Zombie Dice vs Hero Realms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zombie Dice
Race to eat 13 brains as a zombie. Roll dice to collect brains, but avoid shotguns. Enjoy animated zombies and sound effects as you press your luck against a taunting opponent.
- Eat brains
- Avoid shotguns
- Press your luck dice rolling
- Zombie animations
- Sound effects
- Interactive zombie opponent
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Eat brains. Don't get shotgunned. Based on the hit dice game . . . but now the dice, and a zombie opponent, are in your iPhone! You're a zombie, racing to be the first to eat 13 yummy human brains. But those humans fight back. Press your luck. Keep rolling, keep collecting brains . . . but if you get three shotguns, you're out! Enjoy the zombie animations and sound effects (Braaaaaaaiiinnnns!). The zombie will talk back to you after every roll. But beware of his advice, because just like a human opponent, he wants you to LOSE! Visit zombiedice.sjgames.com for more about Zombie Dice!
Hero Realms
Engage in strategic deckbuilding combat, recruiting champions and using gold to acquire new cards. Battle opponents online or cooperatively against AI, with a single-player campaign available. Level up your hero and unlock new classes and missions.
- Deckbuilding combat
- Recruit champions
- Online PVP
- Cooperative online play
- Single player campaign
- Hero leveling system
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Become a hero! Choose your class, perform mighty actions, and recruit powerful champions to your cause as you grow in power. Awarded Origins Fan Favorite Best Card Game. From the makers of the award-winning Star Realms® Deckbuilding Game, Hero Realms® combines the fun of deckbuilding games with the interactivity of trading card game-style combat. As you play, use Gold to add new actions and champions to your deck. When played, those actions and champions generate powerful effects, give you additional gold, and attack your opponent and their champions. If you reduce your opponent's health to zero, you win! [Non-Collectible Deck Building Game] Hero Realms does not require you to collect new cards. You start every game with a basic deck, and will acquire cards from the shared center row to build up your deck and defeat your opponent. Victory rewards skill, and not your collection of rare cards! [Level Up Your Heroes] Create a hero from one of several classes (free players start with the Fighter and Wizard available). Level them up with new skills, abilities and equipment, and take them to battle in thrilling Online PVP. Hero Realms uses fair match making, only allowing matches between equal levelled heroes. However, if you feel daring, you can choose to engage in combat against higher levelled opponents for additional XP and bragging rights. [Cooperative Online Play] Hero Realms also features online co-operative play. Battle against challenging AI bosses with another human player as a partner. Free players have access to the Pirate Lord mission, with other co-op missions available with the Base Set purchase. [Single Player Campaign] For offline play, take on the Welcome to Thandar campaign. Fight your way through scripted, story-based chapters against varied AI opponents. [Free Version] Free players will get to experience: - Addictive Deckbuilding Game with Player VS Player Combat. - Play VS the AI - Play with the Fighter and Wizard character classes - Level-up your characters up to Level 3 - Play the first 3 missions in the Welcome to Thandar campaign - Play the Pirate Lord co-op mission Purchasing the Base Set will unlock the full Hero Realms experience: - Unlocks hard AI difficulty level - Unlocks the Cleric, Ranger, and Thief character classes - Level-up your characters to Level 12 - Unlocks the entire Welcome to Thandar campaign. - Unlocks the Necromancers, Inquisition, and Orc Riot co-op missions. Please note that Hero Realms purchases are not compatible with Family Sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hero Realms at every 2 weeks against Zombie Dice's every 7 months. Hero Realms also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 47%). Zombie Dice's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 219) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Zombie Dice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hero Realms sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Zombie Dice against 4.3 for Hero Realms. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zombie Dice has 1.8K ratings behind it against 219, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Zombie Dice's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hero Realms's.
Zombie Dice ships an update every 7 months, Hero Realms every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zombie Dice | Hero Realms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) | 4.3 (219 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 219 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 432 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Steve Jackson Games | White Wizard Games |
Customer experience
Zombie Dice
Hero Realms
Bugs and requests
Zombie Dice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hero Realms
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to play online
- Inability to access purchased content
- Freezing and black screen issues
- Incorrect character level progression
- Matchmaking problems and long wait times
Requested features
5 requests- Add more expansions and additional content
- Implement a friends list and social features
- Improve the campaign mode with more levels and challenges
- Add an option to check the contents of your deck before playing
- Implement a turn timer to prevent players from stalling
In-app purchases
Zombie Dice
- Zombie Dice: More Zombies$0.99
Hero Realms
- 80 Gems$0.99
- 200 gems$2.29
- Four Journeys Campaign$3.99
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- 500 Gems$4.99
- Hero Realms: Call to Arms$4.99
- Journeys Expansions$4.99
- Journeys Promo Expansion$4.99
- Dungeons Expansion$7.99
- 1200 Gems$9.99
- Hero Realms Base Set$9.99
- 2500 Gems$19.99
- 6500 Gems$49.99
- 14000 Gems$99.99
Questions
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