BAD END vs Open Sorcery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BAD END
A visual novel where player choices have deadly real-world consequences. Follow a protagonist seeking the truth behind his friend's death by playing a dangerous game.
- Interactive visual novel
- Life-or-death choices
- Mystery story
- Multiple languages supported
- Character introductions
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It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a mobile Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself. -- Story -- Kyuuhei Inui has never been one to take rumors as anything but that - rumors, until his best friend had died while playing the game... Kyuuhei is driven to find out the truth behind his friend's mysterious death by any means possible. After exhausting all ideas, he decided the only way to find out the truth is to play 'BAD END' himself. Will Kyuuhei risk his life to get to the bottom of the game's mystery or will he meet his demise? -- Supported languages -- Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French -- Official website -- Introducing characters and others. https://arai-create.net/en/badend/ -- Support information -- * If any errors are found while playing, please report them to us by E-mail before posting them in a review. We will fix the errors as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding. * Please feel free to E-mail us with any questions regarding the game. Thank you! -- Unsupported devices / Trouble shooting -- Please check this information. https://www.yox-project.com/en/support/support_ios.htm -- Acknowledgements -- https://www.yox-project.com/en/acknowledgements/adv_ios.htm
Open Sorcery
A text-based game where you embody an Elemental Firewall, a creature of magic and code. Protect your network, search for spirits, and explore themes of technology, magic, and sentience. Discover multiple endings through interactive storytelling.
- Text-based interactive fiction
- Elemental Firewall role-playing
- Network protection gameplay
- Multiple endings
- Animated sequences
- Explore themes of magic and technology
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You are online. You are fire and order. You are a firewall. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a person. It follows the development of BEL/S, an Elemental Firewall: a creature of intertwined magic and code. It is text-based and uses the revolutionary Twine engine. There are 55,000 words of text, five animated sequences, and ten possible endings. In this game you can: * Search for malicious spirits * Protect your network * Make friends * Burn everything * Learn * Dream * Become sapient
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open Sorcery at 5.0 against BAD END's 4.0. Open Sorcery also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 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
BAD END costs $3.99 and Open Sorcery $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Sorcery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of BAD END's written reviews are positive against 100% of Open Sorcery's.
BAD END ships an update every 5 months, Open Sorcery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BAD END | Open Sorcery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | YOX-Project | Abigail Corfman |
Customer experience
BAD END
Open Sorcery
In-app purchases
BAD END
No in-app purchases
Open Sorcery
No in-app purchases









