Comparison

The 3Games vs Hosted Games

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The 3Games

An interactive, text-based novel set in a futuristic city where reality shows and superpowers are intertwined. Make critical choices to guide your characters through dangerous situations, form alliances, and survive.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive novel
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Superpowers and reality shows
  • Multiple playable characters
  • Team building and loyalty mechanics
  • Relationship options
  • Multiple endings
Features
Read full description

Imagine an independent city in space, where drugs are a source of superpowers and lethal reality shows a source of income. Team up with equally desperate citizens and fight for your life. How many will you save from an untimely death? "The 3Games" is an interactive novel by Ema L. Bícová and Anna Michalcová where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--200,000 words, without graphics or sound-effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. • Join a deadly reality show to fulfill your dreams. Follow or surrender your secret agenda. • Take control of five characters diverse in gender, race and sexuality. • Form the best team you can and test mutual loyalty. Betray your teammates to create new alliances. • Enter a polyamorous relationship. Enjoy a night with no strings attached to take your mind off of tension. • Utilize your skills and superpowers to escape life threatening situations and get your enemies before they get you! • Save all five characters from death or sacrifice some in favor of another. Replay to see who lives under different choices!

About

Hosted Games

Explore a vast library of text-based interactive novels where your choices shape the narrative. Engage in diverse genres from horror and fantasy to romance and sci-fi, all powered by your imagination. Create your own stories using a simple scripting language.

Highlights
  • Vast library of interactive novels
  • Text-based storytelling
  • Choice-driven narratives
  • Multiple genres available
  • Create your own games
  • ChoiceScript programming language
Features
Read full description

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

Screenshots

The 3Games4 screens
Hosted Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hosted Games at fortnightly against The 3Games's every 19 months. Hosted Games also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 29) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). The 3Games's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. The 3Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hosted Games sells 33 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hosted Games holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Games has 1K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of The 3Games's written reviews are positive against 77% of Hosted Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The 3Games ships an update every 19 months, Hosted Games fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The 3Games versus Hosted Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe 3GamesHosted Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (29 ratings)4.7 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better77.5% of reviews
Number of ratings291K — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB97 MB
Age rating12++12
DeveloperHosted Games LLCHosted Games LLC

Customer experience

The 3Games

All ratings29 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Hosted Games

All ratings956 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative16.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The 3Games

One-time1
  • Rest of the Game$5.99
33 purchases

Hosted Games

One-time33
  • Dragon of Steelthorne$2.99
  • Side Stories 21-30$2.99
  • First Bull Run$2.99
Show 30 more
  • Tokyo Wizard$2.99
  • It Takes Three to Tango$3.99
  • Divine Ascension$4.99
  • Samurai of Hyuga$4.99
  • Keeper's Vigil$5.99
  • World War II Armored Recon$5.99
  • Life as a Lich$5.99
  • Velocity: The Race Begins$6.99
  • Keeper of the Sun and Moon$6.99
  • Samurai of Hyuga Book 6$6.99
  • Fallen Hero: Rebirth$6.99
  • Hero or Villain: Genesis$6.99
  • A Kiss from Death$6.99
  • Kitsune$6.99
  • Whiskey-Four$6.99
  • Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One$7.99
  • The Soul Stone War$7.99
  • Leas: City of the Sun$7.99
  • The People's House$7.99
  • Scales of Justice$7.99
  • Tale of Two Cranes$8.99
  • Breach: The Archangel Job$8.99
  • Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two$8.99
  • Saturnine$8.99
  • The Golden Rose: Book One$11.99
  • Diaspora$11.99
  • Wayhaven Chronicles Three$11.99
  • Fallen Hero: Retribution$11.99
  • An Unexpectedly Green Journey$11.99
  • Fields of Asphodel$11.99

Questions

Is The 3Games free?
The 3Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hosted Games free?
Hosted Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The 3Games or Hosted Games?
Hosted Games is rated higher. The 3Games averages 4.5 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Hosted Games averages 4.7 from 1K ratings.
Do The 3Games or Hosted Games have ads?
Both The 3Games and Hosted Games show ads.
Which is updated more often, The 3Games or Hosted Games?
The 3Games ships an update every 19 months, and Hosted Games fortnightly. Most recently, The 3Games was updated on October 23, 2026 and Hosted Games on October 29, 2026.

Other comparisons