Comparison

Paradox Factor vs Empyrean

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

Head to head
About

Paradox Factor

Explore the consequences of altering your past and future in this edgy time travel game. Make choices and navigate the ripple effects of your decisions as you play as a customizable character.

Highlights
  • Time travel gameplay
  • Alter past and future
  • Consequence-driven narrative
  • Character customization
  • Thought-provoking choices
Features
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What would you change? Alter your past and future in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause? Play as a man, woman, or nonbinary individual as you travel through time in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?

About

Empyrean

Engage in aerial combat in a dieselpunk world to overthrow a tyrannical regime. This text-based interactive novel lets you pilot a secret experimental fighter, making choices that shape the narrative and determine the fate of your city and the mysterious world below.

Highlights
  • Pilot experimental fighter plane
  • Text-based interactive novel
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Explore dieselpunk world
  • Romance options
  • Conceal identity
  • Engage in aerial dogfights
Features
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Overthrow your father's regime with his own secret experimental fighter plane! Dogfight dieselpunk aeros to save your city and the iron jungle beneath it. "Empyrean" is an interactive "flying ace" novel by Kyle Marquis where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—325,000 words, without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Far below the city of Actorius lies the mysterious world of the Deep Tech--creatures and plants both living and mechanical, and powered by unknown forces. Your father harvests the tech to create experimental airships, and the Revolution that fights his every move races to do the same. Your father's aero, the Empyrean, is governed by Deep Tech dynamics not even he understands. Only you can fly the Empyrean, match wits against ruthless oligarchs and devious spies, and take to the sky to fight your city’s enemies. But who is the enemy? The Revolution, or the government they say is corrupt? Foreign invaders, or the Deep Tech itself? In a world of gleaming towers and downtrodden laborers, streaking aeros and deadly rooftop duels, when you risk it all, the sky's the limit! • Fly the Empyrean, the greatest aircraft ever designed • Play as a man, a woman, or nonbinary; romance men or women. • Explore the Deep Tech, a savage mechanical ecosystem below your city. • Conceal your true identity from your family and the secret police. • Befriend Wesh, a denizen of the Deep Tech who is both human and machine • Cross swords in top secret research facilities, elegant cafés, and even atop airplanes in flight! • Use the Deep Tech and your political authority to improve and protect your city • Side with the revolution, the government, foreign powers, or the Deep Tech itself!

Screenshots

Paradox Factor4 screens
Empyrean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Empyrean at 4.5 against Paradox Factor's 3.9. Paradox Factor's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 16 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Paradox Factor costs $2.99 and Empyrean $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Empyrean holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Paradox Factor's written reviews are positive against 70% of Empyrean's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paradox Factor ships an update every 6 months, Empyrean every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paradox Factor versus Empyrean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParadox FactorEmpyrean
Price$2.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.9 (52 ratings)4.5 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews69.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB32 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCChoice of Games LLC

Customer experience

Paradox Factor

All ratings52 ratings
Positive71.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative21.2%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative22.0%

Empyrean

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.7%

In-app purchases

None

Paradox Factor

No in-app purchases

None

Empyrean

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paradox Factor free?
Paradox Factor costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Empyrean free?
Empyrean costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paradox Factor or Empyrean?
Empyrean is rated higher. Paradox Factor averages 3.9 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Empyrean averages 4.5 from 25 ratings.
Do Paradox Factor or Empyrean have ads?
Both Paradox Factor and Empyrean show ads.
Which is updated more often, Paradox Factor or Empyrean?
Paradox Factor ships an update every 6 months, and Empyrean every 16 months. Most recently, Paradox Factor was updated on October 13, 2026 and Empyrean on October 2, 2026.

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