Comparison

Animal Herd vs Project 28

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

Head to head
About

Animal Herd

Features
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The aliens are here! They are demanding tributes, no exceptions! Can you satisfy your extraterrestrial overlords, or will you perish?

About

Project 28

Build and defend a settlement by day, then survive relentless night-time hordes. Manage resources, upgrade defenses, and fight off increasingly difficult bosses in a neon-noir horror world. Experience a challenging, adaptive difficulty curve with no forced waiting.

Highlights
  • Build and defend settlement
  • Survive endless night hordes
  • Adaptive difficulty curve
  • Resource management (power, food, people)
  • Unlockable arsenal of guns
  • Neon-noir horror aesthetic
  • One-hand mobile controls
Features
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The city fell to the Bleed. What crawls out of the Marrow only comes at night. You are Ward 28's last anchor - a psychic child with the power to hold a shrinking pocket of the world together. By day you rebuild: raise power, food, and shelter, and ring your settlement with turrets, walls, and militia. When the sun drops, the horde comes. Survive to dawn. PLAY LOOP - DAY: Spend coins to build. Every structure needs resources - solar for power, farms for food, shelter for people - so your settlement grows into a real war-machine, not just a pile of towers. - NIGHT: Auto-fire through swarms of nightmares, dodge, and outlast a boss that comes back meaner every time. - REPEAT: The nights never end. They only get harder - and the run adapts to how strong you actually are, so it stays a knife-edge whether you're a careful builder or a reckless gunner. FEATURES - Endless nights with a fair, self-tuning difficulty curve - chase your Deepest Night record. - Build-and-defend economy: power, food, and people meters that make every structure a real decision. - An arsenal of guns, each changing how you fight - unlock and equip them. - Hand-drawn, neon-noir horror world inspired by animated sci-fi classics. - A cinematic story intro: the fall of Ward 28 and your first desperate night. - One-hand, pick-up-and-play controls built for phones. No timers to wait out. No forced waiting. Just build, fight, and see how far into the dark you can push.

Screenshots

Animal Herd4 screens
Project 284 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Animal Herd at 15.6 against Project 28's 17.0. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Animal Herd versus Project 28: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal HerdProject 28
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB637 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperShovely World, LLCCRB Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Animal Herd

No in-app purchases

None

Project 28

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animal Herd free?
Animal Herd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Project 28 free?
Project 28 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animal Herd or Project 28 have ads?
Both Animal Herd and Project 28 show ads.

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