Gothic Classic vs Apple Knight 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gothic Classic
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy RPG set in a simulated open world. Navigate a lawless prison colony, join factions, and master a hands-on combat progression system. Optimized for mobile with touch controls and gamepad support.
- Simulated open world with daily NPC routines
- Three distinct convict factions
- Hands-on combat progression system
- Tailor-made touch controls
- Gamepad compatibility
- Cloud saves and Game Center integration
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Experience the award-winning masterpiece that revolutionized role-playing games. Return to the penal colony of Khorinis in the iconic, dark-fantasy RPG that pioneered fully simulated open worlds. Gothic redefined the genre by introducing a completely seamless, living ecosystem where every non-player character follows a strict 24-hour daily routine. Watch citizens work, eat, sleep, and dynamically react to your actions in a world that operates independently of your presence. Thrown into a lawless prison under an impenetrable magical barrier, you begin as an absolute nobody. In this brutal environment, you must quickly secure raw power and make critical political choices to survive. Align with one of three distinct convict factions, each boasting their own political agendas and unique armors. Your decisions actively reshape the balance of power inside the colony and dictate your ultimate path to freedom. Master a revolutionary, hands-on progression system that eschews abstract menus. Seek out physical trainers in the wilderness to learn combat stances that visually evolve your fighting style from awkward recruit to lethal master. OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE * Tailor-Made Touch Controls: Navigate the rugged terrain and engage in high-stakes combat with layout options crafted specifically for touch screens. * Gamepad Compatibility: Connect your favorite controller for a high-precision, traditional console gameplay experience. * Cloud Saves & Game Center: Protect your progress across devices and track your accomplishments on the go.
Apple Knight 3
Embark on an action-packed platforming adventure in a vast, interconnected world. Battle enemies, master abilities, and explore dangerous dungeons with smooth controls and fast-paced combat. Customize your hero with unique skins, pets, and mounts.
- Interconnected world exploration
- Fast action-platforming
- Hack-and-slash combat
- Dungeons and secrets
- Special abilities and weapons
- Character customization
- Pets and mounts
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Apple Knight is back with interconnected worlds and tons of new features! No ads or in-app purchases. Run, jump, and slash your way through a fast-paced action platformer full of secrets, mounts, and farm life. Some of the things to do in Apple Knight 3: • Explore 2 worlds (with more to come) and discover new mounts and dungeons • Track your journey on the world map • Run and jump through fast, fluid action-platforming • Switch between side-scrolling adventure and a top-down farm • Battle hordes of enemies with hack-and-slash combat and powerful special abilities • Find secret areas, hidden treasures, and hidden mounts • Collect 10 mounts, each with its own stats. At least 8 more are coming in future updates! • Grow crops on your farm and feed them to your mounts to level them up, or sell them for coins • Collect items and manage your inventory • Adopt a pet dog that gives you +1 heart • Sleep in your own house • Visit your friendly neighbor, Tobin, and his animals to buy or sell seeds and wheat, or just to chat • Feed the chickens on your farm or Tobin's to get a special bonus for 3 days • Experience a day/night cycle. Even the chickens go to bed at night! • Learn new moves in the training cave • Buy weapons at Torren's weapon shop. More branches with more weapons are opening soon! • Clear weeds from your farm • Choose your jump style: classic Apple Knight or the new variable jump height • Play with a game controller And much more to come!
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Verdict
Gothic Classic and Apple Knight 3 both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Gothic Classic's written reviews are positive against 44% of Apple Knight 3's. Gothic Classic also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 8) and chart position (#20 vs #87). Apple Knight 3's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $10.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Gothic Classic costs $10.99 and Apple Knight 3 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gothic Classic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gothic Classic has 51 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Gothic Classic's written reviews are positive against 44% of Apple Knight 3's.
Gothic Classic ships an update every 2 months, Apple Knight 3 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gothic Classic | Apple Knight 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (51 ratings) — better | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | #87 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.8 GB | 229 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH | Limitless LLC |
Customer experience
Gothic Classic
Apple Knight 3
In-app purchases
Gothic Classic
No in-app purchases
Apple Knight 3
No in-app purchases
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