Comparison

Sorcery! vs Vampire

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

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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

Vampire

Step into the World of Vampire: The Masquerade as a newly turned vampire in New York City. Navigate shadowy streets, forge alliances, and uncover secrets in a rich narrative game filled with vampire politics and moral choices.

Highlights
  • Rich narrative gameplay
  • Explore New York City as a vampire
  • Forge alliances and uncover secrets
  • Choose from three distinct clans
  • Interact with a diverse cast of characters
  • Deeply immersive World of Darkness themes
Features
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It is time for you to step in the World of Vampire: The Masquerade with Coteries of New York, a rich narrative game set in the burstling metropole at the eve of your Embrace. Navigate the shadowy streets of the Big Apple as a newly turned vampire, grappling with the challenges of unlife under the veil of the Masquerade. Forge alliances, uncover secrets, and delve into the intricate web of vampire politics that threatens to consume you. Make friends and allies, learn more about them and witness your own understanding of the world grow, slowly building a vertiginous big picture. Are you going to be swallowed whole by the constant political struggles between Camarilla and Anarchs or will you rise among your blood-thirsty brethren? Select from three distinct characters hailing from the prestigious Ventrue, artistic Toréador, or rebellious Brujah clans, each with their own unique powers (Disciplines), moral compass, and perspective on the unfolding story. Assemble your own Coterie and interact with a diverse cast of fellow Kindred, including a cunning Tremere sorcerer, a resourceful Nosferatu detective, a fierce Gangrel independent, and a enigmatic Malkavian of a hundred faces. Each character harbors their own tales and tribulations, offering opportunities for loyalty, betrayal, and redemption.. Dive into a deeply immersive narrative that delves into the dark underbelly of the World of Darkness, exploring themes of power, morality, and the struggle for humanity in the face of eternal damnation. Whether you're a seasoned veteran of Vampire: The Masquerade or a newcomer to the franchise, Coteries of New York offers a mature and atmospheric experience that captures the essence of its source material. Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York aims to transcribe the complex realities of vampires, between political struggles what is left of their humanity and their place in the world. Suffering from The Hunger from the moment you are Embraced by your Sire. You have to learn what it means to be a Kindred, a path made clearer with every interraction and encounters. Your story will be shaped by moral choices and power conflicts, often brutal, between the different clans. Keep an eye on the Beast always lurking within, threatening to turn you from a manipulative hunter into a wild raging creature. Coteries of New York invites you to immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of the Dark World, a universe that encompasses the iconic tabletop roleplaying game and acclaimed video game titles

Screenshots

Sorcery!4 screens
Vampire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Sorcery! at free against Vampire's paid. Sorcery! also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Vampire's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vampire holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 68 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Sorcery!'s written reviews are positive against 42% of Vampire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, Vampire weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sorcery! versus Vampire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery!Vampire
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.5 (188 ratings)4.8 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.8% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings188 — better68
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB715 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperinklePlug In Digital

Customer experience

Sorcery!

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

Vampire

All ratings66 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%

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

Vampire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery!

No in-app purchases

None

Vampire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorcery! free?
Sorcery! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vampire free?
Vampire costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! or Vampire?
Vampire is rated higher. Sorcery! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 188 ratings, while Vampire averages 4.8 from 68 ratings.
Do Sorcery! or Vampire have ads?
Neither Sorcery! nor Vampire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! or Vampire?
Sorcery! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Vampire weekly. Most recently, Sorcery! was updated on October 29, 2026 and Vampire on October 27, 2026.

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