Comparison

Z Dawn vs Forgotten Lands

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

Head to head
About

Z Dawn

Lead survivors through a zombie apocalypse in a turn-based strategy game. Explore, loot, build, craft, and defend your encampment against hordes of the undead. Manage your survivors' skills and make critical choices to ensure their survival.

Highlights
  • Explore diverse locations
  • Resource management and looting
  • Survivor skill management
  • Base building and fortification
  • Crafting and equipment upgrades
  • Event-driven narrative choices
  • Vehicle repair and defense
Features
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In the burst of the Z virus, the world everyone knew ceased to exist. Lead a group of survivors throughout a zombie apocalypse in a fast-paced turn challenging game. Survive, interact, loot, explore, build, craft, defend, attack! ● Explore the wilderness left behind and find different locations ● Search for resources, weapons, ammunition, clothes, food, medicine ● Manage survivors individually and equip them accordingly to their favorite skills ● Build, upgrade and fortify your encampment to withstand the hordes of zombies ● Assign survivors to different tasks like farming, a guard in a watchtower, builder, mechanic ● Explore many different locations for items, help strangers, invite them to join your group ● Craft and upgrade equipment ● Deal with different events and choose many possible outcomes ● Deal with other survivors and their respective encampments ● Repair and upgrade vehicles to drive and defend ● Deal with hundreds of thrilling events with many possible outcomes ...And much more! * * * Like us on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/goldengodgames Follow us on INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/goldengod.games Follow us on TWITTER http://twitter.com/goldengodgames * * *

About

Forgotten Lands

This is a real-time strategy game set in a hostile open world where players must gather resources, craft items, and build to survive. With a focus on community-driven development and a true cross-platform MMO experience, players can trade, fight, and build with others worldwide. Enjoy an old-school pixel art experience with regular updates.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy gameplay
  • Open-world survival
  • Resource gathering and crafting
  • Player-created content
  • Cross-platform MMO experience
  • Community-driven development
  • Day and night cycles
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Imagine a real-time strategy game where behind every unit is one player. Join one of the available races to dominate the world. Humans and dwarves are waiting for you. Set in a hostile, open-world environment where players begin with no equipment and are required to collect resources, craft tools, weapons, and build houses. You have only one life, so be careful and develop your own strategy to survive as long as possible. Become a warrior or skilled craftsman. Do your best to support your tribe. An open-world game with no developer created content. All items and buildings are created from scratch by players. * Old-school pixel art experience. * No ads, free to play. * Community driven development. Join testers, game masters, map makers, translators, or just play and enjoy. * Day and night cycles. * Multiple skills, fishing, farming, chopping, mining, building, and crafting. * Meet the players from all over the world on the same server. * Trade, fight, and build. * Regular updates! The game is in active development. * True cross-platform MMO experience. Play on desktop or mobile with all players on a single shared server. * Join the active Forgotten Lands community.

Screenshots

Z Dawn4 screens
Forgotten Lands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Z Dawn at 90% against Forgotten Lands's 0%. Z Dawn also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). Forgotten Lands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Z Dawn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Forgotten Lands asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Z Dawn holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Z Dawn has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Z Dawn's written reviews are positive against 0% of Forgotten Lands's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Z Dawn versus Forgotten Lands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZ DawnForgotten Lands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (22 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB70 MB
Age rating9++9
DeveloperGoldenGod Games, LdaMateusz Dworak

Customer experience

Z Dawn

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

Forgotten Lands

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Z Dawn

One-time1
  • Full Game Access$7.99
None

Forgotten Lands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Z Dawn free?
Z Dawn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forgotten Lands free?
Forgotten Lands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Z Dawn or Forgotten Lands?
Z Dawn is rated higher. Z Dawn averages 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Forgotten Lands averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Z Dawn or Forgotten Lands have ads?
Neither Z Dawn nor Forgotten Lands shows ads.

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