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Into the Dead 2

65
User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

Into the Dead 2 is praised for its engaging story, graphics, and immersive gameplay, but it is heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of forced ads and aggressive in-app purchases that hinder progression.

4.8★ lifetime (113,498) Free + in-app purchases since 2017 by Prodigy Design Limited T/A Sidhe Interactive updated 0.9 mo ago recent negative 26% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Monetization Gameplay & Story Technical Issues Progression & Content Data Loss & Support
5★497
4★134
3★108
2★87
1★174
recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

Into the Dead 2 is a well-regarded mobile game with a compelling storyline, good graphics, and enjoyable zombie-slaying action. However, recent reviews highlight significant issues with excessive advertisements and a 'pay-to-win' model that makes progression difficult without spending money.

What users like

  • Engaging storyline and voice actingR1R6R8R18
  • High-quality graphics and immersive gameplayR1R3R28R32
  • Variety of weapons, pets, and side storiesR12R28R43
  • Unique 'running straight' gameplay mechanicR8R64

What users complain about

  • Excessive and forced advertisements interrupt gameplayR6R7R10R22
  • Aggressive in-app purchases and 'pay-to-win' mechanics are required for progressionR3R6R13R15
  • Game progression is slow and grindy without spending moneyR6R13R15R173
  • Users report losing game progress and purchased itemsR11R92R139R195
  • Technical issues like freezing, lagging, and crashing are commonR17R19R32R48
  • Zombie spawning can be inconsistent, making objectives difficultR9R58R67R102
  • Customer support is unresponsive to issues like lost purchasesR69R74
  • Lack of new content and repetitive gameplay for long-term playersR106R254R292

Latest update · v1.85.0

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

This update includes Modern Classic, a brand-new skin for the Wild Spur! We’ve also added additional rewards for VIP players during Crate Hunt Event, and any unclaimed rewards can now be collected at any time while the event remains active. This update also includes UI/UX improvements and bug fixes.

Recurring themes

Monetization negative
Reviews frequently criticize the game's aggressive monetization, including a high volume of forced ads, paywalls for progression, expensive in-app purchases for weapons and VIP subscriptions, and a general 'pay-to-win' feel. Many feel it's difficult to advance without spending money.R3R6R7R10
Gameplay & Story positive
Many users enjoy the game's core mechanics, engaging story, good graphics, and overall fun factor. The unique 'running straight' style and weapon variety are often highlighted as positives.R1R2R3R4
Technical Issues negative
Users report various technical problems including freezing, lagging, crashing, audio glitches, and the game not opening on certain devices. Some also experience bugs with zombie spawning and item collection.R5R17R19R32
Progression & Content mixed
While some enjoy the progression, many find it too slow, especially weapon upgrading, and feel that side stories can be unfairly difficult. There are also calls for more new content, levels, and game modes from long-time players.R9R33R37R51
Data Loss & Support negative
Several reviews mention losing significant game progress, including purchased items, after reinstalling or due to bugs. Customer support is also criticized for being unhelpful or even banning users who report issues.R11R69R74R92

Who it's for

This game is for players who enjoy immersive, story-driven zombie runner games with good graphics and a wide array of weapons and companions R1R28. It's suitable for those who don't mind frequent ads and are willing to make in-app purchases to progress more quickly R6R13R173. Skip if you dislike aggressive monetization, constant interruptions from ads, or slow progression without spending money R6R10R87R147.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, primarily due to monetization and ad issues, which contradicts the high lifetime rating. The score reflects a balance, acknowledging the core game's appeal while highlighting the significant recent frustrations. The developer notes mention UI/UX improvements and bug fixes, but recent reviews still report numerous bugs and performance issues R19R48.

