Comparison

Tiles Survive! vs XP Hero

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tiles Survive!

Guide survivors through a harsh wilderness, exploring tiles, gathering resources, and strengthening your shelter. Manage operations, assign jobs, and recruit heroes to build a self-sufficient base. Team up with friends to face threats and shape your survivors' future.

Highlights
  • Resource management
  • Shelter building and upgrades
  • Survivor job assignment
  • Exploration and resource collection
  • Hero recruitment
  • Multi-map progression
  • Alliances with friends
Features
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Enter the world of "Tiles Survive!" and guide your team of survivors through a harsh wilderness. As the core of your survivor team, explore the wild, gather key resources, and use them wisely to strengthen your shelter. Venture into different tiles and expand your territory. Improve how you manage resources, build and upgrade structures, and connect electricity to speed up production. Create a self-sufficient shelter where every decision shapes your survivors’ future. Game Features: ● Operations & Management Enhance your production structures for smoother workflows. Use electricity to run your shelter more efficiently. Unlock and upgrade more structures to meet your growing needs. ● Assign Survivors Assign jobs to your survivors, like hunters, chefs, or lumberjacks. Pay attention to their health and morale to keep productivity high. ● Resource Collection Explore further and discover unique resources in different biomes. Gather and use every resource to your advantage. ● Multi-map & Collectibles Travel through multiple maps to find loot and special items. Bring them back to decorate and improve your shelter. ● Recruit Heroes Find heroes with special skills and traits who boost your shelter’s capabilities. ● Form Alliances Team up with friends to stand against common threats, such as severe weather and wild creatures. In "Tiles Survive!", every choice matters. How you manage resources, plan your shelter, and explore the unknown will decide your fate. Are you ready to face the challenge and thrive in the wild? Download now and begin your epic adventure!

About

XP Hero

Embark on an epic adventure as a hero trapped in a mysterious realm. Battle terrifying monsters, master unique weapons, and explore dangerous environments. Upgrade your warrior, defeat colossal bosses, and compete in a dynamic invasion portal system to become the ultimate champion.

Highlights
  • Face ruthless enemies
  • Master unique weapons & combat styles
  • Explore a mysterious world
  • Defeat colossal bosses
  • Upgrade & customize your warrior
  • Invasion portal & ranking system
Features
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Are you ready to survive the chaos and become the ultimate hero? A mysterious world of monsters, darkness, and nonstop danger is waiting for you in XP Hero. Trapped in a deadly realm with no way back, your hero must fight, survive, and grow stronger through every battle, every challenge, and every new threat. Step into an action-packed rpg game where only the strongest can survive the endless danger ahead. - Features ▶ Face Powerful Enemies Danger is everywhere, and every enemy is ready to attack. Enter intense battle stages filled with monsters, traps, and fast-moving threats. Your hero must fight through each wave, survive every challenge, and defeat every enemy to move forward. In this dark survival game, every battle matters. ▶ Unlock Powerful Weapons & Combat Styles Arm your hero with powerful weapons and discover the best way to fight. From blades to firearms, every loadout changes the flow of battle and gives this action game a fresh feel. Use each skill at the right moment, adapt to different enemy patterns, and build a combat style that matches your strategy. The more you fight, the stronger your hero becomes. ▶ Explore a Mysterious World Step into ruined lands, shadowy dungeons, and abandoned battlefields as you explore a dangerous fantasy world. Every area brings a fresh challenge, stronger enemy types, and more rewards for your hero. This rpg game gives you new places to explore, new ways to fight, and new dangers to survive. ▶ Challenge Massive Boss Fights Every great hero must face a powerful boss. Prepare for massive boss fights filled with deadly attacks, intense battle moments, and high-risk survival action. Each boss battle is a true test of timing and power. Fight hard, survive every attack pattern, and defeat each boss to earn rewards and prove your hero can become a true legend. ▶ Upgrade Your Hero Power up your hero with progression systems that let you build your strength over time. Upgrade weapons, improve abilities, unlock a new skill, and build the right setup for every challenge. A smart upgrade can change the outcome of a tough battle, help you fight longer, and make it easier to survive against stronger enemies. ▶ Fast-Paced Action Gameplay This is more than a simple action game. XP Hero combines fast combat, rewarding progression, and endless excitement in one addictive game loop. Jump into every battle, fight to survive, and play through nonstop waves of danger. Every game delivers fresh action, intense battle moments, and more chances to fight your way forward. Ready to play, fight, survive, explore, and upgrade through chaos? Lead your hero across an endless world of danger, defeat every enemy, conquer every boss, and build your path to become a living legend in this action game. If you have any issues or suggestions during gameplay, feel free to contact us at the email below. ----------------------- Support: help.xphero@supercent.io Privacy Policy : https://corp.supercent.io/PrivacyPolicy Terms of Service : https://corp.supercent.io/TermsofService EULA : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tiles Survive!4 screens
XP Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tiles Survive! at none against XP Hero's shown. Tiles Survive! also leads on chart position (#4 vs #17). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tiles Survive! sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and XP Hero sells 37 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tiles Survive! against 4.7 for XP Hero. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34K and 25K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Tiles Survive!'s written reviews are positive against 32% of XP Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Tiles Survive! versus XP Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiles Survive!XP Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (34K ratings)4.7 (25K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.2% of reviews31.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34K — better25K
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#4 — better#17
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size967 MB532 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperFunPlus International AGSupercent, Inc.

