- Price€5.99
- CategoryGames
- SubgenreRole Playing
- First releasedMay 2, 2013
- Versions2 archived
- Installable1 of 2
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- Sellerinkle
- Bundle IDcom.inkle.sorcery1
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.
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Report an issueAn epic four-part adventure through a land of monsters, traps, and magic. Start your story here! FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!
*** Rock Paper Shotgun Best RPG of 2016 ***
"You should choose to own this adventure" -- Eurogamer
"Inkle's adaptation of Sorcery! takes the genre to a whole new level" -- Kotaku
"This is some of 2013′s best interactive storytelling" -- IGN UK
"Beautifully realised ... this gripping tale has us well and truly hooked" -- Pocket Gamer (Gold Award)
"Incredibly impressed" -- Touch Arcade
Top 10 Best Mobile Games of 2013, Mashable.com Top 20 of 2013, Touch Arcade Top 25 of 2013, Gamezebo
+ Plot your own journey across a hand-drawn 3D world map + Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices + The story is rewritten on the fly based on how you play + Unique touch-based sword-duelling, with procedurally-generated descriptions of the action + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Outwit monsters by learning their weaknesses and tells + 48 magic spells to master, with weird and wonderful effects that change the story
"Sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time writing a review when I should really just be pointing at a game and demanding that people play it. This is one of those times. Steve Jackson's Sorcery! is an absolutely marvellous fantasy storybook adventure. Lushly illustrated and expertly told, it should not be missed by anyone even remotely interested in the genre." -- Gamezebo
"Let’s not mince words here... Sorcery’s unique blend of tabletop-like roleplaying (including an incredible combat system quite unlike anything I’ve seen before), and elaborate branching pathways with custom scripts preserving the feeling of Steve Jackson’s work make me now want to… no, HAVE TO acquire an iOS device" - Just Press Start
From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone); and inkle, the studio behind the award-winning, App Store featured Frankenstein, Sorcery! is an interactive adventure like never before.
The app uses inklewriter technology to tell your journey in real-time, shaping the story around your choices. The text itself changes based on how you play and what you do, and in combat, the action is description on the fly based on how you play.
Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche, new character art by Eddie Sharam (DC Comics), an interactive map by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast) and music by David Wise (Donkey Kong Country).
"The Shamutanti Hills" is Part 1 of 4. Part 2, "Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is out now, and will load all of your completed Part 1 games to continue your adventure. Part 3 is coming later this year (but while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS).
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 41 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2013 | — | — | 11 | $4.99 |
| November 1, 2013 | 1.3 | ★ 4.5 | 34 | €4.49 |
| November 16, 2013 | 1.3 | ★ 4.5 | 39 | €4.49 |
| November 19, 2013 | 1.4 | ★ 4.5 | 39 | €4.49 |
| November 26, 2013 | 1.4.1 | ★ 4.5 | 40 | €4.49 |
| January 5, 2014 | 1.4.1 | ★ 4.5 | 43 | €4.49 |
| November 18, 2018 | 1.6.1 | ★ 4.5 | 77 | €5.49 |
| May 1, 2019 | 1.6.1 | ★ 4.5 | 80 | €5.49 |
| November 22, 2019 | 1.6.2 | ★ 4.5 | 83 | €5.49 |
| December 11, 2019 | — | ★ 4.3 | 108 | $4.99 |
| December 26, 2019 | 1.6.2 | ★ 4.5 | 83 | €5.49 |
| November 27, 2020 | — | ★ 4.3 | 126 | $4.99 |
| December 8, 2023 | 1.6.2 | ★ 4.4 | 173 | $4.99 |
| December 7, 2024 | 1.6.2 | ★ 4.5 | 181 | $4.99 |
| December 14, 2024 | 1.6.2 | ★ 4.5 | 182 | $4.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15This game and all other 3 apps in the series are carefully crafted gems. The source material was likely already great, but these devs took it too a new level. They’re obviously a small studio, but the attention to detail and depth in these games is surprising. A must for fans of fantasy, D&D, Choose Your Own Adventure, and old school gaming
Finished first part in about 30 min of playtime. Then your supposed to pay again for part 2. Absolute and total rip off for 5$. Will never buy any more if these games or another Inkle product Avoid
Cant even use your own name. You have to use the letters in the order they decide.
This game is amazing I bought the bundle with all four games and I’m into the 2nd game so many options to get through different scenarios you can get different results every time it’s amazing
Best game of its type.
Don’t spend the dough. Interesting, attractive, but far too short for the money. I realize that developing this game likely took considerable time and effort, but I expect more for my money.
This is the kind of innovation that Inkle is great at. This take on a fantasy RPG plays almost like the pen and paper games of old, but with fresh graphics and a very fun and open spell interface. Please keep them coming!
I loved 80 Days and liked Overboard, but the weird place names in the intro always made this seem foreboding. Glad I powered through. Great fun, great sequels.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.