Empire Z vs Aftermath Survival
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empire Z
Lead the remnants of humanity to rebuild civilization after a global catastrophe. Fortify your city, train troops, and battle thousands of players online to restore order from chaos.
- Form powerful alliances
- Rebuild your city
- Train troops for combat
- Battle thousands of players online
- Create an unstoppable army
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After "The Event" the world lies in ruins. You must lead the remnants of humanity to band together and desperately try to rebuild civilization. The only remaining areas safe from the infected are within the well fortified walls of your city. It is up to you and those like you to create order from chaos and help restore humanity. Game Features: • Form powerful alliances! • Rebuild your city from ruins! • Train your troops for combat! • Battle with thousands of players online now! Empire Z is an intense combination of city building and alliance warfare with other live players. Create an unstoppable army of Commandos, Boomers, and mighty Zombie Dozers. Forge an alliance with other players and rise through the leaderboards. *IMPORTANT* "Empire Z" requires an iPad 2 (or newer), iPhone 4 (or newer), or iPod touch 5th Generation (or newer). An internet connection is required to play.
Aftermath Survival
Build and defend a city against a zombie apocalypse. Recruit heroes, train armies, and form alliances to survive and conquer enemies. Collect resources and claim daily bonuses to aid your survival.
- Build and customize your city
- Develop diverse heroes
- Strategic worldwide combat
- Form alliances with other players
- Collect resources and weapons
- Free daily bonuses and rewards
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Zombies are swarming into the city! Zombie war of AFTERMATH SURVIVAL is waiting for you! Now, ally other survivors who luckily survive from the aftermath of zombie apocalypse, build a safe shelter and defeat the zombies to survive. Collect resources and weapons, build and recruit armies to fight against the zombies and try to survive the next coming zombie war. Survival in the apocalypse of zombies is really tough. So you need to know the zombie game features and use strategy to build a safe shelter so that you can survive. 【Unique Game Features】 --Build and customize your city Through the AFTERMATH SURVIVAL, you can collect food & weapons, rescue survivors or defeat zombies to gain the resources you need to build a city hall for survival. You can upgrade and train your army to fight off enemies and loot resources as much as you can. Also, you can design and move your shelter as you want. --Develop diverse heroes You can unlock diverse heroes with different talents to help you fight off zombies, build your shelter and expedite army and weapons upgrading to battle with enemies. Besides, you can gain resources by completing all kinds of tasks, such as rescuing survivors from the aftermath survival, escorting supplies and survival challenge etc. Using different heroes and right strategy will help you defeat the zombie war and survive in the zombie apocalypse. --Strategic worldwide combat Joining an alliance will help you accelerate your city building and army training for better chances of survival.You can recruit survivors to join your alliance to conquer enemies across the world, by helping each other to fight and survive the zombie apocalypse. --Free daily bonus to claim Last, you can claim kinds of plentiful bonus and rewards by logining this strategy game everyday. Also,there are many special offers and discount packs waiting for you. Congratulations for you to be the last survivors from the aftermath survival ! Now you can follow our FB Page to know the latest strategy game notice. https://www.facebook.com/aftermathsurvival
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Empire Z at 52% against Aftermath Survival's 0%. Empire Z also leads on rating (3.4 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (482 vs 9). Aftermath Survival's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Empire Z sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Aftermath Survival sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Empire Z holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Empire Z has 482 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Empire Z's written reviews are positive against 0% of Aftermath Survival's.
Empire Z ships an update every 5 weeks, Aftermath Survival fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Empire Z | Aftermath Survival |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (482 ratings) — better | 1.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 482 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 531 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ember Entertainment, Inc. | FT Entertainment Limited |
Customer experience
Empire Z
Aftermath Survival
Bugs and requests
Empire Z
Reported bugs
3 issues- Troops disappearing without explanation
- Inability to log in for extended periods
- Inconsistent in-app purchase delivery
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to send resources/items to alliance members
- Power-based matchmaking to prevent bullying of new players
- More frequent updates and new content
Aftermath Survival
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Empire Z
- Gold Sale 1$4.99
- Gold Super Sale 1$4.99
- Super Duper Gold Sale 1$4.99
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- Gold Sale 2$9.99
- Gold Sale 3$19.99
- Gold Super Sale 3$19.99
- Gold Super Sale 4$49.99
- Super Duper Gold Sale 4$49.99
- Gold Super Sale 5$99.99
- Super Duper Gold Sale 5$99.99
Aftermath Survival
- $0.99 Gift Pack$0.99
- $1.99 Gift Pack$1.99
- $2.99 Gift Pack$2.99
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- $4.99 Gift Pack$4.99
- $9.99 Gift Pack$9.99
- $14.99 Gift Pack$14.99
- $19.99 Gift Pack$19.99
- $29.99 Gift Pack$29.99
- $49.99 Gift Pack$49.99
- $99.99 Gift Pack$99.99
Questions
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