Noble Man vs Hosted Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noble Man
Engage in a gripping, choice-driven spy novel where you embody different characters. Navigate a gritty narrative filled with suspense and make critical decisions that shape the story's outcome. Explore multiple paths and uncover secrets in this immersive text adventure.
- Choice-based narrative
- Multiple playable characters
- Spy novel theme
- 49 chapters
- Over 100 achievements
- Text adventure RPG
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A full-length, choice-based spy novel (text adventure RPG) where YOU play the characters! Play an ex-CIA agent who has gone rogue to fight human trafficking. Make choices for a kidnap victim. Play a ruthless killer for hire. Put yourself into the shoes of the characters and watch the story unfold, but be careful what choices you make. Death is always near. 49 chapters of gritty adventure and white-knuckled suspense. Over 100 achievements, from the silly to the challenging and of course TONS of interesting choices. And it's all free. Sweet, sweet, freedom! Reading made addictive!
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.
- Vast library of interactive novels
- Text-based storytelling
- Choice-driven narratives
- Multiple genres available
- Create your own games
- ChoiceScript programming language
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hosted Games at fortnightly against Noble Man's every 6 weeks. Hosted Games also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 117). Noble Man's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Noble Man sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Hosted Games sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Noble Man against 4.7 for Hosted Games. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Games has 1K ratings behind it against 117, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Noble Man's written reviews are positive against 77% of Hosted Games's.
Noble Man ships an update every 6 weeks, Hosted Games fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noble Man | Hosted Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (117 ratings) | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 77.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +12 |
| Developer | Delight Games LLC | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
Noble Man
Hosted Games
In-app purchases
Noble Man
- 3 coins$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 5 coins$0.99
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- 12 coins$2.99
- 18 coins$2.99
Hosted Games
- Keeper of the Sun and Moon$6.99
- Fallen Hero: Rebirth$6.99
- Hero or Villain: Genesis$6.99
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- A Kiss from Death$6.99
- Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One$7.99
- The Soul Stone War$7.99
- Breach: The Archangel Job$8.99
- Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two$8.99
- The Golden Rose: Book One$11.99
- Wayhaven Chronicles Three$11.99
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