Tricky Castle vs Block Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tricky Castle
Embark on an adventure to rescue a princess from a castle filled with challenging puzzles and traps. Navigate mysterious corridors, solve riddles, and overcome obstacles to find the key and escape.
- 120 unique escape puzzle levels
- Unusual room escape mechanics
- Hundreds of doors to open
- Logic puzzles and 2D platforming
- Light humor
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Escape from the castle, full of tricks and mysterious puzzles. This escape room game will challenge your ability to solve puzzles! The Terrible Villain grabbed the Princess and set traps on the way to her rescue. A brave knight can save the princess hidden in the tower of the castle! Forward to adventure! Wander the mysterious corridors of the castle, solve puzzles, and avoid traps to find the faraway tower. There'll be hundreds and hundreds of doors, spikes, platforms to jump on, and all this in order to find the treasured key. Take a close look at the room and read the clues (or riddles?) to figure out how to escape the room. - 120 unique levels, packed with escape puzzles - unusual ways to escape the room - hundreds of doors you'll have to open in your way to saving the princess - excellent combination of logic games and relaxing 2d platformer games - light humor will make you smile :) You won't want to stop solving puzzles! Explore the castle that holds more tricks and secrets than it appears on the surface, and enjoy this fun puzzle game!
Block Escape
Guide a rolling block to the hole by swiping in the desired direction. The block tips and occupies two tiles as it moves, requiring careful planning to fit through the stage. Enjoy a simple yet engaging 3D puzzle experience.
- Swipe to roll the block
- Guide block to the hole
- Block tips and occupies two tiles
- Clear stages by fitting the block
- 3D puzzle gameplay
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Swipe to roll the block and guide it to the hole! Just swipe in the direction you want to roll—the block tips over and takes up two tiles as it moves! If it fits, you clear the stage. A simple yet deep 3D puzzle game anyone can enjoy!
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Verdict
Tricky Castle and Block Escape both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Tricky Castle's written reviews are positive against 37% of Block Escape's. Tricky Castle also leads on ratings volume (6.4K vs 584). Block Escape's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Tricky Castle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Block Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tricky Castle against 4.6 for Block Escape. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricky Castle has 6.4K ratings behind it against 584, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Tricky Castle's written reviews are positive against 37% of Block Escape's.
Tricky Castle ships an update every 5 weeks, Block Escape every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Tricky Castle | Block Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.4K ratings) | 4.6 (584 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better | 37.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.4K — better | 584 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AI Games FZ | KAYAC Inc. |
Customer experience
Tricky Castle
Block Escape
User reviews
Tricky Castle
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and creative puzzles
- 👍 Unique and interactive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenges the mind
- 🎨 Cute and polished graphics
- 💰 Reasonable one-time purchase option
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive ads between levels
- 🔒 Frustrating level unlock system
- 🤔 Unintuitive solutions to some puzzles
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 🏁 Disappointing or abrupt ending
Block Escape
From 584 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good core gameplay
- 💡 Interesting level designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Repeated levels
- 🔇 No sound settings
- 🐛 Broken buttons
- 🔁 Repetitive after a while
Bugs and requests
Tricky Castle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not loading properly
- Controls becoming unresponsive
- Progress or data being lost
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip or bypass the level unlock system
- Improved hint system with less direct solutions
- Proper ending or conclusion to the story
Block Escape
Reported bugs
2 issues- Levels resetting to easy mode
- Impossible levels
Requested features
2 requests- Add option to turn off sound
- Fix broken levels
In-app purchases
Tricky Castle
- Mysterious Premium$1.99
- Mysterious Premium$2.99
- Heroic Skins$2.99
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- Mysterious Premium$4.99
Block Escape
No in-app purchases
Questions
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