Comparison

Strangers Here vs Dead Reset

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

Head to head
About

Strangers Here

An atmospheric VHS horror game where you play as an FBI agent hunting creatures that mimic humans. Distinguish between real people and their copies, make critical decisions, and uncover the truth behind the "Strangers."

Highlights
  • VHS horror atmosphere
  • Track human-imitating creatures
  • Distinguish real people from copies
  • Make life-altering decisions
  • Six unique endings
  • Customizable menu background
Features
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Strangers Here — an atmospheric VHS horror about the "Strangers": unsettling creatures that mimic humans with terrifying precision. In the quiet family park of Willingstone, something has gone horribly wrong. People are vanishing, animals are falling ill, and inhuman screams echo from the forest at night. The special agency D.I.C. has been tracking incidents like these for a long time. Now it's your turn — learn to tell the real from the imitation, and uncover the true nature of these beings.

About

Dead Reset

Experience a blood-soaked interactive horror where you are trapped in a terrifying death loop. Make high-stakes choices to uncover the truth and escape a parasitic horror, with your decisions leading to multiple endings.

Highlights
  • Interactive FMV horror
  • Death-loop mechanic
  • Choice-driven gameplay
  • Multiple endings
  • Streamer Mode
  • Relationship tracker
Features
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Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth. Death is Inevitable Master the death-loop to uncover the path to escape. Death is not the end but offers a terrifying new perspective. Embrace the Horror Immerse yourself in a blood-soaked, interactive narrative with cinematic scares, bloody practical effects and high-stakes choice-driven gameplay that put you at the heart of a relentless sci-fi horror movie. Choices Matter Steer Cole on a path of Redemption or Damnation in your fight to survive. There are no easy choices as your morality is tested at every turn and your decisions will result in four wildly different endings. Pause the Terror Playing to an audience? Enable Streamer Mode, which removes time constraints on choices, letting your viewers guide Cole’s fate and delight in his gruesome deaths. Who Do You Trust? Build trust or fracture alliances; each bond forged or broken influences your road to survival. View the in-game tracker to check your relationship with other characters, if they are still alive.

Screenshots

Strangers Here4 screens
Dead Reset4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strangers Here at none against Dead Reset's 1. Strangers Here also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (124 vs 25). Dead Reset's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dead Reset sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strangers Here asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Reset holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Strangers Here's written reviews are positive against 67% of Dead Reset's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strangers Here ships an update monthly, Dead Reset every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strangers Here versus Dead Reset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrangers HereDead Reset
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (124 ratings)4.4 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better25
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB2.4 GB
Age rating9++17
DeveloperElmira SevostyanovaWales Interactive Ltd.

Customer experience

Strangers Here

All ratings124 ratings
Positive78.2%
Neutral8.9%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral15.3%
Negative13.3%

Dead Reset

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Strangers Here

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dead Reset

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Strangers Here free?
Strangers Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dead Reset free?
Dead Reset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strangers Here or Dead Reset?
Dead Reset is rated higher. Strangers Here averages 4.1 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while Dead Reset averages 4.4 from 25 ratings.
Do Strangers Here or Dead Reset have ads?
Neither Strangers Here nor Dead Reset shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strangers Here or Dead Reset?
Strangers Here ships an update monthly, and Dead Reset every 3 months. Most recently, Strangers Here was updated on September 29, 2026 and Dead Reset on September 22, 2026.

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