Tin Star vs Open Sorcery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tin Star
Step into the boots of a U.S. marshal in the Old West. Investigate a sprawling conspiracy, confront outlaws, and forge your own legend across the country.
- Become a U.S. marshal
- Confront outlaws
- Uncover a conspiracy
- Explore the Old West
- Craft your legend
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Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal. Confront outlaws, find romance, challenge Native Americans, defy the elements and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
Open Sorcery
A text-based game where you embody an Elemental Firewall, a creature of magic and code. Protect your network, search for spirits, and explore themes of technology, magic, and sentience. Discover multiple endings through interactive storytelling.
- Text-based interactive fiction
- Elemental Firewall role-playing
- Network protection gameplay
- Multiple endings
- Animated sequences
- Explore themes of magic and technology
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You are online. You are fire and order. You are a firewall. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a person. It follows the development of BEL/S, an Elemental Firewall: a creature of intertwined magic and code. It is text-based and uses the revolutionary Twine engine. There are 55,000 words of text, five animated sequences, and ten possible endings. In this game you can: * Search for malicious spirits * Protect your network * Make friends * Burn everything * Learn * Dream * Become sapient
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Open Sorcery at $2.99 against Tin Star's $11.99. Open Sorcery also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Tin Star's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 21). On review sentiment, in-app purchases 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
Tin Star costs $11.99 and Open Sorcery $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Sorcery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 21 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tin Star ships an update every 3 months, Open Sorcery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tin Star | Open Sorcery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (71 ratings) | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Abigail Corfman |
Customer experience
Tin Star
Open Sorcery
In-app purchases
Tin Star
No in-app purchases
Open Sorcery
No in-app purchases
Questions
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