Last updated on December 10th, 2025 at 02:20 am
ALTER EGO – Adventure Game Review
ALTER EGO is a Adventure/Simulation/Books game from CARAMEL COLUMN INC., first launched in 3rd January 2019.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 13,539+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes ALTER EGO Stand Out
"Who am I?"
This game is for:
- Those who want to analyze their personality
- Those with an interest in literature, philosophy, or psychology
- Those who are continuously searching for themselves
ALTER EGO Play Guide
- Tap whispers to gather EGO
- Use the EGO you have gathered to progress in the story and take personality tests
- Use what you learn in the game to see yourself in a new light
The ending changes based on the choices you make.
- Multiple endings
- Your interpretation changes the nature of the in-game world
- "This is our story: yours, and mine."
Caramel Column Inc.
http://caracolu.com
https://twitter.com/GamesCaramel
Caramel Column is a video game and board game studio.
Game Design: Maki Ono
Character Design: Kai Ito
Sound: amiko
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, ALTER EGO is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th July 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes.
Download & Availability
ALTER EGO is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
A beautyful game worthy of 5 Stars.
10/10 game it is a shame not a lot of people know about this game, but it has helped us want to pursue psychology this game is truly a masterpiece hope it gets more attention one day.
This game almost made us cry. It was absolutely beautiful, and remember. The missing piece is you <3.
This game is probably the first mobile game to genuinely bring us to tears, we love it so much.
This game is a hidden diamond among glass duds that flood the App Store. Theres a reason youre here, reading this and wondering whether youll learn something about yourself by playing this game. The answer is yes, you will. We dont want to spoil anything. This is the only game Ive found worth reviewing 5 stars for thats cemented itself in the inside of our mind. Theres much to learn and plenty of literature recommendations inside to keep you busy for a long, long time. This game is for you, so make the best of it.
Absolutely phenomenal, it helped us as a person and was a beautiful game. Enough said.
This game was incredible. The utter amount of attention to detail. The characters, the dialogue. It was all exquisitely delivered and designed. This game does a miraculous job defying your expectations and also allows you to feel closer to the characters and the universe. This game is one of our favorites as it is one of the greatest mobile games we have ever played. We believe this game set its own standard being not just a game. But an art piece. Definitely play this game! We implore you.
We loved this game the different endings made it better. It makes you wonder what if we picked this option instead and the whole idea of discovering who you are interested us all the more. This is one of the best mobile games Ive played in a very long time, definitely worth the time playing.
One of our favorite games of all times. We dont think we can properly put it into words how good this game is. The only thing we recommend is for you to play it, you wont regret it.
We love the game. Its dialogue. We like the reading aspect and how it changes depending on your choices. 5/5 we do recommend.
At first this game seems so easy and youve got it all figured out, but theres curveballs, and your choices do impact the outcome of the story. Overall this game is amazing, especially for a free mobile game.
Cute anime girl made us spend on all micro transactions.
Absolutely amazing. 10/10 on everything. Soundtrack, art, ease of use, easy to understand, and of course 1000/10 on story and creativeness. The first reading it did for us was absolutely on the nose accurate it scared us. Absolutely amazing. Will be obsessed with this for many many run throughs.
Everything about this game is beautifully the music, the art, and the story. It has a really unique way of pointing out the way that individuals interact with the society around them, using philosophical and Jungian perspectives to show thought patterns surround the topic.
So Ill start with something minor, we love how this game makes you write a review (or at least asks if you want to) when you finish it. If youre a fan of psychology, Bungo Stray Dogs, Bungo To Alchemist, or really just are philosophical and think a lot, this is the game for you. It takes around 3 days to complete while casually playing. Its a masterpiece of a game. We would recommend it. Its very insightful and we felt as if someone was looking into our brain from how accurate it was. It was scary, but also relatable. The character you talk to, theyre you. Theyre your other piece. It works so perfectly. Its amazing and we would recommend it to everyone. Besides, its an idle so it encourages you to take your time. Made for all types of players.
