SamuraiZone vs Slash! Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SamuraiZone
Time your attacks precisely to defeat your opponents. Press the slash button when you are close enough to strike your enemy and win the duel.
- Precise attack timing
- Slash button mechanic
- Opponent-based combat
- Simple controls
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Wait for the right moment and slash your opponent! *How To Play* As you pass your enemy, press the "斬" (Slash) button when you're close enough to cut them down.
Slash! Hero
Engage in fast-paced action by tapping to slash targets and achieve successive attacks for bonus scores. Unleash powerful close attacks with FIRE!! and discover an extreme extra stage by slashing leaves. Power up your hero with purchasable items.
- Tap to slash targets
- Bonus score for successive attacks
- Invoke FIRE!! for close attacks
- Extreme extra stage with leaf objects
- Item purchases for power-ups
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◆Series 6 million downloads◆ Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash!!!!! Here comes the hero with the red scarf again! Dark side of the hero!? Destroy the black hero! **** How to play **** - Tap to slash the【target】 - Bonus score for successive attacks! - Invode【FIRE!!】for close attacks and earn super bonus! - Extreme extra stage added by slashing many【leaf】objects! * There are some paid content. By purchasing the Item, allows power-up! Item can also get free (C) AKUNOSOSHIKI
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SamuraiZone at none against Slash! Hero's 10. SamuraiZone also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Slash! Hero's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. Slash! Hero sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. SamuraiZone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Slash! Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of SamuraiZone's written reviews are positive against 92% of Slash! Hero's.
SamuraiZone ships an update every 8 months, Slash! Hero every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SamuraiZone | Slash! Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | cocolo-bit Inc. | あくのそしき |
Customer experience
SamuraiZone
Slash! Hero
Bugs and requests
SamuraiZone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Slash! Hero
Reported bugs
7 issues- Level progression system permanently stuck at certain stages
- Stage 18 and beyond become unplayable
- Game crashes when switching between apps
- App freezes during gameplay
- Level up system has critical bugs
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- Social media buttons for unlocks don't function properly
- Settings requiring notifications when not requested
Requested features
11 requests- Pause button functionality
- Sound and music volume adjustment controls
- Ability to customize character appearance/skins
- Ad removal option for purchase
- More game levels and stages
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- Tutorial or better game instructions
- Ability to restart from current stage
- Multiple lives or health system
- Endless mode made free or more accessible
- Boss difficulty adjustments
- Social features for multiplayer challenges
In-app purchases
SamuraiZone
No in-app purchases
Slash! Hero
- 《HELL MODE》$0.99
- 《S.HELL MODE》$0.99
- 《ADs REMOVE》$0.99
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- 《CONTINUE HEART》3 variants$0.99
- 《SUPER FIRE+1》$0.99
- 《PREMIUM PACKAGE》3 variants$1.99
Questions
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