Warlands vs Final Outpost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Warlands
Engage in turn-based strategic combat to conquer territories and achieve global domination. Deploy diverse units across varied terrains and challenge up to seven opponents locally or online.
- Turn-based strategy gameplay
- World domination objective
- Multiplayer (local & online)
- Two unit types (attack/defense)
- Six territory types
- Multiple map styles and sizes
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Warlands is a turn-based strategy game where your goal is to destroy your enemies and take over the map until you achieve total world domination. You can play up to 7 other people or computers, either on the same device or over the internet. You are able to place two different types of units (one that is better at attacking, and one that is better at defending), and there are six different types of territory: plains, impassable mountains, treacherous water, defensive towers, cunning forests, and unit production centers. The free base game comes with three styles of maps in three sizes each. Additional map packs can be purchased for 99 cents. Purchase of any map pack removes advertisements. Full instructions at WarlandsGame.com --------- Map Packs: The Divided Lands - Includes spiral, layers, and cubes maps The High Seas - Includes fire-islands, whirlpool, and water-world maps The Desolate Country - Includes bases, rapid-growth, and continents maps
Final Outpost
Lead the last remnants of civilization to survive a zombie apocalypse. Build and manage your outpost, assign citizens to vital tasks, and craft weapons to defend against the undead. Balance resources, research, and defense to ensure your community's survival.
- Build and upgrade outpost structures
- Manage citizen jobs and skills
- Craft weapons and tools
- Scavenge and manage resources
- Defend against zombie attacks
- Simulated weather and day/night cycle
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===Final Outpost 2.0 is available now!=== Top-100 strategy game in 140+ countries worldwide! Build your Outpost • Manage your citizens • Survive the zombie apocalypse As the leader of one of the last remnants of civilization, you must manage your citizens, use resources to expand your outpost, and protect your citizens from both starvation and zombies. In the face of this great challenge, you are given control over the construction of new buildings for your citizens to live and work in. Striking the right balance of building types is critical to maintaining the resource stockpiles so valuable to your citizens. Equip your workforce with the right tools for the job as the needs of your Outpost are shaped by its growth. Craft weapons to protect and defend your Outpost from zombies that wander too close... -------------------- ==BUILD== Improve your base over time to shelter your citizens from the outside world, and stockpile resources to save as many lives as possible. ==UPGRADE== Upgrade the capabilities of your citizens with the skill tree. Earn skill points by killing zombies and ensure the survival of your citizens by guiding them from novice to warrior as you play. ==MANAGE== Lead your citizens into a new age of prosperity by assigning them the right jobs, including farmers and guards. ==CRAFT== Give your citizens the tools they need to survive. Build a workshop to unlock advanced crafting and create weaponry to fend off the dead. ==SURVIVE== Combat famine and the dead by perfecting your long-term strategic balance of management, research, building and crafting. GAME FEATURES • Assign your citizens to scavenge, hunt, farm, mine and more • Craft tools and manage your resources • Construct and upgrade 12+ building types • Defend your walls from 5+ zombie types • Feed your hungry citizens as your Outpost expands • Simulated weather, seasons and day/night cycle • Upgrade your citizens with the skill tree -------------------- Send your feedback and bug reports to support@exabytegames.com Join the newsletter: https://cutt.ly/news-d
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Final Outpost at none against Warlands's shown. Final Outpost also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 167). Warlands's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Warlands sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Final Outpost sells 10 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 — 4.0 for Warlands against 4.0 for Final Outpost. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Final Outpost has 1.9K ratings behind it against 167, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
Warlands ships an update every 2 months, Final Outpost every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Warlands | Final Outpost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (167 ratings) | 4.0 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better | 66.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 167 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | W-Cubed Studios, LLC | Exabyte Games Ltd |
Customer experience
Warlands
Final Outpost
User reviews
Warlands
From 167 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy-to-learn mechanics
- 🎮 Fun turn-based strategy gameplay
- 👥 Local multiplayer support with friends
- 🎯 Addictive and engaging gameplay loop
- ⚡ Quick turn notifications for online play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 Game becomes unplayable on startup
- 🎬 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🤖 AI difficulty is inconsistent and unbalanced
- 📊 Limited number of free maps (only 3)
Final Outpost
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Challenging but fun
- 👍 No ads or pay-to-win
- 🚀 Frequent updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of difficulty scaling
- 🔍 Repetitive late-game
- 🐛 Unresponsive workers
- 🔍 Tedious resource management
Bugs and requests
Warlands
Reported bugs
12 issues- Game freezes on home screen at startup
- Buttons unresponsive on launch screen
- App crashes 30 seconds after opening
- Troop placement lag and loading delays
- Screen flashing during enemy turns causing headaches
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- Camera launching into blank space when zooming
- Fog of war causing performance issues
- Game crashes when changing match settings
- Hexes not accepting troop placement
- In-app purchase system not working
- DLC maps unable to be purchased
- Notifications not working properly
Requested features
16 requests- Custom map creation tool
- Additional unit types (cavalry, faster units)
- Castle and bridge construction mechanics
- Team/alliance gameplay modes
- Campaign mode or story progression
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- More maps and game modes
- Faster AI turn speed options
- Real-world map packs (continents, countries)
- Better damage system explanation
- Improved graphics and textures
- Battle music and sound effects
- Discord integration for finding opponents
- Ability to freely move camera during AI turns
- Remove ads option or ad-free purchase
- Team battle functionality
- Larger map sizes
Final Outpost
Reported bugs
6 issues- Workers not responding
- Snipers/guards not activating
- Resources disappearing
- Progress reset after updates
- Zombie invincibility glitch
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- Inconsistent resource collection
Requested features
12 requests- Sandbox mode
- Difficulty settings
- Ability to rearrange outpost
- More building/job variety
- Skill progression for workers
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- Ability to skip tutorial
- Faster time controls
- More enemy/event variety
- Multiplayer/co-op mode
- Ability to repair walls
- Food/resource storage upgrades
- Scavenging/exploration missions
In-app purchases
Warlands
- Map Pack - The Divided Lands$0.99
- Map Pack - The High Seas$0.99
- Map Pack - The Desolate Country$0.99
Final Outpost
- Set Traps$0.79
- Set Traps$0.99
- Continue$0.99
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- Additional Save Slots$1.99
- Ambush Survivors$1.99
- Ambush Survivors$2.99
- Search for Resources$4.99
- Search for Resources$7.99
- Raid Nearby Settlement$12.99
- Raid Nearby Settlement$16.99