Look we thought we were genuinely gonna be scammed you could say into playing this but it actually turned out that the ad they showed was real. The game itself might seem slow at first an if it does you can even afk without using the app. The story is also ten times better and quizzes are a cool little thing. The game has three different endings a bad and conform ending and a true ending each all fun and unique we genuinely wish people would trust us.
While some things were hard for us to read, they were what we needed. The story is wonderful and the art is gorgeous. If you decide to indulge in this game, you will surely not regret trying it.
We cant put down how we feel but just know that this story changed us a little for the better.
First time we played an idle game all the way through and felt accomplished.
We love this game not because it is therapy but because it made us feel like we did playing the outer wilds for the first time. It is art and made with love. Such a simple concept but truly special. 10/10.
We loved the game and they way to get the endings.
We love this game so much. We dont even think words could ever describe how much we love this game. If you like deeper games, this is definitely one.
Great game might take a bit of time.
This game is both soothing and engaging. Would recommend even for the story alone. 100/10.
We genuinely love this game, it was honestly eye opening the music and Es (we grew way too attached to her ) it really drew us in Playing/doing these test honestly had us thinking about our whole life and how everything went wrong.. Dont think Im hating on this game because genuinely we love it.
This game simply amazes us. Please try it.
One of the best games we've played in a long time!!! We actually love it so much and we're recommending it to most of our friends.
We really enjoyed playing this game, it was a wonderful journey and we wish we could experience it all over again. It is completely free and if you dont want to you dont have to watch adds, though it will take you longer to complete that way. The only complaint we have about this game is that it was too short.
Im not an emotional guy, but just opening this and experiencing this is such am eye opening experience within 10 minutes of this game we can already feel how dramatic and life-changing it can be. We thank whoever had the thought to create this beautiful game as we feel like this will be helping us with life everyday.
We love Es with all our heart. She deserves to live well and to find herself. We really enjoyed talking to her and learning more about her and ourselves. When she went insane, it broke our heart. Shes so sweet and shes just trying to find out what to do with herself. Thank you to everyone who brought this game to life! Es feels so real and we want to protect her precious smile. Would recommend.
Ngl at first we were skeptical, as a lot of us are about App Store games these days. We read the reviews, found it to be interesting, and installed Boy am we glad we did. Sometimes we forget its a clicker game, but its so interesting! Its got the spooky vibe, existentialism, small details to find for yourself, and you literally only see ads if you click on the butterflies and click watch. We only got this game yesterday and Im already hooked.
This game is absolutely incredible! Usually we dont leave reviews, but we want to send our support because this was an outstanding game. As someone who wants to go into psychology, this game had such a unique interpretation of Id and Superego that was fun to see. Es is a very relatable character, and we were totally willing to replay the game until she got her happy ending. Also, as a bookworm, the book recommendations/quotes were really interesting, and now we have more books to add to our list. The personality tests were also very accurate and honestly made us feel more secure with ourselves. If we had one complaint, it would be that the blue butterflies didnt show often enough. We were very willing to watch ads to speed up the process of collecting ego, but Id have to wait 10 minutes or so before one came along. But thats just us being nitpicking, this was an incredible game and you should be proud.
10/10 best mobile game out there.
Each ending is spectacular and the quiz thingys probably wouldve helped us back when we were depressed.
We really enjoyed this game. We remember it got recommended as we were trying to find good mobile games but it randomly caught our eye in the App Store. We were so impressed with how they have popular literature and having The Little Prince in here was a nice surprise! We enjoyed how you could obtain different endings and we luckily did two straight forward ones and then got the real ending as last. The sound and everything was marvelous and we give the artist and designers a lot of credit, especially in how its played. Idk tapping quotes from the books we read is SO COOL! Ill remember this game in our heart.
We first downloaded this game a few years back, and we got all three ending. Since then, Ive been downloading it at least once a year to see how Ive grown. Its honestly crazy how accurate all the tests are, and they usually hit exactly at what Im feeling of experiencing. We do remember getting it for the first time, though, and we remember how much it meant to us. This game (and dang isnt that crazy? Its a game) has helped us discover and heal so much of ourselves and its really just amazing. Thank you, devs, for being so dope.
