Fatehaven vs Empyrean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fatehaven
Embark on an epic interactive fantasy adventure where your choices shape your destiny. Master elemental magic, navigate complex relationships, and uncover six possible endings in this engaging tale.
- Elemental magic mastery
- Interactive storytelling
- Multiple romance options
- Branching narrative choices
- Six distinct endings
- Character customization
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Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?
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.
- Pilot experimental fighter plane
- Text-based interactive novel
- Choice-driven narrative
- Explore dieselpunk world
- Romance options
- Conceal identity
- Engage in aerial dogfights
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fatehaven at 84% against Empyrean's 70%. Fatehaven also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Fatehaven costs $4.99 and Empyrean $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fatehaven holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Fatehaven's written reviews are positive against 70% of Empyrean's.
Fatehaven ships an update every 22 months, Empyrean every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fatehaven | Empyrean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) — better | 4.5 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 16 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Choice of Games LLC |
Customer experience
Fatehaven
Empyrean
Bugs and requests
Fatehaven
Reported bugs
9 issues- Choices don't always impact narration as expected
- Stat mechanics are too basic
- Program commands appear in text
- Choices not honored, story forced back on track
- Misplaced or missing quotation marks
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- Some scenes are confusing with logic jumps
- Errors in magic descriptions (e.g., wrong magic type used)
- Switching from silent protagonist to bolded lines
- Scenes with magic are unclear
Requested features
10 requests- Continuation or sequel to the story
- Extension to the love life/romance options
- More complex stat system
- Option for multiple romantic partners
- More impact from element/weapon choices
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- Fixes for endings
- More choices and less reading
- More difficulty options
- Display relationship status in stats
- More branching storylines
Empyrean
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fatehaven
No in-app purchases
Empyrean
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fatehaven free?
Is Empyrean free?
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