# Choice of Rebels: Uprising — Revolt Against the Blood Mages

> Interactive fantasy novel about leading a rebellion against an oppressive empire. (iPhone/iPad app by Choice of Games LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/choice-of-rebels-uprising/id1304501428 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Choice of Games LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/348940935)
- Category: Games, Books, Adventure, Role Playing
- Price: $7.99
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 146 App Store ratings · 59 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 42 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2017-11-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/choice-of-rebels-uprising/id1304501428/reviews.md

## What is Choice of Rebels?

Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.

"Choice of Rebels: Uprising" is a 637,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Joel Havenstone, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. 

As an outlaw rebel in the greenwood wilderness, you must steal to survive your first brutal winter, or watch your people starve if you can't feed them. Win yeomen, helots, merchants, priests, and aristocrats over to the rebel cause...or turn them into your worst enemies. Will you defeat the army of the Hegemony’s Archon and the elite force of evil blood mages sent to destroy you, or will a personal betrayal put an end to your rebellion when it’s just barely begun?

• Play as male or female, gay, straight, or ace.
• Fight as a renegade, aristocrat, or defiant slave
• Lead your outlaw band as a self-taught mage, a general, or a mystic priest 
• Reform the empire’s religion or start your own
• Master the arcane magic of Theurgy and demolish the blood harvesters of the Hegemony
• Find romance amongst your fellow young rebels
• Root out spies, betrayers, and fend off a mutiny
• Survive attacks from assassins, mages, and the mutant Plektoi hounds 

Will you gain a reputation as a compassionate idealist or ruthless insurgent? Can your rebels survive the winter and a vengeful army? 

How much will you sacrifice to rebel, and save your homeland from an oppressive empire?

## Key features

- Text-based interactive novel
- Choice-driven narrative
- Character customization (gender, orientation, background)
- Multiple leadership roles
- Arcane magic and combat
- Romance options
- Manage outlaw band

## Chart rankings

- #200 in Top Paid · Role Playing (US App Store)

