Comparison

Final Outpost vs Colony Zero

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

Head to head
About

Final Outpost

Lead the last survivors of the apocalypse in this survival strategy base-builder. Manage citizens, assign jobs, craft tools, and build a fortified settlement. Survive against zombie hordes and harsh environmental conditions.

Highlights
  • Base building and expansion
  • Citizen role assignment and skill upgrades
  • Resource management and crafting
  • Zombie defense and combat
  • Farming and food production
  • Simulated seasons and weather
Features
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===DEFINITIVE Edition of the 1M+ player Base-Builder=== Traders, Settle new regions, Difficulty modes, Modifiers, New artwork, Achievements, No IAPs and more. Build your Outpost • Manage your citizens • Survive the zombie apocalypse Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive? ===ASSIGN JOBS=== Choose from 10+ job roles for each of your citizens, and watch them get to work! ===BUILD YOUR OUTPOST=== Construct and upgrade 12+ building types and expand your sprawling settlement. Build vital resource storage, production buildings and housing for new survivors. ===KILL ZOMBIES=== Deck out your defences to keep 5+ zombie types away from your walls. Start out with a single knife and progress to mowing down hordes with machine guns, crossbows and snipers. ===FARM FOR FOOD=== Feed your hungry citizens as your Outpost expands. Begin farming wheat in your fields to overcome the dwindling deer population outside your walls. ===SIMULATED SEASONS + WEATHER=== Survive harsh droughts, cold winters, and unforgiving thunderstorms with simulated weather and seasons. ===UPGRADE YOUR CITIZENS=== Upgrade your citizens’ skills to gather, defend and repair more efficiently. -------------------- Send your feedback and bug reports to support@exabytegames.com Join the newsletter: https://cutt.ly/news-d

About

Colony Zero

Features
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Colony Zero is a colony simulation where you never issue direct orders. You set priorities, policies, and conditions — then ten colonists decide who mines, builds, farms, and explores. You land on an unknown world with a landing module, a generator, and a thirty-day survival goal. Keep food, water, energy, metal, minerals, electronics, plastic, and medicine in balance while health, happiness, and loyalty shift with every cycle. Propose buildings — mines, greenhouses, solar panels, storage, and quarters for workers, engineers, and scientists — then assign work on the colony map. Scan, repair, and trade from the action wheel as Outpost Alpha grows. People carry professions, traits, values, and ambitions. Friendships and rivalries form, factions appear, and autonomy requests can split districts from your control. Choose a governance model: Colony Council, Administrator, Corporate Colony, Military Command, or Free Settlement. Research new projects, manage the economy, and push into new biomes as days pass: Red Desert, Alien Forest, Frozen Zone, Volcanic Region, Ocean, and Crystal Caves. Daily events force hard choices. Survive the first thirty days, or watch the colony fail.

Screenshots

Final Outpost4 screens
Colony Zero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Colony Zero at Free against Final Outpost's $4.99. Final Outpost's advantage is chart position (#59 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Colony Zero is free to download; Final Outpost costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Final Outpost ships an update fortnightly, Colony Zero every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Final Outpost versus Colony Zero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinal OutpostColony Zero
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#59 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB123 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperExabyte Games LtdBenjamin Foster

Bugs and requests

Final Outpost

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Save crashes when loading
  • Game freezes at start
  • Game stuck at first tutorial tip

Requested features

2 requests
  • Update the game
  • Add more features

Colony Zero

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Final Outpost

No in-app purchases

None

Colony Zero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Final Outpost free?
Final Outpost costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Colony Zero free?
Colony Zero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Final Outpost or Colony Zero have ads?
Neither Final Outpost nor Colony Zero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Final Outpost or Colony Zero?
Final Outpost ships an update fortnightly, and Colony Zero every 3 weeks. Most recently, Final Outpost was updated on October 12, 2026 and Colony Zero on October 10, 2026.

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