Dead Effect vs Kontra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Sci-fi FPS combat
- Single player campaign
- Weapon upgrades
- Time-slowing ability
- Survival mode arenas
- Unlockable achievements
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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.
Kontra
Experience intense first-person shooter action with zombie survival and various multiplayer modes. Engage in skill-based combat with intuitive controls and classic graphics. Survive outbreaks, compete in deathmatches, or master unique game modes.
- Zombie Survival Single Player
- Zombie Survival Multiplayer
- Deathrun Multiplayer
- Surf Multiplayer
- Deathmatch Multiplayer
- Arms Race Multiplayer
- Skill-based shooting
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ZOMBIE SURVIVAL AND FIRST PERSON SHOOTER Kontra is an FPS game that features single player zombie survival, multiplayer zombie mode, and other game modes like: surf online, deathrun online, deathmatch online and arms race online. Choose your zombie class. Survive the zombie outbreak! Experience Counter Strike 1.6 on mobile! CLASSIC GRAPHICS Optimized graphics with thrilling action gameplay and intuitive controls, to get the most out of mobile fps experience. SKILL BASED SHOOTER No auto aim, no auto fire. Play in training maps, become better and win matches against your friends and others. INTUITIVE CONTROLS Easy controls, easy to learn. Designed for best mobile fps experience. THRILLING LOCATIONS Interesting maps from sci-fi laboratory to huge rats room. INTERESTING GAME MODES 5 game modes featuring different mechanics. Survive in online Zombie Survival game mode. COMMUNITY SERVERS You can download publicly available server build to host your own game with Admin/VIP features. Master server is also configurable in settings. OPTIMIZED GRAPHICS TO INCLUDE HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS Almost no limits to amount of maps in the game. Simple and engaging maps take as little space as possible! DIFFERENT ZOMBIE CLASSES In Zombie Mode different zombie class has different abilities. UP TO 16 PLAYERS Participate in 8vs8 shootout. Become the last out of 15 players to survive zombie outbreak! ZOMBIE MODE Try to survive zombie outbreak! Zombie Survival begins with one of the players getting infected. Your mission as humans is to eliminate zombies to not let the infection spread. Survive zombie apocalypse in single player mode or join online game for unique experience. DEATHMATCH MODE Traditional deathmatch mode where two teams, counter-terrorists and terrorists participate in shootout. Whenever you die, you instantly respawn. Kill opponents to earn money and buy better weapons. ARMS RACE MODE Classic arms race where everyone is against each other. Make your way through the cycle of weapons by killing opponents. The first player to complete the whole cycle wins. DEATHRUN MODE The team must avoid obstacles and eliminate the terrorist by reaching the end while the terrorist must stop them by eliminating all players. SURF MODE Compete team vs team. Use your movement skills to reach the place with advanced weapons. Team with most kills wins. MAIN FEATURES: Zombie Single Player Zombie Multiplayer Deathrun Multiplayer, become a bhop pro Surf Multiplayer Deathmatch Multiplayer Arms Race Multiplayer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kontra at none against Dead Effect's 11. Dead Effect's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Dead Effect sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Kontra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dead Effect holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 171 and 160 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 83% and 84% positive.
| Parameter | Dead Effect | Kontra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (171 ratings) — better | 4.3 (160 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews | 83.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 160 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 761 MB | 777 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BrainVault Games, LLC | Gameplier Ltd |
Customer experience
Dead Effect
Kontra
User reviews
Dead Effect
From 171 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Kontra
From 160 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best CS clone
- 🚀 Reminds of old CS 1.6
- 👍 Great graphics and controls
- 👍 Nostalgic feel
- 👍 Zombie mode is fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Optimization issues on some devices
- 💰 Too many ads
- 🔧 Needs more updates and improvements
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
Kontra
Reported bugs
4 issues- Movement and camera controls conflict
- Frequent crashes and server disconnects
- Graphical issues on older devices
- Progression system bugs
Requested features
8 requests- Add bomb defuse mode
- Improve zombie mode
- Add more weapons and skins
- Improve map design and spawns
- Add character customization
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- Improve server stability and anti-cheat
- Add bot support for all maps
- Reduce in-game ads
In-app purchases
Dead Effect
- 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
Kontra
No in-app purchases









