“There must be better Vampire Survivors clones than this. Even if you buy the thing that makes the ads go away all that does is remove the optional ads, the forced ads will remain. The players want less ads, so the devs gave us more ads…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 734 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★460,790 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
1097 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Heroes vs. Hordes: Survival RPG is the ultimate battle for survival in Midlantica, a fantasy world on the edge of annihilation. Heroes rise from every faction to face the relentless Horde — an ancient evil pouring through rifts between realms. Only your strategy, your upgrades, and your Heroes can hold back the darkness.
Survive the Horde Endless enemies swarm the battlefield. With one-hand controls and real-time combat, every run is a test of reflexes and strategy. No idle auto-play — every dodge and upgrade is your choice.
Deep Strategy, Custom Builds Over 100 heroes, weapons, and skills to unlock and master. Create unique loadouts, discover devastating synergies, and adapt each run to your playstyle — from armored tanks to explosive spellcasters.
Endless Progression Loot, level, and upgrade with every fight.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
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.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 11.4.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.4.1, updated 2026-09-23.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 11.4.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.4.1, updated 2026-09-21.
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 fewer than 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
80–89% 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 11.4.1, scanned 2026-10-05.
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.
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 4
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
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 19 distinct reviewers (4.0% of 479 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
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: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (2.4% of 255 reviews scanned)
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 11 distinct reviewers (4.3% of 255 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
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 (7 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.
“all the good reviews are paid. its not a game its an advertisement generator. starting at level 1 with nothing every single stage is zero fun and gives zero feeling of advancement and zero desire to continue. oh but you can watch a 5…”
“The game conceptually is very fun, cute art style and lots of things to do. But it is SO disgustingly predatory with its monetization. Unless you get insane RNG, which i thankfully have twice now it is IMPOSSIBLE to get new characters…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 11.4.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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