Magic Mansion vs Serious Scramblers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Mansion
Navigate challenging retro platformer levels by tapping to jump and avoid numerous traps and enemies. Unlock adorable characters in this pure 1-bit arcade experience.
- One-touch gameplay
- Retro 1-bit arcade experience
- Multiple traps and enemies
- Unlockable characters
- Challenging levels
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Tap to jump and avoid traps while climbing the challenging levels of the Magic Mansion, in this retro pocket-sized platform game by Nitrome and Sets And Settings. Features: • A multitude of traps and enemies • One-touch gameplay • Pure 1-bit retro arcade experience • Over 1 colour! • Many adorable characters to unlock Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off in-app purchase. We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Serious Scramblers at 4.5 against Magic Mansion's 3.3. Serious Scramblers also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 34%). Magic Mansion's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Magic Mansion sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Serious Scramblers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 181 and 224 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Magic Mansion's written reviews are positive against 70% of Serious Scramblers's.
Magic Mansion ships an update every 5 days, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Magic Mansion | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (181 ratings) | 4.5 (224 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 181 | 224 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Magic Mansion
Serious Scramblers
User reviews
Magic Mansion
From 181 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Cute and retro-style graphics
- 🎶 Catchy chiptune music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Coins reset to 20 when exiting the game
- 💸 Excessive ads that interrupt gameplay
- 🕹️ Challenging controls and unforgiving difficulty
Serious Scramblers
From 224 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
Bugs and requests
Magic Mansion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some devices
- Glitches causing loss of control and audio issues
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety and enemy types
- Option to disable ads for a one-time fee
- Ability to save progress and coin count
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
In-app purchases
Magic Mansion
- 250 coins$0.99
- 1000 coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Get 5000 coins$3.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Questions
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