Sorcery! 2 vs Guidus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sorcery! 2
Embark on an epic interactive adventure in a city filled with danger and magic. Explore a hand-drawn 3D map, cast spells, and make choices that shape your unique story. Engage in strategic combat and try your luck at a new gambling game.
- Interactive story with branching choices
- Hand-drawn 3D city map exploration
- 3D spell-casting system with 48+ spells
- Strategic combat against monsters
- New gambling game: Swindlestones
- Over 300,000 words of content
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An epic adventure in a city of thieves, traps, and magic. Begin your adventure here! (Part 1 not required.) *** Rock Paper Shotgun's best RPG of 2016 *** "Another spectacular rendition of classic interactive fiction" - (Kotaku) "Fantastic, and you should buy it" - 5/5 (Gamezebo) "Bigger, better, stronger" - 4.5/5, Editor's Choice (148Apps) Top 20 Mobile Game of 2013, Touch Arcade Top 25 Mobile Game of 2013, Gamezebo "I love this app... It’s better than any gamebook ever was in your head when you were a kid" - 5/5, Interactive Fiction Game of the Year (Pocket Tactics) "With a seemingly endless number of outcomes, Sorcery 2 offers hours upon hours of gameplay... one of the best games of 2013, and adventure fans, you can't afford to miss it" - 5/5 (Examiner.com) Dare you journey into the Kharé: the Cityport of Traps, a town of thieves and murderers on the brink of destruction? + Fully interactive story written on fly around on your actions and choices + Plot your own path down every street of the hand-drawn 3D city map + Go down into the sewers, aboard ship, or inside buildings with new interior maps + 3D spell-casting system: cast over 48 spells, with weird and wonderful story-changing effects + New gambling game: can you outwit the citizens of Kharé at Swindlestones? + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Over thirty different monsters to fight with our unique strategic combat + More than double the content of Part 1: over 300,000 words, with 10,000 choices, and every one is remembered + Play as a male or female hero + Start your adventure from here - or load your characters from Part 1 "A terrific adventure - one fraught with danger, rich in atmosphere, and pleasingly flexible in terms of how you shape its twisting, twisted narrative" - 8/10 (Pocket Gamer) "Wonderful for genre fans and novices alike" - 4.5/5 (TouchArcade) "An excellent experience" - 90% (4Players.de) Kharé is brimming with things to do and creatures to meet. Visit the Festival of Thieves, battle a ghost, escape from slavers, gamble your fortune at the Halls of Vlada, drink at the tavern, worship strange Gods, and much much more. Will you uncover the secrets of the city, overthrow the Council, destroy an invading army, or leave Kharé to burn? From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone), and designed and adapted by inkle, 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. In combat, the action is described on the fly based on how you play. Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche and maps by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast). "Kharé: Cityport of Traps" is Part 2 of 4. Part 1 is out now and Part 3, "The Seven Serpents", is coming later this year. (But while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS.)
Guidus
Embark on a pixelated roguelike adventure to reclaim a royal palace from awakened monsters. Recruit diverse heroes, master unique skills, and battle challenging bosses. Explore dungeons filled with traps and treasures, and grow your characters to overcome the darkness.
- Diverse hero collection
- Unique hero skills and superpowers
- Varied bosses and monsters
- Dungeon exploration with traps and treasures
- Roguelike gameplay with growth factors
- Pixel art graphics
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Explore dungeons, collect heroes and challenge powerful bosses in Guidus, a pixel art action roguelike RPG. Learn enemy attack patterns, choose when to strike and use each hero's unique skills to survive. HEROES WITH DIFFERENT PLAY STYLES Unlock heroes such as the swordsman, archer, wizard, sylph and monk. Discover their skills and find the hero that suits you. DUNGEON EXPLORATION AND BOSS BATTLES Search for hidden treasures, navigate dangerous traps and face monsters with distinct attack patterns. A well-timed move can turn a difficult battle around. GROW STRONGER WITH EACH CHALLENGE Develop your heroes and sharpen your own skills as you return to the dungeon. Test yourself in Arcade Mode for another kind of challenge. A KINGDOM TO RECLAIM Awaken the warriors sealed in the bonfire and help the twin prince and princess reclaim their kingdom. Explore a world of detailed pixel art, from its heroes and monsters to its dungeons and bosses. Contact: contact@izzle.net Website: https://www.izzle.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Guidus at Free against Sorcery! 2's $4.99. Guidus also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 84). Sorcery! 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence 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
Guidus is free to download; Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99 up front. Guidus sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Sorcery! 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorcery! 2 against 4.8 for Guidus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guidus has 3K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Sorcery! 2's written reviews are positive against 73% of Guidus's.
Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Guidus fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Sorcery! 2 | Guidus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (84 ratings) | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 72.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 84 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 262 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | inkle | izzle Inc. |
Customer experience
Sorcery! 2
Guidus
User reviews
Sorcery! 2
From 84 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Exceptional story and gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and art
- 📚 Faithful adaptation of classic gamebooks
- 🔁 High replayability
- 🕹️ Engaging mini-games
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (text color issues, crashes)
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay in some areas
- 🕹️ Swindlestones mini-game can be frustrating
- 🗺️ Limited ability to backtrack and explore
Guidus
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best Dungeon Crawler Roguelike
- 👍 Charming pixel graphics
- 👍 Stellar gameplay
- 👍 Wonderful characters and playstyles
- 👍 Haptics and music are wonderful
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads make the game unbearable
- 🐛 Abyss is horribly made
- 🐛 Game freezes or ads freeze, causing loss of progress
- 🐛 Bugs after recent updates
- 🐛 Laggy and unresponsive controls
Bugs and requests
Sorcery! 2
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sun stone not appearing in inventory after acquiring
- Swindlestones game crashing during play
- Clues getting stuck on screen and unable to remove
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to delete saved games
- Cloud sync support for cross-device play
- More frequent updates and new content
Guidus
Reported bugs
5 issues- White Night Elemental Master skin unable to perform normal attacks
- Disappearing boss materials after collecting them
- Infinite loading on game start
- Freezing on floor transition
- Ads not working properly
Requested features
8 requests- More characters or secret characters
- Ability to sell keys/hourglasses/items for gold
- Gold to emerald or hourglass conversion system
- Option to save run progress when pausing or closing app
- Real-time multiplayer and PvP modes
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- More practice dummies for AoE damage testing
- Ability to view character info before selecting
- Snappier and more immediate movement controls
In-app purchases
Sorcery! 2
No in-app purchases
Guidus
- Buy 4 hourglasses.$0.99
- Buy 50 Emeralds$0.99
- Buy 3,000 Gold$1.59
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- Buy 130 emeralds$1.59
- Buy 13 hourglasses.$1.99
- Buy 27 hourglasses.$3.19
- Buy 8,200 Gold$3.19
- Buy 300 Emeralds$3.19
- Basic Pass$4.99
- Buy 55 hourglasses.$6.39
- Buy 17,000 Gold$6.39
- Advanced Pass$7.99
- Buy 55,000 Gold$19.99