## What do users think of Choice of Rebels?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ✨ Spectacular story
- 👍 Meaningful choices
- 📖 Immersive world-building
- 📚 Excellent writing
- 🔄 High replayability
- 🌟 Deep lore
- 🎭 Well-developed characters
- 💡 Unique mechanics (resource management)
- 💯 Top-tier choice-driven narrative
- 🚀 Engaging gameplay
- 🤩 Gripping atmosphere
- 📜 Rich history
- 🤔 Thought-provoking themes
- 🎮 Tremendous possibilities
- 🗺️ Vast setting
- ✨ Compelling characters
- 💡 Nuanced decisions
- 🌟 Brilliant narrative gameplay
- 📖 Immersive experience
- 👍 Great freedom
- ✨ Compelling characters
- 💡 Thought-provoking themes
- 🌍 Fascinating world
- 💯 Deeply immersive
- 🌟 Brilliant branching story
- 👍 Immensely satisfying
- 🚀 Engaging read
- 💡 Great replay value
- 🌟 Deep narrative
- 👍 Meaningful choices
- ✨ Engaging and fun
- 💯 Unique story
- 💡 Incredible role-playing
- 🌟 Top shelf
- 🚀 Unique storyline
- 👍 Great character interactions
- ✨ Very good pacing
- 💡 Enjoyed resource management
- 🤩 Enjoyed survival struggle
- 💯 Incredible
- 👍 Great story
- ✨ Amazing plot
- 💡 Extremely unique
- 🌟 Must-experience
- 🚀 Immersive fantasy
- 👍 Engaging game
- ✨ Engrossing fiction
- 🗺️ Astoundingly rich world
- 📜 Unique history
- 🌍 Diverse locales
- 🎭 Socio-economic struggles
- 💡 Divergent routes
- 💯 Myriad choices
- 🌟 No two playthroughs same
- 👍 Transformative decisions
- ✨ No black-and-white
- 💡 No good or bad decisions
- 🤩 World of greys
- 📜 Mature writing
- 👍 Hope and inspiration
- ✨ Brutal realisms
- 💡 Well researched
- 🌍 Passionately formulated
- 🌟 Living, breathing adventure
- 👍 Characters come alive
- ✨ Kinships shared
- 💡 Truly special
- 💯 Choice-driven gameplay
- 🌟 First installment
- 👍 Delight, despair, mesmerize
- ✨ Multidimensional NPCs
- 🗺️ Interesting setting and plot
- 💪 Challenging yet winnable
- 🔄 Replayed many times
- 💡 Stayed interesting
- 🤩 Realistic behavior
- 📜 Rich and well-built world
- ✨ Interesting characters
- 💯 Crazy amount of choices
- 🌟 Simply amazing
- 👍 Love everything
- ✨ Can't wait to continue
- 🤩 Compelling narrative
- 👍 Gasp, tear up, get angry
- ✨ Care about characters
- 📜 Amazing experience
- 💯 Another masterpiece
- 🌟 Very lengthy
- 👍 Full of choices
- ✨ Loved every aspect
- 💡 Interesting and involving tale
- 🤩 Worth multiple plays
- 👍 Phenomenal
- ✨ Depth of story
- 🌍 World building
- 💯 Fit into novel
- 🌟 Choices do matter
- 👍 Can't recommend enough
- ✨ Fantastic
- 💡 Incredible
- 👍 Choices matter
- ✨ Mistakes are brutal
- 🤩 Engaged in story
- 📜 Replayed several times
- 🌍 New scenes
- 💡 Significant differences
- 💯 Super excited for second game
- 🌟 Great branching
- 👍 Replay value
- ✨ Each replay fresh
- 🤩 Engaging
- 👍 Best Choice Game
- ✨ Real depth
- 📜 Well written
- 🌍 Choices have real effects
- 💡 Brilliant
- 💯 Must buy
- 🌟 Worth every penny
- 👍 Amazing
- ✨ Stand out games
- 💡 Deceptively complex
- 🤩 Multiple ways to complete
- 👍 Awesome
- ✨ Very in-depth
- 🌍 Whole universe
- 💡 Many branching paths
- 💯 Enjoyed this
- 🌟 Played first playthrough
- 👍 Found all paths
- ✨ Worth it
- 🤩 Sequel coming
- 👍 Wow!
- ✨ Blown away
- 🌍 Exciting story
- 💡 Layered characters
- 💯 Secretive characters
- 🌟 Impactful choices
- 👍 Think before move
- ✨ Can't wait for next part
- 🤩 One of their best
- 👍 Raving
- ✨ Excellent storyline
- 🌍 Rich, immersive history
- 💡 Challenging, agonizing choices
- 💯 Immediate and far-reaching consequences
- 🌟 Intense and satisfying
- 👍 Chances to replay
- ✨ Easier than most
- 🤩 Element of randomness
- 📜 Organic narration
- 👍 Meaningless choice never felt
- ✨ Character stats in mind
- 🌍 So much replay value
- 💡 More romance options
- 🤩 More character backgrounds
- 👍 Winter chapter lengthy
- ✨ Boring
- 💡 Multiple themes introduced
- 💯 Religion
- 🌟 Making decisions as Elect
- 👍 Waiting for second installment
- ✨ More romance interactions
- 🤩 More romance options
- 👍 World building effort
- ✨ Decent story
- 💡 Not a fan of winter writing
- 💯 Allocating soldiers bearable
- 🌟 Too long and boring
- 👍 Suggest keeping style
