Comparison

Sorcery! 3 vs PVDungeons

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

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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

PVDungeons

Embark on a classic turn-based fantasy RPG adventure. Build your hero with a flexible skill system, find legendary loot, and battle monsters in deep, ever-changing dungeons. Tactical combat and meaningful decisions await in this offline experience.

Highlights
  • Turn-based dungeon crawling
  • Flexible character skill system
  • Legendary loot discovery
  • Tactical combat
  • Offline play
  • Epic boss battles
Features
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Descend into dangerous dungeons in a classic turn-based fantasy RPG where every decision shapes your hero. Build your character through a flexible skill system, discover legendary loot, battle terrifying monsters, and explore ever-deeper labyrinths in search of glory. Features - Classic turn-based dungeon crawling - Deep character progression with flexible skill choices - Meaningful player decisions that shape every adventure - Dangerous monsters, deadly traps, and epic boss battles - Hundreds of weapons, armor, magical items, and treasures to discover - Explore vast dungeon depths filled with secrets and surprises - Tactical combat that rewards careful planning - Play completely offline—no internet required Inspired by the timeless dungeon-crawling RPGs that defined the genre, PVDungeons delivers a deep single-player adventure designed for players who enjoy exploration, character development, and strategic combat. Download today and begin your descent into the dungeon.

Screenshots

Sorcery! 34 screens
PVDungeons2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PVDungeons at Free against Sorcery! 3's $4.99. PVDungeons also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Sorcery! 3's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (77 vs 2). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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

PVDungeons is free to download; Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PVDungeons holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sorcery! 3 has 77 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, PVDungeons every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sorcery! 3 versus PVDungeons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorcery! 3PVDungeons
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (77 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperinkleJianfeng Wu

Customer experience

Sorcery! 3

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

PVDungeons

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PVDungeons

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sorcery! 3

No in-app purchases

None

PVDungeons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorcery! 3 free?
Sorcery! 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PVDungeons free?
PVDungeons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorcery! 3 or PVDungeons?
PVDungeons is rated higher. Sorcery! 3 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while PVDungeons averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sorcery! 3 or PVDungeons have ads?
PVDungeons shows ads; Sorcery! 3 does not.
Which is updated more often, Sorcery! 3 or PVDungeons?
Sorcery! 3 ships an update every 5 weeks, and PVDungeons every 6 weeks. Most recently, Sorcery! 3 was updated on November 6, 2026 and PVDungeons on November 5, 2026.

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