Comparison

Sorcery! 3 vs Vampire's Fall

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

Head to head
About

Sorcery! 3

Embark on an epic adventure through a cursed wilderness filled with monsters, traps, and magic. Explore freely, make thousands of choices that shape your story, and master new spells. This interactive fiction game offers a unique experience with dynamic time travel elements.

Highlights
  • Explore freely through a dynamic world
  • Alter the world with time beacons
  • Thousands of choices that shape your adventure
  • Thirty new enemies with unique strategies
  • Discover new spells and master magic
  • Play the game of bluff and deceit, Swindlestones
Features
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An epic adventure through a cursed wilderness of monsters, traps and magic. Begin your journey here! (Parts 1 and 2 not required.) *** Rock Paper Shotgun best RPG of 2016 *** "Sorcery! 3 is unlike anything you’ve ever played. Its mix of puzzle-solving, combat, and choose-your-own-adventure stylings have created a unique form of entertainment that I cannot wait to get back into" - Pocket Tactics, 5/5 "An amazing adventure... easily the biggest and most satisfying gamebook ever released on iOS" - TouchArcade, 5/5 "[One] of 2015’s best iPhone games", TIME magazine "This dragon-centric chapter of Sorcery! 3 does a fantastic job of keeping things dynamic and interesting, and better yet, its new puzzle-like aspect gives it the kind of magical, surprise-filled, combat-related fun fantasy fans live for." - Examiner.com, 5/5 "Sorcery! 3 demonstrates just how wonderful interactive fiction can be." - 148apps + Explore everywhere - move freely through the world, any way you want, creating your own unique story + New time beacons allow you to alter the world dynamically - travel through the present, or into the past, or mix the two + Thousands of choices - all are remembered, and shape your adventure + Thirty new enemies, including seven deadly serpents, each with their own strategies - and weaknesses + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Swindlestones is back! The game of bluff and deceit is back, with new, smarter, opponents + New spells to discover and new magic to master + Five Gods, all with different quirks and powers + Start your adventure here, or load your characters and choices from Part 2 + New music from "80 Days" composer Laurence Chapman + Two new 3D hand-drawn maps to explore by Mike Schley "A seminal moment in interactive fiction" - Gamezebo "A vast and engaging third chapter that expands brilliantly on the first two" - PocketGamer (Gold award) The land of Kakhabad is a wilderness - a ruined desert, a tangled forest, cruel mountains and fissures, all guarded by seven fearsome serpents. But you must cross this land if you are to reach Mampang and the Crown of Kings. Rely on your wits or fight your way through - play with honour, or lie, cheat and steal - the choices are all yours. From the creators of TIME's Game of the Year 2014, "80 Days", comes the third instalment in the acclaimed Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series. An interactive story told through thousands of choices, all of which are remembered, where no two adventures are the same. Adapted and expanded from the million-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux) and co-creator of Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone). Using inkle's unique inklewriter technology, the story is written in real-time, built around your choices and actions. Praise for the Sorcery! series: * "I love this app... better than any gamebook ever was in your head when you were a kid" - 5/5, Interactive Fiction of the Year, Pocket Tactics * Top 20 Mobile Game of 2013, Touch Arcade * Top 25 Mobile Game of 2013 Gamezebo * Gold Award, Pocket Gamer * "Some of 2013's best interactive storytelling" - IGN * "inkle's adaptation of Sorcery! takes the genre to a whole new level" - Kotaku

About

Vampire's Fall

Embark on a 2D open-world adventure as a village recruit facing a dark magic threat. Create your character, choose your bloodline, and engage in turn-based combat, making dialogue choices that shape your destiny. Battle monsters or other players in this immersive RPG.