- ✨ Before/after winter
- 🤩 Shallow characters
- 👍 Memorable characters
- ✨ Distinct personalities
- 🌍 Complex personalities
- 💡 One or two decent characters
- 💯 Father (noble route)
- 🌟 Barely mentioned
- 👍 Fades into background
- ✨ In-depth story building
- 🤩 Story weak and boring
- 👍 Hope second book better
- ✨ Best of the bunch
- 🤩 Elegantly designed
- 👍 Interesting setting
- ✨ Options for origin
- 🌍 Noble or slave
- 💡 Tremendous effect
- 💯 Specialization
- 🌟 Brains, combat, charisma
- 👍 Uniquely color play
- ✨ Intriguing ways
- 🤩 More thought and depth
- 👍 Less emphasis on stats
- ✨ More thought into leadership results
- 🌍 Don't envy author
- 💡 Planned first of five
- 💯 Evident work
- 🌟 Sequels won't be easy
- 👍 Ways to end first game
- ✨ Gritty, smart, thoughtful fiction
- 🤩 Think about cruelty
- 👍 Compassion
- ✨ Idealism and belief
- 🌍 Loyalty and betrayal
- 💡 Won't disappoint
- 💯 Memorable and compelling start
- 🌟 Incomplete story
- 👍 Slightly off balance
- ✨ Not complete satisfying arc
- 🤩 Balance poor
- 👍 Forced travel with children
- ✨ No proper opportunity for food
- 🌍 Raiding strategic outposts
- 💡 After disaster strikes
- 💯 Combat combined with strategy
- 🌟 Threw for a loop
- 👍 Got used to it
- ✨ Combat viable and interesting
- 🤩 Intelligence builds seem underpowered
- 👍 Difficulty achieving good outcomes
- ✨ Too hard to be fun
- 🌍 Notable rebels unexpectedly
- 💡 People suddenly knew
- 💯 Little introduction
- 🌟 Barely knew Ciel
- 👍 Don't know Alira
- ✨ Viable leadership candidate
- 🤩 Multiple playthroughs
- 👍 Simon/Suzanne
- ✨ Kalt twins
- 🌍 Attraction from gender
- 💡 Interesting dynamic
- 💯 Automatically same gender
- 🌟 Forced and wrongheaded
- 👍 Avoid player-centric sexuality
- ✨ Player-centric sexuality different form
- 🤩 Annoy players
- 👍 Romance Suzanne
- ✨ Pretending gay for male Breden
- 🌍 Romance dynamics interesting
- 💡 Straight/gay away twist
- 💯 Elery romance option
- 🌟 Future installments
- 👍 Genius option
- ✨ Balance charisma
- 🤩 Combat (noble/Kalt)
- 👍 Nice and balanced
- ✨ Exciting and impressive character
- 🌍 Breden's reaction
- 💡 Crush and best friend together
- 💯 One-sided crush
- 🌟 Option reflecting choice
- 👍 Intervene early
- ✨ Harrowing
- 🤩 Save her
- 👍 Spice up dialogue
- ✨ Excellent
- 🌍 Well written
- 💡 Big
- 💯 Many different options
- 🌟 Enjoyable
- 👍 Buy it play it love it
- ✨ Loving it
- 🤩 Hooked
- 👍 Haven't finished
- ✨ Excited at depth
- 🌍 World and characters
- 💡 Has potential
- 💯 World being built
- 🌟 Jargon heavy
- 👍 Better character development
- ✨ Weird romance options
- 🤩 RO always woman
- 👍 Attracted to you
- ✨ Switch orientation
- 🌍 Start something
- 💡 Why?
- 💯 Winter really long
- 🌟 Got boring
- 👍 See decent series
- ✨ World interesting
- 🤩 Play from different perspectives
- 👍 Not sure play second installment
- ✨ Unless style/approach changed
- 🌍 Alright
- 💡 Played almost every game
- 💯 Wasn't bad
- 🌟 Wasn't amazing
- 👍 Outstanding characters
- ✨ Memorable
- 🤩 Doesn't
- 👍 Found interesting
- ✨ Until winter
- 🌍 So boring
- 💡 After winter stage
- 💯 Go alright
- 🌟 Seems unfinished
- 👍 Dull
- ✨ Reminded of Banner Saga
- 🤩 Without interesting characters
- 👍 Gripping story
- ✨ Awesome!
- 🌍 Best game book
- 💡 Bleedin ages
- 💯 Loved it
- 🌟 Can't wait for part 2
- 👍 Keep it up!
- ✨ Unfortunate Slog
- 🌍 Two schools of games
- 💡 Excel at character development
- 💯 Heavy on jargon
- 🌟 Latter
- 👍 Stats cemented early
- ✨ PC doesn't evolve
- 🤩 Characters hurled at you
- 👍 Forgettable
- ✨ Codex entries
- 🌍 Time spent surviving winter
- 💡 Raising tension
- 💯 Becomes a bore
- 🌟 Mercifully
- 👍 Few checkpoints
- ✨ Content doesn't inspire replays
- 🤩 Two endings found
- 👍 Abrupt
- ✨ Didn't care
- 🌍 Wow
- 💡 Extremely well written
- 💯 Remarkable depth
- 🌟 Edge of seat
- 👍 Enjoyed Sabres of Infinity
- ✨ Lost Heir series
- 🤩 Similar stories
- 👍 Do yourself a favor
- ✨ Read this ASAP
- 🌍 Excellent Story!
- 💡 Best entry
- 💯 Choice of Games main brand
- 🌟 Outstanding storytelling
- 👍 Wide variety of paths
- ✨ Numerous endgames
- 🤩 Can't wait for next entry!

