Into the Dead vs Dead Effect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Into the Dead
Survive a relentless zombie apocalypse by running as fast as possible. Arm yourself with powerful weapons and loyal companions to fend off the undead horde. Compete with friends and players worldwide for the highest scores in this intense survival experience.
- Intense zombie survival gameplay
- Unlock weapons and perks
- Collect canine companions
- Mission sets for challenges
- Global leaderboards and friend challenges
- Multiple control schemes
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Into the Dead throws you into the gruesome world of the zombie apocalypse where there are no second chances. Do what you have to in order to stay alive, keep moving as fast as you can, and protect yourself by any means necessary. When the Dead are rising, run! FEATURES: • Intense gameplay with stunning visuals, featuring Metal support, and high-quality sound design depicting a grim zombie apocalypse • Unlock an arsenal of powerful weapons and perks to help you stay alive • Collect loyal canine companions to help keep the horde off your back • Mission Sets provide constant challenges to overcome • Challenge your friends to beat your high scores and compete on global leaderboards with Facebook and GameCenter support • Multiple control schemes with 3D touch support (requires compatible device) • Share your runs with friends using ReplayKit (requires iOS 9) • Share progress between devices using iCloud • Ongoing updates to deliver new modes, features, and content We love to hear from our players! On Twitter? Drop us a line @pikpokgames and join the conversation with #IntoTheDead Into the Dead is free to play but offers some game items for purchase with real money.
Dead Effect
Embark on a thrilling sci-fi FPS adventure where you awaken to an empty ship filled with horrors. Fight for survival against infected creatures, uncover mysteries, and upgrade your arsenal in an epic campaign.
- Sci-fi FPS combat
- Single player campaign
- Weapon upgrades
- Time-slowing ability
- Survival mode arenas
- Unlockable achievements
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Be careful, you need at least 160 MB FREE RAM to run the game. "Dead Effect is pretty awesome."-capsulecomputers.com.au 9/10 "Graphically, the game is top notch."-toucharcade.com 4/5 Stars "Dead Effect [...] strikes an impressive balance between humor and fear"-modojo.com 4/5 ESS Meridian System: Wednesday September 7, 2045… 178 days of hibernation. Delta 3 Chamber, Active… Tissue and vital functions Check. Error! Disruption Detected… Critical Health Detected. 3… 2… 1… Awakening! Something is not right, the hibernation pods are all empty. What is happening? You are an elite member of the Unit 13. Fight for your life in a SCI-FI FPS game that will send chills down your spine. • Grab your phone/tablet, get in control and bring infected horrors down. Your interface is zombie-shooting ready. • An epic single player campaign awaits you with more than 5 hours of story gameplay. Space is cold and full of horrors. • Throughout the campaign you will find new weapons and money to upgrade your armory. • Discover the mysteries of the ESS Meridian, and wander around its impressive environments with intense background music. • Use your special ability to slow down the time and defeat even the toughest enemies! • Will you take up the challenge and try to defeat all your enemies in survival mode arenas? Unlock all the achievements and get all the weapons available! FOLLOW US: https://www.facebook.com/DeadEffectGame/ twitter.com/deadeffectgame deadeffect.com About the developer: BadFly Interactive, a.s. is a small indie studio based in Brno, Czech Republic. We are a group of veterans of the gaming industry, having worked on projects like Mafia, Vietcong, Mad Max or Witcher III in the past. With each of us having dedicated 15+ years of our professional careers to game development, we thought it was about time we started making games under our own flag. We love horror and sci-fi movies, good action, and cheesy one-liners. Our goal is to create entertaining games which combine fast-paced action with gore, humor, and lots of fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dead Effect at none against Into the Dead's shown. Dead Effect also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Into the Dead's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 171) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, 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. Into the Dead sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dead Effect sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Into the Dead holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Into the Dead has 10K ratings behind it against 171, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Into the Dead's written reviews are positive against 83% of Dead Effect's.
| Parameter | Into the Dead | Dead Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10K ratings) — better | 4.5 (171 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better | 83.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 171 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 318 MB | 761 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PikPok | BrainVault Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Into the Dead
Dead Effect
User reviews
Into the Dead
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 🎨 Great graphics
- 💯 Classic zombie game
- 🐕 Enjoyable dog companion
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Limited weapon variety without paying
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🔁 Repetitive environments
Dead Effect
From 171 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Amazing graphics and visuals
- 🎮 Smooth and good controls
- 🌌 Immersive atmosphere
- 🧟 Classic space zombie theme
- 💰 Free to play
Room to improve
- ❓ Orbs hard to find
- 🚫 No jump button
- 💸 Expensive weapons
- ⏳ Short game duration
- 🪲 Enemies too close/aggressive
Bugs and requests
Into the Dead
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or freezes during gameplay
- Issues with ad integration disrupting gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and environments
- Ability to purchase weapons with in-game currency
- Improved story or narrative elements
- Multiplayer or co-op functionality
Dead Effect
Reported bugs
7 issues- Stuck and have to restart mission due to no jump button
- Lost weapons in third level
- Purchases taken away after playing again
- Auto-fire icon vanishes
- Falling through textures
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- Game crashes (implied by 'nothing plays')
- Game removed from app store then re-uploaded
Requested features
19 requests- Add jump button
- Add more stages/levels
- Add Russian language support
- Add Spanish language support
- Add more languages
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- Add checkpoints
- Restore purchases feature
- Keep purchases when starting new game
- Make chainsaw free
- Add more bosses
- Add more zombie varieties
- Make story longer
- Make ending more dynamic/interesting
- Make weapon reload faster
- Keep corpses from disappearing
- Save progress feature
- Update game more frequently
- Add more levels like before
- Add multiplayer
In-app purchases
Into the Dead
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Medium Coin Pack$2.99
- Coin Doubler$2.99
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- Premium Weapon - Crossbow$2.99
- Wolf "Ghost"$3.99
- Large Coin Pack$4.99
- Companion: Sabre$4.99
- Unlock all dogs (Blitz, Cairo, Titan, Ghost)$5.99
- Huge Coin Pack$9.99
- Super Coin Pack$19.99
Dead Effect
- 100 000 credits$0.99
- 100 gold$0.99
- 330 000 credits$2.99
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- 330 gold$2.99
- 600 000 credits$4.99
- 600 gold$4.99
- 1 300 000 credits$9.99
- 1300 gold$9.99
- 3 000 000 credits$19.99
- 3000 gold$19.99
- 10 000 000 credits$46.99
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