# Hosted Games — Interactive novels made by YOU > Text-based interactive novels and a platform for creating them. (iPhone/iPad app by Hosted Games LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hosted-games/id1302297731 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Hosted Games LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/482415564) - Category: Games, Books, Adventure, Role Playing - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.70/5 from 956 App Store ratings · 211 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 94 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2018-03-27 - Data updated: 2026-08-28 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hosted-games/id1302297731/reviews.md ## What is Hosted Games? The choice is yours! Joust for love and glory, solve an eldritch murder, find romance, or battle aliens with Magitek? "Hosted Games" is a magnificent library of interactive novels, written by authors like you. Hosted Games are entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Try a few of these fan favorites: • Zombie Exodus — Fight your way out of a zombie-filled city in this interactive horror story! • Fallen Hero — Step into the shoes of a telepath turned villain and explore the dark side. • Wayhaven Chronicles — Something stalks the shadows, and it's up to you to find out what! • Sabres of Infinity — Step into the boots of a Royal Dragoon in this tale of war in a fantasy world. • Golden Rose — Explore a medieval Europe where history took a different turn! • Soul Stone War — Fight for the future—your own, and the world's! Your fate is yours. • I, the Forgotten One — Can you defeat the rebellion in your kingdom before your past consumes you? • An Unexpectedly Green Journey — From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Are you destined for glory? • Fields of Asphodel — Join the ranks of the Underworld's misfit gods and make it your home! • Tin Star — Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal and craft a legend. Authors just like you have developed these games using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Learn more at https://hostedgames.org ## Key features - Vast library of interactive novels - Text-based storytelling - Choice-driven narratives - Multiple genres available - Create your own games - ChoiceScript programming language ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | The Golden Rose: Book One | $11.99 | one-time | | Tale of Two Cranes | $8.99 | one-time | | Divine Ascension | $4.99 | one-time | | Dragon of Steelthorne | $2.99 | one-time | | Diaspora | $11.99 | one-time | | Velocity: The Race Begins | $6.99 | one-time | | Keeper's Vigil | $5.99 | one-time | | Breach: The Archangel Job | $8.99 | one-time | | Samurai of Hyuga | $4.99 | one-time | | Keeper of the Sun and Moon | $6.99 | one-time | | Samurai of Hyuga Book 6 | $6.99 | one-time | | Fallen Hero: Rebirth | $6.99 | one-time | | Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One | $7.99 | one-time | | Hero or Villain: Genesis | $6.99 | one-time | | Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two | $8.99 | one-time | | The Soul Stone War | $7.99 | one-time | | A Kiss from Death | $6.99 | one-time | | Wayhaven Chronicles Three | $11.99 | one-time | | Side Stories 21-30 | $2.99 | one-time | | Saturnine | $8.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 211) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hosted-games/id1302297731/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Glitching text input *2026-07-28, version 3.2.6* I love this app, but I wanted to let you guys know that I'm running into a big. I'm trying to play The Soul Stone War, and whenever it wants me to input text, the game freezes. It's keeping me from playing the game entirely. ### 1/5 — Disgusting piece of trash company *2026-06-28, version 3.2.6* Hosted games disgust on a level that I cannot express here. Hopefully they go bankrupt. I hope. ### 4/5 — The grim and I *2026-06-10* I’m not sure if this is where I should go for technical difficulties, but I can’t seem to get a hold of this one. I am on my sister’s account and she purchased this one, but I can’t seem to play it because they won’t let me restore purchases on the rare occasions it does let me restore purchases. It says that this one is not purchased. But I know she purchased it because she played it all the way to completion it usually makes me wait for a long time before I can restore purchases, but it usually gives them to me eventually, but not this one ### 3/5 — Great stories but the ad system is annoying *2026-05-20* I’ve noticed that for a lot of games, the amount of times where you’ll have to leave for 20 minutes and then watch an ad to continue is ridiculous. For example, the “Life of a Mercenary” game has several moments where you’ll need to wait, then watch an ad, and then only a few screens later the same thing happens. It’s very frustrating. ### 1/5 — EXPENSIVE *2026-05-19, version 3.1.0* £5 for 1 chapter is such a ripoff ### 4/5 — Lots of writing issues *2026-04-10* First off - enjoyable. Secondly, so many typos, codes just blatantly visible that really breaks emersion. Assuming the writer has english as a second language. It still never should have been published in this condition. 