Comparison

Puzzle Agent 2 HD vs Circulous

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

Head to head
About

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

An agent returns to a mysterious town to uncover the truth behind a series of strange occurrences and a missing person. This sequel to an award-winning game features a dark, humorous narrative filled with challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Solve challenging puzzles
  • Uncover a dark mystery
  • Engage with dark humor
  • Explore an eerie town
  • Experience a narrative adventure
  • Sequel to an award-winning game
Features
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**NOTE: Not compatible with iPhone 7 devices and iPad Pro devices.** Agent Nelson Tethers just solved the biggest case of his career. So why isn't he satisfied? There’s still the case of a missing eraser factory foreman, a whispering madness is still creeping from mind to mind, and a troubling recurrence of... creatures... is lurking into the town. The FBI's Department of Puzzle Research has marked the case closed -- are they sweeping it under the rug? Or worse, do they not even care? Worried that the case will languish forever unsolved, Tethers must go rogue and venture back to the eerie town of Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all. Sequel to award-winning Puzzle Agent: * TouchArcade – Best of iPad 2010 * IGN – Best iPhone Game of E3 2010 * PC Gamer – Puzzle Game of the Year 2010 * Adventure Gamers – Game of the Year CREEPY PUZZLE ADVENTURE WITH MYSTERY & DARK HUMOR! _____________________________________________ MORE GREAT ADVENTURES BY TELLTALE GAMES: Walking Dead: The Game Back to the Future Tales of Monkey Island Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Minecraft: Story Mode Tales from the Borderlands Gift this App: Click the arrow next to “Buy App” on the iTunes® App Store. Never miss out on great deals, news and updates. Visit us at… TelltaleGames.com facebook.com/TelltaleGames twitter.com/TelltaleGames youtube.com/TelltaleGames

About

Circulous

Embark on an immersive first-person mystery narrative puzzle game. Solve challenging puzzles as Amanda Trouser, uncovering corporate espionage and conspiracy theories within a mysterious company. Experience a story-driven adventure with animated environments and intuitive in-game device interaction.

Highlights
  • First-person narrative gameplay
  • Mystery and conspiracy storyline
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Animated environments
  • Immersive parallax movement
  • Intuitive in-game device interaction
Features
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Pay once, play forever! Circulous is an episodic mystery narrative puzzle game. In this first-person game, you take on the persona of Amanda Trouser. You have just been let go from your job. After packing your things, you wonder what you are going to do with the rest of your life. How will you afford your apartment? On the subway ride home you see an add for a job opening at Circulous…it’s almost as if the ad was put there just for you! You apply, and you end up hired! That is only the beginning of the story. Your work at Circulous is exciting, but soon you realize there may be more to this company than you’ve ever imagined. Corporate espionage, conspiracy theories and moral dilemmas lead you through challenging puzzles that will test your wits, your allegiances, and what you think you know about…everything. Engagement This puzzle game pulls you in and makes it as immersive as possible. Scenes use parallax movement to make it feel like you are in Amanda’s world. The opening scene (in which you are fired) uses story and humor to quickly place you in Amanda’s shoes. Each scene is an animated environment that invites you to explore and notice things that may or may not be important to the story or puzzles. The use of your phone (or iPad) is an intuitive way to keep you in the game but also make it feel as if you are truly using your device alongside the game and not just a gimmick. The OS feels like a true OS and makes the immersive nature of the game much more enjoyable.

Screenshots

Puzzle Agent 2 HD4 screens
Circulous4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Circulous at every 6 days against Puzzle Agent 2 HD's every 52 months. Circulous also leads on ratings volume (184 vs 52) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Puzzle Agent 2 HD's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (68% vs 55%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Puzzle Agent 2 HD costs $2.99 and Circulous $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puzzle Agent 2 HD holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Puzzle Agent 2 HD's written reviews are positive against 55% of Circulous's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzle Agent 2 HD ships an update every 52 months, Circulous every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Puzzle Agent 2 HD versus Circulous: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle Agent 2 HDCirculous
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.5 (52 ratings) — better4.2 (184 ratings)
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews — better54.9% of reviews
Number of ratings52184 — better
Update frequencyEvery 52 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB985 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLCG Entertainment, Inc.Chain Reaction Games LLC

