SMALL ROOM vs Don't Push the Button
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMALL ROOM
Solve puzzles and find clues to escape a confined space. This is a straightforward escape game designed for a quick and easy challenge. Perfect for a casual gaming session.
- Escape room gameplay
- Puzzle solving
- Clue finding
- Easy difficulty
- Simple interface
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Escape from the Small Room. This is a simple Escape Game. Difficulty: Easy
Don't Push the Button
Embark on a story-driven escape room adventure with intuitive tap controls. Solve puzzles and use items to progress through a less challenging experience designed for quick play sessions. Features auto-save to ensure your progress is always secure.
- Story-driven gameplay
- Lower difficulty
- Auto-save function
- Quick play sessions
- Tap controls
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The more you're told "don't push it," the more you want to. An immersive journey into a surreal world. You wake up in a pitch-black room. An unknown voice gives you one command: "Don't push the red button." —A simple rule that will toy with your intuition. The escape game loved by many players has been fully remade in cel-shaded 3D! While keeping the cozy atmosphere of the original illustrations, the addition of sound and spatial depth has evolved the sense of immersion. 【How to Play】 ・Use items and solve mysteries to escape the room. ・Tap areas of interest in the 3D space to explore. ・Tap an item to select it, and tap again to enlarge. 【Features】 ・Charming 3D: Cel-shaded graphics that stay true to the original's taste. ・Sound Design: Added sound effects for realistic feedback. Feel the thrill of the escape. ・Intuitive Puzzles: No specialized knowledge required. A difficulty level enjoyable for everyone. ・Reliable Hints: Stuck? The hint page with images will help you solve it immediately. Can you resist the temptation of this strange room and find your way out? 【Credits】 Sound Effects: Sound Effect Lab (https://soundeffect-lab.info/) Pocket Sound (https://pocket-se.info/)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SMALL ROOM at 81% against Don't Push the Button's 54%. SMALL ROOM also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Don't Push the Button's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Don't Push the Button holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of SMALL ROOM's written reviews are positive against 54% of Don't Push the Button's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SMALL ROOM ships an update every 3 weeks, Don't Push the Button every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SMALL ROOM | Don't Push the Button |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better | 53.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | noprops | YOUHEI SHINRA |
Customer experience
SMALL ROOM
Don't Push the Button
In-app purchases
SMALL ROOM
No in-app purchases
Don't Push the Button
No in-app purchases
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