Comparison

DEADGRID vs Ability Roulette

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 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.

About

Ability Roulette

Engage in a strategic two-player duel by tracking live rounds and blanks, and utilizing 15 unique ability cards. Outwit your opponent in tense matches with risk-reward mechanics and tactical card combinations. Play solo offline for free or unlock online multiplayer with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Track live rounds and blanks
  • Combine 15 ability cards
  • Risk self-shots for turn continuation
  • Offline solo play
  • Private and public online matchmaking
  • Best of three matches
Features
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Count the live rounds and blanks, combine 15 ability cards, and outthink your rival in a tense duel for two. Aim across the table, or risk a shot at yourself to keep the turn if it is blank. Play complete solo matches offline for free. A one-time Full Game purchase unlocks private online duels with friends and public matchmaking. Online play requires Game Center. No subscription. READ THE CYLINDER Each load reveals the number of live rounds and blanks. The order stays hidden. Track every cartridge that leaves the cylinder and recalculate the odds after each shot. Aim at your rival, or risk a shot at yourself. A blank self-shot keeps your turn. A live round costs one life. USE 15 ABILITIES Check the next or last cartridge, eject one, reshuffle the remainder, raise a guard, or curse the next live round with a chance to misfire. Abilities arrive as cards in your hand. Play as many as you have available before the required shot and combine their effects to shape the turn. WIN THE MATCH Both players begin each round with three lives. Health and cards in your hand carry across reloads within the round. Later rounds bring larger loads and harder decisions. Win two rounds to take the match. Play aboard a night express crossing early 20th century England. • Free offline solo play • Private online duels and public matchmaking • Fifteen abilities with combinable effects • Short best of three matches • Tense, non-gory action • Game text in 20 languages

Screenshots

DEADGRID4 screens
Ability Roulette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DEADGRID at 4.8 against Ability Roulette's 3.5. DEADGRID also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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 6 one-off in-app purchases and Ability Roulette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEADGRID holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEADGRID has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of DEADGRID's written reviews are positive against 50% of Ability Roulette's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DEADGRID versus Ability Roulette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADGRIDAbility Roulette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (53 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews92.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size384 MB14 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAfonso QuinazVEB AUTOMEISHN LLC

Customer experience

DEADGRID

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

Ability Roulette

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time6
  • Scrap$0.99
  • Cache$4.99
  • Crate$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Pallet$19.99
  • Container$49.99
  • Motherlode$99.99
1 purchases

Ability Roulette

One-time1
  • Full Game$5.99

Questions

Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ability Roulette free?
Ability Roulette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DEADGRID or Ability Roulette?
DEADGRID is rated higher. DEADGRID averages 4.8 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Ability Roulette averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do DEADGRID or Ability Roulette have ads?
Neither DEADGRID nor Ability Roulette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEADGRID or Ability Roulette?
DEADGRID ships an update every 2 days, and Ability Roulette every 2 days. Most recently, DEADGRID was updated on October 16, 2026 and Ability Roulette on October 3, 2026.

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