Project 28 vs Survivor Mage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project 28
Build and defend a settlement by day, then survive relentless night-time hordes. Manage resources, upgrade defenses, and fight off increasingly difficult bosses in a neon-noir horror world. Experience a challenging, adaptive difficulty curve with no forced waiting.
- Build and defend settlement
- Survive endless night hordes
- Adaptive difficulty curve
- Resource management (power, food, people)
- Unlockable arsenal of guns
- Neon-noir horror aesthetic
- One-hand mobile controls
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The city fell to the Bleed. What crawls out of the Marrow only comes at night. You are Ward 28's last anchor - a psychic child with the power to hold a shrinking pocket of the world together. By day you rebuild: raise power, food, and shelter, and ring your settlement with turrets, walls, and militia. When the sun drops, the horde comes. Survive to dawn. PLAY LOOP - DAY: Spend coins to build. Every structure needs resources - solar for power, farms for food, shelter for people - so your settlement grows into a real war-machine, not just a pile of towers. - NIGHT: Auto-fire through swarms of nightmares, dodge, and outlast a boss that comes back meaner every time. - REPEAT: The nights never end. They only get harder - and the run adapts to how strong you actually are, so it stays a knife-edge whether you're a careful builder or a reckless gunner. FEATURES - Endless nights with a fair, self-tuning difficulty curve - chase your Deepest Night record. - Build-and-defend economy: power, food, and people meters that make every structure a real decision. - An arsenal of guns, each changing how you fight - unlock and equip them. - Hand-drawn, neon-noir horror world inspired by animated sci-fi classics. - A cinematic story intro: the fall of Ward 28 and your first desperate night. - One-hand, pick-up-and-play controls built for phones. No timers to wait out. No forced waiting. Just build, fight, and see how far into the dark you can push.
Survivor Mage
Become the last mage and survive endless waves of enemies in a roguelite arena. Choose your elemental house, level up mid-run to create powerful spell combos, and unlock new gear to return stronger. Enjoy fast-paced, one-handed gameplay in a storybook-like world.
- Elemental house selection (Fire/Ice)
- Mid-run spell combo building
- Ultimate ability charging
- Boss battles
- Unlockable gear and skins
- Mastery tree progression
- One-handed portrait gameplay
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Step into the arena. Survive the horde. Push one level further. You are the last mage. Pick your house, unleash your element, and hold the line against endless waves of ghosts, wolves, ogres and bosses that only get hungrier. Every run is a fresh fight: • Pick your house — Fire or Ice, each with its own powers • Level up mid-run and build wild spell combos • Chain kills, charge your ultimate, wipe the screen • Take down the chapter Warden — and worse behind it • Earn coins, unlock gear and skins, come back stronger • Grow your mastery tree, run after run Fast runs made for one hand. Play in portrait, on iPhone or iPad, with a controller if you like — in a world painted like a storybook. How far can you go? The arena is waiting. privacy : https://survivormage.com/privacy terms : https://survivormage.com/terms support : https://survivormage.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Project 28 at 5.0 against Survivor Mage's 3.7. Project 28 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Survivor Mage's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Survivor Mage sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Project 28 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Project 28 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project 28 | Survivor Mage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 637 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | CRB Labs LLC | Rayan Selmi |
Customer experience
Project 28
Survivor Mage
In-app purchases
Project 28
No in-app purchases
Survivor Mage
- Pouch of Diamonds$2.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
- Premium Pack$4.99
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- Satchel of Diamonds$7.99
- Chest of Diamonds$19.99









