Zombie Exodus vs Power Grounds
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.
Power Grounds
Navigate a temple filled with monsters, strategically choosing abilities to overcome challenges. Discover original mechanics and test your survival skills in a unique roguelike experience.
- Randomly generated levels
- Original mechanics to discover
- Arena mode for survival
- Challenging achievements
- Strategic ability selection
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"an easy recommendation for anyone who wants a challenge" - TUAW.com "good luck putting that down once you unlock [the Arena mode]" - AppAdvice.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You are trapped inside a very special temple, surrounded by dangerous monsters. You have no weapons of your own, but the ground is filled with great powers. In Power Grounds, thinking strategically is very important when it comes to choosing your abilities. Would you be swift? Would you be strong? Would you be... wise? It much depends upon the situation. Features: - randomly generated levels - original mechanics that you will have to discover - arena mode! survive for as long as you can - challenging achievements * Originally made for the 7 Day Roguelike Challenge. *
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Zombie Exodus at Free against Power Grounds's $0.99. Zombie Exodus also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (362 vs 5). Power Grounds's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Zombie Exodus is free to download; Power Grounds costs $0.99 up front. Zombie Exodus sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Power Grounds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zombie Exodus holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zombie Exodus has 362 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Zombie Exodus's written reviews are positive against 65% of Power Grounds's.
Zombie Exodus ships an update every 5 months, Power Grounds every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zombie Exodus | Power Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (362 ratings) — better | 3.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better | 65.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 362 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Diego Cathalifaud |
Customer experience
Zombie Exodus
Power Grounds
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
Power Grounds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Power Grounds
No in-app purchases
Questions
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