹️ Controls can feel imprecise at times
  • 🔍 Lack of true online multiplayer
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and high grind
  • 🔊 Poor sound quality for music

Bugs and requests

Dead Effect

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Stuck and have to restart mission due to no jump button
  • Lost weapons in third level
  • Purchases taken away after playing again
  • Auto-fire icon vanishes
  • Falling through textures
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  • Game crashes (implied by 'nothing plays')
  • Game removed from app store then re-uploaded

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add jump button
  • Add more stages/levels
  • Add Russian language support
  • Add Spanish language support
  • Add more languages
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  • Add checkpoints
  • Restore purchases feature
  • Keep purchases when starting new game
  • Make chainsaw free
  • Add more bosses
  • Add more zombie varieties
  • Make story longer
  • Make ending more dynamic/interesting
  • Make weapon reload faster
  • Keep corpses from disappearing
  • Save progress feature
  • Update game more frequently
  • Add more levels like before
  • Add multiplayer

Spartan Firefight

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to restore progress on new devices
  • Multiplayer matches ending prematurely
  • Inconsistent weapon performance (e.g., weak Magnum)

Requested features

6 requests
  • Playable Elites and Covenant characters
  • Larger maps and more game modes
  • Campaign or story mode
  • Online co-op firefight
  • Controller support
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  • More weapon and vehicle variety

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Dead Effect

One-time11
  • 100 000 credits$0.99
  • 100 gold$0.99
  • 330 000 credits$2.99
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  • 330 gold$2.99
  • 600 000 credits$4.99
  • 600 gold$4.99
  • 1 300 000 credits$9.99
  • 1300 gold$9.99
  • 3 000 000 credits$19.99
  • 3000 gold$19.99
  • 10 000 000 credits$46.99
6 purchases

Spartan Firefight

One-time6
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Silver Pack$3.99
  • Gold Pack$8.99
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  • Heroic Pack$17.99
  • Legendary Pack$44.99
  • Mythic Pack$89.99

Questions

Is Dead Effect free?
Dead Effect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spartan Firefight free?
Spartan Firefight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dead Effect or Spartan Firefight?
Spartan Firefight is rated higher. Dead Effect averages 4.5 out of 5 from 171 ratings, while Spartan Firefight averages 4.8 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Dead Effect or Spartan Firefight have ads?
Spartan Firefight shows ads; Dead Effect does not.

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