It's Killing Time vs Swamp Castle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's Killing Time
Engage in an ultra-violent, text-based interactive novel where you become a hired assassin. Travel the globe, make critical choices that shape your story, and build your reputation as you navigate a dangerous world of murder-for-hire.
- Text-based interactive novel
- Choice-driven narrative
- Become a hired assassin
- Travel the world
- Build reputation and wealth
- Multiple character archetypes
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Travel the world, meet interesting new people, and assassinate them for money! "It's Killing Time" is an ultra-violent 140,000-word interactive novel by Eric Bonholtzer, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Earn respect, reputation, and wealth as a hired assassin. You'll be dressed to kill, driving an exotic car with outlandish weapons in the trunk. But in the glamorous, fast-paced world of murder-for-hire, you can never know who to trust and who's gunning to take you out. Who will betray you? Whom will you betray? Will you be a spiritual hitman or hitwoman, a ruthless assassin, a total psychopath, or a righteous killer? The choice is yours.
Swamp Castle
Become a Lord managing your castle's economy, resolving peasant conflicts, and expanding your influence. Your text-based choices shape the narrative and determine your realm's fate through war, diplomacy, or stealth.
- Castle economy management
- Peasant conflict resolution
- Troop hiring and combat
- Diplomacy and stealth options
- Choice-driven narrative
- Text-based gameplay
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You are a newly appointed Lord in charge of a small castle. Manage your castle's finances, hire troops, resolve conflicts among the peasants, and bring order to the realm. Expand your power through war, diplomacy, or stealth. Whether you rise or fall is up to you in Swamp Castle. "Swamp Castle" is an interactive novel by Philip Kempton where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--102,000 words, without graphics or sound-effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. • Manage the economy of your province by controlling the tax rates. • Decisions you make impact the story and your ability to rule your subjects. • Fight against raiders and even other Lords. • Choose between decisions that could help your subjects or give you additional power.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Swamp Castle at Free against It's Killing Time's $4.99. Swamp Castle also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 15). It's Killing Time's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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
Swamp Castle is free to download; It's Killing Time costs $4.99 up front. Swamp Castle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. It's Killing Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
It's Killing Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swamp Castle has 85 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of It's Killing Time's written reviews are positive against 87% of Swamp Castle's.
It's Killing Time ships an update every 13 months, Swamp Castle every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's Killing Time | Swamp Castle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better | 4.6 (85 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.5% of reviews — better | 86.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Choice of Games LLC | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
It's Killing Time
Swamp Castle
In-app purchases
It's Killing Time
No in-app purchases
Swamp Castle
- Restart the Game Once$0.99
- Remove Advertising$4.99
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