Zero Hour Assault vs Dark Frequency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zero Hour Assault
An audio-only first-person shooter designed for blind and visually impaired players. Experience intense online combat, diverse game modes, and tactical gameplay entirely through sound. Features include a persistent open-world PvP map, base building, and an extensive arsenal of weapons and gadgets.
- Audio-only gameplay
- Diverse game modes (Battle Royale, Zombie Survival, Knife Fight)
- Persistent open-world PvP
- Base building and defense
- Tactical combat mechanics
- Extensive arsenal and gadgets
- Integrated voice chat
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IMPORTANT: THIS IS AN AUDIOGAME This game is played entirely with sound and has no visuals. It is designed for the blind and visually impaired community. The screen will be black during gameplay—this is intentional. Please put on headphones for the best experience. Dive into the heart of intense, non-stop combat with Zero Hour Assault, a thrilling online first-person shooter where strategy, skill, and teamwork are the keys to survival. Whether you're a lone wolf hunting for glory or a tactical team player coordinating the perfect attack, Zero Hour Assault offers a dynamic and ever-evolving battlefield filled with endless action and diverse challenges. Experience the fight on your terms. Drop from a helicopter onto a shrinking map in a tense battle royale, cooperate with teammates to survive relentless zombie hordes, or prove your mettle in specialized duels with only snipers, swords, or even your bare fists. The choice is yours. Key Features: A Massive Variety of Game Modes: From classic Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag to unique challenges like Zombie Survival, Explosive Battle, and the stealthy Knife Fight, there's a mode for every type of player. Persistent Open-World PvP: Venture into the "Freedom Fight" map, a large, persistent world where you can battle other players, loot powerful gear from chests, and engage in high-stakes combat without the rules of a formal match. Build and Defend Your Base: Form a Group with friends, create your own fortified base on the Freedom Fight map, store loot in secure chests, and defend your turf from rival players. If your base is destroyed, your group is gone forever! Deep Tactical Gameplay: Master the art of combat with advanced mechanics. Utilize vertical aiming, perform devastating headshots and legshots to cripple opponents, break through destructible walls, and use a powerful weapon melee attack to disarm and down your foes. Extensive Arsenal & Gadgets: Wield a vast array of weapons and deploy tactical items to gain the upper hand. Become invisible with the Invisibility Shield, lay traps with TM62 landmines, create cover with deployable Barricades, or track your enemies with the Spatial Amplifier. Robust Progression & Rewards System: Earn Zero Tokens for every kill to buy powerful gear from the store. Gain score points to climb the global ranks and prove your dominance. Complete daily Events to earn exclusive rewards and spend Event Points in a dedicated store. Integrated Voice Chat: Communication is key. Coordinate with your team using positional audio to hear nearby allies, or use the dedicated Community voice chat to talk with your entire clan across the game, regardless of distance. Play Anywhere, Your Way: Experience seamless action on both PC and mobile. With full support for keyboard, mouse, joystick, and intuitive touch controls, you can dominate the battlefield on any device. The battlefield is calling. Gear up, customize your character, and prove your worth. Are you ready for Zero Hour Assault?
Dark Frequency
Battle corrupted beasts with a celestial hammer in a dark, mythic world. This roguelite action survival game features endless waves of enemies, stackable upgrades, and permanent progression. Every run offers a unique challenge, making you stronger with each death.
- Roguelite action survival gameplay
- Intense hammer combat mechanics
- Endless waves of enemies
- Stackable upgrade system
- Permanent progression with Sigils
- Unique Boons for altered gameplay
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The Forge has shattered. The Glass-Beasts have risen. And you are the only thing standing between the world and eternal darkness. You are Crucible-Born, a being of molten glass and beast-soul, hammered into existence by The Ancient One. Armed with a celestial hammer, you must fight through endless trials of corrupted Glass-Beasts, reclaim the scattered Shards, and rekindle the Forge before the world goes cold forever. Every run is different. Every death makes you stronger. Forge your own path through a brutal roguelite system where no two runs play the same. Between waves, choose powerful upgrades that shape how you fight. Stack abilities, build synergies, and discover combinations that turn you from a lone survivor into an unstoppable force of the Forge. Fight with purpose. Strike with weight. Swing your hammer in fast, punishing arcs or charge a ground-shattering slam that sends shockwaves through entire enemy groups. Movement, timing, and positioning matter, dodge through enemy lines, dash to safety, and learn the rhythms of each beast before they overwhelm you. Grow beyond a single run. Spend your earned Shards on permanent Sigils that carry power across every future run. Unlock Boons, game-changing abilities that fundamentally alter how you play. Each session leaves you stronger, more prepared for the next. You will experience Endless waves of Glass-Beasts with scaling difficulty Upgrade system with stackable abilities and unique Boons Permanent progression through Sigils that grow with every run Intense hammer combat A dark, mythic world dripping in forge fire and shattered glass. The Forge remembers every trial.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dark Frequency at every 6 days against Zero Hour Assault's every 6 weeks. Zero Hour Assault's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Zero Hour Assault sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dark Frequency sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zero Hour Assault against 5.0 for Dark Frequency. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Zero Hour Assault ships an update every 6 weeks, Dark Frequency every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zero Hour Assault | Dark Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NBM DIGITAL LTD | Unmbox Studios |
Customer experience
Zero Hour Assault
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In-app purchases
Zero Hour Assault
- backpacks level3$3.99
- KelTecP318$6.99
- platinum token pack$12.99
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- paid account 1 month$14.99
- hex$24.99
- supreme$24.99
- paid account 3 month$44.95
- lord$59.99
- paid account 6 month$89.90
- paid account 12 month$179.00
Dark Frequency
- Ember Purse$1.99
- Content Extension Pack$3.99
- Forge Reserve$4.99
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- Shards Vault$7.99
Questions
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