**Cons**

- 🐛 Early game exposition dump
- 🐛 Repetitive events
- 💰 High price for partial game
- 🐛 Minor bugs/oversights
- 🐛 Jarring beginning
- 🐛 Incredibly hard to follow
- 🐛 Built-in lore book confusing
- 🐛 Raids and events repeat
- 🐛 Bug or oversight
- 🐛 Some mechanical glitches
- 🐛 Huge impact on success
- 🐛 Frustrating
- 🐛 Mules inaccessible
- 🐛 Mules not assignable
- 🐛 Counter updates incorrectly
- 🐛 Game doesn't fix
- 🐛 Exhausted as though no rest
- 🐛 Game forces skill use
- 🐛 Artificial
- 🐛 Can get you killed
- 🐛 Serious flaw
- 🐛 Chapter reset
- 🐛 Slightly sad
- 🐛 Too vast and overwhelming
- 🐛 Almost overwhelming
- 🐛 Bug when putting in numbers
- 🐛 Option blunders
- 🐛 Game didn't save progress
- 🐛 Stuck in unending loop
- 🐛 No option to move forward/back
- 🐛 Fix food rations
- 🐛 Storyline/plot inconsistencies
- 🐛 Don't make sense
- 🐛 Successful raid resulted in disbandment
- 🐛 Loss of leader trust
- 🐛 Fix storyline blunders
- 🐛 Develop more complex characters
- 🐛 Too many option blunders
- 🐛 Math focus
- 🐛 Skip option disadvantage
- 🐛 Takes away from game
- 🐛 Less grand moral quandaries
- 🐛 Standing for anything but banditry
- 🐛 Interesting characters
- 🐛 Story doesn't allow getting to know them
- 🐛 Winter part goes downhill
- 🐛 Shallow characters
- 🐛 Father barely mentioned
- 🐛 Fades into background
- 🐛 Story weak and boring
- 🐛 Incomplete story
- 🐛 Slightly off balance
- 🐛 Forced to travel with children
- 🐛 Not proper opportunity for food
- 🐛 Raiding strategic outposts after disaster
- 🐛 Combat combined with strategy
- 🐛 Intelligence builds seem underpowered
- 🐛 Difficulty achieving good outcomes
- 🐛 Too hard to be fun
- 🐛 Notable rebels unexpectedly
- 🐛 People suddenly knew
- 🐛 Little introduction
- 🐛 Barely knew Ciel
- 🐛 Don't know Alira
- 🐛 Viable leadership candidate
- 🐛 Automatically same gender
- 🐛 Forced and wrongheaded
- 🐛 Player-centric sexuality different form
- 🐛 Annoy players
- 🐛 Romance Suzanne without pretending gay
- 🐛 Straight/gay away twist
- 🐛 Elery romance option not available
- 🐛 Breden's reaction
- 🐛 Crush and best friend together
- 🐛 One-sided crush
- 🐛 Option reflecting choice
- 🐛 Intervene early
- 🐛 Harrowing
- 🐛 Save her
- 🐛 Spice up dialogue
- 🐛 Jargon heavy game
- 🐛 Weird romance options
- 🐛 RO always woman
- 🐛 Attracted to you
- 🐛 Switch orientation
- 🐛 Start something
- 🐛 Winter really long
- 🐛 Got boring
- 🐛 Not sure play second installment
- 🐛 Unless style/approach changed
- 🐛 Wasn't amazing
- 🐛 Outstanding characters missing
- 🐛 Memorable characters missing
- 🐛 Found interesting until winter
- 🐛 Winter so boring
- 🐛 After winter stage alright
- 🐛 Seems unfinished
- 🐛 Dull
- 🐛 Reminded of Banner Saga
- 🐛 Without interesting characters
- 🐛 Gripping story missing
- 🐛 Two schools of COG games
- 🐛 Heavy on jargon
- 🐛 Stats cemented early
- 🐛 PC doesn't evolve
- 🐛 Characters hurled at you
- 🐛 Forgettable
- 🐛 Codex entries needed
- 🐛 Much time spent surviving winter
