Comparison

Sorcery! 2 vs Ancient Gods

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

Ancient Gods

Embark on offline roguelike adventures with this deck-building RPG. Collect over 300 cards and 50+ characters to craft powerful decks and overcome turn-based card battles. Explore randomly generated events and conquer challenges in a quest to protect your planet.

Highlights
  • Deckbuilding rogue-lite gameplay
  • Turn-based card battles
  • Offline play
  • Hundreds of cards and characters
  • Unique character classes and skills
  • Card combo system
Features
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Ancient Gods is a combination of gacha and deck-building rogue-lite. No need for the internet, you will experience unique adventures, and build OP decks from hundreds of cards and characters to conquer new challenges. [Features] * Mild strategy turn-based card battle - One versus One battle, single-player mode, decide on which cards to take to make awesome, flawless combinations! Adventure awaits, but can you make the right decision in the randomly generated events on your journey? * 50+ beautifully drawn characters to play with their own unique card and passive skill - Summon and complete your collection of gods * Classes and Skill System - Craft your own deck by choosing classes for your character * Combo system according to the color of the card you play * More than 300 cards to build [Story] Since ancient times, all the planets of the Solar System have had life. Inhabitants of most planets have very powerful powers, with the exception of Earth. One day, the Sun moved into a new era creating a terrifying explosion, burning all the planets. Earth is the only place to live, all the races on other planets have moved here, using all their strength to protect this last planet and get through the Apocalypse. As time passed, the original unity was gone, leaving behind the contempt of powerful races with Humans, who divided the land and ruled over Humans like slaves. At that moment, Humanity appeared 3 siblings with special powers, that is to copy the power of others. From there these Chosen Ones begin their journey to reclaim their planet.

Screenshots

Sorcery! 24 screens
Ancient Gods4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ancient Gods at Free against Sorcery! 2's $4.99. Ancient Gods also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 84). Sorcery! 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 34) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ancient Gods is free to download; Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99 up front. Ancient Gods sells 34 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 4.8 for Ancient Gods. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient Gods has 2K 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 66% of Ancient Gods's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Ancient Gods monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sorcery! 2 versus Ancient Gods: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 2Ancient Gods
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (84 ratings)4.8 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better66.2% of reviews
Number of ratings842K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
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 MB377 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperinkleLinh Lam Quang

Customer experience

Sorcery! 2

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

Ancient Gods

All ratings1,978 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative24.6%

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

Ancient Gods

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Offline playability
  • 👍 Generous free-to-play model
  • 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing art and music
  • 💡 Diverse character roster with unique playstyles
  • 🤩 Engaging and challenging gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Lack of content and replayability
  • 🕹️ Clunky and inconsistent controls
  • 🤔 Unclear progression and upgrade systems
  • 💰 Expensive premium content

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

Ancient Gods

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Progress loss and save data issues
  • Incorrect damage calculations
  • Broken challenge mode objectives
  • Unreliable ad rewards

Requested features

5 requests
  • More diverse character representation
  • Expanded story and lore
  • Endless mode improvements
  • Customization options for characters
  • Better save/load functionality

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 2

No in-app purchases

34 purchases

Ancient Gods

One-time34
  • Starter pack Silver$0.99
  • Energy Supply 02$0.99
  • Feather Supplies 01$0.99
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  • Thor Pass EXP$1.99
  • Token Package 01$1.99
  • Starter pack Gold$4.99
  • Tome Pack 01$4.99
  • Tome Pack - Blue$4.99
  • Tome Pack - Red$4.99
  • Tome Pack - Yellow$4.99
  • Expedition Slot Package$4.99
  • Zeus Titanbane Skin$4.99
  • Token Package 02$4.99
  • Reindeer Belle$4.99
  • Serpent Empress$4.99
  • Eclipse of Deception$4.99
  • Celestial Quarry Pass EXP$4.99
  • Packs Chain Deal 01$4.99
  • Double Rate Flash Sale$6.99
  • Ads Free Flash Sale$6.99
  • Endless Pass 01$9.99
  • Thor Pass$9.99
  • Token Package 03$9.99
  • Weekly Pass$9.99
  • Stater Pack - Double Rate$9.99
  • Stater Pack - Ads Free$9.99
  • Chaos Island Profit 01$9.99
  • Combo Flash Sale$11.99
  • Starter pack Platinum$14.99
  • Foundation Forge$14.99
  • Core Climber$19.99
  • Card Spirit Supplies 05$19.99
  • Dungeon Boost - Combo$19.99
  • Elite Elevation$24.99

Questions

Is Sorcery! 2 free?
Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ancient Gods free?
Ancient Gods is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 2 or Ancient Gods?
Ancient Gods is rated higher. Sorcery! 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Ancient Gods averages 4.8 from 2K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 2 or Ancient Gods have ads?
Ancient Gods shows ads; Sorcery! 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 2 or Ancient Gods?
Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ancient Gods monthly. Most recently, Sorcery! 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ancient Gods on October 25, 2026.

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