Comparison

Reckless Space Pirates vs Phantom City

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive text-based story
  • Multiple branching narratives
  • Choice-driven gameplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Character relationships
  • Multiple endings
Features
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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?

About

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.

Highlights
  • Text-based cyberpunk RPG
  • Roguelike gameplay
  • Turn-based strategic combat
  • Character growth via body modding and skills
  • Futuristic city setting
Features
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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

Screenshots

Reckless Space Pirates4 screens
Phantom City4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Reckless Space Pirates versus Phantom City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReckless Space PiratesPhantom City
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)4.6 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings434 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB307 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChoice of Games LLCTailormade Games

Customer experience

Reckless Space Pirates

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Phantom City

All ratings34 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative10.6%

In-app purchases

None

Reckless Space Pirates

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Phantom City

One-time9
  • 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

Questions

Is Reckless Space Pirates free?
Reckless Space Pirates costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phantom City free?
Phantom City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reckless Space Pirates or Phantom City?
Phantom City is rated higher. Reckless Space Pirates averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Phantom City averages 4.6 from 34 ratings.
Do Reckless Space Pirates or Phantom City have ads?
Reckless Space Pirates shows ads; Phantom City does not.
Which is updated more often, Reckless Space Pirates or Phantom City?
Reckless Space Pirates ships an update every 12 months, and Phantom City every 3 weeks. Most recently, Reckless Space Pirates was updated on October 13, 2026 and Phantom City on October 20, 2026.

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