Comparison

Forgotten Hill vs Laqueus Escape

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Forgotten Hill

Embark on a chilling adventure in a dark autumn setting. Solve intricate puzzles and uncover clues to escape a mysterious house filled with horrors. This is the first chapter of a thrilling escape game experience.

Highlights
  • Engaging original graphics
  • Intriguing puzzles and riddles
  • New hint system
  • Available in 8 languages
  • First chapter of a story
Features
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Solve the mysteries on a dark autumn night in Forgotten Hill. Can you survive? Your car has broken down and you find yourself searching for help alone in the woods, on a cold November night, near Forgotten Hill village. Maybe you can find some help in that house up on the hill. Or maybe you might just find yourself trying to escape from the horrors that lurk within... Solve the puzzles by finding clues and using your intuition to escape the house in the first chapter of this thrilling adventure escape game. Forgotten Hill: Fall features: - Engagind and original graphics - Intriguing puzzles and riddles - A brand new hint system - Available in 8 languages: English, Spanish, Portoguese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Korean! - First chapter of the story of Forgotten Hill, start losing yourself into its mysteries. - Really Free, no hidden fees, no registration, simply install, play and enjoy! Check out www.forgotten-hill.com for more secrets about Forgotten Hill.

About

Laqueus Escape

Explore mysterious environments, find hidden clues, and utilize various objects to solve intricate puzzles. Your goal is to unravel the enigma of your surroundings and escape the room.

Highlights
  • Explore environments
  • Find clues
  • Use objects
  • Solve puzzles
  • Escape rooms
Features
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You find yourself in a strange place. How did you get here? Is there a way out? You must look around, find clues, use random objects and solve puzzles to make your way out in this escape room game.

Screenshots

Forgotten Hill4 screens
Laqueus Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

Forgotten Hill and Laqueus Escape are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forgotten Hill sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Laqueus Escape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Forgotten Hill against 4.2 for Laqueus Escape. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 205 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Forgotten Hill's written reviews are positive against 67% of Laqueus Escape's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forgotten Hill ships an update every 4 months, Laqueus Escape every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Forgotten Hill versus Laqueus Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForgotten HillLaqueus Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (90 ratings) — better4.2 (205 ratings)
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings90205 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB920 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFrancesco MendogniSmartCode

Customer experience

Forgotten Hill

All ratings89 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral8.2%
Negative21.9%

Laqueus Escape

All ratings200 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews153 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.3%
Negative17.0%

User reviews

Forgotten Hill

From 90 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Great puzzle design
  • 👻 Creepy atmosphere
  • 👍 Well-made and engaging
  • ✨ Unique ideas
  • 🎮 Good series of games

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too short for the price
  • 💸 Exorbitant unlock price
  • 💸 Rip-off price
  • 😩 Ads constantly
  • 😩 Too many ads

Laqueus Escape

From 205 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome puzzles
  • 🎨 Great graphics and atmosphere
  • 👍 Challenging but not impossible
  • 💰 Good value for free game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs, especially in later chapters
  • 🔍 Some puzzles too obscure or illogical
  • 🔍 Hints not always helpful
  • 🔍 Navigation and controls can be clunky

Bugs and requests

Forgotten Hill

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • No arrow to move to other rooms
  • No arrow to return from settings
  • Directional signs missing
  • Wolf falls before hint is seen
  • Game doesn't work on iPad
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  • Error in graveyard, missing ring hand
  • Tombstone picture puzzle doesn't work
  • Cannot interact with objects
  • Cannot pick up items
  • Actions won't work until leaving and re-entering
  • Game crashes randomly
  • Cannot pick up key
  • Ads continue after paying to remove
  • Payment for ad removal not processed
  • Banner ad covers screen on iPad
  • Game defective on iOS system
  • Some puzzles didn't work at first

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Update to fix missing gears in the tomb
  • Fix arrow navigation issues
  • Fix screen orientation bug after ads
  • Add more content to justify price
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  • Make hint system clearer

Laqueus Escape

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to back out of certain screens
  • Puzzle solutions not working as expected
  • Crashes and lost progress
  • Visibility issues with small details

Requested features

4 requests
  • More chapters and content
  • Ability to reset progress
  • Better hint system
  • Improved navigation and controls

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Forgotten Hill

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock all Hints + Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Laqueus Escape

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Forgotten Hill free?
Forgotten Hill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Laqueus Escape free?
Laqueus Escape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forgotten Hill or Laqueus Escape?
Forgotten Hill is rated higher. Forgotten Hill averages 4.3 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while Laqueus Escape averages 4.2 from 205 ratings.
Do Forgotten Hill or Laqueus Escape have ads?
Both Forgotten Hill and Laqueus Escape show ads.
Which is updated more often, Forgotten Hill or Laqueus Escape?
Forgotten Hill ships an update every 4 months, and Laqueus Escape every 3 months. Most recently, Forgotten Hill was updated on October 29, 2026 and Laqueus Escape on October 20, 2026.

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