Zombies !!! ® Board Game vs Hero Realms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zombies !!! ® Board Game
Engage in a strategic survival experience against a relentless zombie horde. Build your city or navigate pre-built towns, competing with up to four players locally or cross-platform. Choose from unique AI characters and test your survival skills in various game modes.
- Local and cross-platform multiplayer (up to 4 players)
- Survival mode
- City building
- Pre-built town mode
- Unique AI characters
- Expansion pack available
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Zombies!!! : This one's a no brainer! • Play up to 4 friends : local and cross-platform • Survival mode • Build a city or play in a prebuilt city • Expansion Pack : Not Dead Yet Zombies!!! puts you in the middle of the action in this video game adaptation of the hit board game. In order to escape the ever advancing zombie horde, players must use a combination of wits and brawn to be the first to the heliport and certain escape. The only problem is, the zombies are everywhere, they appear to be very hungry and your opponents would really prefer if you didn't escape. However, there’s no need to take this horde on your own. The game allows up to 4 other human or AI players to join in on the fun. AI players can be chosen from 10 different characters, each with a unique play style. Take on the Standard Game Mode, building your game board one tile at a time and killing zombies within the confines of the official Zombies!!! rules. Generated Town Mode drops the players into a premade town with Zombies in wait to make you their next meal. Survival Mode is the ultimate test: You versus a town full of zombies! How long can you last? Not Dead Yet is a fun expansion on the board game that includes additional cards and animations. If you have any questions, requests, ideas, or want to report bugs, please send us an email from ‘how to play’ menu. Or visit our support site at http://zombies.babaroga.com http://facebook.com/babarogagames. Twitter: @babarogatweet We care deeply about this game, and if there are any suggestions about how to make it better, we will do it in future updates. We care about you, the game and your experience
Hero Realms
Engage in strategic deckbuilding combat, recruit powerful champions, and level up your heroes. Enjoy PvP, co-op against AI bosses, or a single-player campaign. The free version offers core gameplay with optional expansions.
- Deckbuilding combat
- Recruit champions
- Hero leveling system
- Online PvP
- Cooperative play vs AI
- Single-player campaign
- Multiple character classes
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Become a hero! Choose your class, perform mighty actions, and recruit powerful champions to your cause as you grow in power. Awarded Origins Fan Favorite Best Card Game. From the makers of the award-winning Star Realms® Deckbuilding Game, Hero Realms® combines the fun of deckbuilding games with the interactivity of trading card game-style combat. As you play, use Gold to add new actions and champions to your deck. When played, those actions and champions generate powerful effects, give you additional gold, and attack your opponent and their champions. If you reduce your opponent's health to zero, you win! [Non-Collectible Deck Building Game] Hero Realms does not require you to collect new cards. You start every game with a basic deck, and will acquire cards from the shared center row to build up your deck and defeat your opponent. Victory rewards skill, and not your collection of rare cards! [Level Up Your Heroes] Create a hero from one of several classes (free players start with the Fighter and Wizard available). Level them up with new skills, abilities and equipment, and take them to battle in thrilling Online PVP. Hero Realms uses fair match making, only allowing matches between equal levelled heroes. However, if you feel daring, you can choose to engage in combat against higher levelled opponents for additional XP and bragging rights. [Cooperative Online Play] Hero Realms also features online co-operative play. Battle against challenging AI bosses with another human player as a partner. Free players have access to the Pirate Lord mission, with other co-op missions available with the Base Set purchase. [Single Player Campaign] For offline play, take on the Welcome to Thandar campaign. Fight your way through scripted, story-based chapters against varied AI opponents. [Free Version] Free players will get to experience: - Addictive Deckbuilding Game with Player VS Player Combat. - Play VS the AI - Play with the Fighter and Wizard character classes - Level-up your characters up to Level 3 - Play the first 3 missions in the Welcome to Thandar campaign - Play the Pirate Lord co-op mission Purchasing the Base Set will unlock the full Hero Realms experience: - Unlocks hard AI difficulty level - Unlocks the Cleric, Ranger, and Thief character classes - Level-up your characters to Level 12 - Unlocks the entire Welcome to Thandar campaign. - Unlocks the Necromancers, Inquisition, and Orc Riot co-op missions. Please note that Hero Realms purchases are not compatible with Family Sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hero Realms at Free against Zombies !!! ® Board Game's $4.99. Hero Realms also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Zombies !!! ® Board Game's advantage is chart position (#63 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ads, 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
Hero Realms is free to download; Zombies !!! ® Board Game costs $4.99 up front. Zombies !!! ® Board Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hero Realms sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hero Realms holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 219 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Zombies !!! ® Board Game's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hero Realms's.
Zombies !!! ® Board Game ships an update monthly, Hero Realms every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zombies !!! ® Board Game | Hero Realms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (70 ratings) | 4.3 (219 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 | 219 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #63 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 435 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | babaroga, llc. | White Wizard Games |
Customer experience
Zombies !!! ® Board Game
Hero Realms
User reviews
Zombies !!! ® Board Game
From 70 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun on the run!
- 👍 Brains!!!
- 👍 Excellent, but needs a bug fix
- 👍 Fun until the crash
- 👍 Fun, like the board game!
Room to improve
- 🐛 Auto closes
- 🐛 Abandonware
- 🐛 Doesn't even open
- 🐛 Doesn't work
- 🐛 iPhone X - Crashes on start
Hero Realms
From 219 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game mechanics
- 🚀 Smooth and polished app
- 💡 Diverse game modes (PvP, co-op, campaign)
- 👍 Faithful adaptation of the physical card game
- 💡 Character progression and leveling system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🔒 Lack of local multiplayer (pass-and-play)
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for additional content
- 🌐 Lack of language support (e.g., no French, Spanish)
- 🔍 Unclear tutorial and explanations of game mechanics
Bugs and requests
Zombies !!! ® Board Game
Reported bugs
18 issues- Excellent, but needs a bug fix
- A Good game but with a bug
- Fun until the crash
- Keeps crashing!
- Still buggy 2018, 1 year no fix
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- Immediate Crash
- Game freezes at start up
- FIX THE CRASHING
- Doesn't launch
- Crash and freeze
- Frequent crashes...
- Just freezes
- No longer playable
- Freeze
- Crashes on latest update
- Too glitchy
- Just freezes
- Crashes too often. Avoid!
Requested features
4 requests- Would be 5 star if they update it!
- Definitely needs to be updated. Screen is to small for new iPhones
- Add asynch multiplayer via game center and it'd be five stars. Bonus stars if you give a bigger selection of character avatars to choose from.
- Would love to see online turn based multiplayer though.
Hero Realms
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to play online
- Inability to access purchased content
- Freezing and black screen issues
- Incorrect character level progression
- Matchmaking problems and long wait times
Requested features
5 requests- Add more expansions and additional content
- Implement a friends list and social features
- Improve the campaign mode with more levels and challenges
- Add an option to check the contents of your deck before playing
- Implement a turn timer to prevent players from stalling
In-app purchases
Zombies !!! ® Board Game
- Not Dead Yet Expansion$1.99
Hero Realms
- 80 Gems$0.99
- 200 gems$2.29
- Four Journeys Campaign$3.99
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- 500 Gems$4.99
- Hero Realms: Call to Arms$4.99
- Journeys Expansions$4.99
- Journeys Promo Expansion$4.99
- Dungeons Expansion$7.99
- 1200 Gems$9.99
- Hero Realms Base Set$9.99
Questions
Is Zombies !!! ® Board Game free?
Is Hero Realms free?
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