Comparison

Imprisoned vs Showdown at Willow Creek

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

Head to head
About

Imprisoned

Escape a high-security prison using your intellect, skills, or strength. Uncover dungeon secrets, interact with a fellow inmate, and discover who framed you. Embark on a challenging fantasy adventure.

Highlights
  • Choose your escape method
  • Explore prison secrets
  • Interact with a co-prisoner
  • Fantasy quest
  • Determine responsibility for arrest
Features
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Use your incredible wits, fantastic skills and/or magnificent strength to choose your way out of a heavily guarded prison! Reveal the secrets of the dungeon, meet the mysterious co-prisoner and determine who's responsible for your arrest. Grab your gear and prepare yourself for a hard fantasy quest. Remember, escaping from a prison is not a task for kids or grannies!

About

Showdown at Willow Creek

Embark on an interactive Western mystery where your decisions shape the narrative. Explore a town filled with secrets, romance, and conflict as you unravel a conspiracy. Your choices determine the fate of Willow Creek and its inhabitants.

Highlights
  • Interactive text-based story
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Western mystery genre
  • Multiple romance options
  • Moral and ethical dilemmas
  • Unravel town conspiracies
Features
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Saddle up and defend the town of Willow Creek from nefarious outlaws and city slickers! It all starts when a rancher's daughter goes missing, and it ends at the showdown at Willow Creek, where greed, lust, science, and Mother Nature will face off at high noon. Showdown at Willow Creek is an interactive western mystery novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--but powered by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Gamble, seduce, brawl, or shoot your way through Willow Creek, where gunslingers make the laws and everybody has secrets. Will you romance the gambler or the soiled dove (or both)? Will you side with the scientists bringing electricity to the Old West, or with a tribe of Native American Utes? Will you unravel the conspiracy that threatens to tear the town apart, or will you light the fuse to blow it all sky high?

Screenshots

Imprisoned4 screens
Showdown at Willow Creek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Showdown at Willow Creek at 4.4 against Imprisoned's 4.1. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Imprisoned sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Showdown at Willow Creek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Showdown at Willow Creek holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Imprisoned's written reviews are positive against 70% of Showdown at Willow Creek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Imprisoned ships an update every 17 months, Showdown at Willow Creek every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Imprisoned versus Showdown at Willow Creek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImprisonedShowdown at Willow Creek
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (29 ratings)4.4 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews70.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 11 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB28 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCChoice of Games LLC

Customer experience

Imprisoned

All ratings29 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative26.3%

Showdown at Willow Creek

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative24.3%

Bugs and requests

Imprisoned

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Grammar and spelling errors
  • Game ends with a week left
  • Impossible to open portal in time
  • Count-down timer does not work properly
  • Progress discrepancies
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  • Crashes when going from stats page back to story

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more genres to scene settings
  • Make the game longer
  • Add romance options
  • Create a sequel
  • Improve editing and polish
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  • Fix crashes when navigating stats page

Showdown at Willow Creek

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Imprisoned

One-time1
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
1 purchases

Showdown at Willow Creek

One-time1
  • Chapters 4 through 8$4.99

Questions

Is Imprisoned free?
Imprisoned is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Showdown at Willow Creek free?
Showdown at Willow Creek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Imprisoned or Showdown at Willow Creek?
Showdown at Willow Creek is rated higher. Imprisoned averages 4.1 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Showdown at Willow Creek averages 4.4 from 21 ratings.
Do Imprisoned or Showdown at Willow Creek have ads?
Both Imprisoned and Showdown at Willow Creek show ads.
Which is updated more often, Imprisoned or Showdown at Willow Creek?
Imprisoned ships an update every 17 months, and Showdown at Willow Creek every 11 months. Most recently, Imprisoned was updated on November 1, 2026 and Showdown at Willow Creek on November 4, 2026.

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