Comparison

Solus vs 4 Seats

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

Head to head
About

Solus

Engage in a solo survival simulation where you compete against AI opponents to be the last one standing. Manage essential needs, craft gear, and adapt to dynamic environments influenced by real-world data. Explore unique locations and strive for global leaderboard dominance.

Highlights
  • Solo survival simulation
  • AI opponent competition
  • Realistic climate and weather
  • Core survival needs management
  • Crafting and item management
  • Dynamic environmental events
  • Global leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Compete against 9 other simulated survivalists to see who can outlast the rest and be crowned the sole survivor. Challenge yourself with 3 unique locations, each shaped by real-world climate, weather and flora data, creating an environment that feels authentic, and sometimes - brutal. Choose your gear wisely. Every item has a specific use and shapes the result of your actions. Stay alive by managing the five core survival needs: health, calories, hydration, warmth, and fatigue. Time only progresses when an action is performed, so take your time to make the right choices. Build and maintain your shelter, manage your fire and water, forage for food, hunt, fish and trap. All while balancing the unique challenges that your environment throws at you. No two runs are the same. Random events will affect your player, weather will vary, resources shift, and your decisions will shape each outcome. Over 22 achievements to unlock and compete on the global leaderboards for each location to see how you compare against other real-world players. Solus is a pure survival experience with no pay-to-win and no power-ups. All locations are free to explore. If you prefer an uninterrupted journey, a single one-time purchase removes all ads forever.

About

4 Seats

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4 Seats: The Last Engine Fade The world has collapsed. Your only hope is a rusty car with four seats, a dwindling fuel tank, and the absolute will to survive. In ""4 Seats: The Last Engine Fade"", you lead a group of survivors through a desolate pixel-art wasteland where every mile costs resources, and every encounter could be your last. How far can you go before the engine finally fades? Key Features: The Road is Unforgiving Navigate a grid-based map filled with ruins, abandoned diners, and deadly hazards. Plan your route carefully. You must weigh the risks of exploring unknown tiles against the constant drain on your fuel, vehicle durability, and party's condition. Crucial Resource Management Survival is a game of numbers. Scavenge for food, clean water, fuel, and medical supplies. But beware: your vehicle has a strict weight limit. Overload your inventory, and your car will break down, leaving you defenseless. You must constantly decide what to keep and what to leave behind. Who Gets the 4 Seats? Throughout your journey, you will encounter various survivors—soldiers, programmers, pharmacists, mechanics, and ordinary citizens. Each profession brings unique survival skills and stat bonuses to your party. But your car only holds four people. You must make agonizing decisions about who joins your crew and who is left to the wasteland. Narrative-Driven Encounters Face brutal moral dilemmas through rich, text-based events. Will you risk a trap to save a crying child? Will you share your precious water with a dying stranger? Every choice has immediate and lasting consequences that shape your journey. High-Stakes Crises When cornered by infected hordes or hostile scavengers, you must calculate the odds. Use your party's combined combat power to fight, or choose to sprint away—risking the loss of your hard-earned loot. The engine is sputtering. The infected are closing in. Can you keep the car moving, or will you succumb to the wasteland? Start your engine and face the end of the world.

Screenshots

Solus4 screens
4 Seats3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Solus at none against 4 Seats's shown. Solus also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solus ships an update every 4 days, 4 Seats every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Solus versus 4 Seats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolus4 Seats
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB133 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStadtwoongkyum kim

In-app purchases

None

Solus

No in-app purchases

None

4 Seats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solus free?
Solus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 4 Seats free?
4 Seats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Solus or 4 Seats have ads?
4 Seats shows ads; Solus does not.
Which is updated more often, Solus or 4 Seats?
Solus ships an update every 4 days, and 4 Seats every 2 weeks. Most recently, Solus was updated on October 1, 2026 and 4 Seats on October 8, 2026.

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