Hell and Back vs We Never Die
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hell and Back
Embark on a sci-fi roguelike RPG adventure to close a portal to hell on Mars. Fight, loot, and upgrade your gear in turn-based combat, recruiting mercenaries and making critical decisions to survive.
- Procedural and handcrafted levels
- Weapon and armor upgrades
- Mercenary recruitment
- Challenging quests and bosses
- Deep RPG progression
- Turn-based combat
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A sci‑fi roguelike RPG where you descend into hell to close the portal. A portal to hell has opened on Mars Base - and you’re the only one left to stop it. Fight, loot, upgrade, and survive in a turn‑based roguelike RPG where every run is different! - Procedural + handcrafted levels for endless replayability - Upgrade weapons and armor using power cells - Recruit mercenaries to build you squad - Challenging quests and bosses that evolve as you progress in this dungeon crawler - Deep RPG progression with stat points and gear builds - Classic roguelike tension - every decision matters - Turn based RPG action Do you have what it takes to descend into hell and come back alive?
We Never Die
Engage in a zombie-themed strategy game where you manage your camp and lead survivors on tactical expeditions. Plan your moves carefully, ration resources, and utilize the environment to outsmart the undead.
- Turn-based strategy and tactics
- Camp management
- Expedition planning
- Resource rationing
- Terrain utilization
- Customizable settings
- Randomly generated survivors
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We Never Die is a zombie-themed, turn-based, two-phase strategy and tactics game. You cycle between states of strategic thinking and tactical decision making. You both command the activities of the camp at home, where you have to answer questions such as : What you want to work on for the day? What do you wish to start on? How many people you want on each job? Who will you risk on an expedition and who will stay at home? What upgrades do you think could help you in the future outside? And you tactically lead the survivors you send outside, where you will have to : Plan two steps ahead of the undead. Ration your people's energy for actions each turn. Try to escape with your lives and precious resources for the ones at home. Utilize the terrain to its fullest. Risk the night if you dare. Features include... Setting customization for colorblind and left-handed individuals. Randomly generated survivors with a personality trait and a past profession. 11 different projects to work in camp which will affect living in your camp and your capabilities outside your camp 7 different maps. Terrain that affects your tactical decisions And potentially more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: We Never Die at none against Hell and Back's 2. We Never Die also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Hell and Back sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. We Never Die asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Hell and Back against 4.0 for We Never Die. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Hell and Back's written reviews are positive against 50% of We Never Die's.
Hell and Back ships an update every 7 months, We Never Die fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hell and Back | We Never Die |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | Conner Yoon |
Customer experience
Hell and Back
We Never Die
In-app purchases
Hell and Back
- 100 Ape Coins$0.99
- Hell and Back Full Upgrade$1.99
We Never Die
No in-app purchases