- 🐛 Instead of raising tension, becomes bore
- 🐛 Mercifully few checkpoints
- 🐛 Content doesn't inspire replays
- 🐛 Two endings abrupt
- 🐛 Didn't care about endings
- 🐛 Too early to judge
- 🐛 Little indications
- 🐛 Not aware of identity
- 🐛 No idea of age
- 🐛 Words too confusing
- 🐛 Chucked straight into it
- 🐛 Very little help
- 🐛 Irritating habit of resetting progress
- 🐛 Too many option blunders
- 🐛 Game didn't save progress
- 🐛 Stuck in unending loop
- 🐛 No option to move forward or back
- 🐛 Fix food rations
- 🐛 Storyline/plot inconsistencies
- 🐛 Don't make sense
- 🐛 Successful raid resulted in disbandment
- 🐛 Loss of leader trust
- 🐛 Fix storyline blunders
- 🐛 Develop more complex characters
- 🐛 Too many option blunders
- 🐛 Math focus
- 🐛 Skip option disadvantage
- 🐛 Takes away from game
- 🐛 Less grand moral quandaries
- 🐛 Standing for anything but banditry
- 🐛 Interesting characters
- 🐛 Story doesn't allow getting to know them
- 🐛 Winter part goes downhill
- 🐛 Shallow characters
- 🐛 Father barely mentioned
- 🐛 Fades into background
- 🐛 Story weak and boring
- 🐛 Incomplete story
- 🐛 Slightly off balance
- 🐛 Forced to travel with children
- 🐛 Not proper opportunity for food
- 🐛 Raiding strategic outposts after disaster
- 🐛 Combat combined with strategy
- 🐛 Intelligence builds seem underpowered
- 🐛 Difficulty achieving good outcomes
- 🐛 Too hard to be fun
- 🐛 Notable rebels unexpectedly
- 🐛 People suddenly knew
- 🐛 Little introduction
- 🐛 Barely knew Ciel
- 🐛 Don't know Alira
- 🐛 Viable leadership candidate
- 🐛 Automatically same gender
- 🐛 Forced and wrongheaded
- 🐛 Player-centric sexuality different form
- 🐛 Annoy players
- 🐛 Romance Suzanne without pretending gay
- 🐛 Straight/gay away twist
- 🐛 Elery romance option not available
- 🐛 Breden's reaction
- 🐛 Crush and best friend together
- 🐛 One-sided crush
- 🐛 Option reflecting choice
- 🐛 Intervene early
- 🐛 Harrowing
- 🐛 Save her
- 🐛 Spice up dialogue
- 🐛 Jargon heavy game
- 🐛 Weird romance options
- 🐛 RO always woman
- 🐛 Attracted to you
- 🐛 Switch orientation
- 🐛 Start something
- 🐛 Winter really long
- 🐛 Got boring
- 🐛 Not sure play second installment
- 🐛 Unless style/approach changed
- 🐛 Wasn't amazing
- 🐛 Outstanding characters missing
- 🐛 Memorable characters missing
- 🐛 Found interesting until winter
- 🐛 Winter so boring
- 🐛 After winter stage alright
- 🐛 Seems unfinished
- 🐛 Dull
- 🐛 Reminded of Banner Saga
- 🐛 Without interesting characters
- 🐛 Gripping story missing
- 🐛 Two schools of COG games
- 🐛 Heavy on jargon
- 🐛 Stats cemented early
- 🐛 PC doesn't evolve
- 🐛 Characters hurled at you
- 🐛 Forgettable
- 🐛 Codex entries needed
- 🐛 Much time spent surviving winter
- 🐛 Instead of raising tension, becomes bore
- 🐛 Mercifully few checkpoints
- 🐛 Content doesn't inspire replays
- 🐛 Two endings abrupt
- 🐛 Didn't care about endings
- 🐛 Only part 1
- 🐛 Not the full game
- 🐛 Next parts same price
- 🐛 Price too high
- 🐛 Better value elsewhere