Customer experience

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

All ratings52 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative22.9%

Circulous

All ratings184 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive54.9%
Neutral18.3%
Negative26.8%

User reviews

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Captivating storyline
  • 🤔 Engaging and fun puzzles
  • 🎨 Charming artwork and animation
  • 🎤 Superb voice acting
  • 🎶 Great music and atmosphere

Room to improve

  • 😕 Puzzles can be too easy or too hard
  • 🐌 Slow pacing and dialogue
  • 🤷 Puzzles lack clear instructions
  • 🔄 Repetitive puzzles
  • 📉 Storyline can be obtuse or nonsensical

Circulous

From 184 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧩 Creative and clever puzzles with good difficulty balance
  • 💡 Innovative in-game smartphone interface and mechanics
  • 📖 Engaging mystery storyline that captivates players
  • 🎵 Well-designed audio and music elements
  • 👨‍💼 Responsive developer support and helpful hints system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and game freezes throughout gameplay
  • 🐛 Persistent bugs in Act 2 and later chapters
  • 👀 Small text and UI elements difficult to read on mobile devices
  • ⏳ Excessive real-time waiting mechanics (11+ hours to progress)
  • 🔄 Unresponsive controls and laggy app switching

Bugs and requests

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes
  • Sound issues (skipping, stuttering, looping)
  • Animation glitches
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Dialogue not playing
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  • Game stuck in a loop or on a specific screen
  • Puzzles not working correctly (e.g., missing elements, incorrect logic)
  • Voice skipping issues
  • Screen turns white
  • Cutscene issues

Requested features

9 requests
  • Bring back Puzzle Agent 1
  • Update Puzzle Agent 1 for modern devices
  • Make Puzzle Agent 1 available on the App Store
  • Create Puzzle Agent 3
  • Add a skip puzzle option
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  • Improve puzzle instructions
  • Make puzzles more challenging
  • Add more content
  • Make the game longer

Circulous

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Game crashes when entering shifty.com/invisible or shifty.com/door/15
  • Ryde app shows 'no routes available' preventing progression
  • Text message reply interface fails to display responses
  • Cloud save reloads prevent continuing gameplay
  • Computer/app windows fail to open or display properly
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  • Screen becomes blurry or frozen when navigating between scenes
  • Magnifying glass and mailbox clickable elements unresponsive
  • Inventory locked preventing item placement
  • Game crashes when rotating device to access phone interface
  • Crashes when opening specific messages (HR rep email)
  • Decoder grid displays empty with missing elements
  • Keyboard remains on screen after typing, blocking puzzle content
  • File names overlap and display incorrectly
  • Game hangs with background music continuing after exit
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 14 memory allocation
  • Bird box combination numbers too small to read accurately
  • Puzzle solutions don't work despite correct answers
  • Game crashes on first puzzle when placing items in box

Requested features

7 requests
  • In-game hints and walkthrough system accessible without Discord or email
  • More frequent content updates and new chapters
  • Skip or difficulty adjustment options for challenging puzzles
  • Ability to disable music
  • Improved hint system with escalating difficulty levels
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  • Larger, more readable text and UI elements
  • Reduced real-time waiting mechanics

In-app purchases

None

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

No in-app purchases

None

Circulous

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puzzle Agent 2 HD free?
Puzzle Agent 2 HD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circulous free?
Circulous costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puzzle Agent 2 HD or Circulous?
Puzzle Agent 2 HD is rated higher. Puzzle Agent 2 HD averages 4.5 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Circulous averages 4.2 from 184 ratings.
Do Puzzle Agent 2 HD or Circulous have ads?
Neither Puzzle Agent 2 HD nor Circulous shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puzzle Agent 2 HD or Circulous?
Puzzle Agent 2 HD ships an update every 52 months, and Circulous every 6 days. Most recently, Puzzle Agent 2 HD was updated on October 26, 2026 and Circulous on October 24, 2026.

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