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Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 1,560 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.4 ★890,838 ratings
10M+Downloads
17+Age rating
2165 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases

About this app

Gear up and brace yourself for the ultimate test of zombie apocalypse survival! Dive into thrilling gameplay and uncover captivating events that await your exploration!

As a sudden and catastrophic zombie virus ravages human society, your once cozy life is shattered. Family and friends turn into the walking dead before your very eyes. Escaping the chaos of your crumbling home, you now face the ultimate challenge: setting up a shelter to survive the zombie apocalyptic world, and reigniting the flames of human civilization.

Can you successfully adapt to the hostile environment teeming with dangers, and lead your fellow survivors in rebuilding civilization? It's time for you to step up!

UNIQUE FEATURES

Assign Jobs Assign your survivors to specialized work to maximize your shelter's growth. Don't forget to keep an eye on their health and happiness to ensure their productivity!…

Preview

Real screenshots from the store listing.

8 screenshots
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Independent evidence report

Evidence and review signals

This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.

Automated analysis in progress

Which version this describes

When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.

App Store

This analysis describes version 1.250.666 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 1.250.666, updated 2026-09-28.

Google Play

This analysis describes version 1.250.666 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 1.250.666, updated 2026-09-25.

What we measured

Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.

How these are measured

Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.

Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured

What the analysis found

App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.

Methodology

The catch list 2

Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.

Reported by users: Pay to progress
Reported by 52 usersReported by users, not measured — nothing we can inspect could show this either wayview evidence
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 52 distinct reviewers — 5.6% of the 926 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reported by 195 usersReported by users, not measured — nothing we can inspect could show this either wayview evidence
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Raised by 195 distinct reviewers — 30.8% of the 634 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).

Positive evidence 1

Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.

Developer says data deletion can be requested
Measuredfrom the store listingview evidence
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text

One source only — shown, not confirmed 2

A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.

Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (0.9% of 926 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is the store privacy disclosure.view evidence
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (3 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.

Highlighted reviews

Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
“yet another game that's nothing like the ads! it's basically whiteout, so yet another copy of something. totally unoriginal and misleading. got to love AI for being a cheap way to get ads out. if you like whiteout, then you'll like this…”
1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-17
Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
“Nothing like the adverts. Shame, they might have been good. But this is just the same as every other game like this. Nothing new. Gets you to alliances as quickly as possible then just grinding grinding grinding. And the character speech…”
1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-18
Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
“Total pay-to-win cash grab with fake ads. The gameplay looks nothing like the advertisements, and the competitive balance is completely broken. Big spenders can easily buy exclusive equipment and massive stat boosts that are locked behind…”
1★ · Google Play · 2026-09-16

Assessment & version history

App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.

Store listing updated to version 1.250.666.

What this app sells

Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.

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