Escape Game Basic vs Rime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Escape Game Basic
Embark on a gentle puzzle-solving adventure in a charming, relaxing world. This beginner-friendly escape game offers simple controls and soothing gameplay, perfect for a cozy gaming break. Explore, use items, and solve mysteries at your own pace.
- Heartwarming world with adorable characters
- Gentle puzzles for beginners
- Easy tap controls
- Completely free to play
- Minimal ads
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Explore charming worlds, search for items, solve puzzles, and find your way out. Escape Game Basic is a collection of short escape games featuring a variety of settings and themes. The simple tap controls make the games easy to pick up, even for players who are new to escape games. Take a close look around, find hidden clues, and use the items you collect to solve each puzzle. 【Features】 ・A collection of short escape games ・Different settings and puzzles in each game ・Charming and approachable visual style ・Simple tap controls ・Hints to help you when you get stuck ・An in-game camera for saving important clues ・Play every game through to the end for free 【How to Play】 1. Tap anywhere that looks interesting to investigate it. 2. Select an item, then tap the place where you want to use it. 3. Use the clues you find to solve puzzles and unlock mechanisms. 4. Solve all the puzzles and find your way out to complete the game. 【Recommended for Players Who】 ・Enjoy escape games and puzzle games ・Like games with a cute and charming atmosphere ・Want a relaxing puzzle game ・Prefer short games they can enjoy at their own pace ・Are playing an escape game for the first time Explore a variety of worlds and enjoy the puzzles hidden in each setting.
Rime
Embark on a captivating escape room adventure trapped within the pages of an ancient book. Solve challenging riddles and uncover mysteries to find your way out. Enjoy beautiful graphics and multiple endings in this engaging puzzle experience.
- Mysterious riddles
- Challenging puzzles
- Beautiful graphics
- Three different endings
- Full walkthrough
- Auto-save
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Rime is packed with mysterious riddles and is one of the best escape games to date. Throughout the game, you will find a plethora of highly challenging puzzles. There are no charges. STORY You stumble across an old book and get trapped within its world. Solve all of its mysteries, and escape the world of the book. FEATURES - Beautiful Graphics - Well-crafted Puzzles - Three Different Endings - Full Walkthrough - No charges at all - Auto-save
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Rime at every 3 weeks against Escape Game Basic's every 2 months. Rime also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 80%) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 271). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Escape Game Basic sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Rime sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Escape Game Basic against 4.7 for Rime. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rime has 1.8K ratings behind it against 271, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Escape Game Basic's written reviews are positive against 95% of Rime's.
Escape Game Basic ships an update every 2 months, Rime every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Escape Game Basic | Rime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (271 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 271 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nicolet.jp | izumiArtisan |
Customer experience
Escape Game Basic
Rime
Bugs and requests
Escape Game Basic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rime
Reported bugs
2 issues- Certain interactions not registering
- Inconsistent puzzle difficulty
Requested features
3 requests- Longer game with more levels
- Ability to remove ads
- More story and background
In-app purchases
Escape Game Basic
- Donate$0.99
- Donate more$3.99
- Donate more and more$9.99
Rime
- 120円2 variants$0.99
- 240円2 variants$1.99
- 480円2 variants$3.99
