Comparison

Hosted Games vs Monarchia

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

Monarchia

Rule a monarchy by making critical decisions that impact your treasury, army, and authority. Engage in historical battles and manage internal affairs to maintain your position on the throne against rivals and internal threats.

Highlights
  • Make impactful decisions
  • Manage kingdom resources
  • Engage in historical battles
  • Conquer new territories
  • Deal with internal threats
  • Balance competing demands
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Your decisions will determine how long you will be on the throne. You're the only one who can rule in the monarchy! As long as you are on the throne, everyone will have their wishes, each election will affect another power of your empire. You have to keep the balance, so you don't lose the throne. You will need to make decisions to protect your land with your throne. With simplified versions of true war tactics in history such as the conquest of Constantinople, the Battle of Thermopia, the Battle of Nigbolu, the Battle of Deligrad, and the siege of Alaşehir, you will make the conquests as commander. Every month you reign, you face a different challenge. Your elections will have consequences for the state treasury, the people, the army, and your authority. Your tactics in battles will determine whether you can conquer more territory besides the problems of your kingdom. You'll have to deal with wars, assassins, and mysterious guests. At the same time, the demands of your clergy, people, palace dynasty will offer you difficult choices. As a ruler, you must make impulsive, tolerant, cruel, or loving decisions to avoid losing power. You must make choices by considering the intrigues of the palace and prolonging your stay on the throne because there are many suitors on the throne.

Screenshots

Hosted Games4 screens
Monarchia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hosted Games at Free against Monarchia's $0.99. Hosted Games also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1K vs 83). Monarchia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 35) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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; Monarchia costs $0.99 up front. Hosted Games sells 33 one-off in-app purchases. Monarchia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hosted Games holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Games has 1K ratings behind it against 83, 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 Monarchia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, Monarchia weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hosted Games versus Monarchia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHosted GamesMonarchia
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.0 (83 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better83
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB118 MB
Age rating12++9
DeveloperHosted Games LLCFatih Beceren

Customer experience

Hosted Games

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

Monarchia

All ratings83 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral7.2%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Hosted Games

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Monarchia

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Poor grammar and story lines that don't make sense
  • Annoying when going over a category and the next turn ends the game
  • Grammar is incorrect, making it difficult to decode dialogue
  • Assassin can come at any time, making survival a dice roll
  • Game does not allow you to see what your choices will do

Requested features

25 requests
  • Wish for kids to continue after losing from one of the four bars
  • Add Russian language support
  • Add a family tree and a way to see relatives and heirs
  • Dynasty system where empire stays until all family members are gone
  • Knowing what effects choices will have (like Reigns)
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  • Add more historical figures
  • Ability to place different countries and add different time periods
  • More customization and visible rewards for good decisions
  • Allow moving all around the room
  • Add German language support
  • Dynasty system with a family tree; start over if all die
  • More complex battle mechanics
  • A different game type for advancement through conquest
  • Next monarch should inherit land
  • More choices and decisions
  • Save states to save data
  • Expand on treasury, army, etc.
  • Make a game in Polish
  • New monarch should inherit lands instead of resetting
  • Improve battle choices
  • Add a time element (historical periods)
  • Improve affairs system
  • Add playable factions (Byzantine Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, etc.)
  • Add Russian language support
  • Tutorial explaining how to lose the game

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

Monarchia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hosted Games free?
Hosted Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monarchia free?
Monarchia costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hosted Games or Monarchia?
Hosted Games is rated higher. Hosted Games averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Monarchia averages 4.0 from 83 ratings.
Do Hosted Games or Monarchia have ads?
Hosted Games shows ads; Monarchia does not.
Which is updated more often, Hosted Games or Monarchia?
Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, and Monarchia weekly. Most recently, Hosted Games was updated on October 21, 2026 and Monarchia on October 20, 2026.

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