- 🐛 Beginning is jarring info-dump
- 🐛 Hard to follow exposition
- 🐛 Winter events repeat
- 🐛 Mechanical glitches
- 🐛 Huge impact on success
- 🐛 Frustrating
- 🐛 Mules inaccessible
- 🐛 Mules not assignable
- 🐛 Counter updates incorrectly
- 🐛 Game doesn't fix
- 🐛 Exhausted as though no rest
- 🐛 Game forces skill use
- 🐛 Artificial
- 🐛 Can get you killed
- 🐛 Serious flaw
- 🐛 Chapter reset
- 🐛 Slightly sad
- 🐛 Too vast and overwhelming
- 🐛 Almost overwhelming
- 🐛 Bug when putting in numbers
- 🐛 Option blunders
- 🐛 Game didn't save progress
- 🐛 Stuck in unending loop
- 🐛 No option to move forward/back
- 🐛 Fix food rations
- 🐛 Storyline/plot inconsistencies
- 🐛 Don't make sense
- 🐛 Successful raid resulted in disbandment
- 🐛 Loss of leader trust
- 🐛 Fix storyline blunders
- 🐛 Develop more complex characters
- 🐛 Too many option blunders
- 🐛 Math focus
- 🐛 Skip option disadvantage
- 🐛 Takes away from game
- 🐛 Less grand moral quandaries
- 🐛 Standing for anything but banditry
- 🐛 Interesting characters
- 🐛 Story doesn't allow getting to know them
- 🐛 Winter part goes downhill
- 🐛 Shallow characters
- 🐛 Father barely mentioned
- 🐛 Fades into background
- 🐛 Story weak and boring
- 🐛 Incomplete story
- 🐛 Slightly off balance
- 🐛 Forced to travel with children
- 🐛 Not proper opportunity for food
- 🐛 Raiding strategic outposts after disaster
- 🐛 Combat combined with strategy
- 🐛 Intelligence builds seem underpowered
- 🐛 Difficulty achieving good outcomes
- 🐛 Too hard to be fun
- 🐛 Notable rebels unexpectedly
- 🐛 People suddenly knew
- 🐛 Little introduction
- 🐛 Barely knew Ciel
- 🐛 Don't know Alira
- 🐛 Viable leadership candidate
- 🐛 Automatically same gender
- 🐛 Forced and wrongheaded
- 🐛 Player-centric sexuality different form
- 🐛 Annoy players
- 🐛 Romance Suzanne without pretending gay
- 🐛 Straight/gay away twist
- 🐛 Elery romance option not available
- 🐛 Breden's reaction
- 🐛 Crush and best friend together
- 🐛 One-sided crush
- 🐛 Option reflecting choice
- 🐛 Intervene early
- 🐛 Harrowing
- 🐛 Save her
- 🐛 Spice up dialogue
- 🐛 Jargon heavy game
- 🐛 Weird romance options
- 🐛 RO always woman
- 🐛 Attracted to you
- 🐛 Switch orientation
- 🐛 Start something
- 🐛 Winter really long
- 🐛 Got boring
- 🐛 Not sure play second installment
- 🐛 Unless style/approach changed
- 🐛 Wasn't amazing
- 🐛 Outstanding characters missing
- 🐛 Memorable characters missing
- 🐛 Found interesting until winter
- 🐛 Winter so boring
- 🐛 After winter stage alright
- 🐛 Seems unfinished
- 🐛 Dull
- 🐛 Reminded of Banner Saga
- 🐛 Without interesting characters
- 🐛 Gripping story missing
- 🐛 Two schools of COG games
- 🐛 Heavy on jargon
- 🐛 Stats cemented early
- 🐛 PC doesn't evolve
- 🐛 Characters hurled at you
- 🐛 Forgettable
- 🐛 Codex entries needed
- 🐛 Much time spent surviving winter
- 🐛 Instead of raising tension, becomes bore
- 🐛 Mercifully few checkpoints
- 🐛 Content doesn't inspire replays
- 🐛 Two endings abrupt
- 🐛 Didn't care about endings

