Comparison

Sorcery! 2 vs Knight Lancer

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

Knight Lancer

Engage in thrilling arcade jousting battles with ragdoll physics. Regain your honor by mastering skillful jousting mechanics, delivering critical hits, and customizing your knight. Compete in missions or online multiplayer.

Highlights
  • 18 Mission Story Mode
  • Skillful Jousting Mechanics
  • Ragdoll Physics
  • Character Customization
  • Online Multiplayer
  • Daily Winning Spree Challenge
Features
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Welcome to KNIGHT LANCER, an arcade jousting game where your skill is rewarded with epic ragdoll physics! Your lands have been taken, your family name bismirched. But you have your lance and a horse - what more does a knight need? Set off on a journey to regain your honour! Toss caution (and your ragdoll enemies) to the wind and become: a Knight! Features: - 18 Mission Story mode, and Free Play - Skillful and satisfying jousting mechanics - Bone-crunching Critical Hits - Ragdoll physics - Character customization - Online multiplayer - Daily winning spree challenge

Screenshots

Sorcery! 24 screens
Knight Lancer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Knight Lancer at Free against Sorcery! 2's $4.99. Knight Lancer also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 84). Sorcery! 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) 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

Knight Lancer is free to download; Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99 up front. Knight Lancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.6 for Knight Lancer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knight Lancer has 11K 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 83% of Knight Lancer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Knight Lancer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Sorcery! 2 versus Knight Lancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 2Knight Lancer
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (84 ratings) — better4.6 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings8411K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size262 MB406 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperinkleBABAR SAEED JANJUA

Customer experience

Sorcery! 2

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

Knight Lancer

All ratings10,560 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews927 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.8%

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

Knight Lancer

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 🚀 Immensely enjoyable
  • 👍 Great game, has lots of potential
  • 👍 Very well made game
  • 👍 Amazing game!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Zero reward
  • 💰 Paywall!!!
  • 🐛 Bad hitboxes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent
  • 🐛 more luck than skill

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

Knight Lancer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Home screen bug where knight falls off the map
  • Armor and shield purchases not working
  • Difficulty progressing to Duke rank in certain castles
  • Opponents not moving at times, causing player to leave the arena

Requested features

7 requests
  • More customization options for armor, helmets, shields, and horses
  • Ability to customize character during campaign
  • Different horses with unique stats
  • Skill mechanic to reduce lance bounce
  • Ability to rematch after a draw
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  • Royalty opponents should have larger hitboxes
  • Offline tournaments, PvP duels, and other gameplay modes beyond just jousting

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Knight Lancer

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$2.99

Questions

Is Sorcery! 2 free?
Sorcery! 2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knight Lancer free?
Knight Lancer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 2 or Knight Lancer?
Sorcery! 2 is rated higher. Sorcery! 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Knight Lancer averages 4.6 from 11K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 2 or Knight Lancer have ads?
Knight Lancer shows ads; Sorcery! 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 2 or Knight Lancer?
Sorcery! 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Knight Lancer monthly. Most recently, Sorcery! 2 was updated on September 26, 2026 and Knight Lancer on September 27, 2026.

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