“I've been playing Grim Soul for years and one of many things I've noticed is how the reward system has been nerfed for rare items dungeons and event bosses. It was much better back around 2021. The blacksmith and armor workbenchs are so…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 611 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.5 ★778,914 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
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Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Grim Soul is a dark fantasy online survival RPG. Collect resources, build a fortress, defend yourself from enemies, and survive combat with zombie-knights and other monsters in this zombie survival game!
Once a prosperous Imperial province, the Plaguelands are now shrouded in fear and darkness. Its inhabitants have turned into endlessly wandering souls. Your goal is to survive for as long as possible in this fantasy adventure RPG.
● EXPLORE NEW LANDS
Explore the Empire afflicted by the Gray Decay. Discover mysterious Places of Power. Try infiltrating ancient dungeons and other exiles castles to obtain the most valuable resources.
● SURVIVAL AND CRAFT
Build workbenches and craft new resources. Unlock new designs and create realistic medieval weapons and armor to battle with the Plaguelands’ most dangerous inhabitants.
● IMPROVE YOUR CASTLE…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 8.4.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.5.1, updated 2026-09-30.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
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
2 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 8.4.1, scanned 2026-09-27.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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.
The catch list 1
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.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
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: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 17 distinct reviewers (2.8% of 611 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Progress pauses until you wait or pay
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
What we saw: Energy / timer gating: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 611 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“great idea, but it's pay to win for sure. not worth it at all unless you plan on spending a LOT of money in the game. they need to lower the damn difficulty OR MAKE ARMOR AND WEAPONS MORE AVAILABLE IN DROPS. I shouldn't have to spend my…”
“Money Grab. I deleted this game mainly due to the pay to win mentality. you're not able to recover your belongings after dying. That sucks. Add to the fact it becomes increasingly difficult to get ahead the longer you play. Also, it cost…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.5.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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