Guild Wars® Reforged vs Network Superstar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guild Wars® Reforged
Embark on a fantasy adventure in this award-winning MMORPG, now enhanced for mobile. Experience a complete saga with hundreds of quests, customizable builds from ten professions, and tactical battles with allies or other players.
- Complete saga experience
- Hundreds of quests
- Ten professions with unique builds
- Thousands of skills
- Party up with players or NPCs
- PvP and PvE challenges
- Cross-play and cross-progression
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Live a fantasy adventure in Guild Wars Reforged, the award-winning MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE PLAYING GAME enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements and enhanced for mobile play. Experience the complete saga: from the fall of Ascalon to the desperate stand against Nightfall, every campaign is an epic chapter of Tyria history. And with full cross-play and cross-progression, you'll play how you want, when you want. Choose your adventure: Incredible stories await across 3 massive parallel campaigns. Explore hundreds of quests, challenging missions, holiday event surprises, and more! Choose your build: Craft unique builds from ten professions and personalize your gameplay by combining armor sets, weapons, and thousands of skills. As you adventure, explore new lands, and conquer new foes, your arsenal of abilities will grow. Choose your allies: Party up with other players, create a team of reliable NPC henchmen, or recruit customizable heroes to join you in fun, tactical battles. Choose your challenge: Test your team's mettle against other players in PVP—or complete a PvE campaign to challenge yourself with hard-mode versions of maps and missions.
Network Superstar
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Welcome to the NOC, rookie. Grab a headset, check the queue, and keep the packets moving. Network Superstar is a fast, text-driven IT career game where you start as a network noob and work your way toward becoming the teammate everyone wants on shift. Handle realistic help desk tickets, chase down incidents, study networking concepts, monitor devices, and build your reputation one smart call at a time. This is not a sleepy flashcard app. This is your daily operations console. Pick your first workplace, create your player, and start taking on the kind of problems real IT teams see every day: DNS weirdness, cabling issues, VLAN trouble, DHCP headaches, routing questions, wireless complaints, security risks, latency, bandwidth bottlenecks, and more. Set the mood while you work with original retro-inspired background music, then make the console your own with customizable player characters, app icons, and interface color schemes. Some things are hiding in the UI too, because every good network has a few secrets worth discovering. Every shift gives you decisions to make: - Work tickets from the queue - Respond to incidents before they snowball - Handle on-call pages when the network needs you - Train on level-appropriate networking scenarios - Watch the network dashboard for warning signs - Choose original background music for your shift - Customize the look of your career console - Hunt for hidden easter eggs - Manage your energy so you do not burn out mid-shift - Build streaks by making clean calls - Earn XP, reputation, salary growth, ranks, and badges - Unlock Game Center achievements as your career grows Your choices matter. The best first action closes work cleanly and earns XP. Risky or incomplete actions can create follow-up work, cost energy, and reset streaks. Rest and study when you need to recover. Ignore pager duty and the network may make sure you remember it. Network Superstar is built for people who like IT, networking, troubleshooting, operations, career progression, and that glorious feeling when a ticket finally moves to closed. You will grow through ranks like: - Network Noob - Help Desk Network Tech - Network Administrator - Network Engineer - Senior Network Engineer - Network Architect - Network Superstar Whether you are already in IT, studying networking, or just love technical problem-solving games, there is a seat open on the team. The queue is filling up. The dashboard is blinking. The day is young. Log in and show us what you have got.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Guild Wars® Reforged at Free against Network Superstar's $0.99. Network Superstar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 20) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Guild Wars® Reforged is free to download; Network Superstar costs $0.99 up front. Guild Wars® Reforged sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Network Superstar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guild Wars® Reforged ships an update every 6 days, Network Superstar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guild Wars® Reforged | Network Superstar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (540 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 540 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ArenaNet, LLC. | Jay Vlavianos |
In-app purchases
Guild Wars® Reforged
- Xunlai Storage Pane$3.99
- Xunlai Material Storage Expansion$3.99
- Augur of Kormir Costume$3.99
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- Ravenheart Witchwear Costume$3.99
- Lunatic Court Finery Costume$3.99
- Vision of Lyssa Costume$3.99
- Extra Character Slot$5.99
- Character Name Change$5.99
- Nightfall Skill Unlock Pack$5.99
- Prophecies Skill Unlock Pack$5.99
- Factions Skill Unlock Pack$5.99
- Guild Wars® Bonus Mission Pack$5.99
- Prophecies (Ad Free)$6.99
- Guild Wars® Factions$6.99
- Guild Wars® Nightfall$6.99
- Purveyor's Bell$6.99
- Guild Wars® Eye of the North™$9.99
- Infinite Identification Kit$9.99
- Infinite Stalker's Ration Bundle$9.99
- Mercenary Hero Three Pack$9.99
Network Superstar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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