Frequently asked

Is Into the Dead 2 a free game?
Yes, Into the Dead 2 is free to download and play, but it includes numerous in-app purchases and frequent advertisements R6R10R13.
Are there too many ads in Into the Dead 2?
Many recent reviews indicate there are an excessive number of forced and unskippable ads that frequently interrupt gameplay, even when declining optional ads R6R10R39R88.
Do I need to spend money to progress in Into the Dead 2?
According to many players, progression becomes very difficult and slow without making in-app purchases for weapons, ammo, and upgrades, leading to a 'pay-to-win' experience R6R13R15R87.
Does Into the Dead 2 have a good story?
Yes, many reviewers praise the game's story, voice acting, and overall narrative as engaging and a strong point of the game R1R6R8R28.
Can I lose my game progress in Into the Dead 2?
Some users have reported losing all their game progress, including purchased items and accumulated weapons, after reinstalling the game or due to bugs R11R92R139R195.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] 5/5 · US Wow: This game is one of the best quality games I’ve played on an iPhone. It is so fun! And has great voice acting ✌️
  2. [R6] 1/5 · US Into the ads, >then into the paywall: Fun game. Disliked how pushy they are for money. I got to a point in the campaign where I felt I couldn’t continue unless I spent money so my guns could actually kill zombies. The ads after every run are annoying as well. 5 stars for good story and fun game. Either have less ads or let players get through campaign without grinding and I’ll give this game anothe
  3. [R8] 5/5 · US Really cool: It’s really unique how u can’t go backwards and I like that and whenever I want to play a zombie game I play this game but I like the storyline more
  4. [R18] 5/5 · US What you should add: You should add recordings of the radio, so people who are not listening can go back and listen. It’s a really good game though I like it I love zombie games so this one is good.
  5. [R3] 4/5 · US Great game but…⬇️: The graphic is great but I have to purchase something every 5 minutes and then if i hit watch a video and I come back nothing and I sit and wait and wait . Well like another or a bunch of reviews I read ate saying the exact same thing. Apparently this game has been on here for almost 8yrs and a purchase for ammo and gun and the constant run is crazy because you can’t go right or
  6. [R28] 5/5 · US Story at its finest and thrill at it’s best.: The graphics are so good I love when I kill a zombie and I get blood splashed in the face, great stories with awesome characters, weapon variety is insane and the immersive gameplay feels like you are the one trying to rescue his daughter and sister. Love this game 💜🖤
  7. [R32] 5/5 · US Love it: I remember playing this game on my dad’s phone. And it’s just as good if not better than what I remember. Only thing I don’t like is my game lags a little bit, but I don’t know if that’s my Internet or an issue with the game but it’s still amazing.
  8. [R12] 5/5 · US Peak: Millions of guns,pets,and side stories
  9. [R43] 5/5 · US Fire game 🔥🔥🔥: The game is so fire the storyline is good the weapons have the best designs can you just maybe make more guns?
  10. [R64] 1/5 · US NOT WHAT I EXPECTED: I expected this to be a real open time open world zombie game but it is just a constant running thing?
  11. [R7] 1/5 · US Damn it, there are so many ads, but the game is fun. · translated
  12. [R10] 1/5 · US Ad galore: It’s just ad after ad after ad. One action and it’ll take you straight to an ad
  13. [R22] 1/5 · US Bags: No matter what choice you make you end up watching yet another ad, some ads refuse to close ! If you like staring at a full screen for something. of unknown origin then this is the game for you
  14. [R13] 2/5 · US Micro transaction heaven: It's a great game, that's why I gave it the extra star, but they made it so that you have to pay big bucks to really progress, because without micro transactions, you don't get enough stars, which spoiler alert, gives you the bad ending. You have to pay to have actual pleasure in the end. 3/10.
  15. [R15] 3/5 · US It's a bit difficult, and it feels like you have to pay to win. In the second chapter of the storyline, there are many zombies and not enough bullets. If you don't pay, you might not even have enough bullets to clear the zombies right in front of you. · translated
  16. [R173] 3/5 · US Good, but needs improvement.: It’s a great game, a great concept wonderfully executed. But it is TOO RELIANT on the user spending money. Want to level your weapons fast? Money. Wanna do more than like 5 runs a day? Money. Want a skin? MONEY. You guys severely limit your players and would probably get more traffic and more popularity if you would just quit making everything money reliant. Also, ple
  17. [R11] 1/5 · US Took all my progress: Was halfway through the game with a bunch of limited weapons, deleted the game to save space and wanted to play it again, downloaded it with the cloud that was supposed to make it keep my stuff, now I have nothing
  18. [R92] 1/5 · US Lost data: I just open the game and discovered I lost all my data. All the weapons I spent real money to build all gone. My gold was 56,000 now it’s 7000. And there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s all gone. Money n time wasted. Maybe they know how I be spending real money, so they want me to start again.
  19. [R139] 1/5 · US LOST 4 YEARS OF PROGRESS.: Be careful when deleting the game, I lost 4 YEARS of progress and over $100+ dollars in purchases.
  20. [R195] 3/5 · US Great game!: This game is good it’s fun and has a long story over the levels but i uninstalled the game and lost all my progress and it’s kinda play to win and has a bit of micro transactions
