Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive novel
  • Multiple story paths
  • Character customization (gender, orientation)
  • Choice-driven gameplay
  • Fantasy combat and magic
  • University life simulation
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Story mode with level progression
  • Survival mode
  • Boss and demon fights
  • Fantastic 3D environments
  • Simple game controls
  • Companions
Features
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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

Screenshots

First Year Demons4 screens
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
First Year Demons versus Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst Year DemonsSamurai Fighting Ninja Shadow
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.2 (10 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 13 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB140 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCPamir Khan

Customer experience

First Year Demons

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

First Year Demons

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow

One-time6
  • 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

Questions

Is First Year Demons free?
First Year Demons costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow free?
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, First Year Demons or Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow?
Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow is rated higher. First Year Demons averages 2.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do First Year Demons or Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow have ads?
Both First Year Demons and Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow show ads.
Which is updated more often, First Year Demons or Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow?
First Year Demons ships an update every 23 months, and Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow every 13 months. Most recently, First Year Demons was updated on June 1, 2026 and Samurai Fighting Ninja Shadow on October 24, 2026.

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