Paranormal Territory vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paranormal Territory
Embark on a terrifying quest to find your missing family in this horror game. Solve puzzles and escape a chilling presence, but be warned, your courage will be tested.
- Horror atmosphere
- Puzzle solving
- Family rescue quest
- Thrill-seeking gameplay
- Headset support
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Caution: this game is a test of your courage, at the end of you'll see your result. Does your mind starved for puzzles, and your nerves from thrill? Well, then horror "Paranormal Territory" from "AGaming+" will shake you to the core! Turn off the light and take your headset. But be careful, only your vigilance can help you to escape from the paws of the horror that is happening here. Our story begins in a small provincial city. Once upon a time, in the evening, returning while you were returning from work you found that your family is disappeared. Not wasting a minute you are starting quest of your family in the house. And it depends only on you, you will be able to find them or not!
POOLS™
Explore, admire, and listen in this slow, reflective experience. It's an intentionally uneventful journey through uncanny and eerie environments, rewarding patience and quiet attention. Discover a world that subtly changes as you advance, inspired by internet phenomena like liminal spaces and The Backrooms.
- Exploration-focused gameplay
- Relaxing and reflective atmosphere
- Eerie and uncanny environments
- Slow-paced, uneventful experience
- World changes as you advance
- Six chapters, 10-30 minutes each
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Explore, admire and listen. That’s it. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. POOLS isn’t a traditional game. it’s slow, reflective, and intentionally uneventful, perhaps a bit like virtual museum. So take your time. Breathe. POOLS unfolds slowly, rewarding patience and quiet attention. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen. Yet it can feel oppressive at times by invoking quiet fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and the strange beauty of liminal space architecture. There's no typical story. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you, deeper you go… Rooms look and feel… different. Base game features six chapters, each lasting 10-30 minutes. Inspired by the internet phenomena Liminal spaces, Found footage and The Backrooms, especially the Poolrooms concept. One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: POOLS™ at Free against Paranormal Territory's $0.29. POOLS™ also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (80% vs 52%). Paranormal Territory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On ads 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
POOLS™ is free to download; Paranormal Territory costs $0.29 up front. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paranormal Territory asks for nothing beyond the download.
POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Paranormal Territory's written reviews are positive against 80% of POOLS™'s.
| Parameter | Paranormal Territory | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.29 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (19 ratings) | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 300 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Igor Migun | Tensori |
Customer experience
Paranormal Territory
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
Paranormal Territory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
POOLS™
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to move on iPad Pro
- Glitches reported
Requested features
3 requests- Expand to different Backrooms-inspired themes
- Add a multiplayer mode
- Introduce more interactive elements (e.g., monsters, items to discover)
In-app purchases
Paranormal Territory
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99









