Episode - Choose Your Story vs Wayward Souls

How do Episode - Choose Your Story and Wayward Souls compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Episode - Choose Your Story	Wayward Souls
Genre	Role Playing	Role Playing
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	medium	hard
Ad intensity	low	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	variable	short
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.5 / 5
Ratings count	2,817,659	531
Reviews say	What players like Huge library of 150,000+ diverse stories Character customization and outfit design Community-driven with book clubs and reading challenges Common complaints All premium story choices and good outcomes locked behind gems Gems extremely expensive, often 19-35 per choice Free options disappointing and limit character appeal	What players like No ads or IAP whatsoever Excellent pixel art, music, and atmosphere Six distinct character playstyles with deep mechanics Common complaints No cloud save support across devices Non-diagonal attack limitation feels restrictive and frustrating High difficulty and repetitive grinding between runs feels grindy

Episode - Choose Your Story — Choose your own adventure through thousands of interactive romance and drama stories where your decisions shape the outcome. (rated medium difficulty, low ad pressure) Wayward Souls — A procedurally-generated action-RPG roguelike with tactical combat and six unique characters, designed for quick runs and endless replayability without microtransactions. (rated hard difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.