Comparison

Atomic Escape vs The Aquarians

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

Head to head
About

Atomic Escape

Embark on a first-person point-and-click adventure set in a mid-century atomic age ranch. Uncover a secret space travel conspiracy by solving puzzles and cracking codes to access confidential files. Explore a retro-futuristic world with challenging yet accessible puzzles.

Highlights
  • Point and click gameplay
  • Explore atomic ranch and secret facility
  • Search for clues and solve puzzles
  • 3D real-time graphics
  • Retro-futuristic world
  • Challenging yet balanced puzzles
  • Conspiracy storyline
Features
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Uncover a profound secret conspiracy solving puzzles and cracking codes to access the confidential files from a secret space travel project in this first person point and click adventure game set in a beautiful mid century atomic age ranch. -Point and Click Gameplay- Classic Point and Click Fun with modern mechanics, Explore A Beautiful Atomic Ranch with an underground secret facility, Search for clues, Find Items and Solve Puzzles, no Hidden Objects or pixel hunting. -3D Fast Real Time Graphics- Discover a Beautiful Retro futuristic world rendered with colorful high-quality graphics, move fast between scenes with responsive controls, solve clever puzzles taking advantage of 3D puzzle Design. -Challenging Fun to Solve Puzzles- Well Designed and Balanced Puzzles that are fun to solve for the experimented puzzler and friendly for brand new players, All the Puzzles are designed to feel Challenging yet not frustrating. -Beyond this World Storyline- Solve an Atomic Space Travel Conundrum, Discover the amazing secret hidden under an apparently regular Mid Century Atomic Ranch, Crack the codes to Access the Confidential files to reveal the truth about a profound Conspiracy.

About

The Aquarians

Embark on a point-and-click adventure set in 1882 New Hampshire. Explore the woods surrounding Thornsworth to uncover a long-forgotten temple and its mysteries. Solve puzzles, collect artifacts, and fulfill your purpose as a local explorer.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click gameplay
  • Puzzle solving
  • Artifact collection
  • Story-driven exploration
  • Historical setting
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The year is 1882, and it’s nearing a peaceful summer in the small American town of Thornsworth, New Hampshire. Meanwhile, the prestigious yet mysterious organization Loci Quaerere has gathered evidence of a long-forgotten temple from a bygone society, the Aquarians. This temple has been determined to be somewhere in the woods surrounding the very same town. In a headline announcement, the organization has sought after a knowledgeable and capable local to perform the tasks of discovery and exploration. That local has turned out to be you. In this playable short, point and click your way through various rooms, puzzles, and your assigned taskbook, to uncover the mysteries of the temple, collect artifacts for sponsors, and fulfill your ultimate purpose.

Screenshots

Atomic Escape4 screens
The Aquarians4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Aquarians at Free against Atomic Escape's $3.99. The Aquarians also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Atomic Escape's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

The Aquarians is free to download; Atomic Escape costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Aquarians holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Atomic Escape has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Atomic Escape's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Aquarians's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Atomic Escape versus The Aquarians: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtomic EscapeThe Aquarians
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (30 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB116 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperHomero RojasLogan Head

Customer experience

Atomic Escape

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral15.8%
Negative10.5%

The Aquarians

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Atomic Escape

No in-app purchases

None

The Aquarians

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Atomic Escape free?
Atomic Escape costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Aquarians free?
The Aquarians is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Atomic Escape or The Aquarians?
The Aquarians is rated higher. Atomic Escape averages 4.6 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while The Aquarians averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Atomic Escape or The Aquarians have ads?
Neither Atomic Escape nor The Aquarians shows ads.

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