  21. [R17] 1/5 · US No me sirve: Lo descargué y no me dejó utilizarlo no me dijo ni porqué
  22. [R19] 1/5 · US Optimization is trash. The levels freeze when they start, ads lag, and I was redirected to a special offer to buy a VIP pass with no way to exit (restarting didn't help). · translated
  23. [R48] 1/5 · US The game constantly freezes. · translated
  24. [R9] 3/5 · US Put more zombies: Put more zombies in the run for event in the beginning of the run and end and not just put a lot of zombies at the end of the run.
  25. [R58] 1/5 · US Pay Wall Incentives: Example: Kill 50 zombies with incendiary ammo. You acquire incendiary ammo, only to have the game give you ammo for your secondary weapon for the entire damn stage or level. Plus, give you less zombies to kill, and often having you run the last 200-300 ft with zero zombies on the screen whatsoever.
  26. [R67] 2/5 · US Calling out you developers: Fix the black hallow crossing .8 on story mode. There not enough running zombies to complete the challenge. Tried over 50 times. You don’t account for bad trapped zombies and not enough zombies. Also fix your ammo crate spawns in vehicles and walls. Give 4 stars once fixed.
  27. [R102] 1/5 · US Zombies are scared of me: They run around me and only spawn around me and i can’t move to the sides quick enough to get kills for objectives, i don’t wanna play ring around the rosey with zombies. i wanna be scared by the zombies but they seem more scared of me
  28. [R69] 3/5 · US Good Game, Terrible Support: I loved the game and spent about $20-30 on it until I bought a $10 pack and it didn’t go to my account. I reached out to support and they said they would get back to me in 1-3 days and never got back to me. I had apple receipt with code, email, everything… They don’t reply at all
  29. [R74] 1/5 · US DO NOT PAY FOR VIP: I accidentally made a purchase. I emailed PIKPOK asked if they could help. The reply I received was a permanent ban. I paid for VIP for 3 years. And now everything I’ve done paid for everything is gone. A simple no we can’t help would have sufficed. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS GAME OR ANY OTHER BY PIKPOK
  30. [R106] 3/5 · US Good, but…: It was a fun game in the beginning but the ads have gotten more frequent, intrusive, and annoying in the last few years. I completed everything, and maxed everything out a long time ago. Playing the game is now just stale tedious repetition. The infrequent new stories and content fail to pique my interest since the basic game mechanics are the same and offer very little challenge. M
  31. [R254] 3/5 · GB Updates needed badly: I love this game built up all my weapons completed all the story’s, but again this game needs some new levels they all the same just tweaked around a little bit with extra zombies where there isn’t on another level that looks the same… it’s been over 2 years I pay vip every month not enough silver is given for any wins it’s annoying and all the stories and levels are the same
  32. [R292] 3/5 · GB Into the dead 3 !!!: You know its about time …
  33. [R2] 2/5 · US Reminds me of left 4 dead 2: I played through the first chapter and already thought it was amazing but when I first found it I thought it was gonna be like l4d2 was surprised when it wasn’t. But after a bit of playing it became really fun. Also it would be cool if the devs added a hedge trimmer to be like the chainsaw. Amazing game overall.
  34. [R4] 5/5 · US Great game: Been playing this game for years never fails. I never get bored. Love it to death.
  35. [R5] 3/5 · US Missing fonts: Why are there missing fonts in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese? It's so uncomfortable to look at. · translated
  36. [R33] 3/5 · US Silver: Wish yall could pay out more silver
  37. [R37] 5/5 · US Solo para que lo vean pendejos: El juego ta bien las armas una decepción total ponen eventos de armas tan inservibles como el trabuco y las pistolas de dedos que son tan inútiles en el juego las mejoras son lentas y los suministros son estupido es mas un pay to win que un juego de pasar el rato estan tedioso fastidio y algunos zombies tienen memoria propia que te hacen perder cuando tienes cuchill
  38. [R51] 5/5 · US Upgrading is a nightmare: 10/10
  39. [R147] 1/5 · US the REAL horror: ADS !! you cannot get away from them and they are RELENTLESS and you HAVE to watch 1 repeatedly for a solid minute if you want to play after every round. the rounds are very limited and if you want to play after you can watch ads over and over again or wait an HOUR+++ for an extra round. i’m pretty lenient with stuff but it’s ridiculous when watching ads feels like it’s more of th
  40. [R39] 4/5 · US Make the ads more skippable: My only issue with this is that when it asks me if I want to watch a video to get an extra loop loop box or whatever it plays a video even when I say not to.
  41. [R88] 1/5 · US Too Many Ads: Just started playing and constantly getting bombarded with nonstop ads. Even areas I thought I could skip ads to NOT get second chances I still got thrown into an ad and then didn’t even get the bonus that was supposed to come with the ad. Just a dirty broken ad system. And then to make it worst the goals during the game or runs is unrealistic for how the mechanics works so you’ll ne
  42. [R87] 1/5 · US Ad and donation simulator: Want to play normally? Pay money. Want to finish the story? Pay money. There are intrusive ads everywhere, and almost every action requires a donation. The game literally consists of donations and asks for them at every opportunity. · translated

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store