Imprisoned vs Horror in the Pacific
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Imprisoned
Escape a high-security prison using your intellect, skills, or strength. Uncover dungeon secrets, interact with a fellow inmate, and discover who framed you. Embark on a challenging fantasy adventure.
- Choose your escape method
- Explore prison secrets
- Interact with a co-prisoner
- Fantasy quest
- Determine responsibility for arrest
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Use your incredible wits, fantastic skills and/or magnificent strength to choose your way out of a heavily guarded prison! Reveal the secrets of the dungeon, meet the mysterious co-prisoner and determine who's responsible for your arrest. Grab your gear and prepare yourself for a hard fantasy quest. Remember, escaping from a prison is not a task for kids or grannies!
Horror in the Pacific
Explore a bleak, Lovecraftian world in this open-world text-based adventure RPG. Investigate a missing person case on a remote Pacific island, uncovering macabre horrors with moments of dark comedy. This mobile adaptation of classic text adventures offers an engaging story and a sense of dread.
- Open world exploration
- Text-based adventure gameplay
- Lovecraftian horror theme
- Engaging story progression
- Moments of dark comedy
- Investigation mechanics
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Horror in the Pacific is an open world Lovecraftian text-based adventure game, where players explore and investigate progressing though an engaging and exciting story. It is a mobile phone adaption of the classic text-based adventure genre, similar to the point-and-click classics. The game combines a bleak environment, an sense of underlying dread, and several moments of comedy to keep you entertained. As the third game in the "Horror in the Darkness" series, Horror in the Pacific takes place several years after the events of Horror at Innsport. Called once again to investigate a case of a missing person, our protagonist is drawn to a small resort island in the Pacific, to uncover all new macabre horrors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Horror in the Pacific at none against Imprisoned's shown. Horror in the Pacific also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (95% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Imprisoned sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Horror in the Pacific sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Horror in the Pacific holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Imprisoned's written reviews are positive against 95% of Horror in the Pacific's.
Imprisoned ships an update every 17 months, Horror in the Pacific every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Imprisoned | Horror in the Pacific |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (29 ratings) | 4.6 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 44 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Craig Kadziolka |
Customer experience
Imprisoned
Horror in the Pacific
Bugs and requests
Imprisoned
Reported bugs
6 issues- Grammar and spelling errors
- Game ends with a week left
- Impossible to open portal in time
- Count-down timer does not work properly
- Progress discrepancies
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- Crashes when going from stats page back to story
Requested features
6 requests- Add more genres to scene settings
- Make the game longer
- Add romance options
- Create a sequel
- Improve editing and polish
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- Fix crashes when navigating stats page
Horror in the Pacific
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Imprisoned
- Remove Advertising$4.99
Horror in the Pacific
- Premium Upgrade$3.99
Questions
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