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Winter events repeat
- Mechanical glitches in key places
- Mules become inaccessible
- Mules not assignable
- Counter updates incorrectly
- Game doesn't fix mule issue
- Exhausted in next battle despite rest
- Game forces skill use artificially
- Chapter reset during play
- Bug when inputting numbers
- Game didn't save progress
- Stuck in unending loop during winter
- No option to move forward or back in storyline
- Storyline/plot inconsistencies
- Successful raid resulted in disbandment and loss of trust
- Some mechanical glitches in key places
- Mules may become inaccessible
- Mules not assignable
- Counter updates incorrectly
- Game doesn't fix mule issue
- Exhausted in next battle despite rest
- Game forces skill use artificially
- Chapter reset during play
- Bug when inputting numbers
- Game didn't save progress
- Stuck in unending loop during winter
- No option to move forward or back in storyline
- Storyline/plot inconsistencies
- Successful raid resulted in disbandment and loss of trust
- Jargon heavy game
- Weird romance options
- RO always woman and attracted to you
- Winter was really long and got boring
- Not sure about playing second installment unless style/approach changed
- Outstanding characters missing
- Memorable characters missing
- Found interesting until winter
- Winter so boring
- After winter stage alright
- Seems unfinished and dull
- Reminded of Banner Saga but without interesting characters and gripping story
- Two schools of COG games: character development vs jargon
- Heavy on jargon
- Stats cemented early, PC doesn't evolve
- Characters hurled at you, forgettable without codex
- Much time spent trying to survive winter, becomes a bore
- Mercifully few checkpoints
- Content doesn't inspire replays
- Two endings found are abrupt
- Didn't care about endings
- Too early to make a final judgment
- Very little indications of who you are
- Not aware of being from another kingdom
- No idea of age
- Words too confusing
- Chucked straight into it with very little help
- Irritating habit of resetting progress to the start of chapter one
- Too many option blunders
- Game didn't save progress
- Stuck in an unending loop during winter
- No option to move forward or back in the storyline
- Fix the food rations
- Storyline/plot inconsistencies that don’t make sense
- Successful raid resulted in disbandment of the rebel group and loss of leader trust
- Fix the storyline blunders
- Develop more complex characters
- Too many option blunders
- Math focus
- Skip option puts at disadvantage
- Takes away from game
- Less grand moral quandaries
- Standing for anything but banditry
- Interesting characters
- Story doesn’t allow getting to know them
- Winter part goes downhill
- Shallow characters
- Father barely mentioned and fades into background
- Story weak and boring
- Incomplete story
- Slightly off balance
- Forced to travel with children
- Not given proper opportunity for food
- Raiding strategic outposts for food and supplies until after disaster strikes
- Combat combined with strategy threw for a loop
- Intelligence builds seem underpowered
- Difficulty of achieving good outcomes tips toward too hard to be fun
- Notable rebels popped up unexpectedly
- People suddenly knew without much introduction
- Barely knew Ciel at first
- Don't really know who Alira is
- Viable leadership candidate after multiple playthroughs
- Simon/Suzanne and Kalt twins dynamics
- Attraction from gender you aren't attracted to
- Automatically same gender as you aren't attracted to seems forced and wrongheaded
- Player-centric sexuality in a different form that annoys players
- Romance Suzanne without pretending to be gay for male Breden
- Romance dynamics interesting enough on their own
- Straight/gay away twist
- Elery romance option not available until future installments
- Breden's reaction to crush and best friend together
- One-sided crush on MC
- Option reflecting choice to intervene early in harrowing
- Spice up Zvad dialogue
- Jargon heavy game
- Weird romance options
- RO always woman and attracted to you
- Winter was really long and got boring
- Not sure about playing second installment unless style/approach changed
- Outstanding characters missing
- Memorable characters missing
- Found interesting until winter
- Winter so boring
- After winter stage alright
- Seems unfinished and dull
- Reminded of Banner Saga but without interesting characters and gripping story
- Two schools of COG games: character development vs jargon
- Heavy on jargon
- Stats cemented early, PC doesn't evolve
- Characters hurled at you, forgettable without codex
- Much time spent trying to survive winter, becomes a bore
- Mercifully few checkpoints
- Content doesn't inspire replays
- Two endings found are abrupt
- Didn't care about endings

