Comparison

The Quest Classic vs SaGa Emerald Beyond

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

Head to head
About

The Quest Classic

Embark on an epic adventure in a hand-drawn fantasy world filled with challenging quests and formidable foes. This expansion can be played standalone or integrated with the base game, offering new areas and a compelling storyline.

Highlights
  • Immersive hand-drawn world
  • Exciting challenges and quests
  • New areas to explore
  • Standalone or integrated play
  • Save game files via iTunes
  • Challenging monsters and puzzles
Features
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The Quest Classic - Attack from Asteroids is an expansion to The Quest Classic, a beautifully hand-drawn, immersive and enchanting world full of exciting challenges. After enabling the expansion, you can continue to play The Quest Classic with your existing character(s) to explore new areas and quests. However, if you don't have The Quest Classic, you can also play the expansion as a standalone game. You're on Captain Hanty's ship when suddenly the stars blow up around you. You sense a summons and feel great pain as you are sucked through the Abyss into another place and time. You have been called to the Asteroids once again. The Elemental Lord awaits you... You thought you killed Hemma but you only sent him to the Astral Plain -- he's back and has assembled a horror show of creatures who have captured the Asteroid Mage. It's your mission to save her, but -- you know the drill -- it's not going to be easy. There are monsters who love to hate you and puzzles and traps. It's all in a day's work. To access the new areas (not applicable if you are playing the expansion standalone), go to Mithria harbor and talk to captain Hanty, then select "Attack" as your travel destination. It is recommended to reach at least level 58 before trying to take on the challenges of this new expansion. Please note that after you have traveled to your destination, you'll have no way back for a while (except if you have Marked a spot), so it is also recommended that you keep a save in Mithria. The game uses File Sharing in iTunes. You can save and restore your save game files (named "TheQuestSaveX.pdb", where X can be 0 to 20) using iTunes (go to the Apps/File Sharing section when your device is plugged in) The Quest Classic - Attack from Asteroids has been developed by Zarista Games (www.catacomber.com) and was adapted to iPhone by Redshift.

About

SaGa Emerald Beyond

Embark on a unique adventure across 17 distinct worlds, each with its own culture and landscape. Choose from six protagonists, each with their own story arcs, and make choices that shape the narrative and lead to multiple endings. Engage in strategic turn-based battles with a refined combat system.

Highlights
  • 17 unique worlds to explore
  • Six distinct protagonists
  • Branching narrative based on choices
  • Strategic turn-based combat
  • Glimmer system for skill acquisition
  • United Attacks for chain combos
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The latest standalone entry in the SaGa franchise, SaGa Emerald Beyond, brings together the very best elements of the beloved series to offer each player their own unique gameplay experience. Make use of glimmers and combos in battle; meet a diverse cast of races, including monsters, mechs, and vampires; and experience your very own story, created through your choices and actions. Distant Worlds Woven Together: Travel to 17 unique worlds from the Junction, either led by the hand of destiny or by a path forged by your own choices. Discover the completely different cultures and landscapes, ranging from a densely developed forest of skyscrapers and a green and luscious habitat covered in plant life to a world governed by five witches, or one ruled by vampires - just to name a few of the distinct settings. An Eclectic Cast of Protagonists: Six leading characters, all from diverse backgrounds and with vastly different goals, set out on their journey in five unique story arcs. They venture to the myriad of worlds for their very own personal reasons: One, a human on a mission to protect the barrier defending his city; another, a witch trying to regain her lost magic while maintaining her disguise as a schoolgirl; and yet another, a vampire lord out to regain his crown and reclaim the throne as the rightful king of his world. Even selecting the same protagonist for a second--or third or fourth--playthrough will lead to completely new events and stories, a completely fresh path and experience. A Story of Your Very Own Making: SaGa Emerald Beyond has the greatest number of branching plots of any game in the SaGa series. The story branches abundantly depending on your choices and actions. Every time you visit a world, the story will evolve, allowing the protagonist and player alike to discover new possibilities. As the story unfolds in this way it becomes a tale all of your own, not only affecting the path you walk but also the multiple potential endings that await each protagonist. Battles where a Single Choice Can Change Everything: SaGa Emerald Beyond further refines the highly strategic Timeline Battles the SaGa franchise has been long renowned for. With series mainstays such as the skill to spontaneously acquire abilities through the Glimmer system, tactical ally placement known as Formations, and United Attacks that enable individual skills to connect together to form devastating chain attacks, it offers the best iteration of SaGa's turn-based combat to date. The new combat system adds more drama than ever before, allowing you to support party members, interrupt enemy actions, and use United Attacks by strategically manipulating the order of ally actions. The characters that join you, the weapons you wield, your party formation, and your tactics in battle - everything is up to you!

Screenshots

The Quest Classic4 screens
SaGa Emerald Beyond4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Quest Classic at 100% against SaGa Emerald Beyond's 29%. The Quest Classic also leads on price ($2.99 vs $49.99) and rating (4.8 vs 2.9). SaGa Emerald Beyond's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 13 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

The Quest Classic costs $2.99 and SaGa Emerald Beyond $49.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Quest Classic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Quest Classic's written reviews are positive against 29% of SaGa Emerald Beyond's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Quest Classic ships an update every 13 months, SaGa Emerald Beyond every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Quest Classic versus SaGa Emerald Beyond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Quest ClassicSaGa Emerald Beyond
Price$2.99 — better$49.99
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better2.9 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings615 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2.6 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperRedshiftSQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

The Quest Classic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SaGa Emerald Beyond

All ratings15 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

The Quest Classic

No in-app purchases

None

SaGa Emerald Beyond

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Quest Classic free?
The Quest Classic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SaGa Emerald Beyond free?
SaGa Emerald Beyond costs $49.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Quest Classic or SaGa Emerald Beyond?
The Quest Classic is rated higher. The Quest Classic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while SaGa Emerald Beyond averages 2.9 from 15 ratings.
Do The Quest Classic or SaGa Emerald Beyond have ads?
Neither The Quest Classic nor SaGa Emerald Beyond shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Quest Classic or SaGa Emerald Beyond?
The Quest Classic ships an update every 13 months, and SaGa Emerald Beyond every 4 weeks. Most recently, The Quest Classic was updated on October 22, 2026 and SaGa Emerald Beyond on October 24, 2026.

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