Comparison

Sorcery! 3 vs Knight Lancer

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

Knight Lancer

Engage in thrilling arcade jousting battles with ragdoll physics. Regain your honor by mastering skillful jousting mechanics, delivering critical hits, and customizing your knight. Compete in missions or online multiplayer.

Highlights
  • 18 Mission Story Mode
  • Skillful Jousting Mechanics
  • Ragdoll Physics
  • Character Customization
  • Online Multiplayer
  • Daily Winning Spree Challenge
Features
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Welcome to KNIGHT LANCER, an arcade jousting game where your skill is rewarded with epic ragdoll physics! Your lands have been taken, your family name bismirched. But you have your lance and a horse - what more does a knight need? Set off on a journey to regain your honour! Toss caution (and your ragdoll enemies) to the wind and become: a Knight! Features: - 18 Mission Story mode, and Free Play - Skillful and satisfying jousting mechanics - Bone-crunching Critical Hits - Ragdoll physics - Character customization - Online multiplayer - Daily winning spree challenge

Screenshots

Sorcery! 34 screens
Knight Lancer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Knight Lancer at Free against Sorcery! 3's $4.99. Knight Lancer also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 77). Sorcery! 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Knight Lancer is free to download; Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99 up front. Knight Lancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.6 for Knight Lancer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knight Lancer has 11K 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 83% of Knight Lancer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, Knight Lancer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sorcery! 3 versus Knight Lancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 3Knight Lancer
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (77 ratings) — better4.6 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7711K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
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 MB406 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperinkleBABAR SAEED JANJUA

Customer experience

Sorcery! 3

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

Knight Lancer

All ratings10,560 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews927 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.8%

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

Knight Lancer

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 🚀 Immensely enjoyable
  • 👍 Great game, has lots of potential
  • 👍 Very well made game
  • 👍 Amazing game!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Zero reward
  • 💰 Paywall!!!
  • 🐛 Bad hitboxes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent
  • 🐛 more luck than skill

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

Knight Lancer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Home screen bug where knight falls off the map
  • Armor and shield purchases not working
  • Difficulty progressing to Duke rank in certain castles
  • Opponents not moving at times, causing player to leave the arena

Requested features

7 requests
  • More customization options for armor, helmets, shields, and horses
  • Ability to customize character during campaign
  • Different horses with unique stats
  • Skill mechanic to reduce lance bounce
  • Ability to rematch after a draw
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  • Royalty opponents should have larger hitboxes
  • Offline tournaments, PvP duels, and other gameplay modes beyond just jousting

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 3

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Knight Lancer

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$2.99

Questions

Is Sorcery! 3 free?
Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knight Lancer free?
Knight Lancer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 3 or Knight Lancer?
Sorcery! 3 is rated higher. Sorcery! 3 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Knight Lancer averages 4.6 from 11K ratings.
Do Sorcery! 3 or Knight Lancer have ads?
Knight Lancer shows ads; Sorcery! 3 does not.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 3 or Knight Lancer?
Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, and Knight Lancer monthly. Most recently, Sorcery! 3 was updated on September 28, 2026 and Knight Lancer on September 27, 2026.

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