The Technomancer vs Restricted Area vs AI Limit vs Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris

Side-by-side breakdown of reviews, playtime, current prices, and buy/wait/skip verdicts.

Compare	The Technomancer	Restricted Area	AI Limit	Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris
Release year	2016	2005	2025	2020
Genres	Role-playing (RPG), Adventure	Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure	Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure	Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms	PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One	PC (Microsoft Windows)	PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5	PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Metacritic	62	40	72	57
User rating	64%	40%	79%	54%
Avg. playtime	—	—	—	—
Best price	$1.50$9.99 Steam	—	$22.74$34.99 Humble Store	$9.00$19.99 Fanatical
Discount	-85%	—	-35%	-55%
Lowest tracked	$1.50	—	$22.74	$8.60
Developer	Spiders	Master Creating	Sense Games	Aquria
Publisher	Focus Entertainment	Whiptail Interactive	CE-Asia	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Buy / Wait / Skip	WaitMixed reviews — check gameplay first	SkipWeak reviews	WaitGood reviews — wait for a sale	SkipWeak reviews