Comparison

Sorcery! 2 vs Vampire's Fall

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.)

About

Vampire's Fall

Embark on an epic 2D open-world adventure as a village recruit facing a dark magic threat. Create your character, choose your bloodline, and engage in turn-based combat. Your choices will shape your destiny as you battle monsters or other players.

Highlights
  • 2D open world exploration
  • Turn-based combat system
  • Fully customizable characters
  • Immersive storylines with dialogue choices
  • Player vs. Player (PvP) battles
  • Multiple bloodline options
  • Extensive weapon and armor collection
Features
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For countless years the villagers of Vamp’Ire have enjoyed a life of peace and happiness. But now, rumors are spreading about a wielder of dark magic - a Witchmaster. Fearing the rumors to be true, the village musters a militia to prepare for the worst. You are a recruit enrolling to defend the village. Little do you know, fate has something special in store for you… Vampire’s Fall: Origins is a 2D open-world RPG with turn-based combat. Create your character, choose your bloodline and venture out in the world. Will you wreck havoc in the land, or be the hero people are longing for? Will you use your powers to battle other players or to hunt ferocious monsters? • Open world • Fully customizable characters • Turn-based combat • Immersive stories • Dialogue choices • PvP battles • In-game chat • Skills and abilities to shape your character • Choose your bloodline: Nosferatu, Ranjeni, Magistrav or Equides • Over 150 graphically unique weapons and armor About us Vampire's Fall: Origins has been in development for three years. We set out to create a serious RPG for mobile phones without the usual mobile game mechanics. There's no energy system. There's no 50-click tutorial. There's little hand holding. There are, in our opinion, interesting battle mechanics, funny dialogues and a sense of wonder in the world. From our three indie-dev hearts, good luck and have fun!

Screenshots

Sorcery! 24 screens
Vampire's Fall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vampire's Fall at Free against Sorcery! 2's $4.99. Vampire's Fall also leads on ratings volume (9.8K vs 84). Sorcery! 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Vampire's Fall is free to download; Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99 up front. Vampire's Fall sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sorcery! 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorcery! 2 against 4.7 for Vampire's Fall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vampire's Fall has 9.8K 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 93% of Vampire's Fall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Vampire's Fall every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sorcery! 2 versus Vampire's Fall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 2Vampire's Fall
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (84 ratings)4.7 (9.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings849.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size262 MB321 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperinkleEarly Morning Studio AB

Customer experience

Sorcery! 2

All ratings84 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews241 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.8%

Vampire's Fall

All ratings9,735 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews2,056 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%

User reviews

Sorcery! 2

From 84 App Store ratings

What 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

Vampire's Fall

From 9.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐️ Excellent game with great story and gameplay
  • 👍 Engaging and humorous dialogue
  • 🚀 Smooth performance and controls
  • 💰 Generous free-to-play model with no forced ads
  • 🎨 Appealing retro-style graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐢 Slow travel speed can be frustrating
  • 🤕 Difficulty spikes with some overpowered enemies
  • 🤯 Confusing or unclear progression at times
  • 🤖 Repetitive enemy encounters

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

Vampire's Fall

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • In-app purchases not always registering correctly
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to reset skill points
  • More character customization options
  • Faster travel methods (e.g. mounts)
  • Improved quest tracking and guidance
  • Expanded end-game content and replayability

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 2

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Vampire's Fall

One-time10
  • 50 Dark Shards$0.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • Swords Pack$3.99
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  • Supporter$4.99
  • 400 Dark Shards$4.99
  • Blood Moon Pack 2$7.99
  • Custom Pack 1$7.99
  • 1000 Dark Shards$9.99
  • Expansion Pack$19.99
  • 5000 Dark Shards$39.99

Questions

Is Sorcery! 2 free?
Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vampire's Fall free?
Vampire's Fall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 2 or Vampire's Fall?
Vampire's Fall is rated higher. Sorcery! 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Vampire's Fall averages 4.7 from 9.8K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 2 or Vampire's Fall have ads?
Vampire's Fall shows ads; Sorcery! 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 2 or Vampire's Fall?
Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vampire's Fall every 2 months. Most recently, Sorcery! 2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Vampire's Fall on November 8, 2026.

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