Hosted Games
For fans of long-form, choice-driven narrative games who prioritize deep storytelling and character customization over visual or auditory immersion.
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Snapshot
Who is Hosted Games?
Empowering authors to create and publish interactive text-based gamebooks using a proprietary scripting language. Providing a platform for narrative-driven roleplaying experiences.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 167Last updated
The Great Tournament
v1.2.13
7mo ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Hosted Games?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Interactive fiction and text-based roleplaying games
Scale
scale-up
Target audience
Fans of long-form, choice-driven narrative games who prioritize deep storytelling and character customization over visual or auditory immersion.
Origin
Authors develop games using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice games, which are then hosted and distributed by the publisher.
Signature Patterns
- •Exclusive use of text-based, choice-driven narrative engines
- •Deep character customization and moral alignment systems
- •Freemium monetization model often utilizing ad-supported progression
- •Minimalist design focusing on player imagination over graphical assets
- •High-volume release cadence driven by a community of independent authors
Portfolio momentum
With 118 releases in the last 6 months and a high volume of active titles, the publisher maintains a rapid and consistent development cadence.
Portfolio
What does Hosted Games ship?
Apps
199 apps analysed
Accessibility font settings expand addressable market
- The intriguing mystery storyline keeps readers engaged during the initial free portion of the narrative
- Linear narrative structure makes player choices feel inconsequential and disconnected from the final story outcome
Analysis in progress
Analysis in progress
Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.
Based on 97 of 199 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States97 / 97
Core markets (97/97 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
34
Positive apps
27
Neutral / mixed
22
Negative apps
55/100
Avg sentiment score
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Who does Hosted Games compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
As a fellow ChoiceScript title, it competes directly for the time and attention of readers who prefer long-form, text-heavy interactive novels.
Same space(5)
This app competes for the same audience of interactive fiction readers by focusing on choice-based storytelling and character-driven romantic subplots.
This title competes for the same premium-priced, narrative-driven RPG audience that values deep exploration and character progression.
This app competes for the same audience interested in romantic drama and choice-based narrative experiences, albeit with a more modern monetization model.
Both titles compete for the interactive fiction market by offering choice-driven narratives set within established, high-stakes supernatural or criminal underworlds.
This title dominates the mecha-strategy space, capturing the same sci-fi interest group through a more expansive, real-time combat experience.
New entrants(1)
This newcomer targets the same space-exploration niche but emphasizes survival mechanics and ship-building over pure text-based adventure.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Hosted Games
Bottom line
Hosted Games maintains a unique, high-volume niche in the interactive fiction market by successfully crowdsourcing content through their proprietary scripting tools. Their ability to sustain a large, active library of text-based titles demonstrates a strong, albeit specialized, product-market fit.
Frequently asked questions
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 133
- With full intel:
- 10
- With overview:
- 132
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no