Silent Gear vs Beyond the Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Beyond the Mountain
Guide a lost individual through a wilderness survival scenario by communicating via a special device. Your decisions shape the narrative, influencing the plot twists, character interactions, and the ultimate outcome of the adventure.
- Nonlinear storyline with plot twists
- Real-time gameplay, no artificial pauses
- Item collection and usage for progression
- Randomness affecting outcomes
- Character interaction and choice
- Multiple endings and replayability
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Peter headed to the hunting lodge, when he suddenly lost his connection to his guide. He is in a forest, with no shelter, no people, and most importantly, no equipment or wilderness survival skills. His lifeline is a communicator to talk with his guide. But somehow, he's been connected to you. Try to figure out what really happened and how to get Peter out of this situation. * A truly exciting story with lots of unexpected plot twists and a nonlinear storyline. * There are no artificial pauses. The game goes non-stop and it's up to you to decide when to leave the hero without your attention. * Find items that will help in your progression. The development of the plot will differ depending on the objects used. * Sometimes the result depends on chance. The randomness is also affected by the items found and your previous decisions. With a second pass, everything can turn out quite differently. * In the course of the story you will meet different characters, and only you choose whom to help, with whom to go on a trip, and who is better to keep on distance. * Some scenarios lead to a successful ending, but do not reveal the whole story. Do you want to explore everything in more detail and understand the very essence of what is happening? Try to complete the game differently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beyond the Mountain at 4.1 against Silent Gear's 3.5. Beyond the Mountain also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Silent Gear sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Beyond the Mountain sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beyond the Mountain holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 57 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Silent Gear's written reviews are positive against 59% of Beyond the Mountain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Silent Gear ships an update every 5 months, Beyond the Mountain monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Silent Gear | Beyond the Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (30 ratings) | 4.1 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews — better | 59.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Aleksandr Lomakin |
Customer experience
Silent Gear
Beyond the Mountain
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
Beyond the Mountain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Silent Gear
- Restart the Game Once$0.99
- Remove Advertising$4.99
Beyond the Mountain
- Immortality$0.99
- Immortality$1.99
Questions
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