Comparison

Silent Gear vs Diabolical

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

Head to head
About

Silent Gear

Immerse yourself in a text-based sci-fi thriller where your choices shape a grim military future. Navigate complex relationships, war, and betrayal as an elite soldier. Your decisions determine survival and multiple endings.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive story
  • Branching narrative with multiple endings
  • Sci-fi military setting
  • Romance, betrayal, and survival elements
  • Four mini-games
  • Randomized key items for replayability
  • Squad survival mechanics
Features
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Become an elite trained soldier in a grim military future world. You decide your friendship, love, war, betrayal, and above all, survival. "Silent Gear" is an interactive sci-fi thriller by Lee Yuan, where your choices control the story. It’s text-based–without graphics–and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. With the constant economic downturn and conflicts, the United States had officially lost its superpower title in the year 2032. Russia and China have risen together and created the New Unified Communist Party (NUCP); they have dominated most of Asia and parts of Europe in terms of economy and political influence. They are the undisputed new super power. Without the support from the United States, the ISIS terrorists seized almost all of the middle east. The oil production in Saudi Arabia and other natural resources in the region are now all under ISIS control. They renamed themselves as Holy Islamic Liberation Organization (HILO). Their massive increase of wealth has a devastating effect on all democratic nations. In a desperate effort to maintain balance, NATO has created the Augmented Reconnaissance and Operations Corp (AROC) to counter the new threats. The story begins on your AROC academy graduation day. This is an interactive story with elements of romance, betrayal and survival, complete with a prologue, three Episodes and multiple endings. Your choices will determine the fate of your squad as well as your own. The game also contains 4 mini games: Greedy Banker Dice, Cho Han Bakuchi, Gunship boss battle and Mech Suit boss battle. • Immerse in a sci-fi military world based on real life political groups • Dozens of sounds effects • Different mini games throughout each Episodes • Key items randomized in different locations upon each play through for replayability • Two Boss battles that require some thinking and planning • Survival of squad members dependent on a combination of the decisions you previously made • Multiple endings

About

Diabolical

Become the ultimate criminal mastermind in this text-based interactive novel. Make choices to build an evil empire, hire minions, and achieve world domination, or destruction. Explore different villain archetypes and romance options.

Highlights
  • Choose your villainous path
  • Hire and manage minions
  • Make impactful story choices
  • Develop your evil empire
  • Explore romance options
  • Achieve world domination or destruction
Features
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Start practicing your evil laugh! As the world's greatest criminal mastermind, choose a lair, hire a minion, and steal the world's largest ball of aluminum foil! (Or, destroy the world. FINE.) "Diabolical" is a 130,000-word interactive novel by Nick Aires, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Famous, feared, or filthy rich—why not all three? You've got the money and the motives to build an evil empire worthy of the most ruthless villain the world has ever seen. Crush the good guys and terrorize the populace! Stamp a big red "FAIL" on your enemies' foreheads! Plunder your way to world domination – or sit back and pet your kitty while your henchmen do it for you. Will you be a high-tech daredevil, a ruthless military soldier, or an apparition terrifying to behold? What calling card will you leave at the scene of your crimes? Whatever your choices, the results will be diabolical. • Play a villainous story of scheming, grandstanding, and laughing evilly. • Interview and hire the best possible (or best available) minion. • Decide when to use trickery, when to use force, and when to hide behind henchmen. • Choose the ultimate, guaranteed-to-be-infamous nickname. • Play as male or female, with straight, gay, and bisexual romance options. • Destroy the world!

Screenshots

Silent Gear4 screens
Diabolical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diabolical at 4.1 against Silent Gear's 3.5. Diabolical also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 61%). Silent Gear's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Silent Gear sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Diabolical sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diabolical holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Silent Gear's written reviews are positive against 77% of Diabolical's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silent Gear ships an update every 5 months, Diabolical every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Silent Gear versus Diabolical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilent GearDiabolical
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (30 ratings)4.1 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews77.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3045 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB30 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCChoice of Games LLC

Customer experience

Silent Gear

All ratings30 ratings
Positive56.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral14.5%
Negative24.1%

Diabolical

All ratings45 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral6.7%
Negative17.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative16.4%

User reviews

Silent Gear

From 30 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Captivating storyline
  • 📖 Engaging narrative
  • 🤔 Interesting choices
  • 💡 Creative game mechanics
  • 💖 Good character development

Room to improve

  • 🤏 Too short
  • ✍️ Frequent spelling errors
  • ✍️ Grammatical errors
  • 🐛 Buggy boss battles
  • ⚖️ Unbalanced boss fights

Diabolical

From 45 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😂 Hilarious humor and funny choices
  • ✍️ Brilliant and well-written story
  • 😈 Great concept of playing as a villain
  • 💡 Interesting premise and unique gameplay
  • 💯 Highly enjoyable and engaging experience

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive for content
  • 🤏 Limited choices affecting story
  • ⏳ Story feels short
  • 🤔 Choices feel pointless
  • 💸 Overpriced

Bugs and requests

Silent Gear

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Ling's BDS armor still deflects attacks after destruction
  • Boss battles are rigged
  • Player's systems can't be used if destroyed, but AI can still use theirs
  • AI spams attacks that cannot be defended against
  • Gender randomly changes to male
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  • Game uses he/him pronouns and calls player 'sir' despite female character
  • Bosses can still block with defense modules at 0%
  • Boss AI cheats, can still use counter things at 0%
  • Boss battles are buggy and unbalanced
  • Stats and choices barely matter in boss fights
  • Ship battle is impossible
  • First boss is too hard
  • Boss AI cheats

Requested features

9 requests
  • Make the story longer
  • Add more content
  • Create a sequel/part 2
  • More variety in choices
  • Improve character development
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  • Add more romance options
  • Fix gender glitch
  • Make boss battles more strategic
  • Add a dark mode option

Diabolical

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Bug fix???

Requested features

14 requests
  • Sequel needed
  • More like this game
  • Werewolf story
  • More choices that affect story
  • Choice of alien game
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  • More vs hero interaction
  • Longer battles
  • More villain POV things
  • Improved sequel
  • More customization (lairs, sidekicks, stats)
  • More interactive than other gamebooks
  • More improvements to character development
  • More content like this
  • More interactive releases

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Silent Gear

One-time2
  • Restart the Game Once$0.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
1 purchases

Diabolical

One-time1
  • Chapters 3 through 12$4.99

Questions

Is Silent Gear free?
Silent Gear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diabolical free?
Diabolical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Silent Gear or Diabolical?
Diabolical is rated higher. Silent Gear averages 3.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Diabolical averages 4.1 from 45 ratings.
Do Silent Gear or Diabolical have ads?
Both Silent Gear and Diabolical show ads.
Which is updated more often, Silent Gear or Diabolical?
Silent Gear ships an update every 5 months, and Diabolical every 13 months. Most recently, Silent Gear was updated on November 1, 2026 and Diabolical on November 4, 2026.

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