First Year Demons vs Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Year Demons
Navigate university life while secretly battling demons and upholding your family's ancient duty. Make choices that shape your story, balancing academics, social life, and supernatural responsibilities. Explore a text-based fantasy adventure with multiple paths and outcomes.
- Text-based interactive novel
- Multiple story paths
- Character customization (gender, orientation)
- Choice-driven gameplay
- Fantasy combat and magic
- University life simulation
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For generations, your family has kept China safe from chaos demons. Now you must uphold that duty while you're at university--just don't tell your roommates! "First Year Demons" is an interactive fantasy novel by Rebecca Slitt, author of "Psy High." Your choices control the story. It's two games in one: a 30,000-word educational game, and a 43,000-word version of the same story that's just for fun. Both games are entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. As the youngest member of a family with a secret and ancient duty to keep China safe from demons, you must balance your relatives' traditional values and expectations with the challenges of your first year at college and your secret study of potions, sword, and spells. Between dormroom parties and chemistry study sessions, you'll experience battle and betrayal. You'll learn just how important it is to stay close to your family--your life may depend on it! You'll see how China is changing: maybe it's better to offer your ancestors a smartphone than to slay a demon in their memory. And above all, you must not let your friends know why you really sneak out of your dorm so late at night! Demons are all around you, and you never know what might be hiding behind a friendly face. • Battle chaos demons! • Play as male or female, gay, straight or bi • Hit the books, or go out and party! • Stay close to your family or turn against them and be cast out • Specialize in swords, magic, or potions
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow
Embark on a quest to save your village from a cruel wizard. As the last samurai, battle enemies and powerful bosses through various game modes, including story and survival. Explore fantastic 3D environments with simple controls.
- Story mode with level progression
- Survival mode
- Boss and demon fights
- Fantastic 3D environments
- Simple game controls
- Companions
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Shraizumi Town has been attacked by a cruel wizard Ronin and all the population has been wiped out. To bring back the people back and save his town Samurai Yukimura is going to fight Ronin and take back whats his by right. Samurai Yukimura is the only one left. Now he is going to fight for his people and take down Ronin. The is consist of four types of game play in which there are Story mode. In story mode you have to take down all the enemies and complete level thus the story continue to the next level. There are boss fights too in which you have to face bosses. Other modes are survival mode in which you have to survival. Game Features: - Fantastic and amazing 3D environments. - Simple and easiest game controls. - Boss fights and demons fights. - Four types of levels including story mode. - Companions included
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow at Free against First Year Demons's $3.99. Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.2). First Year Demons's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow is free to download; First Year Demons costs $3.99 up front. Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. First Year Demons asks for nothing beyond the download.
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively.
First Year Demons ships an update every 23 months, Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Year Demons | Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.2 (10 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Pamir Khan |
Customer experience
First Year Demons
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow
In-app purchases
First Year Demons
No in-app purchases
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 18 Gems Pack$1.99
- 45 Gems Pack$4.99
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- 100 Gems Pack$9.99
- 325 Gems Pack$31.99
- 15000 Gems Pack$99.99
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