Comparison

The Walking Dead vs Field Day

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

Head to head
About

The Walking Dead

Step into the post-apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead. Lead iconic survivors, build and defend your camp, and battle relentless walkers and human enemies. Every decision and run presents new challenges and opportunities for survival.

Highlights
  • Fight iconic survivors
  • Build and defend your camp
  • Battle walkers and human enemies
  • Roguelike progression
  • Unique survivor abilities
  • Explore inspired locations
Features
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THE DEAD WALK. SOCIETY HAS FALLEN. SURVIVAL IS ALL THAT REMAINS. Rick Grimes woke from a coma to find the world transformed. Cities abandoned. Families torn apart. The living forced to become something new just to survive. Step into the world of AMC’s The Walking Dead universe and begin your journey where it all started, in an action game shaped by the characters and stories fans know and love! NOW IT’S YOUR TURN. Begin your journey on the outskirts of Atlanta, where a fragile camp struggles to endure against the constant threat of the walkers. What starts as a desperate fight for survival quickly becomes something more. A test of leadership and who you are willing to become. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Fight as iconic survivors from across the universe of The Walking Dead, including Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Michonne, Glenn, and Maggie. Each survivor brings unique weapons, abilities, and combat styles into every run. Some excel in close combat, while others strike from a distance. Choosing who you fight as can mean the difference between survival and defeat. EVERY SURVIVOR HAS THEIR STRENGTHS Build your camp and assign garrison survivors to strengthen your defenses, generate resources, and support your long-term survival. The right balance between combat survivors and camp leadership is critical to staying alive. EVERY DECISION MATTERS. EVERY RUN IS DIFFERENT. • Fight through relentless swarms and herds of walkers, including armored, burning, and other deadly walker variants • Face dangerous human enemies, desperate to survive by any means necessary • Take control of powerful combat survivors, each with distinct abilities and playstyles • Assign garrison survivors to your camp to unlock bonuses and strengthen your defenses • Grow stronger every run with new abilities, upgrades, and evolving strategies • Build and defend your camp, turning a fragile shelter into a place worth fighting for • Explore locations inspired by the world of AMC’s The Walking Dead SURVIVAL IS NOT JUST ABOUT FIGHTING THE DEAD. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE LIVING. Fans of survival games, roguelike progression, and action RPG gameplay will find a fast-paced experience built around skill, growth, and replayability. THE WORLD HAS ENDED. THE FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN. How long can you survive? SURVIVAL HAPPENS TOGETHER. Join our Discord to connect with other survivors, share strategies, and help shape the future of the game with your feedback.

About

Field Day

Engage in a chaotic PvPvE brawler where you drop into a collapsing city to hunt monsters and outsmart rival operatives. Utilize the environment to your advantage and choose from a diverse cast of heroes with unique abilities. Compete in high-stakes matches for loot and survival.

Highlights
  • Environmental destruction and traps
  • Diverse hero roster with unique skills
  • 4-Player Free-for-All matches
  • Hero evolution and skill trees
  • Deep gear customization
  • Season Road for exclusive unlocks
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We’ve got a monster problem. The world is falling apart. The military is AWOL. Vortex Corp is hiring freelancers like you to clean up the mess. Welcome to Field Day. It’s time to turn mayday into payday. MAKE YOUR ENTRANCE Drop into a collapsing city where monsters and chaos are everywhere. Use it to your advantage and create a playground of destruction with exploding cars, deadly throwables buildings, and reactive traps to outsmart your opponents. MEET THE FIELD DAY CREW Choose an everyday hero to suit your play style: MAG the One Man Army JOE the Handyman O.B.O the Precision Machine HIRO the Programmer LEX the Police Officer TEDDY the Janitor KIM the Aerobics Instructor RAVEN the Ex-Military Mystery HUNT OR BE HUNTED The monsters may be fierce, but the competition is fiercer. Other operatives want their payout just as much as you do. Enter the 4-Player Free-for-All where every match is unpredictable, trust is optional, and only the strongest survive. HIGH RISK. HIGH REWARD. Grab your gear, drop into the city, and turn disaster into your next payday! Pure Fair Play: You don’t win with your wallet or by sitting idle. This is a high stakes, skill and strategy game with no let up. Deep Customization: Collect cores to turn into duplicates and blueprints to overcharge your gear. Hero Evolution: Level up your crew, unlock branching skill trees, and specialize your build to dominate when it matters most. Season Road: Unlock exclusive heroes, high-tech upgrades, and limited-edition cosmetics through the Season Road. SECURE YOUR EXIT The race is on to make it to the helicopter before the extraction window closes, but there’s one more Megaboss to defeat! Fight till the end. Secure your loot. Make your exit. One mistake can cost you everything. ONE WORLD. NO LIMITS. FIELDDAY. Forget what you think you know - a new drop means new opportunities. In this ever-expanding world, the only limit is you. New maps to explore, new monsters to hunt, new threats at every turn. Are you ready to have your Field Day? Download Field Day today and prove you have what it takes to survive. ▸ Stay updated and connect with other players: https://discord.gg/DVvA8kSJY2

Screenshots

The Walking Dead4 screens
Field Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The Walking Dead and Field Day both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 76% of Field Day's written reviews are positive against 59% of The Walking Dead's. The Walking Dead's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 574). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. The Walking Dead sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Field Day sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.8 for The Walking Dead against 4.7 for Field Day. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Walking Dead has 4.8K ratings behind it against 574, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of The Walking Dead's written reviews are positive against 76% of Field Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Walking Dead ships an update weekly, Field Day every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Walking Dead versus Field Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Walking DeadField Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.8K ratings) — better4.7 (574 ratings)
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews75.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.8K — better574
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size994 MB855 MB
Age rating+1212+
DeveloperAres Interactive, Inc.BIT ODD

Customer experience

The Walking Dead

All ratings4,811 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews458 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative33.0%

Field Day

All ratings494 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Walking Dead

One-time10
  • Weekly Offer 1$0.99
  • Jumpstart Pack$0.99
  • Super Coin Pack$0.99
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  • Gem Pack 1$1.99
  • Offer Tier 2$1.99
  • DaIly Offer 1$2.99
  • Offer Bundle$4.99
  • Yumiko Unlock Pack$4.99
  • Premium Card$9.99
  • Premium Pass$19.99
8 purchases

Field Day

One-time8
  • Daily Login Pass$1.99
  • Exclusive Offer$1.99
  • First Purchase Offer$4.99
Show 5 more
  • 500 Diamonds$5.99
  • Season Pass$9.99
  • 2000 Diamonds$19.99
  • 5500 Diamonds$49.99
  • 12000 Diamonds$99.99

Questions

Is The Walking Dead free?
The Walking Dead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Field Day free?
Field Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Walking Dead or Field Day?
The Walking Dead is rated higher. The Walking Dead averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.8K ratings, while Field Day averages 4.7 from 574 ratings.
Do The Walking Dead or Field Day have ads?
Both The Walking Dead and Field Day show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Walking Dead or Field Day?
The Walking Dead ships an update weekly, and Field Day every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Walking Dead was updated on November 5, 2026 and Field Day on November 5, 2026.

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