Comparison

Retro Backrooms vs escape grumpy obby

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

Head to head
About

Retro Backrooms

Navigate a maze of pixelated rooms, reminiscent of classic creepypastas. Fight monsters, find keys, and collect items to upgrade your character and escape the endless backrooms.

Highlights
  • Fight monsters with weapons
  • Find keys to unlock doors
  • Collect items for upgrades
  • Explore endless pixel rooms
  • Escape the backrooms
Features
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Based on a creepypasta, the Retro Backrooms brings a nostalgic feeling of being lost in endless piles of empty pixel rooms with fluorescent lights at full hum-buzz. You have to find your way out, but of course, some Monsters don't want you to leave. -Use weapons to fight enemies. -Find keys to open doors. -find items to upgrade your level. -Try to get outside the backrooms.

About

escape grumpy obby

Explore a haunted mansion filled with traps and jump scares as you search for hidden objects to fend off a terrifying pursuer. Uncover secrets and find your way out before becoming trapped forever. This offline horror obby offers a chilling adventure.

Highlights
  • Haunted mansion exploration
  • Object finding and throwing
  • Traps and jump scares
  • Offline gameplay
  • Secret path discovery
Features
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Find objects hidden around the haunted house to throw at Grumpy while she chases you. A terrifying grumpy echoes through the dark halls of the twisted house where Creepy Grumpy await. Explore creepy rooms, unlock secrets, and survive the horrors. But beware — this isn’t just any granny. This is a nightmare filled with traps, puzzles, and jump scares § Haunted mansion full of mystery and horror § Search for keys, tools, and secret paths § Scary obby gameplay with traps and jump scares § Play offline anywhere — no internet needed Can you survive and escape, or will you be trapped forever like so many before you?

Screenshots

Retro Backrooms4 screens
escape grumpy obby3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retro Backrooms at 4.7 against escape grumpy obby's 4.2. Retro Backrooms also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (95 vs 5). escape grumpy obby's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Retro Backrooms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. escape grumpy obby asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Backrooms holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retro Backrooms has 95 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

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Retro Backrooms versus escape grumpy obby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro Backroomsescape grumpy obby
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (95 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings95 — better5
Update frequency—Every 12 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB206 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperZeshaan Hussainsoukaina hanouar

Customer experience

Retro Backrooms

All ratings95 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

escape grumpy obby

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Retro Backrooms

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

escape grumpy obby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro Backrooms free?
Retro Backrooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is escape grumpy obby free?
escape grumpy obby is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Retro Backrooms or escape grumpy obby?
Retro Backrooms is rated higher. Retro Backrooms averages 4.7 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while escape grumpy obby averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Retro Backrooms or escape grumpy obby have ads?
escape grumpy obby shows ads; Retro Backrooms does not.

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