Strangers Here vs Ability Roulette
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strangers Here
An atmospheric VHS horror game where you play as an FBI agent hunting creatures that mimic humans. Distinguish between real people and their copies, make critical decisions, and uncover the truth behind the "Strangers."
- VHS horror atmosphere
- Track human-imitating creatures
- Distinguish real people from copies
- Make life-altering decisions
- Six unique endings
- Customizable menu background
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Strangers Here — an atmospheric VHS horror about the "Strangers": unsettling creatures that mimic humans with terrifying precision. In the quiet family park of Willingstone, something has gone horribly wrong. People are vanishing, animals are falling ill, and inhuman screams echo from the forest at night. The special agency D.I.C. has been tracking incidents like these for a long time. Now it's your turn — learn to tell the real from the imitation, and uncover the true nature of these beings.
Ability Roulette
Engage in a strategic two-player duel by tracking live rounds and blanks, and utilizing 15 unique ability cards. Outwit your opponent in tense matches with risk-reward mechanics and tactical card combinations. Play solo offline for free or unlock online multiplayer with a one-time purchase.
- Track live rounds and blanks
- Combine 15 ability cards
- Risk self-shots for turn continuation
- Offline solo play
- Private and public online matchmaking
- Best of three matches
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Count the live rounds and blanks, combine 15 ability cards, and outthink your rival in a tense duel for two. Aim across the table, or risk a shot at yourself to keep the turn if it is blank. Play complete solo matches offline for free. A one-time Full Game purchase unlocks private online duels with friends and public matchmaking. Online play requires Game Center. No subscription. READ THE CYLINDER Each load reveals the number of live rounds and blanks. The order stays hidden. Track every cartridge that leaves the cylinder and recalculate the odds after each shot. Aim at your rival, or risk a shot at yourself. A blank self-shot keeps your turn. A live round costs one life. USE 15 ABILITIES Check the next or last cartridge, eject one, reshuffle the remainder, raise a guard, or curse the next live round with a chance to misfire. Abilities arrive as cards in your hand. Play as many as you have available before the required shot and combine their effects to shape the turn. WIN THE MATCH Both players begin each round with three lives. Health and cards in your hand carry across reloads within the round. Later rounds bring larger loads and harder decisions. Win two rounds to take the match. Play aboard a night express crossing early 20th century England. • Free offline solo play • Private online duels and public matchmaking • Fifteen abilities with combinable effects • Short best of three matches • Tense, non-gory action • Game text in 20 languages
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Verdict
Strangers Here and Ability Roulette both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Strangers Here's written reviews are positive against 33% of Ability Roulette's. Strangers Here also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (124 vs 5). Ability Roulette's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ability Roulette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strangers Here asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Strangers Here against 4.0 for Ability Roulette. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strangers Here has 124 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Strangers Here's written reviews are positive against 33% of Ability Roulette's.
Strangers Here ships an update monthly, Ability Roulette every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strangers Here | Ability Roulette |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (124 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Elmira Sevostyanova | VEB AUTOMEISHN LLC |
Customer experience
Strangers Here
Ability Roulette
In-app purchases
Strangers Here
No in-app purchases
Ability Roulette
- Full Game$5.99
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