Comparison

Pirate League vs DEADGRID

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

Head to head
About

Pirate League

Engage in thrilling naval combat as you command your pirate ship, aiming cannons and outmaneuvering rivals for gold and glory. Explore multiple game modes, upgrade your vessel, and climb the leaderboards to become the ultimate pirate.

Highlights
  • Satisfying pirate ship combat
  • Multiple game modes (Arena, Treasure Hunt, Battle Royale, Survival Sea)
  • Ship upgrades and crew recruitment
  • Quests and leaderboards
  • Varied weather conditions
Features
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Set sail into Pirate League - a fast-paced pirate ship combat game where every battle is a fight for gold, glory, and survival. COMMAND YOUR SHIP Take the helm, aim your cannons, and outmaneuver rival ships on stormy seas. Feel the wind, tilt of the deck, and the thrill of naval combat. MULTIPLE GAME MODES • Arena — Choose your difficulty and prove your strength in intense ship battles • Treasure Hunt — Race across the ocean and claim rich rewards • Battle Royale — Last ship standing. Only the strongest pirate survives • Survival Sea — Clear wave after wave through 50 challenging levels with changing weather and tougher enemies GROW STRONGER Upgrade and switch between ships, unlock talents, recruit crew, and stack battle buffs mid-fight. Build the perfect pirate loadout and raise your power. JOIN THE LEAGUE Complete quests, earn gold, gems, and barrels, then return stronger for the next voyage. Climb the leaderboard and prove you’re the top pirate in the league. FEATURES • Satisfying pirate ship combat with cannons and sailing • Multiple modes: Arena, Treasure Hunt, Battle Royale & Survival Sea • Ship upgrades, talents, crew & battle buffs • Quests, rewards & leaderboards • Sunny, rainy, and night seas for varying challenge Hoist the sails. Load the cannons. The ocean is yours. Ready to rule Pirate League?

About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with endless waves and permadeath. Master an arsenal of 33 weapons, strategically deploy defenses, and choose dynamic upgrades to conquer the apocalypse. Customize your survivor and enjoy pure, optimized gameplay.

Highlights
  • Endless zombie waves
  • Permadeath runs
  • 33 unlockable weapons
  • Strategic deployables and turrets
  • Dynamic upgrade system
  • Four zombie types with advanced AI
  • Customizable survivor skins
Features
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DEADGRID is a minimalist zombie arena shooter — pure, intense arcade action with real multiplayer. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, its own weather, its own rule and its own goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts. Two modes break the pattern — INFECT, where you ARE the outbreak and hunt the survivors down, and FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun and only one walks out. 1,080 WEAPON FINISHES Thirty collectable liveries — GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW and more — across all 36 weapons. Every third rung of the Climb pays one out. Locked finishes stay secret until you earn them. TWELVE HANDCRAFTED ARENAS Fight through Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá and Terreiro do Paço — plus four arenas of our own: The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Lava rivers, container mazes, neon crossings. Every layout is placed by hand, never generated. SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE Endless waves of the undead. Every run is permadeath — beat your best in kills, waves and time survived. RANKED 1v1 — THE ARENA Duel real opponents in last-one-standing combat. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, earn a random upgrade every round, and climb 8 divisions to the top of the global ladder. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory — revive each other and see how deep two survivors can go. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things — each with its own 3D model. Loot weapon crates mid-run and build your loadout on the fly. NINE ZOMBIE TYPES Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, jumpers that vault your walls, fire-spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets from the air, gaolers with hooked chains and summoners who raise the dead. Smart pathfinding routes them around cover — they hunt, they don't just shamble. TURRETS & DEPLOYABLES Three turret types, barriers, claymores, explosive barrels and the legendary clapping monkey. Build choke points, then watch the horde walk into them. PROGRESS THAT LASTS • GAME PASS: a 101-tier season track with exclusive skins, chests and emotes • MISSIONS: endless ladders that pay pass XP with bonus chests on every claim • SPECS: permanent lifetime upgrades that make every future run stronger • 42 SKINS to unlock — from the humble Rookie to floating war gods • 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends list with live presence, duo invites and player profiles. Daily streaks keep your fire burning. PURE PERFORMANCE Optimized for smooth 60fps. All game audio is synthesized in real time — zero audio files, tiny download. Free to play. Endless waves, thousands of levels. Just pure arcade zombie survival. Any coin pack removes ad breaks forever. Download DEADGRID and see how long you survive.

Screenshots

Pirate League4 screens
DEADGRID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pirate League at none against DEADGRID's 6. Pirate League also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). DEADGRID's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, 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. DEADGRID sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pirate League asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pirate League holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEADGRID has 53 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pirate League ships an update weekly, DEADGRID every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pirate League versus DEADGRID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPirate LeagueDEADGRID
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews—92.4% of reviews
Number of ratings353 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB384 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFerdi TatlisuAfonso Quinaz

Customer experience

Pirate League

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DEADGRID

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pirate League

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time6
  • Scrap$0.99
  • Cache$4.99
  • Crate$9.99
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  • Pallet$19.99
  • Container$49.99
  • Motherlode$99.99

Questions

Is Pirate League free?
Pirate League is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pirate League or DEADGRID?
Pirate League is rated higher. Pirate League averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DEADGRID averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do Pirate League or DEADGRID have ads?
Pirate League shows ads; DEADGRID does not.
Which is updated more often, Pirate League or DEADGRID?
Pirate League ships an update weekly, and DEADGRID every 2 days. Most recently, Pirate League was updated on October 9, 2026 and DEADGRID on October 16, 2026.

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