Steam Highwayman vs Methods
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steam Highwayman
Embark on an open-world adventure in a steampunk alternate history. Make significant choices with far-reaching consequences, manage your inventory, and engage in challenges and combats. Your decisions shape your destiny as a hero or a thief on the midnight road.
- Open-world adventure gamebook
- Significant choices with consequences
- Character management
- Item trading
- Challenge rolls and combats
- Over 1000 passages
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You close the regulator and bring the heavy Ferguson velosteam to a halt. From the crest of the hill you can see the lumbering freight wagons and the steam carriages of the gentry making their way through the rain-lashed night. Little do they expect the sudden and terrible assault of the Steam Highwayman… What next for you? A midnight assault on the nobles travelling the Bath Road? Will you rescue the Wethered Brewery from closure or punish the wicked Colonel Snappet? Will you ally with the Compact for Workers’ Equality or find work protecting hauliers on the Wycombe run? Is trading cargo on the Thames more than a profitable sideline? Can you make your way to the glamorous Cliveden Ball or win the Spenser Cup? Steam Highwayman is an open-world adventure gamebook series in which you must choose your path through an alternate Steampunk history. With this gamebook app you can track your adventure through an England that never was, discovering secrets, solving quests, rescuing those in need and punishing those who deserve vengeance. A rich world, powered by steam, dominated by the Guilds, wracked by inequality. The midnight road calls! FEATURES: * More than 1000 passages of exploration and adventure * Significant choices with far-reaching consequences * Characters who respond to your actions * Character sheet to manage your inventory, your money, the heavy Ferguson velosteam and your boat * Trading of items * Wound healing * Challenge rolls and combats WHO IS THE STEAM HIGHWAYMAN? A hero - or a common thief? A person of principle - or a selfish opportunist? A frustrated pauper? A common road-thief? A traitorous veteran? A dispossessed noble? YOU are the Steam Highwayman! Yours is the golden guinea! Your is the midnight road! Yours the adventure, yours the decision, yours the vengeance, the pursuit, the reward, the consequence, yours the powerful Ferguson velosteam, yours the tale of the tip of the tongue. YOU are the Steam Highwayman! Begin your adventure now!
Methods
Engage in a crime investigation visual novel where you examine evidence and answer multiple-choice questions to solve cases. This is the first part of a series, featuring 20 chapters of a compelling storyline and interactive crime scenes.
- Interactive crime scenes
- Multiple-choice puzzles
- Intriguing storyline
- Original soundtrack
- Distinctive artwork
- 20 Chapters
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The first chapter in the Methods Visual Novel series. Methods is a visual novel with simple crime investigation gameplay where you examine evidence and answer multiple-choice questions about the solution. And the whole game has been split into five apps for the mobile release, with 'Methods: Detective Competition' being the first, and containing Chapters 1-20. Part 2- Methods2: Secrets and Death, now available for pre-order. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One hundred detectives compete against each other in a mysterious competition, solving crimes created by the world's smartest criminals. The detective who wins receives one million dollars and the opportunity of a lifetime. If a criminal wins, however, they will also receive a million dollars... and parole, no matter the severity of their crime. Search for clues, and find out the truth with your unique methods! Who...will become the world's number one detective? Yours, The Game-master Key features ■ Very Positive in Steam ■ Over 25 interactive crime scenes ■ Contains 20 Chapters ■ Original soundtrack ■ intriguing storyline ■ Distinctive artwork ■ Independent developer Twitter: Methods_Official Instagram: methodsvn https://discord.gg/UmtD5zascA
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Methods at 100% against Steam Highwayman's 0%. Methods also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Steam Highwayman costs $3.99 and Methods $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Methods holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Steam Highwayman's written reviews are positive against 100% of Methods's.
Steam Highwayman ships an update every 2 months, Methods fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steam Highwayman | Methods |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 744 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Cubus Games | QI YU SG. PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Steam Highwayman
Methods
In-app purchases
Steam Highwayman
No in-app purchases
Methods
No in-app purchases
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