The Complex vs Orphans
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?
Orphans
Embark on a chilling interactive horror mystery where your decisions shape the narrative. Help a group of friends uncover dark secrets within an abandoned orphanage, facing disturbing phenomena and a thickening fog. Your choices determine the story's outcome and ending.
- Interactive horror mystery
- Player decisions affect story
- Uncover dark secrets
- Communicate via messenger
- Customizable themes and profile pictures
- In-game notes for story recap
- Background music option
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“Orphans” - An interactive horror mystery game A group of friends sets out to an abandoned orphanage that is surrounded by dark rumors and tales to record more footage for their “Lost Places” channel. Once they get to the location, one of the group members finds your phone number and you become part of the group. Within minutes you're right in the middle of the action. Coincidence – or not? What begins as a harmless excursion ends in a complete horror show. The mysterious fog thickens and the cameras start showing disturbing images. All communication to the outside world gets distorted and unreliable. Help the group find out what dark secrets are hidden behind these old walls. Is there maybe even a curse on this abandoned building? What really happened in this orphanage years ago? "Orphans" is an interactive thriller - goosebumps guaranteed Your decisions affect not only the course but also the ending of this interactive mystery game. Become a part of this gripping horror story. Communicate with the different characters via messenger. Uncover the dark secrets surrounding the orphanage and find out what is behind the disturbing phenomena. New features: To make your gaming experience as exciting and individual as possible, you get to choose your own theme and your own profile picture. Additionally, you can read in the notes what has happened so far in the story. You also have the option to activate background music. This allows you to experience the game on a new level! Commissioner for the Protection of Youth Kristine Peters Kattensteert 4 22119 Hamburg Phone: 0174/81 81 81 7 Mail: jugendschutz@reality-games.com Web: www.jugendschutz-beauftragte.de Our data protection policy: https://www.reality-games.com/en/datenschutz.php Our terms and conditions (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The Complex and Orphans both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Orphans's written reviews are positive against 46% of The Complex's. Orphans also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 187). The Complex's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. The Complex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Orphans sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Orphans holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orphans has 2.6K ratings behind it against 187, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of The Complex's written reviews are positive against 83% of Orphans's.
The Complex ships an update every 3 months, Orphans every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Complex | Orphans |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (187 ratings) | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 187 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — 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 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.0 GB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wales Interactive Ltd. | SponsorAds GmbH & Co.KG |
Customer experience
The Complex
Orphans
Bugs and requests
The Complex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Orphans
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent performance and loading times
- Purchased content not unlocking properly
Requested features
4 requests- More player agency and choices
- Ability to skip or bypass mini-games
- Improved difficulty balancing for mini-games
- More diverse gender and sexuality options
In-app purchases
The Complex
- The Complex - Unlock Full Game$4.99
Orphans
- Premium-Subscription$6.991 Month
- Flatrate-Subscription$12.991 Month
- 40 BicS$1.99
- 120 BicS$3.99
- 300 BicS$9.99
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- Herzen Flatrate$9.99
- Special$9.99
- Premium$12.99
- 800 BicS$19.99
- 1500 BicS$29.99
- Flatrate$39.99








