Paranoia vs Horror in the Pacific
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paranoia
Navigate a complex narrative where your doctor might be your greatest threat. This multiple-choice game challenges you to survive a perilous situation.
- Multiple choice gameplay
- Survival challenges
- Narrative-driven
- Interactive story
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When you think your doctor may be trying to kill you, life gets complicated. Survive this multiple choice game if you can.
Horror in the Pacific
Explore a bleak, Lovecraftian world in this open-world text-based adventure RPG. Investigate a missing person case on a remote Pacific island, uncovering macabre horrors with moments of dark comedy. This mobile adaptation of classic text adventures offers an engaging story and a sense of dread.
- Open world exploration
- Text-based adventure gameplay
- Lovecraftian horror theme
- Engaging story progression
- Moments of dark comedy
- Investigation mechanics
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Horror in the Pacific is an open world Lovecraftian text-based adventure game, where players explore and investigate progressing though an engaging and exciting story. It is a mobile phone adaption of the classic text-based adventure genre, similar to the point-and-click classics. The game combines a bleak environment, an sense of underlying dread, and several moments of comedy to keep you entertained. As the third game in the "Horror in the Darkness" series, Horror in the Pacific takes place several years after the events of Horror at Innsport. Called once again to investigate a case of a missing person, our protagonist is drawn to a small resort island in the Pacific, to uncover all new macabre horrors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Horror in the Pacific at none against Paranoia's shown. Horror in the Pacific also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 83%) and ratings volume (44 vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Paranoia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Horror in the Pacific sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Paranoia against 4.6 for Horror in the Pacific. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 44 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Paranoia's written reviews are positive against 95% of Horror in the Pacific's.
Paranoia ships an update every 16 months, Horror in the Pacific every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paranoia | Horror in the Pacific |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 44 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 26 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Craig Kadziolka |
Customer experience
Paranoia
Horror in the Pacific
In-app purchases
Paranoia
- Remove Advertising$4.99
Horror in the Pacific
- Premium Upgrade$3.99
Questions
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