Last updated on January 31st, 2026 at 02:00 am
Paradox Factor – Roleplaying Game Review
Paradox Factor is a Roleplaying/Books/Puzzle game from Hosted Games LLC, first launched in 1st August 2013.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 52+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Paradox Factor Stand Out
What would you change? Alter your past and future in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?
Play as a man, woman, or nonbinary individual as you travel through time in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?
This Roleplaying game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Paradox Factor is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th January 2026
Recent improvements include:
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Download & Availability
Paradox Factor is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Paradox Factor on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
It does get slightly tedious during a certain part but overall was impressed by the mindbendingly way this was put together, and the overall philosophical message was quite mature. Bravo.
Dear God; thank you SO MUCH for making this work on the iPhone X/ newest iOS! We TRULY love this one and have spent quite a bit of time with it. We will gladly Pay for more content like this. 10/10.
Not worth the money. Its boring and we were expecting so much more from this rather disappointing game.
It's really interesting, but it finishes fast.
We've played most of the top rated COG and hosted games available, and we have to say this game is amazing. Granted, it doesn't spoon feed you answers, which may be the reason for some of the negative reviews. We're just blown away by how beautiful this game was. We were left feeling so viscerally the frustrations of the main character as he desperately tried to save his loved ones. It's a beautiful game. Buy it. Play it. We wish we could forget it so we could play it again fresh.
Wow, thanks for an awesome time travel head twister adventure. This was beyond special. It's essentially a story of your life, broken up into memories, but you are able to change your future "memories" by changing your past memories. Think "Butterfly Effect", but interactive, and with more science and a better story. The plot and concept is well thought and would actually make a great sci-fi movie. The fact that it is written in this interactive CYOA form is genius. We can only imagine how difficult it was to write the multiple realities and branches in this story and to keep them all consistent. Thank you developers for a great app. Now we need to get some sleep and resist a re-play to get a different ending.
This app is amazing the story is great but it's just so depressing for us trying to save everyone yet someone else is always affected negatively ;c haha but really it's a great story so yeah five stars from us c:.
It is very fun and it is also pretty hard to get the perfect ending but it's fun to try.
This whole story idea and the options change so much, it's so…just amazing.
This is one of the few stand out CYOA games ive played in a long time.. The plot was good, time travel esque, where every change you make in the past have unforeseen consequences.. Totally recommend it to any CYOA gamers out there.
This game is really cool. Sort of a mix between Primer, Eternal Sunshine, and a Choose Your Own Adventure book. Good stuff.
It's a good ape but a bit confusing in terms of going back in every time line and trying to figure out watt event you triggered.
It's a great game, but could you add something to keep track over who you saved and who died? Also, some hints for oblivious and kinda stupid players like us? Thanks.
We love this game but we cant play it with our new phone. Please update it.
We bought the bundle but with this story it won't go any further in the story it keeps jst making us pick " remember a time the it shows all the ages and things that's happened lke getting married and having birth and the train wreck but that's all it's letting us read, we were really looking forward to reading this and makes us a little upset that we spent money on this.
Honestly we know that our opinion is very unpopular with this being a four star app and all so here us out or just keep scrolling. We haven't finished this story and we don't really want to. We were looking for a story about time travel and we didn't get that. We got a bunch of bits and pieces of memories that you play around with to try to get this guys wife to not die by using time travel. We don't feel that bonded to any of the characters because you don't really feel like you spend that much time with them. We are still kind of confused in the story line. We just over all don't like this story execution and can see why it was only a dollar. We are not trying to hate on the author we are just offering our constructive criticism :).
Can't get anywhere with this game. It keeps bouncing us to the same location. We have tried all of the different scenarios to no avail. If someone knows what we're doing wrong please post. As for now, game has been deleted.
Every time it just puts you in the same play screen nothing changes we read then continue and back at the same thing no changes only repeat over repeat.
This game is amazing, confusing, and has twists everywhere just how things would be in a time story, we 100 percent think people should give this a try.
The whole thing is beautifully crafted, and it becomes very difficult to put your iPhone down after a little while, once the story starts kicking in for real. Highly recommended.
We actually really liked this game. It can be a little repetitive but there will be a little subtle difference that you have to pay attention to, we'll admit there was a couple of times where we were like "UGH!" But we really loved our ending. It's just a different type of choice game which we were open enough to test out and don't regret it. Good job Lucid!! Keep up the great work.
Whatever it is, its different and worth the buy. The story is very engaging and we would recommend this game to anyone. Unlike other choice games, this one has more of the feel of a puzzle, a feel which contributes greatly to the story. The writing isn't the most immersive, but the story's complexity requires that certain immersive details be left out. So we really can't count that against it. From what we read, the timelines are expertly crafted and the unforeseen consequences mind boggling. It has a unique feel to it that other choice games don't have. Get it, it's worth the price.
This game has shown just how far choice has fallen we were happy when they redeemed themselves with Stables but this is just pure garbage. They say there are several different endings yet we're not sure how possibly two would count as anything. The story doesn't change at all regardless as your stuck in an endless loop of boredom literally trying to find a way out. The way this game was written is sloppy and poor to say the least. There is no really story development, and never anyway to judge your actions regardless of what they are. Dear storyboard writes please stop ripping off movies and trying to add a poorly written copy. Overall we say fire everyone who thought this was worth writing and discredit anyone who thought this actual had a good story. It was lazily done and poorly written. This officially ends us buying their games until several reviews have came out.
One of the better choice of games though it is a little repetitive.
We love this game, the story is amazing, how it uses time travel is done correctly, and how each choice changes the story dramatically is lovely, but our game doesn't save, we wish that we could return to our game after we accidentally go to the home or our phone crashes. Please fix this problem because we're tired of redoing everything to finish the game which we haven't done yet.
Not as good as some stories but the have written worse.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.4
- Size: 30.25 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Hosted Games LLC
Last updated: 8th January 2026 | Genre: Roleplaying, Books | Developer: Hosted Games LLC