It's Killing Time vs Highlands, Deep Waters
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.
Highlands, Deep Waters
Unravel a dark mystery in a Scottish town, uncovering cultists and abyssal horrors. Your choices shape the narrative of this text-based interactive novel, where you play as a detective, criminal, or scholar.
- Interactive text-based story
- Choice-driven narrative
- Deduction system for clues
- Sanity system
- Character role selection
- Hand-drawn maps and lore
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While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer? "Highlands, Deep Waters" is a 340,000 word interactive horror novel by Fernando B Neves and Lucas Zaper, 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. • Play as an insightful Detective, a resourceful Criminal or a mysterious Scholar. • Gather and interpret clues with the Deduction system. Will you solve the case? • Face the hidden truths that derange your mind with the Sanity system. • A carefully crafted town including hand-drawn maps, unique history and peculiar inhabitants. • Play as a male, female, gay or straight. The Abyssal Ones treat everyone just the same.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: It's Killing Time at 5.0 against Highlands, Deep Waters's 4.6. It's Killing Time also leads on price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
It's Killing Time costs $4.99 and Highlands, Deep Waters $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
It's Killing Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of It's Killing Time's written reviews are positive against 95% of Highlands, Deep Waters's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's Killing Time | Highlands, Deep Waters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better | 4.6 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.5% of reviews | 95.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Choice of Games LLC | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
It's Killing Time
Highlands, Deep Waters
In-app purchases
It's Killing Time
No in-app purchases
Highlands, Deep Waters
No in-app purchases
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