School Maze vs Darkness Resonance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
School Maze
Navigate a massive gymnasium maze to find a key and reach the exit within a time limit. Interact with classmates to earn bonus points and achieve the goal together. A thrilling challenge awaits!
- Navigate a huge gymnasium maze
- Find the key to unlock the exit
- Race against the time limit
- Interact with classmates for bonus points
- Aim for the podium on the stage
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Run through a huge maze in the gym! First find the key, let's head to the exit in a hurry. A Huge maze appeared in the gymnasium. Please aim the podium on the stage ran through a huge maze within the time limit. In order to open the gate of the maze exit, you must have the key that has fallen into the maze. First find the key, let's head to the exit in a hurry. Classmates also aim to escape the huge maze. Bonus points if the goal together call out to them. Let's call out as many of classmates. Ready for the huge maze?
Darkness Resonance
Engage in dynamic action battles as a student council member fighting monsters within and outside your school. Complete missions ranging from attending classes to battling creatures like goblins and vampires.
- Dynamic action battles
- Sword and magic combat
- Free flight mechanics
- Student council missions
- Monster fighting (goblins, vampires, etc.)
- School life simulation
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A school simulator with different abilities where students fight to liberate a school occupied by vicious monsters! Dynamic action battles with swords, magic, and free flight! Darkness Resonance is a school action game in which the student council takes the stage and solves various missions that occur inside and outside the school. From everyday missions such as "taking classes" to slightly darker missions where you fight against goblins, zombies, succubus, vampires, and more, a variety of outlandish developments await you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Darkness Resonance at 100% against School Maze's 40%. Darkness Resonance also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). School Maze's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Darkness Resonance sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. School Maze asks for nothing beyond the download.
Darkness Resonance holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of School Maze's written reviews are positive against 100% of Darkness Resonance's.
School Maze ships an update every 3 months, Darkness Resonance every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Maze | Darkness Resonance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 465 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MASAHIRO MIZUTANI | OMEGA POINT |
Customer experience
School Maze
Darkness Resonance
In-app purchases
School Maze
No in-app purchases
Darkness Resonance
- Expansion Pass$2.99
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