**Most requested features**

- Next portion/sequel release
- Cheat system (money, influence, stats)
- Lower price point
- More romance options
- More character backgrounds
- More interactions with romance options
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard

## Recent user reviews (10 of 59)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/choice-of-rebels-uprising/id1304501428/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Love this one

*2023-10-17*

You get a choices in the beginning that impact the late game, the story is spectacular, and if you pick the right route them you gain access to magic. There is also a random gen in it to randomly spring up events or even if you do something exactly the same as before the choices you made can have an either or effect. All in all a great game. I’m just curious when the next portion is coming out.

### 5/5 — Best choice of story game so far

*2022-12-04, version 1.0.5*

I’ve played around 20 of these games and I’d say this is the best one in terms of engagement/immersion, difficult choices, and differences your choices actually make. Well done. I eagerly await the sequel.

### 4/5 — Love it

*2022-05-19, version 1.0.5*

I love interactive adventure stories like this. I finished the first one and it said a second would be out soon but can’t tell if it’s going to happen or not.

### 5/5 — Love this game

*2020-07-20, version 1.0.4*

I am beyond shocked at how much I would fall in love with this game, I am truly lost for words and can’t wait for part 2

### 5/5 — Phenomenal writing and world building

*2020-01-20*

As someone who has played quite a few choice-driven narratives, I can confidently say that this is without a doubt the best out there. The writing is excellent, the world engaging and interesting; you’d be hard-presses to find another that rivals the quality of Choice of Rebels: Uprising.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2019-12-20, version 1.0.4*

Amazing story. I can’t wait till the next one comes out. It would be neat to add some kind of cheat system I think. I would like to go back and do it again with like a money cheat or an influence and stat cheat. Just to see what all I could do with it

### 4/5 — Extremely good, but not worth the price

*2019-11-07, version 1.0.4*

Honestly enjoyed the game to its most, but it’s not even the full game, and I wouldn’t doubt the next parts are the same price. If you lowered the price, it would be worth the money, but I could get better and more for the same price

### 5/5 — A Brilliant Read, Even Better Narrative Gameplay

*2019-10-11*

This is my all time favorite from the Choice of Games library. Choice of Rebels: Uprising’s immaculately written branching story allows for tremendous possibilities which create a deeply immersive experience. The rebellion is as much a character as your main character as you directly influence both. Are you a charismatic revolutionary trying to smash every corrupt Hegemonic institution (all of them) or are you a brilliant strategist plotting to overthrow the government with as little shake up to the status quo as possible (you bourgeoisie bastard). Trying to survive in the wilderness while being hunted was so immersive it made me feel like I was in the film “Defiance” with Daniel Craig.

### 5/5 — Great

*2019-07-26, version 1.0.4*

One of the best, immersive story, plenty of freedom and well developed characters. When’s part two ?

### 5/5 — Not only an amazing game but an amazing story

*2019-06-18*

The author clearly approaches this as a novel that can be played as a game rather than a game that can be read as a novel. This leads to compelling characters, thought provoking themes, and an endlessly fascinating world. Your choices heavily affect the outcomes later in the game. I’ve played through the entire thing multiple times and I’m still not even close to being tired of it. Can’t wait for the sequel.

## Frequently asked questions about Choice of Rebels

### What is Choice of Rebels: Uprising?

Choice of Rebels: Uprising is a 637,000-word interactive fantasy novel where your decisions profoundly impact the story. It is entirely text-based, relying on your imagination rather than graphics or sound.

### What kind of choices can I make in the game?

You can choose your character's gender, sexual orientation, and background (renegade, aristocrat, or slave). You'll also decide how to lead your outlaw band, whether as a mage, general, or mystic priest, and how to approach reforming or creating a religion.

### Is this game free to play?

The application is free to download and play, but it does contain in-app purchases. These purchases may offer additional content or ways to enhance your gameplay experience.

### What platforms is Choice of Rebels: Uprising available on?

While specific platform details are not provided in the description, this is a mobile application, suggesting it is available on iOS and Android devices. The text-based nature means it requires minimal system resources.

### What are the main goals in Choice of Rebels: Uprising?

The primary goal is to lead a revolt against the oppressive Hegemony and its blood mages. This involves surviving the first winter, recruiting allies from various social classes, defeating enemy forces, and potentially finding romance among your fellow rebels.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.9 — 2026-01-08

You can now choose a font in the Settings menu. Switch to Helvetica for crisp sans-serif text, or try the OpenDyslexic font, designed against some common symptoms of dyslexia. If you enjoy "Choice of Rebels: Uprising", please leave us a written review. It really helps!

### 1.0.7 — 2023-06-27

Bug fixes. If you enjoy "Choice of Rebels: Uprising", please leave us a written review. It really helps!

### 1.0.6 — 2023-04-25

Now you can disable touch slide controls in Settings. If you enjoy "Choice of Rebels: Uprising", please leave us a written review. It really helps!

### 1.0.5 — 2021-10-26

Bug fixes. If you enjoy this game, please leave us a written review. It really helps!

### 1.0.4 — 2018-05-05

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Added support for iPhone X and fixed a crashing bug. If you enjoy playing "Choice of Rebels: Uprising," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

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