Zombie Exodus vs Eldrum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zombie Exodus
Engage in a text-based horror adventure where your choices shape your survival story. Build your character, gather resources, and navigate a zombie-infested city to rescue your sister. Explore different paths and endings in this immersive narrative.
- Character customization
- Branching narrative choices
- Resource gathering
- Combat and survival mechanics
- Romance options
- Multiple endings
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Could you survive the Zombie Apocalypse? Build your character and fight your way out of a zombie-filled city to save your sister in this text-based horror fiction story. Choose to be a soldier, athlete, carpenter, minister, or scientist. Play as male or female, gay or straight, and even find romance in the Zombie Apocalypse. Gather supplies and weapons while avoiding the military, bandits, and living dead. Your choices alone control the story. Zombie Exodus includes Parts 1 and 2 for free, in which you search for your sister as the city deals with the viral outbreak turning the living into zombies. Parts 3-5 are optional additions in which you survive in the aftermath of the outbreak. Meet other survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, and make moral decisions affecting your life in the apocalypse. The full game has 750,000 words, 9 unique endings, 25 achievements, and a myriad of paths to play.
Eldrum
Embark on a dark fantasy text-based RPG where your decisions forge your path. Explore a war-torn world, uncover secrets, and shape your character's destiny through branching narratives and multiple endings. This immersive experience offers deep gameplay reminiscent of tabletop RPGs.
- Text-based choices adventure RPG
- Nostalgic table-top RPG style
- Character building and equipment
- Multiple endings based on choices
- Secrets to discover
- High replayability
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Dive into a dark, immersive world where your choices shape your destiny. Eldrum: Red Tide is a gripping text-based RPG that combines the depth of D&D, the strategic gameplay of CRPGs, and the narrative freedom of CYOA gamebooks. Eldrum: Red Tide is a dark fantasy story about a former soldier who is searching for his family in a world ravaged by war. Your brother is gone without a trace. What happened to him? The answer to this question lies at the end of a long and dangerous journey. The world has changed. The place where you were born was burned to ash. People out there are struggling to survive. You are a shadow of your former self, having suffered grave injuries during the war. But the past is the past. What matters is the here and now. You have the freedom to shape your own destiny. There is always a choice. FEATURES - Nostalgic table-top RPG style - Many secrets to discover - Equip and build your character - Multiple endings that vary depending on your choices throughout the story - Replayability with different play styles opening up different locations, NPCs and gear - Text based choices adventure RPG - Supports both phones and tablets - Accessible to blind and low-vision players Eldrum: Red Tide is the second game in the Eldrum series. The games' stories are linked and there are references between the games, but they can be played in any order.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Eldrum at none against Zombie Exodus's shown. Eldrum also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Zombie Exodus's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Zombie Exodus sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Eldrum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Eldrum holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 362 and 431 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Zombie Exodus's written reviews are positive against 95% of Eldrum's.
Zombie Exodus ships an update every 5 months, Eldrum every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zombie Exodus | Eldrum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (362 ratings) | 4.9 (431 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 362 | 431 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.5.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Act None |
Customer experience
Zombie Exodus
Eldrum
User reviews
Zombie Exodus
From 362 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Captivating story
- 🤗 Immersive gameplay
- 💯 Excellent writing
- 🎨 Detailed visuals
- 🧠 Thought-provoking choices
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤖 Intrusive ads
- 🔁 Repetitive content
- 🤔 Unclear progression
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Eldrum
From 431 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great story
- 👍 Immersive and engaging
- 🎨 Excellent visuals and atmosphere
- 📚 Detailed and well-written lore
- 🎮 Compelling gameplay with meaningful choices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional combat balance issues
- 🕹️ Challenging combat system for some players
- 📱 Not optimized for larger screens (iPad)
Bugs and requests
Zombie Exodus
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes at certain story points
- Saved progress not loading correctly
- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Graphical glitches and visual bugs
Requested features
6 requests- Save/load functionality
- Ability to skip/fast-forward text
- More diverse character customization
- Expanded storylines and endings
- Offline mode
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- Cloud sync across devices
Eldrum
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent enemy shield/evasion chances
- Difficulty spikes in certain encounters
Requested features
2 requests- Sound effects for combat
- More content and story expansions
In-app purchases
Zombie Exodus
- Remove Advertising$4.99
- Part III: Cathedral$4.99
- Part IV: Survival$4.99
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- Part V: Resolution$4.99
Eldrum
- Upgrade from Basic to Premium$2.49
- Basic$6.99
- Premium$7.99
Questions
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