Escape Horrible House vs Second Best
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Escape Horrible House
Embark on a creepy point-and-click adventure set on a dark, snowy night. Solve puzzles and confront monsters in this surprisingly long game with significant potential, despite some design flaws.
- Point-and-click gameplay
- Monster encounters
- Puzzle solving
- Adventure storyline
- Creepy atmosphere
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It was a dark and snowy night. Perfect time for a little breaking and entering, right? Deal with monsters and more in this creepy-cool point-and-click adventure that'll take you a surprisingly long time to finish and has piles of potential despite its design missteps.
Second Best
Continue an absurd mystery adventure filled with unexpected twists and whimsical humor. Solve clever puzzles and explore a world brought to life with charming hand-drawn visuals. Uncover the truth about your identity and escape a perilous journey.
- Absurd mystery adventure
- Interactive story with twists
- Classic point and click gameplay
- Solve zany puzzles
- Hand-drawn visuals
- Colorful characters
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The excitement CONTINUES. You're a LONGER way from home than you ever thought possible. And the more you learn about your IDENTITY, the less you seem to KNOW. It's not easy being BEST. Welcome back to the world of COLBIES and OPIES, where nothing is what you think, not even your OWN PAST … WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF IN BESTED You had just been spirited away by a gang of SUPERHUMAN meanies. WHY are they doing this, and can you get a better stateroom for the JOURNEY? Find the answers to these questions and more, and try not to get tangled up in too many MURDERS along the way. FEATURES • Absurd Mystery Adventure – A comedy-filled interactive story with unexpected twists, whimsical humor, and a genuinely complex but curious plot. • Classic Point and Click Gameplay – Tap around, poke things, collect clues, and talk your way out of (and into) trouble. • Zany Puzzles – Solve clever puzzles that are unique and satisfying, the MysteryCaper way! • Hand-Drawn Visuals – Explore a world brought to life with charming art created by hand. Human hand. • Colorful Characters – From a puzzling ally to ship crew to tricky villains, everyone's got something to hide. – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Escape Horrible House at Free against Second Best's $5.99. Escape Horrible House also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 11.0). Second Best's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (32 vs 3). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Escape Horrible House is free to download; Second Best costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Second Best holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Second Best has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Escape Horrible House ships an update every 4 days, Second Best every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Escape Horrible House | Second Best |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 340 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 炜春 唐 | MysteryCaper, LLC |
Customer experience
Escape Horrible House
Second Best
In-app purchases
Escape Horrible House
No in-app purchases
Second Best
No in-app purchases
Questions
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