Comparison

Sorcery! vs Dicey Dungeons

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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).

About

Dicey Dungeons

Embark on a challenging deckbuilding roguelike adventure as a giant walking dice. Battle monsters, collect loot, and level up heroes in an ever-changing dungeon. Strategize against the unpredictable nature of dice rolls to escape Lady Luck's domain.

Highlights
  • Deckbuilding roguelike gameplay
  • Battle monsters
  • Find better loot
  • Level up heroes
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Dice roll mechanics
Features
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"It is going to be hard for anything on mobile to top this for me" - TouchArcade Game of the Week Become a giant walking dice and battle to the end of an ever-changing dungeon! Can you escape the cruel whims of Lady Luck? In this new fast-paced deckbuilding roguelike from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon, VVVVVV), Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe, you'll fight monsters, find better loot, and level up your heroes as you work together to take down the Goddess of Fortune, Lady Luck herself. Balance your carefully planned strategies against the unknown of a dice roll.

Screenshots

Sorcery!4 screens
Dicey Dungeons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Sorcery! at free against Dicey Dungeons's paid. Sorcery! also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Sorcery! costs $4.99 and Dicey Dungeons $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sorcery! against 4.6 for Dicey Dungeons. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 220 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Sorcery!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Dicey Dungeons's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, Dicey Dungeons every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Sorcery! versus Dicey Dungeons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery!Dicey Dungeons
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.5 (188 ratings)4.6 (220 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.8% of reviews74.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings188220 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#102#57 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB842 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperinkleDistractionware Limited

Customer experience

Sorcery!

All ratings188 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral10.6%
Negative16.7%

Dicey Dungeons

All ratings220 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral9.0%
Negative16.4%

User reviews

Sorcery!

From 188 App Store ratings

What 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

Dicey Dungeons

From 220 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🎨 Great art style and music
  • 💎 Unique and varied character classes
  • 🕹️ Intuitive and easy to pick up

Room to improve

  • 🎲 Heavily reliant on RNG/luck
  • 🔁 Repetitive and lacking in progression
  • 🤕 Unfair/frustrating difficulty spikes
  • 🔇 Missing audio/sound issues

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

Dicey Dungeons

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tutorial not registering inputs
  • Buttons/controls bugging out
  • Crashes and performance issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Vertical/portrait mode support
  • Cloud save/sync across devices
  • More content and character variety
  • Better balance and progression

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery!

No in-app purchases

None

Dicey Dungeons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorcery! free?
Sorcery! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dicey Dungeons free?
Dicey Dungeons costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! or Dicey Dungeons?
Dicey Dungeons is rated higher. Sorcery! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 188 ratings, while Dicey Dungeons averages 4.6 from 220 ratings.
Do Sorcery! or Dicey Dungeons have ads?
Neither Sorcery! nor Dicey Dungeons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! or Dicey Dungeons?
Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dicey Dungeons every 7 months. Most recently, Sorcery! was updated on September 28, 2026 and Dicey Dungeons on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Sorcery! or Dicey Dungeons?
Sorcery! currently peaks at #102 in the App Store charts, and Dicey Dungeons at #57. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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