DEADGRID vs Killer Climber Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Endless zombie waves
- Permadeath runs
- 33 unlockable weapons
- Strategic deployables and turrets
- Dynamic upgrade system
- Four zombie types with advanced AI
- Customizable survivor skins
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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.
Killer Climber Samurai
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The tower changes shape every night. The shadow that killed your master waits at the top. One sword, one chance — die, and you fall back to the bottom… but you remember something. • Fast, fluid combat: parry, dash, execute, air combos • Every climb is different: a procedural tower, 9 biomes, guardians, caves • 9 ink-painted biomes that breathe: lightning over the storm sea, eyes in the silk caves, lanterns rising over the night city • 70+ cards, sets and masteries, fusions and curses • The Soul Tree: 4 branches, 51 roots and 3 crowns of lasting growth • A 5-minute short climb or the whole tower • Daily challenge: everyone climbs the same tower • Photo mode and Best Moments: keep your finest kills as GIFs in Photos • Playable with one hand; haptics and accessibility options • Nothing sold gives power: purchases are looks and comfort Stylised ink violence; blood and dismemberment can be turned off completely in Settings → Gameplay → Gore Level. Terms of Use: https://dokkaxyz.github.io/kcs-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://dokkaxyz.github.io/kcs-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DEADGRID at none against Killer Climber Samurai's shown. Killer Climber Samurai's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. DEADGRID sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Killer Climber Samurai sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DEADGRID ships an update every 2 days, Killer Climber Samurai daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DEADGRID | Killer Climber Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 384 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Afonso Quinaz | Mustafa Akif BAY |
In-app purchases
DEADGRID
- Scrap$0.99
- Cache$4.99
- Crate$9.99
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- Pallet$19.99
- Container$49.99
- Motherlode$99.99
Killer Climber Samurai
- Samurai's Pledge$4.991 Month
- Handful of Sumi$0.99
- Wanderer's Pack$1.99
- Crimson Moon Set$2.99
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- No Ads$3.99
- Jar of Sumi$4.99
- Urn of Sumi$9.99
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