This is a nice idle game providing a story mode, where you find out more of yourself and the girl Es. Through different choices, and how you influence Es, different endings will come. The story is also very emotionally changing for us. Easy and cute, would recommend!! :).
We really loved it from the soundtrack to Es and her design to the quizzes. Definitely one of our top favorite mobile games and severely underrated. Im really glad we got an ad for it else we wouldve never discovered the game. When we beat the game, we were a bit surprised that we were over that quick. We really enjoyed it, and we have a few tips for other players: If youre too impatient on unlocking the next chapter in the story or other books, level up all the books as much as you can. It makes it quicker. At first we didnt realize this and just wanted to save to unlock the stories. However, we realized it would take WAY too long. So, we leveled up all the books as much as we could and it was much quicker to get the story. You can also get more ego from goals and collecting the butterflies that appear in the inquiry and by Es, so we suggest doing those as well. The Es butterfly and goals both give you Ego, while the butterfly in the inquiry gives you ten minutes of tripled Ego. Also, the quiz results can be a bit brutally honest, which we find very interesting and funny as well as a bit scary as to how accurate they are. But overall, the game was amazing, and Im so glad we played it. Es should probably get therapy too though.
This is such an amazing, gorgeous game. The self-exploration, characters and choices make up such an amazing experience, and there are many paths to choose. We are grateful that we found this game, and delved into the story. It is a stunning display of finding yourself, and the paths you choose to truly enjoy your own existence, or deny it all together. We would hope with all our heart that the authors and creators of this game are proud of themselves, and the beautiful story they created. There should be so many more games like this in the world. But, maybe thats exactly why its so special. It is unique, and the best app we have ever had the pleasure of downloading.
An in-depth psychological thriller, loved every step.
We downloaded this app from a YouTube app to discover ourselves, and its amazing! We learned so much about ourselves and it helped us control our impulses and what not! You have to complete the game 3 times to get the true ending, but its so easy. We completed the game within 2 weeks! :).
We find this game beautiful if you actually read into it hearing what Es has to say makes us feel bad and makes us think about ourselves including the test we do and the amount of time it takes to finish a book idk this game feels right.
We love how deep and profound the story is. It really makes you question things about the game, yourself, and morals. Would recommend it to anyone interested in philosophical views and interested in psychology. Definitely taught us things about ourselves as well.
DUDE we SAW AN AD N we WAS THINKING oh a cute personality test, love the art style, love personality tests N THEN we PLAYED AND REALIZED THERE WERE DIFFERENT ENDINGS N LIKE OHTMGOD we jus rlly like what it stands for you tell her that she should go against the world, she does and goes mad. You tell her to conform to society, she does and lives in constant sadness and pressure of not knowing who she truly is, but wanting to conform. You choose neutral, she figures out how she wants to perceive the world on her own. We feel like it jus shows how much others and media can influence your aspect on everything, how you constantly feel the need to rebel or conform but thats just the way you viewed the world, black and white. Viewing the world in your own way and own experiences gives you a realistic outlook on life, an outlook you can find peace with you wont struggle with fitting in or finding your own place. We jus never thought of the world in that way until playing this, we mean it feels obvious to think that way now, im jus happy we downloaded it and even though it is kind of short with just 3 endings, Ill probably always remember this experience bc ohmygod UGH we CANT EVEN EXPLAIN HOW we FEEL BUT THIS GAME IS SO GOOD DUDE AHDHSJJS.
Please make more games we love every single one of your 3 games.
We always loved this game, for many years, we came to revisit it, and Im still in love with it.
We love the story of this game, and the personality quizzes genuinely make us consider things about ourselves that we haven't thought of before, we're recommending it to all our friends.
We have been on the search for something to play and this game has truely brought us on an emotional journey with Es. All three endings are fantastic and honestly it scared us a bit in some points! Very great game.
If you enjoy the character you will enjoy the story, play it for the experience and do not be mistaken in seeking compelling idle gameplay elements here.
We dont need to say anything else.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.10.3
- Size: 149.10 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, JA, KO, RU, ZH, ZH
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: CARAMEL COLUMN INC.
Last updated: 18th July 2025 | Genre: Adventure, Simulation | Developer: CARAMEL COLUMN INC.