Customer experience

Tiles Survive!

All ratings34,048 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral0.9%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews2,858 reviews
Positive25.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative69.5%

XP Hero

All ratings24,813 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews2,126 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral15.1%
Negative53.2%

User reviews

Tiles Survive!

From 34K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun gameplay
  • ⏱️ Quick building construction

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Broken/unplayable game
  • 🚫 False advertising
  • 🔇 Stolen music
  • 🐕 Animal abuse

XP Hero

From 25K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Amazing
  • 👍 Excellent
  • 👍 Addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buy the weapon chest bug
  • 🐛 Audio cuts out after ads
  • 🐛 Texture issue due to boss

Bugs and requests

Tiles Survive!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game won't open
  • Broken tutorial
  • Unplayable due to progression blocker

XP Hero

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Buy the weapon chest quest not clearing
  • Audio cutting out after ads

Requested features

3 requests
  • New areas or content updates
  • Respawn option
  • Progress saving

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Tiles Survive!

One-time13
  • Package10$0.99
  • Special Package3$0.99
  • Special Package10$1.99
Show 10 more
  • Package 20$2.49
  • Special Package17$2.99
  • Special Package11$4.99
  • Special Package 25$6.99
  • Special Package 26$8.99
  • Special Package12$9.99
  • Special Package5$19.99
  • Special Package7$49.99
  • Package17$99.99
  • Special Package2$99.99
37 purchases

XP Hero

Subscriptions1
  • vipsubscription_14.99$14.991 Month
One-time36
  • luckyspin1_0.99$0.99
  • daysattend_2_2.99$1.99
  • tombticket_1.99$1.99
Show 33 more
  • luckyspin2_1.99$1.99
  • starterpack_1.99$1.99
  • gem1_1.99$1.99
  • daysattend_2.99$2.99
  • daynoads30_2_7.99$4.99
  • stepuphigh7_4.99$4.99
  • heropromooffer1_1_4.99$4.99
  • daysattend2_4.99$4.99
  • chpack13_4.99$4.99
  • noads2_4.99$4.99
  • gem2_5.99$5.99
  • invasionpass_9.99$6.99
  • superdeal3_6.99$6.99
  • all1of3_10.99$7.99
  • leveluppass2_2_9.99$7.99
  • leveluppass_2_9.99$7.99
  • chpack14_9.99$9.99
  • chpack15_9.99$9.99
  • leveluppass2_9.99$9.99
  • leveluppass_9.99$9.99
  • chpack21_14.99$14.99
  • gem3_19.99$19.99
  • acpack2_24.99$24.99
  • acpack1_24.99$24.99
  • newheropath_29.99$29.99
  • lgpack23_29.99$29.99
  • lgpack22_29.99$29.99
  • lgpack12_29.99$29.99
  • lgpack13_29.99$29.99
  • lgpack1_29.99$29.99
  • lgpack2_29.99$29.99
  • gem4_49.99$49.99
  • gem5_99.99$99.99

Questions

Is Tiles Survive! free?
Tiles Survive! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is XP Hero free?
XP Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tiles Survive! or XP Hero?
XP Hero is rated higher. Tiles Survive! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 34K ratings, while XP Hero averages 4.7 from 25K ratings.
Do Tiles Survive! or XP Hero have ads?
XP Hero shows ads; Tiles Survive! does not.
Which is updated more often, Tiles Survive! or XP Hero?
Tiles Survive! ships an update fortnightly, and XP Hero fortnightly. Most recently, Tiles Survive! was updated on October 31, 2026 and XP Hero on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Tiles Survive! or XP Hero?
Tiles Survive! currently peaks at #4 in the App Store charts, and XP Hero at #17. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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