Franz: Scary Text Adventure
What is Franz?
A text adventure where a haunted phone creature named Franz reacts to word puzzles, touch, timing, and notifications.
Franz is a game in which a creature named Franz is said to haunt your phone, with her own personality and desires. Players communicate with her through word puzzles, tactile touches on the phone, and notifications, and moral choices decide whether the player becomes her owner or her puppet. The narrative is non-linear and changes depending on how the player behaves toward her.
Pricing. Franz is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Players who enjoy text-based story games
- Players interested in moral choice narratives
- Players who want puzzle-driven dialogue with a character
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Why this app is in C tier
C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Franz scores 66 out of 100: rating 93, rating count 80, App Store search rank 92, update recency 0. The four parts are averaged and C tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Imagine that your phone is haunted by a mysterious creature named Franz, who has her own will, personality and desires. Through direct communication with Franz, game mechanics and notification system, you can find out who Franz really is and what she truly desires. Moral choices form the narrative foundation of the game. The decisions that you make throughout the story determine whether you become the rightful owner of Franz or turn into her puppet.
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The gameplay of Franz is based on text-rich story and tactile interaction with the character. Your smartphone is Franz herself, so you need to be much more careful with the gadget. Franz is unpredictable and touchy, but is very much into you. She is susceptible to physical interaction, just like any real person. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the consequences of your decisions when communicating with her, even those that may seem insignificant.
Your communication with Franz is based on physical interaction with the smartphone, namely:
Word puzzle solving
One of the main ways of interacting with Franz is by solving various word puzzles. Like in real dialogue, the player can misunderstand something or miss an important detail, which can affect future interactions. Words in the game, as in real life, are an important tool of communication, and should be handled with care.
Tactile interaction
The player can express their attitude towards Franz through tactile contact, using gentle or harsh touches. Franz can both ask for your affection and try to provoke you. It is up to you whether to comply with Franz or resist her manipulations.
Time factor
Franz can kick you out of the app and lock you out of it for a certain period of time. You can choose whether to wait until Franz lets you back into the game or interrupt the waiting time, though it can hurt Franz in the process.
Response to notifications
Franz sends notifications to the player when she wants them back in the game. Depending on how quickly the player opens the app after receiving the notification, Franz will either be offended or delighted.
Non-linear narrative
Franz is a living entity that reacts differently to every action of the player, whether it's touching her, solving puzzles, ignoring her desires, or indulging her emotional manipulations. Therefore, depending on your behavior, the storyline will change.
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Questions about Franz
Is Franz free to play?
It is free to download.
Does the game use touch input on my phone?
Yes. The description says players express their attitude through gentle or harsh touches on the smartphone, and Franz may ask for affection or try to provoke the player.
Does the game send notifications?
Yes. Franz sends notifications when she wants the player back, and how quickly the player opens the app determines whether she is offended or delighted.
Is Franz right for me?
Franz is built for players who enjoy text-based story games, players interested in moral choice narratives, players who want puzzle-driven dialogue with a character. It sits in the interactive horror stories list on AppTierList.
Is Franz worth it?
Franz is C tier, ranked #7 of 8 interactive horror story apps with a score of 66 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 9,802 ratings. 6 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does Franz compare to PARALLAX?
Franz is C tier at 66; PARALLAX is B tier at 74. PARALLAX ranks higher. Franz is free to download, with in-app purchases, PARALLAX is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Franz updated?
Franz was last updated over a year ago, on 2023-12-21, which holds its tier down.
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All the facts
Ranking
- Lists
- Interactive Horror Stories (C tier, #7) · Interactive Stories (#119, beyond the tiered top)
- Tier
- C (Situational)
- Score
- 66 / 100
- Rank in list
- #7 of 8
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 9,802
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Games
- Current version
- (1059 days ago)
- Size
- 695 MB
- Requires
- iOS 13.0 or later
- Age rating
- 9+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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