4/5 ### 5/5 — Great *2026-03-11, version 3.1.0* Great game! ### 4/5 — My review of My Day off Work, *2026-03-10* Hello, and thank you so much for creating this game. I have played and replayed My Day off Work many times already ever since I first discovered it earlier this year, and it has brought me many hours of joy and entertainment. It is lots of fun, and easily replayable. I do have one question, however. Is it possible for anyone to play the game, and get more than 20 or 25 points? If so, how could it be done? Any response would be appreciated. As for the rest of Hosted Games, I think it’s a great app with lots of fun and interesting stories. My favorites are the historical and slice of life stories. ### 5/5 — Bugs and issues *2026-02-15, version 3.1.0* Been experiencing a lot of bugs lately. Jittering happens a lot, lagging is happening more than ever before (at one point even leading to the game not recognizing I clicked on a consequential choice, forcing me to restart), and if I happen to have low power mode turned on, it’s a guarantee that the app is going to move sluggishly. ### 1/5 — Very good! *2026-02-12, version 3.1.0* Some of the best text based games I’ve seen its a mix of very good and very bad but I’ve certainly seen more on the positive side currently the selection is a little small but every once in a while something new releases and the app continues to be fixed and polished regularly strange its not just morphed into choice of games llc but content is content Edit: all my purchases were lost and the app refuses to refund me or the items I purchased forcing me to change my review to a one ## Frequently asked questions about Hosted Games ### What kind of games does Hosted Games offer? Hosted Games offers a wide variety of entirely text-based interactive novels. These games span numerous genres, including horror, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, and western, allowing players to immerse themselves in diverse narratives driven by their choices. ### How do I play the games? The games are played by making choices presented to you throughout the story. Your decisions directly influence the plot, character relationships, and the ultimate outcome of the narrative. There are no graphics or sound effects; the experience is fueled by your imagination. ### Can I create my own interactive novels? Yes, the platform is designed to empower users to create their own interactive novels using ChoiceScript. This is a simple programming language that makes game development accessible even for those without prior programming experience. ### Is Hosted Games free to play? The app itself is free to download and offers a library of games. While some games may be free to try, many require in-app purchases to unlock full content or access premium features, aligning with a free with in-app purchases monetization model. ### What are some popular game examples? Popular titles include 'Zombie Exodus' for a horror survival experience, 'Fallen Hero' for exploring a villainous path, and 'Wayhaven Chronicles' for a supernatural mystery. Other fan favorites cover fantasy, historical fiction, and western genres. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.2.6 — 2026-06-06 3.2.6: • Fixed a crashing bug when receiving a push notification. New in v3: • Purchases now automatically restore (when you’re logged in). • Check out the newly improved Troubleshooting section in Settings. • Fixed a bug where cheats (and other places where stats change on the stats screen) weren’t working. • Performance improvements. • Search for authors and game series. • We now hide the clock and battery (the “status bar”). You can go to the Settings tab and enable “Show clock and battery,” if you like. • “Top Rated” now sorts by average rating. (On the Store tab, we filter out games with fewer than 25 ratings.) If you enjoy “Hosted Games,” please leave us a written review! It really helps. ### 3.2.3 — 2026-06-01 3.2.3: • Fixed a bug where cheats (and other places where stats change on the stats screen) weren’t working. New in v3: • Purchases now automatically restore (when you’re logged in). • Check out the newly improved Troubleshooting section in Settings. • Fixed a bug where cheats (and other places where stats change on the stats screen) weren’t working. • Performance improvements. • Search for authors and game series. • We now hide the clock and battery (the “status bar”). You can go to the Settings tab and enable “Show clock and battery,” if you like. • “Top Rated” now sorts by average rating. (On the Store tab, we filter out games with fewer than 25 ratings.) If you enjoy “Hosted Games,” please leave us a written review! It really helps. ### 3.2.1 — 2026-05-28 • Purchases now automatically restore (when you’re logged in). • Check out the newly improved Troubleshooting section in Settings. • Fixed a bug where cheats (and other places where stats change on the stats screen) weren’t working. • Performance improvements. • Search for authors and game series. • We now hide the clock and battery (the “status bar”). You can go to the Settings tab and enable “Show clock and battery,” if you like. • “Top Rated” now sorts by average rating. (On the Store tab, we filter out games with fewer than 25 ratings.) If you enjoy “Hosted Games,” please leave us a written review! It really helps. ### 3.1.0 — 2026-01-05 You can now choose a font on the Settings tab. Switch to Helvetica for crisp sans-serif text, or try the OpenDyslexic font, designed against some common symptoms of dyslexia. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps! ### 3.0.8 — 2025-12-10 We've improved our achievement support! • We now support Game Center achievements. These achievements are separate from the achievements in each individual game, applying to achievements across multiple games. View your unlocked achievements and achievement progress on the My Library tab. • Now, your achievements and game progress are backed up to Game Center, so if you delete the app and reinstall, your achievements will be there, waiting for you. • To fully reset the app, use the Settings --> Troubleshooting --> Game State menu. There, you can delete individual save files or "Delete All" to reset everything, if you're sure about that. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. 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