Comparison

DEADGRID vs Shyftel

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

Shyftel

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Shyftel is a survival arena that is new every day, and everyone gets the same one. Every player faces the same arena, the same enemy waves and the same upgrade offers that day. You move, and your weapons fire on their own. Last as long as you can, choose your upgrades well, and see where you land on today's leaderboard. HOW A RUN WORKS - Drag anywhere on the screen to move. Your bolts aim and fire by themselves. - Collect experience gems and pick one of three upgrades at every level, from a pool of twenty. - The first surge floods the arena just before the three minute mark, then another every 105 seconds, each bigger than the last. - Runs are endless. Yours ends when your health does. - Died early? Start the same run again. There is no limit on attempts, and you choose which run you submit. A DIFFERENT ARENA EVERY DAY Five themes rotate, and each one changes how you play: - Tron: glowing strips with arrows. Move with them to go much faster, against them to slow down. - Moon: meteors. A ring appears, then a rock lands in it and hurts anything inside, enemies included. - Desert: sand piles that slow down everything walking through them. - Forest: tree trunks that nothing can walk through and your bolts cannot shoot through. Your orbiting shards pass right through them. - Jupiter: wind gusts that push you and the swarm around. SIX KINDS OF ENEMY Slow drifters, fast darters, heavy bulwarks, splitters that break in two, halos that circle you, and from ten minutes in, lancers that charge up a shot you have to sidestep. RANKED ON KILLS Most kills wins, and survival time breaks a tie. Because everyone played the same run, the board compares decisions rather than luck. Every past day keeps its own top ten at shyftel.fun. ALSO - A daily reminder to play, if you want one - A card of your run and your build to share - No account and no sign-up. You pick a display name only when you submit a score - No connection? You can still play, the run just is not ranked - Watch an optional ad to carry on a long run, once per run

Screenshots

DEADGRID4 screens
Shyftel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shyftel at none against DEADGRID's 7. DEADGRID's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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 7 one-off in-app purchases. Shyftel asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DEADGRID versus Shyftel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEADGRIDShyftel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size404 MB17 MB
Age rating+912+
DeveloperAfonso QuinazBARKIN SARIKARTAL

In-app purchases

7 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time7
  • Scrap + No Ads$0.99
  • Cache + No Ads$4.99
  • Premium Pass$4.99
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  • Crate + No Ads$9.99
  • Pallet + No Ads$19.99
  • Container + No Ads$49.99
  • Motherlode + No Ads$99.99
None

Shyftel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shyftel free?
Shyftel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DEADGRID or Shyftel have ads?
Shyftel shows ads; DEADGRID does not.

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