Comparison

Romancing SaGa 3 vs Afterimage Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Romancing SaGa 3

Embark on an epic adventure in this remastered RPG classic, featuring optimized graphics, new content, and a story defined by your choices. Explore a world threatened by a recurring cosmic event and choose from eight unique protagonists.

Highlights
  • HD Remaster with optimized graphics
  • New dungeon to explore
  • New scenarios
  • New Game+ function
  • 8 unique protagonists
  • Player-driven choices
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The celebrated RPG classic comes West for the first time! Developed by industry veterans including the legendary developer Akitoshi Kawazu, Romancing SaGa™ 3 was originally released in Japan in 1995. This brand-new HD remaster of the legendary RPG masterpiece introduces optimized graphics, a new dungeon to explore, new scenarios and a new game+ function! The celebrated RPG classic comes West for the first time! Developed by industry veterans including the legendary developer Akitoshi Kawazu, Romancing SaGa™ 3 was originally released in Japan in 1995. This HD remaster of the legendary RPG masterpiece introduces optimized graphics, a new dungeon to explore, new scenarios and a new game+ function. Select one of the 8 unique protagonists and embark on an epic adventure defined by your own choices! Once every 300 years, the Rise of Morastrum threatens the existence of our world. All born in that year are doomed to perish before its end. However, there came a time when a sole child did survive. He was using the power of death to conquer the world. Yet one day, he vanished. Another 300 years passed, and again a child defied fate. She came to be known as the Matriarch. It has been 300-odd years since the appearance of the Matriarch. Humanity now stands at the fulcrum between hope and despair. Will there be another child of destiny?

About

Afterimage Mobile

Embark on an epic journey in a world shattered by war and divine conflict. Play as a young amnesiac girl seeking lost memories and her mentor, uncovering a destiny that will shape the fate of a broken realm.

Highlights
  • Epic fantasy narrative
  • Character-driven story
  • World exploration
  • Questing and progression
  • Mysterious amnesiac protagonist
Features
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A great deity created the world named Engardin, leaving four goliaths before her departure. The Goliaths abided by their different divine callings and upheld the order and flow of this world. Hence, the lives in Engardin reincarnated and multiplied. Humans were the last creation, and their ever-expanding ambitions led to a protracted war against the Goliaths. Engardin was engulfed in flames, until a huge explosion known as "The Razing" devastated the Holy Grounds of mankind and brought a swift end to the conflict. But the divine order was broken, and lives withered away. The age of mankind came to an end. The survivors of the conflict scattered across Engardin. Severed from the Well of Mankind and unable to reincarnate, they banded together to form settlements. Years have passed since this great cataclysm, and the remaining human settlements have been suddenly assaulted by mystic forces. Renee, a young amnesiac girl and student of Aros, was the lone survivor of the attack on her village. Determined to recover her forgotten memories and locate her lost mentor, she bids farewell to her destroyed village to embark on a journey that will inexplicably set into motion a series of events that will determine the fate of this new world.

Screenshots

Romancing SaGa 34 screens
Afterimage Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Afterimage Mobile at $5.99 against Romancing SaGa 3's $21.99. Afterimage Mobile also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 43%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Romancing SaGa 3's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On rating, 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

Romancing SaGa 3 costs $21.99 and Afterimage Mobile $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Romancing SaGa 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Romancing SaGa 3's written reviews are positive against 76% of Afterimage Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Romancing SaGa 3 ships an update every 2 months, Afterimage Mobile fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Romancing SaGa 3 versus Afterimage Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRomancing SaGa 3Afterimage Mobile
Price$21.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.5 (30 ratings) — better4.3 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews75.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size769 MB1.3 GB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.Beijing Wangyuan Shengtang Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Romancing SaGa 3

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative48.6%

Afterimage Mobile

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral9.8%
Negative14.6%

In-app purchases

None

Romancing SaGa 3

No in-app purchases

None

Afterimage Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Romancing SaGa 3 free?
Romancing SaGa 3 costs $21.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Afterimage Mobile free?
Afterimage Mobile costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Romancing SaGa 3 or Afterimage Mobile?
Romancing SaGa 3 is rated higher. Romancing SaGa 3 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Afterimage Mobile averages 4.3 from 25 ratings.
Do Romancing SaGa 3 or Afterimage Mobile have ads?
Neither Romancing SaGa 3 nor Afterimage Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Romancing SaGa 3 or Afterimage Mobile?
Romancing SaGa 3 ships an update every 2 months, and Afterimage Mobile fortnightly. Most recently, Romancing SaGa 3 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Afterimage Mobile on October 25, 2026.

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