Alien Barrage vs Strike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Barrage
Defend Earth from relentless alien invaders in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Dodge plasma, collect powerups, and survive challenging boss battles. Compete for the top spot on global leaderboards in an endless survival challenge.
- Touch-and-drag controls with automatic firing
- Endless escalating alien waves
- Bonus and Boss levels
- Collectible powerups and bombs
- Unlockable ships and difficulty modes
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Defend Earth from endless alien waves in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Collect powerups, survive boss battles, and climb the global leaderboards. Touch and drag to move your ship while it fires automatically, dodge incoming plasma, and clear wave after wave of invading aliens before they reach the bottom. What starts as a classic arcade battle quickly escalates into a tougher survival challenge, with faster enemies, more pressure, and bigger rewards the longer you last. Alien Barrage mixes traditional formation-based waves with special events that keep every run fresh. Every 4th level is a Bonus Round, where aliens break formation and streak across the screen in unpredictable patterns for extra points. Every 7th level is a Boss Level, featuring a massive enemy that absorbs heavy damage, fires missiles, and gets tougher each time it returns. Powerups can turn the tide in an instant. Collect Rapid Fire to double your fire rate, Spread Shot to blast multiple enemies at once, Shield to absorb a hit, and Extra Life to stay in the fight longer. When things get desperate, unleash a bomb to clear the screen and save your run. Choose how you want to play with Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty modes, each offering a different challenge level and score potential. Fly the default Classic Ship or unlock the Dual Cannon ship for permanent double firepower. Compete on Game Center leaderboards for top score and highest wave survived, challenge your friends, and unlock achievements as you play. Whether you want a quick arcade session or a long high-score grind, Alien Barrage delivers classic shooter action with modern progression and competitive replay value. Features: - Touch-and-drag controls with automatic firing - Endless escalating waves of alien enemies - Bonus Rounds every 4th level - Boss battles every 7th level - UFO encounters, swooping aliens, and missile attacks - Four powerups: Rapid Fire, Spread Shot, Shield, and Extra Life - Screen-clearing bombs for clutch moments - Classic Ship plus unlockable Dual Cannon ship - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - Three difficulty modes for casual play or hardcore score chasing
Strike
Manage an esports team by day and survive a zombie-infested world by night. Train your squad for tactical matches while you explore dangerous zones for loot, craft gear, and trade with other players. Engage in real-time PvP battles and PvE challenges.
- Idle esports team management
- Zombie extraction survival gameplay
- Looting, crafting, and trading
- Real-time PvP and PvE modes
- Squad training and management
- K9 companion system
- Clan wars and world bosses
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Run an esports org by day. Survive Sector 7 by night. Strike-Command is an idle esports team manager with a zombie extraction world inside it. Sign and train a squad that plays tactical bomb-defusal matches while you sleep, then take one agent and your K9 into the dead city yourself. NEW: EXFIL, ZOMBIE EXTRACTION Drop into Sector 7, search for loot, survive the dead and reach an exit to keep what you carry. Four linked zones (Outskirts, Blackwater Harbor, Midtown Ruins and the Quarantine Sector) with PvE and PvP worlds, day and night, weather, the Blood Moon, bosses, vehicles and trader caravans. Fall in a PvP world and your haul stays behind. A STORY TO FOLLOW Start in THE YARD, a three-minute drill with Brick on the radio. Then follow the trail from a ranger's last log to the sealed doors of Bunker 7, and take on quest chains for Brick, The Fixer and Doc Vale that dig up what really happened in Sector 7. LOOT, CRAFT, TRADE Weapon attachments, traders with their own stock, a hideout to upgrade, safehouses to rest in, and the Sector 7 Exchange to trade your finds with other players. Bring parts home to craft gear and skins for the main game, and team up with clan mates in squads. REAL-TIME PVP: SHOWDOWN AND CLUTCH Take control yourself in real-time bomb rounds against real players, from 1v1 up to 5v5 rooms you set up with friends. Pick your weapon and grenades every round and climb the Rating, Kills and Wins boards. In CLUTCH, win one-against-many retakes and holds on your own aim. OUTBREAK Fortify your stronghold and command your squad through waves of zombies and bosses, with airstrikes and supply drops on call. REAL TACTICAL MATCHES, LIVE Every league fixture plays out round by round with animated agents on six maps: executes, clutches, plants and defuses, with per-agent K/D/A, an MVP and a live play-by-play. JUMP INTO DEATHMATCH An 8-player free-for-all or 5v5 Team Deathmatch with a mutator of the day, the weekly Frag League, Coach Vance's drills board and the Frag Pass. FIELD A K9 Every squad runs with a dog. Twelve breeds with roles that boost your team: bond with it, upgrade your kennel, fuse stars and dress it up. Every manager gets a free starter pup, and it comes with you into EXFIL. WORLD BOSS, RIVALS AND CLANS Three times a day a giant boss drops in for everyone. Queue ranked scrims from Bronze to Immortal, play the Weekend Tournament and the Weekly Open, and join a clan for wars, raid bosses and weekly prizes. CUPS, GEAR AND THE ARSENAL Street, Country and Champions cups with trophies to show off. Kit out every agent with gear sets and mods, and collect weapon skins in the ARSENAL. IDLE INCOME, SCOUT AND SIGN Your org earns around the clock, even offline. Roll the transfer market across eight rarities, from Common to Relic. Every agent has their own face and stats. YOUR SQUAD, ON EVERY DEVICE Sign in with Apple, Google or a CGS ID and your progress saves to the cloud. Switch phones and your roster, currency and purchases come with you. FAIR BY DESIGN No energy walls, your first day is free of interstitial ads, key crates guarantee the top rarity within 40 openings, and a one-time No Ads unlock removes every ad. Free to play with optional in-app purchases. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://strikecommand.chaoticgamestudios.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Alien Barrage at none against Strike's shown. Strike's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Alien Barrage sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Strike sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Alien Barrage ships an update every 4 months, Strike every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alien Barrage | Strike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | arnold biffna | KENNETH DANIEL LIGHTBOURNE |
Customer experience
Alien Barrage
Strike
In-app purchases
Alien Barrage
- 3 Revives$0.99
- 10 Revives$1.99
- 10 Extra Bombs.$1.99
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- Dual Shooter Ship$2.99
- 40 revives$4.99
- 100 Revives$9.99
Strike
- EXFIL Salute Emote$0.99
- EXFIL Victory Emote$0.99
- EXFIL Sector 7 Bandana$0.99
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- EXFIL Gold Rush Card Frame$0.99
- EXFIL Tactical Dog Harness$1.99
- EXFIL Neon Signs$1.99
- EXFIL Stalker Outfit$2.99
- EXFIL Sector Pass$9.99
- Elite Pass Premium$9.99
- Elite Pass VIP$29.99









