Comparison

Serania vs KingdomGame

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

Head to head
About

Serania

Embark on a text-based role-playing adventure to uncover your past and escape pursuers. Make choices, explore a fantasy world, and engage in combat and skill development. The first part of the story is free to play.

Highlights
  • Engaging fantasy story with choices
  • Explore a detailed story world
  • Interact with characters
  • Complete missions and improve skills
  • Manage inventory and combat
  • Uncover ancestral truth
Features
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Escape the Blackblades and search for answers about your mysterious past in this new, fresh take on the text-based role playing genre. You can play the first 1/4 of the game for free. If the game is for you, you can buy access to the full story. FEATURES: * An engaging fantasy story, where you choose what to do * Freely explore the world of the story * Meet and interact with other characters * Go on missions, improve your skills, and fight deadly battles * Manage your inventory, use items, buy, sell or use in combat * Follow the clues and find out the truth about your ancestry! AWARDS: Best Narrative - Silver Winner NYX Game Awards 2021 Best Storytelling - Silver Winner NYX Game Awards 2021 PRESS: “... a stunningly well-written and enthralling text adventure.” - GameBookNews "Serania: Path of the Scion is a Must Play if You Like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Books" - GameSpew "Serania – Path of the Scion excels as an engaging narrative experience that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere, with a streamlined interface that seamlessly integrates all aspects of the game naturally." - IndieHive

About

KingdomGame

Lead a fledgling nation in a massively multiplayer real-time strategy game. Expand your kingdom, manage resources, train troops, and engage in diplomacy or warfare with players worldwide. Research technologies to gain an advantage and defend your realm.

Highlights
  • Kingdom expansion and city management
  • Real-time multiplayer strategy
  • Resource management and citizen happiness
  • Troop training and combat
  • Diplomacy and alliances
  • Technology research and development
  • Push notifications for key events
Features
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TOWNS AND CITIES EXPANSION: The first free KingdomGame expansion, Towns and Cities, has been released. The Towns and Cities expansion expands the control that a Kingdom Ruler has on their Kingdom, deciding how the towns and cities within their realm are configured... giving each ruler a wealth of new options for their Kingdom builds to support their strategy. ----- Fight in a world of a thousand kingdoms by ruling your own! KingdomGame puts you in control as the absolute leader of a fledgling nation as it begins on it's path to riches, glory and political intrigue. Will you be a warmonger, fighting with those kingdoms around you? Will you be a trader producing goods for sale around the globe? Or will you be a spymaster, hidden in the shadows waiting to strike? KingdomGame is a massively multiplayer real-time strategy game. Construct buildings, give orders to your troops and watch it all unfold as your Kingdom competes for land and supremacy against players all over the world. The unique in-game mechanics allow you to manage all aspects of your Kingdom. Balance the happiness of your citizens through tax rates against the monetary requirements of the Kingdom. Train troops to defend against warring neighbours or strike them at the opportune moment to capture their lands for your own. Develop peaceful relations with other Kingdoms to establish alliances for protection and trade. As your Kingdom grows research new skills and technologies to give you an advantage over those who would seek to steal your lands. The technology tree features many paths, will you become a master of tactics and defeat all who would oppose you on the battlefield or become a master builder with impenetrable walls. Your Kingdom will continue to run while your away. Stay up to date with push notifications for key events. KingdomGame is free to download and play however the app does offer in-app purchases of green gems which can be used to speed up various aspects of the game. Additionally, some features are only available through premium subscriptions in the app. Subscriptions provide access to nett worth over time charts for all Kingdoms, advance pigeon management options and daily blue gems. The number of blue gems received each day depends on the length of the subscription. 1 month = 2 blue gems per day, 3 month = 3 blue gems per day, 6 month = 4 blue gems per day, and 12 month = 5 blue gems per day. Subscription Notice: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of use: https://www.kingdomgame.net/termsofservice Notes: - KingdomGame is free to play and offers in-app purchases and subscriptions. - The app offers push notifications to keep you updated on key events while you're away. - A network connection is required to play, offline mode is not available. - The app is optimised from phones, not tablets.

Screenshots

Serania4 screens
KingdomGame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Serania at 4.6 against KingdomGame's 4.1. Serania also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 52%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Serania sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KingdomGame sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Serania holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 135 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Serania's written reviews are positive against 52% of KingdomGame's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Serania ships an update every 10 days, KingdomGame every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Serania versus KingdomGame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeraniaKingdomGame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (157 ratings) — better4.1 (135 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better52.2% of reviews
Number of ratings157 — better135
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.38.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB44 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPeter RavnholtPhutty Studios LTD.

Customer experience

Serania

All ratings157 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative13.0%

KingdomGame

All ratings131 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.8%

Bugs and requests

Serania

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Combat options disappear
  • Enemies can dodge while 'paralyzed'
  • Life doesn't fully restore upon leveling up
  • Stuck in temple ruins without a boat option
  • Final boss is impossible to hit/beat
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  • Choices are arbitrary, leading to death and reverting to checkpoint
  • Constant misses in combat, reliant on RNG
  • Difficulty spikes significantly at the end
  • Hint doesn't provide enough information for progression
  • Continue button sometimes delayed with voiceover

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add a dodge button
  • Add a defense button
  • Add more combat options (e.g., quick thrust, sideways cut)
  • Fix bug with disappearing combat options
  • Make the next game free
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  • Add more choices to the story
  • Add a boat option for crossing the lake
  • Create a Serania part two
  • Allow revival in the story
  • Add more sound effects for combat
  • Expand the story after claiming the throne
  • Add a freeplay or challenge mode after main story
  • Add hidden areas with new enemies/weapons
  • Implement New Game + with increased difficulty
  • Add a gender option other than man and woman
  • Loop music tracks and add more scene-specific music
  • Add a map for better navigation
  • Make the full story free
  • Allow watching ads to progress instead of paying

KingdomGame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Serania

One-time1
  • Access to the full story$3.99
13 purchases

KingdomGame

Subscriptions7
  • KG Alluvia 1 Month Premium$4.991 Month
  • KG Zethra 1 Month Premium$4.991 Month
  • KG Zethra 3 Month Premium$13.993 Months
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  • KG Alluvia 3 Month Premium$13.993 Months
  • KG Alluvia 6 Month Premium$24.996 Months
  • KG Alluvia 12 Month Premium$44.991 Year
  • KG Zethra 12 Month Premium$44.991 Year
One-time6
  • Green Gem Pack x 5$1.99
  • Green Gem Pack x 10$3.99
  • Green Gem Pack x 25$8.99
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  • Green Gem Pack x 50$16.99
  • Green Gem Pack x 100$31.99
  • Green Gem Pack x 200$54.99

Questions

Is Serania free?
Serania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KingdomGame free?
KingdomGame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Serania or KingdomGame?
Serania is rated higher. Serania averages 4.6 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while KingdomGame averages 4.1 from 135 ratings.
Do Serania or KingdomGame have ads?
Neither Serania nor KingdomGame shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Serania or KingdomGame?
Serania ships an update every 10 days, and KingdomGame every 4 months. Most recently, Serania was updated on October 18, 2026 and KingdomGame on October 15, 2026.

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