Invading Horde vs Dead Wake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Invading Horde
Defend the Kingdom from an invading horde by strategically building towers and using magic. Earn stars and gems to upgrade your defenses and unlock new abilities to overcome increasingly challenging waves of enemies.
- Fast-paced tower defense action
- Strategic tower building
- Upgrade weapons, obstacles, and magic
- Unlock new towers and spells
- Cast magic spells
- Drop obstacles to slow enemies
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An Invading Horde has been spotted to the west of the Kingdom. The King has selected a lucky random subject to defend the Realm. You take on the role of the unfortunate farmer tasked with this great undertaking. Build defensive Towers to defeat the Invading Horde. Complete levels to earn Stars to upgrade your Weapons, Obstacles and Magic. Earn Gems to unlock more Towers, Obstacles and Magic. Features ● Fast paced Tower Defense action ● Quirky story line ● Pause the action to plan your strategy ● Cast Magic spells to smite the Horde ● Drop Obstacles in the road to slow down the Horde ● Unlock powerful new Towers, Obstacles, Items and Magic
Dead Wake
Survive an endless horde of monsters on a highway. Grow your army, collect weapons and power-ups, and upgrade your squad in the armory to achieve the highest score on the global leaderboard.
- Grow your army
- Pick up weapons
- Collect power-ups
- Visit the armory
- Global leaderboard
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Dead Wake takes you on a wild ride through a monster infested highway. The goal is to survive for as long as possible. How long will you last? Features: • Grow your army • Pick up weapons • Collect special power-ups • Visit the armory to equip your squad before the madness begins • Automatically submit your top high-score to the global leaderboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dead Wake at 100% against Invading Horde's 57%. Dead Wake also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Invading Horde's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (264 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Invading Horde sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Dead Wake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dead Wake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Invading Horde has 264 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Invading Horde's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dead Wake's.
Invading Horde ships an update every 5 days, Dead Wake every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Invading Horde | Dead Wake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (264 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 264 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AlhoGames | Logan Voss |
Customer experience
Invading Horde
Dead Wake
Bugs and requests
Invading Horde
Reported bugs
5 issues- Archers stop shooting after leveling up
- Crashes during the last wave of levels
- Crashes after 1 minute of playing Level 25
- Game crashes right before finishing a level
- Towers stop working when too many power upgrades are applied or support towers are nearby
Requested features
5 requests- Never-ending levels
- Ability to unlock more things
- Sync progress between Watch and iPhone
- More levels (100+)
- Chinese translation
Dead Wake
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Invading Horde
- Gems pack 1$0.99
- Stars Pack 1$0.99
- Gems pack 2$1.99
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- Stars Pack 2$1.99
- Gems pack 3$2.99
- Stars pack 3$2.99
- Starter pack$4.99
Dead Wake
- Remove Advertisements$9.99
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