Comparison

Domination Wars vs DEADGRID

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

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About

Domination Wars

Engage in fast-paced, strategic real-time battles on player-designed islands. Master resource gathering, build defenses, and command diverse troops and spells to conquer opponents in thrilling PvP clashes and unique game modes.

Highlights
  • Player-designed island conquest
  • Strategic resource gathering
  • Island fortress design
  • 1v1 PvP island battles
  • Diverse troops and spells
  • Dynamic game modes and events
  • Competitive ranked system
Features
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Prepare for fast-paced, strategic RTS in Domination Wars: Command Tiny Armies in Epic Island Battles! - Conquer player-designed islands, master resource gathering, and unleash powerful troops in thrilling PvP clashes. Dive into a world where tiny units wage HUGE battles, and strategic brilliance leads to ultimate domination. - Strategic Resource Mastery: Command peons to gather magical wood, the key to building your army and defenses. Optimize your resource collection to outmaneuver your opponents. - Design Your Island Fortress: Craft unique island layouts, strategically place defensive structures, and choose powerful heroes to protect your kingdom. Customize your defenses to repel enemy attacks and secure victory. - Epic PvP Island Battles: Engage in intense 1v1 battles against player-created islands. Climb the ranks, earn legendary rewards, and prove your strategic prowess in the competitive arena. - Unleash Unique Troops & Spells: Command archers, barbarians, trolls, dragons, and more! Unlock a diverse roster of units and spells, each with unique abilities, to create the ultimate army. Master strategic unit deployment and spell usage to turn the tide of battle. - Dynamic Game Modes & Events: Experience thrilling challenges in special game modes like fog of war, storm, and jungle. Participate in regular events, including splat battles and auto chess tournaments, for unique rewards and gameplay twists. - Competitive Ranked System: Progress through the ranks, from beginner to legendary, and showcase your strategic genius. Earn chests containing valuable cards and resources to upgrade your units and enhance your tactical advantages. - Handcrafted Offline Maps: Enjoy a unique solo experience with meticulously designed maps. Perfect your strategies and prepare for the challenges of PvP battles. - Fast-Paced RTS Action: Experience fast paced battles filled with strategic depth and thrilling combat. Domination Wars delivers the excitement of real-time strategy in a bite-sized format. Join Our Thriving Community: Connect with fellow commanders on our active Discord server! Share strategies, participate in community events, and stay updated on the latest game developments. Your feedback shapes the future of Domination Wars! https://discord.gg/Fvw8qjFGM7 Constant Updates & New Content: We’re committed to adding new game modes, units, and features based on your feedback. Your journey to domination is just beginning! Download Domination Wars now and lead your tiny army to epic victory! Will you rise to the challenge and conquer the islands? Your army awaits your command, my Lord!

About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with endless waves and permadeath. Master an arsenal of 33 weapons, strategically deploy defenses, and choose dynamic upgrades to conquer the apocalypse. Customize your survivor and enjoy pure, optimized gameplay.

