The Complex vs Hijacker Jack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Complex
Experience a sci-fi thriller where your choices shape the narrative and lead to one of eight endings. Navigate a locked-down lab after a bio-weapon attack, managing relationships and your character's personality.
- Interactive gameplay
- Multiple endings
- Relationship tracking
- Personality tracking
- Branching narrative
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After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. With interactive gameplay, your actions and your relationship with other characters will lead you to one of eight suspenseful endings. Having treated the victims of a chemical attack in the totalitarian state of Kindar, Dr Amy Tenant is a leader in the advancement of Nanocell Technology. Now, in London, news breaks of a blood-vomiting civilian whose identity is far from coincidental. Reunited with an old friend, Amy is trapped in an impenetrable HQ of laboratories—a womb of scientific advancement with a perilous secret. The Complex is written by Lynn Renee Maxcy, part of the Emmy award-winning writing team from The Handmaid’s Tale. The interactive movie stars Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones) and Al Weaver (Grantchester). Relationship Tracking Throughout the game you will interact with characters and — depending on your choices — will either strengthen or weaken your relationship. The relationship scores are calculated from the start right through to the very end and will affect certain scenarios as well as having major consequences in the concluding scenes. Personality Tracking For every decision you make, every interaction, your character’s personality is being tracked. At the end of each playthrough, you are rewarded with a Personality Score and a breakdown to see how you played the game. Discover the five basic dimensions of a personality; openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Which of those will your character play?
Hijacker Jack
Experience a unique FMV-FPS game where you play as a man thrust into wealth and notoriety. Make split-second decisions, engage in action-packed sequences like fistfights and parkour, and explore diverse locations to uncover the story's outcome. Your choices lead to one of four distinct endings.
- Real-time FMV-FPS gameplay
- Interactive story decisions
- First-person action sequences
- Combo fighting system
- Parkour and chase scenes
- Multiple story endings
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One day just a simple man, lives outcast in the jungle - the other day wealthy and wanted. Money changes everyone? Play this unique real-time action packed FMV-FPS game to figure it out! Famous. Rich. Wanted. Live like Jack! Hijacker Jack is the first ever FMV live-action game with real-time interaction. Our hero is controlled in first-person point of view through the story, while he has to survive thrilling action scenes by making decisions in every 2-3 seconds, delivering punch/kick combinations in fist fights, jumping between rooftops or even just like in any FPS game, grab a shotgun and maintain public order. You can: - Interact with several characters - Explore amazing locations - Play car chasing, skydiving, FPS action scenes and more - Use the new Combo system in fight missions and a parkour-freerunner chasing! Make story decisions to reach any of the 4 different endings! ...and be ready for your karma...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Complex at 4.4 against Hijacker Jack's 3.6. The Complex also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hijacker Jack's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. The Complex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hijacker Jack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Complex holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 187 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of The Complex's written reviews are positive against 42% of Hijacker Jack's.
The Complex ships an update every 3 months, Hijacker Jack every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | The Complex | Hijacker Jack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (187 ratings) — better | 3.6 (122 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.0 GB | 2.7 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wales Interactive Ltd. | Viktor Halla |
Customer experience
The Complex
Hijacker Jack
Bugs and requests
The Complex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hijacker Jack
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on latest iOS versions
- Black screen issue after certain missions
- Unresponsive controls during key moments
- Freezing and performance issues on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add controller support
- Improve language localization
- Provide more player agency
- Optimize performance for older devices
In-app purchases
The Complex
- The Complex - Unlock Full Game$4.99
Hijacker Jack
- Premium$4.99
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