Highlights
  • 2D open-world exploration
  • Fully customizable characters
  • Turn-based combat system
  • Immersive storylines with dialogue choices
  • Player-versus-player battles
  • Unique bloodlines and abilities
  • Extensive weapon and armor collection
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For countless years the villagers of Vamp’Ire have enjoyed a life of peace and happiness. But now, rumors are spreading about a wielder of dark magic - a Witchmaster. Fearing the rumors to be true, the village musters a militia to prepare for the worst. You are a recruit enrolling to defend the village. Little do you know, fate has something special in store for you… Vampire’s Fall: Origins is a 2D open-world RPG with turn-based combat. Create your character, choose your bloodline and venture out in the world. Will you wreck havoc in the land, or be the hero people are longing for? Will you use your powers to battle other players or to hunt ferocious monsters? • Open world • Fully customizable characters • Turn-based combat • Immersive stories • Dialogue choices • PvP battles • In-game chat • Skills and abilities to shape your character • Choose your bloodline: Nosferatu, Ranjeni, Magistrav or Equides • Over 150 graphically unique weapons and armor About us Vampire's Fall: Origins has been in development for three years. We set out to create a serious RPG for mobile phones without the usual mobile game mechanics. There's no energy system. There's no 50-click tutorial. There's little hand holding. There are, in our opinion, interesting battle mechanics, funny dialogues and a sense of wonder in the world. From our three indie-dev hearts, good luck and have fun!

Screenshots

Sorcery! 34 screens
Vampire's Fall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vampire's Fall at Free against Sorcery! 3's $4.99. Vampire's Fall also leads on ratings volume (9.8K vs 77) and review sentiment (93% vs 76%). Sorcery! 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence 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

Vampire's Fall is free to download; Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99 up front. Vampire's Fall sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sorcery! 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorcery! 3 against 4.7 for Vampire's Fall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vampire's Fall has 9.8K ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Sorcery! 3's written reviews are positive against 93% of Vampire's Fall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, Vampire's Fall every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sorcery! 3 versus Vampire's Fall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 3Vampire's Fall
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (77 ratings)4.7 (9.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews93.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings779.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB324 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperinkleEarly Morning Studio AB

Customer experience

Sorcery! 3

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative17.1%

Vampire's Fall

All ratings9,771 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews2,062 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%

User reviews

Sorcery! 3

From 77 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Outstanding game
  • 👍 Unique and well-made series
  • 👍 Captivating and engaging story
  • 👍 Immersive and thought-provoking
  • 👍 Memorable characters and lore

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤔 Frustrating moments due to randomness
  • 🤔 Lack of clear direction at times
  • 🤔 Monotonous exploration in later stages

Vampire's Fall

From 9.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐️ Excellent game with great story and gameplay
  • 👍 Engaging and humorous dialogue
  • 🚀 Smooth performance and controls
  • 💰 Generous free-to-play model with no forced ads
  • 🎨 Appealing retro-style graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐢 Slow travel speed can be frustrating
  • 🤕 Difficulty spikes with some overpowered enemies
  • 🤯 Confusing or unclear progression at times
  • 🤖 Repetitive enemy encounters

Bugs and requests

Sorcery! 3

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Bugs with certain encounters and items
  • Crashes on older devices
  • Issues with accessing certain areas

Requested features

3 requests
  • Additional game modes or variants
  • Improved navigation and UI
  • Ability to save the fractured world

Vampire's Fall

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • In-app purchases not always registering correctly
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to reset skill points
  • More character customization options
  • Faster travel methods (e.g. mounts)
  • Improved quest tracking and guidance
  • Expanded end-game content and replayability

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 3

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Vampire's Fall

One-time10
  • 50 Dark Shards$0.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • Swords Pack$3.99
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  • Supporter$4.99
  • 400 Dark Shards$4.99
  • Blood Moon Pack 2$7.99
  • Custom Pack 1$7.99
  • 1000 Dark Shards$9.99
  • Expansion Pack$19.99
  • 5000 Dark Shards$39.99

Questions

Is Sorcery! 3 free?
Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vampire's Fall free?
Vampire's Fall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 3 or Vampire's Fall?
Vampire's Fall is rated higher. Sorcery! 3 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Vampire's Fall averages 4.7 from 9.8K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 3 or Vampire's Fall have ads?
Vampire's Fall shows ads; Sorcery! 3 does not.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 3 or Vampire's Fall?
Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, and Vampire's Fall every 2 months. Most recently, Sorcery! 3 was updated on November 11, 2026 and Vampire's Fall on November 11, 2026.

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