Reckless Space Pirates vs Phantom City
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reckless Space Pirates
Embark on a text-based sci-fi adventure where your decisions shape your destiny. Choose to join space pirates or aid an alien colony in a conflict that could spark an interstellar war. Your imagination is the only limit in this interactive narrative.
- Interactive text-based story
- Multiple branching narratives
- Choice-driven gameplay
- Sci-fi setting
- Character relationships
- Multiple endings
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You have a choice: join a crew of space pirates to steal priceless slime from a nest of mushroom-like aliens--or hoodwink the pirates and team up with the mushroom colony to prevent an interstellar war! "Reckless Space Pirates" is a thrilling interactive science-fiction novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and powered by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Will you survive the infamous space-slime pits? Will you earn the respect of the crew, or even start a romance with a space pirate? Can you negotiate with the fungoid aliens, despite linguistic and cultural barriers? Or will you blast their rubbery guts, plunder the slime pits, and retire in luxury?
Phantom City
Embark on a cyberpunk adventure in a dystopian future where AI controls a city for a single individual. Engage in strategic turn-based combat and develop your character through unique body modifications and skills in this text-based roguelike RPG.
- Text-based cyberpunk RPG
- Roguelike gameplay
- Turn-based strategic combat
- Character growth via body modding and skills
- Futuristic city setting
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It's 2087. Despite the concern of many people, AI still serves humans as its masters. But... They don't serve all humans equally. The AI in control of this city only serves the former chairman of the corporation. He's an old man, resting in the cryogenic chamber for more than a decade now. The city is his giant casket, as well as a means to his resurrection and immortality. People are nothing but resources to be consumed for the ghost of a man. You're also one of this city's victims. But maybe it's you who can change its future. ◆ About the Game ◆ ■ Life in a flashy future city that holds infinite darkness inside ■ Roguelike gameplay in text-based adventures ■ Turn-based combat that requires strategic use of skills ■ Creative character growth with body modding and skills ■ Exceptional TRPG experience from the developers of Tower of Winter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Phantom City at Free against Reckless Space Pirates's $4.99. Phantom City also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). Reckless Space Pirates's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On review sentiment 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
Phantom City is free to download; Reckless Space Pirates costs $4.99 up front. Phantom City sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Reckless Space Pirates asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phantom City holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phantom City has 34 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 86% and 85% positive.
Reckless Space Pirates ships an update every 12 months, Phantom City every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reckless Space Pirates | Phantom City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 85.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 307 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Choice of Games LLC | Tailormade Games |
Customer experience
Reckless Space Pirates
Phantom City
In-app purchases
Reckless Space Pirates
No in-app purchases
Phantom City
- 200+10 Gems$1.99
- 500+50 Gems$4.99
- Settler's Package$4.99
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- Veteran's Package$8.99
- Researcher's Package$12.99
- 2000+200 Gems$19.99
- Conqueror's Package$29.99
- 4000+600 Gems$39.99
- 6000+1000 Gems$59.99
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