Comparison

Dead Reset vs The Run

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

Head to head
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.

About

The Run

Experience a thrilling interactive horror-thriller where your decisions dictate the survival of a fitness influencer pursued by masked killers. Explore branching narratives with multiple endings and a detailed story map.

Highlights
  • Choice-based survival mechanics
  • 20 unique deaths and 5 endings
  • Timed and Paused choice modes
  • Graphic Story Map of narrative branches
  • 3 hours of filmed content
  • Renowned acting talent
Features
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Zanna Hendricks is a world-famous fitness influencer. To celebrate reaching another career milestone, she has come to a remote running trail in the picturesque mountains of Northern Italy. Zanna hides a traumatic past behind her steely façade & a couple of kilometres into her run, she is attacked by a group of masked killers. They relentlessly hunt Zanna across the landscape as her morning run becomes a run for her life. The viewer must consistently make decisions that determine Zanna's survival. The choices you make are worth life, death & beyond. This interactive horror-thriller game features: - Choice-based mechanics including 20 unique deaths and 5 endings. - Two game modes: Timed Choices: A more immersive, pressured experience. Paused Choices: For group play / audience participation during live streams. - A graphic Story Map of all possible narrative branches. These branches unlock as the player progresses through the pool of 3 hours of filmed content. Renowned acting talent, including Roxanne McKee (Game Of Thrones), George Blagden (Vikings), Jamie Ward (His Dark Materials), as well as icons of Italian cinema Dario Argento (director of Suspiria) and Franco Nero (Django). Paul Raschid - the writer-director, is one of the world's most prolific creatives in the FMV game format. His other titles include: The Complex, Hello Stranger, The Gallery and Five Dates. The Run is a Benacus Entertainment production in association with RNF Productions. Their feature film credits include Double Down South, St Agatha, Walden & Dead Money.

Screenshots

Dead Reset4 screens
The Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dead Reset at Free against The Run's $9.99. Dead Reset also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 25%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). The Run's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On ratings volume, 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

Dead Reset is free to download; The Run costs $9.99 up front. Dead Reset sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Reset holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Dead Reset's written reviews are positive against 25% of The Run's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dead Reset ships an update every 3 months, The Run weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dead Reset versus The Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead ResetThe Run
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.5 (26 ratings) — better4.2 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2.4 GB3.3 GB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperWales Interactive Ltd.Paul Raschid Media (PRM )Ltd.

Customer experience

Dead Reset

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

The Run

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dead Reset

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99
None

The Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dead Reset free?
Dead Reset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Run free?
The Run costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dead Reset or The Run?
Dead Reset is rated higher. Dead Reset averages 4.5 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while The Run averages 4.2 from 10 ratings.
Do Dead Reset or The Run have ads?
Neither Dead Reset nor The Run shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dead Reset or The Run?
Dead Reset ships an update every 3 months, and The Run weekly. Most recently, Dead Reset was updated on October 30, 2026 and The Run on October 30, 2026.

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