Comparison

DEADGRID vs Hold The Line

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

Head to head
About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with a minimalist aesthetic. Battle through thousands of procedurally generated levels, collect unique weapon finishes, and compete globally in various multiplayer modes. Features permadeath, diverse enemy types, and strategic deployables for ultimate replayability.

Highlights
  • Thousands of procedurally generated levels
  • Collectable weapon finishes
  • Twelve handcrafted arenas
  • Permadeath survival mode
  • Ranked 1v1 duels
  • Duo co-op mode
  • 36 unique weapons
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. 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.

About

Hold The Line

Features
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Hold the Line is a fast, tactile war game about one thing: pushing the front and refusing to break. Deploy infantry, tanks, gunships and bombers, spend your resources wisely, and watch a single living front line surge toward the enemy base — or buckle back toward yours. Every unit you send matters. COMMAND YOUR HEROES Unlock 14 commanders, each with a battlefield perk that changes how you play — faster income, tougher armor, deadlier air support and more. The same roster shows up as enemy bosses, so the general you beat today is the hero you lead tomorrow. THREE WAYS TO FIGHT - Campaign: climb a series of escalating missions against a smarter, better-funded enemy. - Skirmish: a quick custom battle whenever you want one. - Survival: endless waves that get genuinely brutal. Camp and you'll be punished; earn your resource pile wave by wave and resume from your best run. CALL IN THE BIG GUNS Airstrikes fly real bombers over three targets. Artillery and rocket barrages arc across the map and land where you aim them. And when you truly need the field cleared, the nuke blooms into a slow, rolling mushroom cloud. BUILD YOUR ARMY Promote units through veterancy, upgrade your base, and pick the skin that suits your style. Progress carries between battles. PLAY YOUR FRIENDS Challenge another player online through Game Center, or start a Local Match over the same Wi-Fi for a head-to-head with someone in the room. HOLD THE LINE PRO A one-time upgrade unlocks the Mammoth heavy tank and lifts unit-upgrade caps so you can push every unit to its maximum. Everything else in the game is free to play. Rally up, commander. The line won't hold itself.

Screenshots

DEADGRID4 screens
Hold The Line4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: DEADGRID at 3 against Hold The Line's 1. DEADGRID also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. DEADGRID sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Hold The Line sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DEADGRID versus Hold The Line: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADGRIDHold The Line
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (81 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings81 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size402 MB63 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAfonso QuinazFredy Soussou

In-app purchases

7 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time7
  • Scrap + No Ads$0.99
  • Cache + No Ads$4.99
  • Premium Pass$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Crate + No Ads$9.99
  • Pallet + No Ads$19.99
  • Container + No Ads$49.99
  • Motherlode + No Ads$99.99
1 purchases

Hold The Line

One-time1
  • Hold the Line Pro$1.99

Questions

Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hold The Line free?
Hold The Line is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DEADGRID or Hold The Line have ads?
Neither DEADGRID nor Hold The Line shows ads.

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