Comparison

Hosted Games vs Undercover Agent!

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

Head to head
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
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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

About

Undercover Agent!

Engage in a text-based interactive novel where you play as a secret agent on a mission to retrieve a bio-weapon. Your choices determine your success, relationships, and survival.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive novel
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Character skill development
  • Multiple endings
  • Espionage and intrigue
  • Relationship building
Features
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Think fast and lie faster! When you go undercover to retrieve a deadly new bio-weapon, can you pull off the mission and escape with your life? Undercover Agent is an interactive novel by Naomi Laeuchli. It's entirely text-based--135,000 words, without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. You are the top operative at the DTU (Domestic Terrorist Unit), a covert agency that specializes in investigating terrorist groups on US soil. As Silas Bishop's administrative assistant, you are in a prime position to spy on his business and search for the deadly weapon his scientists have engineered. But word has leaked there’s a mole, and you’re running out of time. Can you depend on your computer hacking skills to get you out of a tight spot or will you count on your brawn? Would you rather sneak where you shouldn’t be found or bluff your way in with pure charisma and charm? And what about those friends you’ve made while undercover? Can they be trusted, or would you rather just use them? Cover your tracks, delay the mole hunt, and plot your escape. • Rescue your best friend or leave him to his fate • Avoid detection or kill those who suspect you • Find love with your handler or even your enemy’s son • Frame your coworkers or protect them • Plant bugs, hack computers, crawl through vents, and use your charms • Bribe, torture, or threaten information from targets • Go on the run or earn a promotion • Expose the mole in your own agency or join forces • Retrieve the weapon, destroy it, or sell it

Screenshots

Hosted Games4 screens
Undercover Agent!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hosted Games at Free against Undercover Agent!'s $4.99. Hosted Games also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). Undercover Agent!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 35) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support 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

Hosted Games is free to download; Undercover Agent! costs $4.99 up front. Hosted Games sells 33 one-off in-app purchases. Undercover Agent! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hosted Games holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Games has 956 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Hosted Games's written reviews are positive against 67% of Undercover Agent!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, Undercover Agent! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hosted Games versus Undercover Agent!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHosted GamesUndercover Agent!
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (956 ratings) — better3.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings956 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB28 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCChoice of Games LLC

Customer experience

Hosted Games

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

Undercover Agent!

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

33 purchases

Hosted Games

One-time33
  • Dragon of Steelthorne$2.99
  • Side Stories 21-30$2.99
  • First Bull Run$2.99
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  • 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
None

Undercover Agent!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hosted Games free?
Hosted Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Undercover Agent! free?
Undercover Agent! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hosted Games or Undercover Agent!?
Hosted Games is rated higher. Hosted Games averages 4.7 out of 5 from 956 ratings, while Undercover Agent! averages 3.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Hosted Games or Undercover Agent! have ads?
Both Hosted Games and Undercover Agent! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hosted Games or Undercover Agent!?
Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, and Undercover Agent! every 4 months. Most recently, Hosted Games was updated on October 18, 2026 and Undercover Agent! on October 8, 2026.

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