Super Dark Deception Lite vs Backrooms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Dark Deception Lite
Experience a retro-style horror game where you navigate dark mazes filled with terrifying monsters. Your only options are to run or face certain death in this thrilling chase.
- Retro 2D graphics
- Nightmarish monster encounters
- Maze navigation
- Survival gameplay
- Run or die mechanics
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Super Dark Deception is a fun retro take on the hit horror game, Dark Deception! You are trapped in a dark realm full of mazes inhabited by nightmarish monsters and there's nowhere to hide. Run or die - the choice is yours!
Backrooms
Navigate an endless maze of empty rooms in this survival horror game inspired by a popular creepypasta. Avoid terrifying entities, use items to your advantage, and stealthily find your way back home from this nightmarish dimension.
- Endless maze exploration
- Scary levels with difficulties
- Creepy monsters and entities
- Survival horror gameplay
- Stealth mechanics
- Items to aid escape
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NEW: FORTUNE WHEEL Spin every day for prizes: characters, batteries, almond milk and the new royal jelly. 19 NEW CHARACTERS Only obtainable from the wheel. NEW MECHANICS · Smilers flee from light — hold your flashlight on them. · Crouch and the PartyGoers won't see you. · Find the notes scattered around: they tell you how to survive. ALSO · New elevator puzzle. · You can now hear your teammates' footsteps. · Improved enemy AI and stability fixes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Dark Deception Lite at none against Backrooms's 2. Super Dark Deception Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (86% vs 70%). On price 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
Both are free to download. Backrooms sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Super Dark Deception Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Super Dark Deception Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 478 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Super Dark Deception Lite's written reviews are positive against 70% of Backrooms's.
| Parameter | Super Dark Deception Lite | Backrooms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.3 (478 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 478 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 348 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Glowstick Entertainment | IndieFist SRL |
Customer experience
Super Dark Deception Lite
Backrooms
User reviews
Super Dark Deception Lite
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Faithful recreation of the original game
- 💎 Impressive pixel art graphics
- 🎮 Enjoyable retro-style experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Monkeys always know player's location
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay due to limited content
- 🕹️ Clunky controls and movement
- 🤯 Extremely challenging and frustrating at times
Backrooms
From 478 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Very fun game
- 🚀 Nicely done, looks realistic
- 🚀 Great game, captures the feel of the Backrooms
Room to improve
- 🐛 Confusing, weird monster sounds
- 🐛 Multiplayer not working, no people to play with
- 🔋 Too many ads, ads every 15 seconds
- 🐛 Can't save progress, have to restart from beginning
- 🐛 Glitches, game freezes or crashes
Bugs and requests
Super Dark Deception Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Elevator glitch
- Replay menu not recording progress
- Audio issues when skipping cutscenes
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and chapters
- Difficulty options
- Improved controls and movement
- Ability to skip cutscenes
Backrooms
Reported bugs
4 issues- Can't get past the party level, game is rigged
- Can't use the flashlight, don't know where it is
- Can't enter codes correctly, door won't open
- Game restarts from the beginning when exiting
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels, levels are too short
- Add a peaceful mode with no entities
- Improve audio and graphics
- Add more Backrooms monsters and entities
- Implement a save feature to continue progress
In-app purchases
Super Dark Deception Lite
No in-app purchases
Backrooms
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock Mark$3.99
Questions
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