Sorcery! vs Seedship
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sorcery!
Embark on an epic four-part adventure across a land filled with monsters, traps, and magic. Make thousands of choices that dynamically rewrite your story and engage in unique touch-based sword duels. Master 48 magic spells with wondrous effects to shape your journey.
- Hand-drawn 3D world map
- Thousands of interactive choices
- Dynamically rewritten story
- Unique touch-based sword dueling
- 48 magic spells with story effects
- Outwit monsters with weaknesses
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An epic four-part adventure through a land of monsters, traps, and magic. Start your story here! FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! *** Rock Paper Shotgun Best RPG of 2016 *** "You should choose to own this adventure" -- Eurogamer "Inkle's adaptation of Sorcery! takes the genre to a whole new level" -- Kotaku "This is some of 2013′s best interactive storytelling" -- IGN UK "Beautifully realised ... this gripping tale has us well and truly hooked" -- Pocket Gamer (Gold Award) "Incredibly impressed" -- Touch Arcade Top 10 Best Mobile Games of 2013, Mashable.com Top 20 of 2013, Touch Arcade Top 25 of 2013, Gamezebo + Plot your own journey across a hand-drawn 3D world map + Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices + The story is rewritten on the fly based on how you play + Unique touch-based sword-duelling, with procedurally-generated descriptions of the action + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Outwit monsters by learning their weaknesses and tells + 48 magic spells to master, with weird and wonderful effects that change the story "Sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time writing a review when I should really just be pointing at a game and demanding that people play it. This is one of those times. Steve Jackson's Sorcery! is an absolutely marvellous fantasy storybook adventure. Lushly illustrated and expertly told, it should not be missed by anyone even remotely interested in the genre." -- Gamezebo "Let’s not mince words here... Sorcery’s unique blend of tabletop-like roleplaying (including an incredible combat system quite unlike anything I’ve seen before), and elaborate branching pathways with custom scripts preserving the feeling of Steve Jackson’s work make me now want to… no, HAVE TO acquire an iOS device" - Just Press Start From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone); and inkle, the studio behind the award-winning, App Store featured Frankenstein, Sorcery! is an interactive adventure like never before. The app uses inklewriter technology to tell your journey in real-time, shaping the story around your choices. The text itself changes based on how you play and what you do, and in combat, the action is description on the fly based on how you play. Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche, new character art by Eddie Sharam (DC Comics), an interactive map by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast) and music by David Wise (Donkey Kong Country). "The Shamutanti Hills" is Part 1 of 4. Part 2, "Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is out now, and will load all of your completed Part 1 games to continue your adventure. Part 3 is coming later this year (but while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS).
Seedship
A text-based strategy game where you guide a colony ship to find a new home for humanity. Make critical decisions about settling planets and navigating random events to ensure your colonists' survival and achieve a high score.
- Text-based strategy gameplay
- Randomly generated planets
- Random in-game events
- Push-your-luck mechanics
- Colony survival simulation
- High score tracking
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An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race. A randomly-generated text-based strategy game. Push your luck: do you settle here, on this not-quite-ideal planet, or keep searching and risk your ship being damaged in the journey? The planets you encounter are randomly generated, and as you travel you encounter random events, so each playthrough is different. See the stories of the colonies you found, and keep trying for a higher score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Seedship at Free against Sorcery!'s $4.99. Seedship also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 73%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Sorcery!'s advantage is chart position (#112 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Seedship is free to download; Sorcery! costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Seedship holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 701 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sorcery!'s written reviews are positive against 90% of Seedship's.
Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, Seedship every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sorcery! | Seedship |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (188 ratings) | 4.7 (701 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.8% of reviews | 89.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 188 | 701 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #112 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | inkle | Space Goblin Games |
Customer experience
Sorcery!
Seedship
User reviews
Sorcery!
From 188 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Immersive story and gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful artwork and illustrations
- 🔮 Unique spell casting mechanics
- 🗺️ Interactive map and world exploration
- 🔁 High replay value with multiple paths
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Short gameplay for the price
- 💰 Expensive for a partial story
- 🔁 Rewind feature cheapens decisions
- 🤔 Simplistic combat system
Seedship
From 701 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and fun gameplay
- 🚀 Extremely replayable
- 👍 Charming and engaging
- 👍 Thought-provoking decisions
- 👍 Great for short bursts of gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Some small bugs that don't spoil the experience
- 🐛 Occasional UI issues on iOS
- 🔋 Lack of updates in recent years
Bugs and requests
Sorcery!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes reported
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Longer and more expansive story
- Multiple save slots
- Deeper RPG mechanics
- Improved combat with dice rolls
Seedship
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More random events and planet types
- Ability to continue managing the colony after landing
- Soundtrack or sound effects
- Expanded post-landing gameplay
In-app purchases
Sorcery!
No in-app purchases
Seedship
No in-app purchases