Highlights
  • Endless zombie waves
  • Permadeath runs
  • 33 unlockable weapons
  • Strategic deployables and turrets
  • Dynamic upgrade system
  • Four zombie types with advanced AI
  • Customizable survivor skins
Features
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DEADGRID 3 IS HERE: rebuilt from the ground up. Way better graphics, and we tackled your #1 complaint: overheating and micro-crashes. Blast endless zombie waves, conquer thousands of levels, duel real players in Ranked and team up in Duo co-op. 160 premium 3D skins, 36 guns, 28 real-world arenas. How long can you survive? A WHOLE NEW LOOK All 160 skins are remodelled as premium 3D characters, each with its own signature emote and idle animation. All 36 guns are rebuilt, piece by piece. 11 redesigned islands move and breathe. And every arena is alive: crowds, flags, fireworks, water, traffic. COOL, STABLE, SMOOTH Overheating and micro-crashes were the things you complained about most, so we rebuilt the game natively to fix them. It adapts to your phone to stay cool, holds a silky 60 fps and barely sips battery in the background. Touch scrolling is buttery smooth too. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Tap a skin in the shop and it drops onto your island to perform its signature emote. Love it? It's yours. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, weather, rule and goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts, armoury drops and boss fights. Clear a stage and fly on to the next city. 28 REAL PLACES ON EARTH Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Terreiro do Paço, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá, the Giza Plateau, the Acropolis, the Dubai Fountain, Sydney Opera House, Brandenburg Gate and more. Plus worlds of our own like The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Every layout placed by hand, never generated. RANKED DUELS: THE ARENA Duel real opponents: last one standing wins. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, grab a random upgrade every round and fight your way from Bronze to Challenger. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory. Revive each other, fire off quick chat and see how deep two survivors can go. MORE WAYS TO PLAY Endless survival with permadeath. INFECT, where YOU are the outbreak. FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun. TEAM DEATHMATCH, six against six. And tournaments with prizes for the top 400. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things. Loot weapon crates mid-run, build your loadout on the fly and collect hundreds of finishes: GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW… 14 KINDS OF UNDEAD Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets out of the air, wardens with hooked chains, gravekeepers who raise the dead, bat swarms and bosses that shake the ground. Smart pathfinding routes them around your 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: 101 tiers of exclusive skins, chests and emotes • SEASONS, MISSIONS and daily streaks that always pay out • SPECS and BONUSES: permanent upgrades for every future run • THE VAULT: chests packed with skins and finishes • YOUR ISLAND: 11 islands to unlock and a weapon rack to show off your guns • 160 SKINS and 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style Already playing? Your DEADGRID 2 progress comes with you. COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends with live presence, duo invites and profiles that show off your island and weapon rack. Available in 20 languages. Free to play and never pay-to-win. To keep it that way, a short ad plays once every 10 games. Never in the middle of a fight. Sorry about that, and thanks for playing! Download DEADGRID and see how long you last.

Screenshots

Domination Wars4 screens
DEADGRID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DEADGRID at none against Domination Wars's shown. DEADGRID also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Domination Wars's advantage is iOS requirement (13.3 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Domination Wars sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and DEADGRID 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

DEADGRID holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Domination Wars's written reviews are positive against 92% of DEADGRID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Domination Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, DEADGRID every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Domination Wars versus DEADGRID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDomination WarsDEADGRID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (129 ratings)4.8 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews92.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings129 — better53
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB414 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperYvan TaurinesAfonso Quinaz

Customer experience

Domination Wars

All ratings129 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative11.9%

DEADGRID

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.0%

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Domination Wars

One-time15
  • Handfull of gems$0.99
  • Starter pack$1.99
  • Time Limited Offer$1.99
Show 12 more
  • Time Limited Offer$2.99
  • Time Limited Offer$3.99
  • Bag of gems$4.99
  • Time Limited Offer$5.99
  • Time Limited Offer$7.99
  • Bucket of gems$9.99
  • Time Limited Offer$14.99
  • Barrel of gems$19.99
  • Time Limited Offer$29.99
  • Time Limited Offer$49.99
  • Wheelbarrow of gems$49.99
  • Torrent of gems$99.99
6 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time6
  • Scrap$0.99
  • Cache$4.99
  • Crate$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Pallet$19.99
  • Container$49.99
  • Motherlode$99.99

Questions

Is Domination Wars free?
Domination Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Domination Wars or DEADGRID?
DEADGRID is rated higher. Domination Wars averages 4.6 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while DEADGRID averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do Domination Wars or DEADGRID have ads?
Domination Wars shows ads; DEADGRID does not.
Which is updated more often, Domination Wars or DEADGRID?
Domination Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, and DEADGRID every 2 days. Most recently, Domination Wars was updated on October 13, 2026 and DEADGRID on October 12, 2026.

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