Sorcery! 3 vs Wizardry Variants Daphne
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Wizardry Variants Daphne
Embark on a perilous journey through a cursed labyrinth in this 3D dungeon RPG. Assemble a party of unique allies, overcome deadly traps and formidable foes, and uncover the secrets of an ancient curse threatening to consume the world.
- 3D Dungeon Exploration
- Party-based Adventure
- Challenging Difficulty
- One-handed Controls
- Fully-voiced Scenario
- Renowned Creator Collaboration
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The portal of despair opens again. The labyrinth calls you to destruction. Revel in the endless dangers, relish the risk, devour the rewards. Savor the risk. Wizardry Variants Daphne carries on the lineage of the classic RPG series, Wizardry. The portal to the labyrinth of despair, where even destruction is pleasure, has opened once again. ■ Story Once every 100 years, the Abyss opens. It is a curse of death that consumes the continent. A Warlock who coveted Death, devoured people and animals and enveloped the world in despair. Inheriting the power to seal the Abyss over generations, kings have continued to protect the kingdom from its curse. But now, the king has vanished, and the world is being consumed by death, moment by moment. Resistance itself is meaningless. There is naught but to perish. ■ Adventure with allies Experience an adventure of your very own with unique allies based on combinations of classes and races. ■ Difficulty with a bite Perilous traps and mighty foes await in the dungeon. Take on a high difficulty that only Wizardry can offer. ■ Intuitive Controls Play a full 3D dungeon anytime, anywhere, with one hand on your upright smartphone. ■ Cadre of renowned creators Main Character Design: Yusuke Kozaki Manga artist and illustrator; in addition to writing manga, he also does design work for anime and games, and is well known for the fine touches in his character designs. Boss Monster Design: Katsuya Terada His work, centered on manga and illustration, includes character designs video games and movies, as well as poster for theater productions. Sound: Hitoshi Sakimoto Has composed for more than 130 game titles of all genres. With their rich sound and epic scale, his scores have received tremendous support not only in Japan, but also from overseas. ■ Magnificent cast brings the fully-voiced scenario to life [English Voice Actors] Lulunarde: Morgan Cambs Pulgritte: Dev Joshi Dylanhardt: Doug Cockle Elmon: Laurence Bouvard Vernant: Christopher Ragland Pickerel: Alex Capon Leaufonde: Garrick Hagon Shagtis of Sorrow: Jay Rincon - Other Voice Actors, etc. - Beth Robb Adams, Mike Bodie, Sarah Borges, Davis Brooks, Shin-Fei Chen, Doug Cockle, Clare Corbett, Arlene Decker, Sarah Galbraith, Garrick Hagon, Arina Ii, Jules de Jongh, Dev Joshi, Samantha Kamras, Rae Lim,Elsie Lovelock, Meaghan Martin, Gianni Matragrano, Joseph May, Alexander McMorran, Eric Meyers, Sarah Pitard, Christopher Ragland, Matt Reeves, Jay Rincon, Cecily Bednar Schmidt, Kerry Shale, Martin T Sherman, Adam Sims, Ina Marie Smith, Colin Stinton, Alex Vincent, Alexandra Vincent, Glenn Wrage -- Other appearances (in alphabetical order) [Japanese Voice Actors] Lulunarde: Inori Minase Pulgritte: Yui Ishikawa Dylanhardt: Chikahiro Kobayashi Elmon: Satomi Korogi Vernant: Yoshimasa Hosoya Pickerel: Junya Enoki Leaufonde: Takaya Hashi Shagtis of Sorrow: Takehito Koyasu ■What is Wizardry? Wizardry is a computer role-playing game released in the United States in 1981 with elements such as party organizing, labyrinth exploration, monster fighting, and character development having such a tremendous impact on the various RPGs that followed, that it is often referred to as the origin of RPGs. Numerous sequels have been released, and nearly 40 years after its release, it remains a timeless masterpiece that enjoys strong popularity around the world. ----------------------- Wizardry Variants Daphne Official Site: https://wizardry.info/daphne/ Official Japanese X (Twitter): https://x.com/Wizardry_Daphne Official English X (Twitter): https://x.com/Wiz_Daphne_en Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdls9RA6g1y4-fbJYSu1P0A ©Drecom Co., Ltd.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wizardry Variants Daphne at Free against Sorcery! 3's $4.99. Wizardry Variants Daphne also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 77) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Sorcery! 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 175) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment 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
Wizardry Variants Daphne is free to download; Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99 up front. Wizardry Variants Daphne sells 168 one-off in-app purchases. Sorcery! 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorcery! 3 against 4.7 for Wizardry Variants Daphne. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wizardry Variants Daphne has 9.2K ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 76% and 76% positive.
Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, Wizardry Variants Daphne weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sorcery! 3 | Wizardry Variants Daphne |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (77 ratings) | 4.7 (9.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 | 9.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #110 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 321 MB | 1.8 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | inkle | Drecom Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Sorcery! 3
Wizardry Variants Daphne
User reviews
Sorcery! 3
From 77 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Wizardry Variants Daphne
From 9.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Engaging story and characters
- 🎨 Impressive visuals and art style
- 🎮 Classic dungeon crawler experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- ⏱️ Slow loading times and connection issues
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤔 Unclear mechanics and lack of information
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
Wizardry Variants Daphne
Reported bugs
4 issues- Stuck at certain points in the dungeon
- Camera and input issues
- Untranslated text
- Unreliable auto-navigation
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to name own characters
- More enemy and item variety
- Offline mode
- Better explanation of game systems
In-app purchases
Sorcery! 3
No in-app purchases
Wizardry Variants Daphne
- Limited-Time Mission Pass_BP$1.19
- Weekly Item Set_AF14$1.19
- Adventurer Celebration Set_DY3$1.59
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- Adventurer Experience Set$1.59
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- Limited-Time Pack_AK3$1.59
- Limited-Time Pack_AL4$1.59
- Limited-Time Pack_AD3$1.59
- Limited-Time Pack_AE3$1.59
- Limited-Time Pack_AB3$1.59
- Limited-Time Pack_AA3$1.59
- Limited-Time Pack_Y3$1.59
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- Limited-Time Pack_DQ1$3.09
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- Limited-Time Mission Pass_BQ$4.59
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- Skilled Adventurer Exp Set$5.99
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