Comparison

Panic Room 2 vs Special Squad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Panic Room 2

Trapped in a madman's abandoned mansion, you must solve puzzles and find hidden objects to survive and escape. Uncover the dark history of the house and confront the mysterious 'Puppeteer' through a branching narrative and challenging gameplay modes.

Highlights
  • Spine-chilling thriller plot
  • Distinctive disquieting atmosphere
  • Cornucopia of puzzles and collections
  • Diverse gameplay activities
  • Unique game modes (Night, Shadows, Invisible ink)
  • Social features: friends, chat, gifts
  • Nonlinear plot with branching storylines
Features
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Your trip to a gloomy abandoned mansion led to an imprisonment inside the maniac’s house. It was an itch for gain that led you here, but this place still reeks of fear of its previous victims, and only the desperate will to survive will help you to win back your freedom. The walls of the once-luxurious but now dilapidated house still remember the terrifying events and the suffering of the victims that futilely tried to escape the madman’s clutches time and again. The history starts to repeat itself, but this time the victims are chosen on purpose. The new events, trials and challenges will surprise you with previously unseen brutality. You’ll have to work hard to survive, let alone escape or find out who’s hiding behind the mask of the Puppeteer. There are no accidents. So what were the transgressions that brought YOU here? Features: - A plot closely resembling spine-chilling thrillers! A nail-biting narrative that will give the creeps even to the most jaded fans of the genre in the very first minutes of play. - Distinctive atmosphere! The game recreates the disquieting aura of a crumbling mansion with realistic graphics and perfectly matching music. - Varying gameplay! A cornucopia of puzzles, collections and diverse activities will keep you entertained and keep the game dynamic and captivating. - Different game modes! Master the original gameplay modes such as «Night», «Shadows» or «Invisible ink» that add variety and excitement. - Extensive social aspect! Make friends, talk to them, help each other and exchange gifts! - Nonlinear plot! Freedom of choice offers you two branching storylines. Choose which path to follow!

About

Special Squad

Engage in a story-driven detective role-playing game where you assist a secret agent in solving complex murder cases. Solve tricky puzzles, find clues, and bring criminals to justice in this challenging escape room experience.

Highlights
  • Investigate murder cases
  • Point and click room escape gameplay
  • Story-driven narrative
  • Examine clues and analyze evidence
  • Solve logical puzzles
  • Mini-game puzzles and achievements
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This season, engage in mysteries of crime cases in the city, in one of the best role-playing point and click type room-escape game in a story-driven narrative and it's developed and released by HFG Hidden Fun Games. Are you ready to solve the criminal cases? GAME STORY Special Squad – Crime Mysteries is a detective story. Mr. Ervin is the lead secret agent in a special squad. The government appointed top five unidentifiable cases to Mr. Ervin. You are an assistant to him. The reason for the death of sprinter, rescuing the agent, murder of a female victim, untraceable case of Managing Director and reveal the reason for the death of your colleague. The game is totally in the latest form of room escape game and filled with tricky challenging puzzles. Lot's of thrilling twist throughout this full journey. During this journey, you have to find clues and suspect through your detective skills. Escape games are fully filled with crime and investigation stories and having many thrilling rooms waiting to escape. But they are easy to play and give more challenge to you. Various location waiting for your investigation. Try to find out the hidden clues, solve some puzzles, unlock a few rooms through your intelligence. If you are searching a best investigation based escape game then this one is the right choice. Are you ready to face the challenge of escape and solving the mysteries? GAME FEATURES *101 Brain Challenging Levels *More than 250 logical puzzles to challenge. *Gameplay consists of more than 30 Hours *Examine clues & analyze evidence *Bring the killer to justice. *Challenge yourself with mini-game puzzles and achievements to earn extra Hint.

Screenshots

Panic Room 24 screens
Special Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Special Squad at 4.6 against Panic Room 2's 3.5. Special Squad also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 23%). Panic Room 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Panic Room 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Special Squad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Special Squad holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Panic Room 2's written reviews are positive against 63% of Special Squad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Panic Room 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Special Squad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Panic Room 2 versus Special Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanic Room 2Special Squad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (56 ratings)4.6 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.6% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56 — better39
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB778 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFun Factory LLCHFG ENTERTAINMENTS

Customer experience

Panic Room 2

All ratings56 ratings
Positive60.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative32.1%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral16.1%
Negative61.3%

Special Squad

All ratings35 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral37.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Panic Room 2

One-time10
  • Tool set$0.99
  • Nutrition set$2.99
  • Unique set$2.99
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  • Set of gold tokens$2.99
  • Handful of gold tokens$2.99
  • "Survivor's cache" set$4.99
  • Set of gold tokens$4.99
  • Purse of gold tokens$9.99
  • Sack of gold tokens$24.99
  • Box of gold tokens$49.99
10 purchases

Special Squad

One-time10
  • Get 10 Hints$0.99
  • Double Your Reward Video$0.99
  • Get 22 Hints$1.99
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  • Remove All Ads$1.99
  • Get 33 Hints$2.99
  • Get 50 Hints from offer$3.99
  • Get 60 Hints$4.99
  • Get 130 Hints$9.99
  • Get 155 hints and adsfree$9.99
  • Get 300 Hints$19.99

Questions

Is Panic Room 2 free?
Panic Room 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Special Squad free?
Special Squad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Panic Room 2 or Special Squad?
Special Squad is rated higher. Panic Room 2 averages 3.5 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Special Squad averages 4.6 from 39 ratings.
Do Panic Room 2 or Special Squad have ads?
Special Squad shows ads; Panic Room 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Panic Room 2 or Special Squad?
Panic Room 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Special Squad every 5 months. Most recently, Panic Room 2 was updated on November 2, 2026 and Special Squad on November 3, 2026.

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