Comparison

Hosted Games vs Cursed Lands

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

Cursed Lands

Embark on an RPG adventure to uncover the mystery of a spreading mist and a destroyed army. Assemble a strike team, recruit allies, and utilize a unique social talent system to influence enemies and explore multiple romance options.

Highlights
  • Investigate a mysterious mist
  • Assemble a strike team
  • Recruit allies from across the land
  • Innovative social talent system
  • Bluff, intimidate, and coerce enemies
  • Multiple romance options
  • Bonus romance scenes and CGs
Features
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A mysterious mist spreads from the Castle of N'Mar. The Empire sent an army to investigate, but it was destroyed. You assume the role of the Envoy, secretly serving the Grimoire Council, and must assemble a small strike team to investigate what is happening, and put a stop to whatever evil is lurking in the Caste of N'Mar. With the help of Karen, Queen of the Amazons, you'll need to recruit a team of people, united by a common goal, from all corners of Aravorn. The game plays like a RPG with an innovative social talent system that lets you take advantage of your enemies personalities. You can bluff, intimidate, coerce and even get a cease fire during some battles. Killing all enemies is no longer the only option at your disposal. Four bisexual romance options (Nuala the nomad, Vaeril the fallen druid, Sylrissa and Enok the nagas), one lesbian romance (Leena the amazon) and one homosexual (Jasper the pirate). For the first time in any Winter Wolves game, you can romance more than one love interest. Of course, be ready to face any possible consequences! Another innovation is that after you choose your final love interest, you'll also get two more bonus scenes with relative pin-up CG as couple.

Screenshots

Hosted Games4 screens
Cursed Lands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cursed Lands at none against Hosted Games's shown. Cursed Lands also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Hosted Games's advantage is ratings volume (956 vs 11) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Hosted Games sells 33 one-off in-app purchases and Cursed Lands sells 2 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Games has 956 ratings behind it against 11, 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 71% of Cursed Lands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, Cursed Lands every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hosted Games versus Cursed Lands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHosted GamesCursed Lands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (956 ratings) — better4.4 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings956 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB216 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCCelso Riva

Customer experience

Hosted Games

All ratings956 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.6%
Negative16.0%

Cursed Lands

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

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
2 purchases

Cursed Lands

One-time2
  • Money and XP Cheat$0.99
  • Play the full story$11.99

Questions

Is Hosted Games free?
Hosted Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cursed Lands free?
Cursed Lands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hosted Games or Cursed Lands?
Hosted Games is rated higher. Hosted Games averages 4.7 out of 5 from 956 ratings, while Cursed Lands averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do Hosted Games or Cursed Lands have ads?
Hosted Games shows ads; Cursed Lands does not.
Which is updated more often, Hosted Games or Cursed Lands?
Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, and Cursed Lands every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hosted Games was updated on September 26, 2026 and Cursed Lands on June 5, 2026.

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