Murder Room vs Downspell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Murder Room
This psychological horror adventure game puts you in the shoes of someone hunted by a serial killer. Navigate a dark environment, solve puzzles, and try to escape while maintaining your sanity. Recommended for players who enjoy suspenseful and disturbing experiences.
- Psychological horror adventure
- Serial killer pursuit
- Dark and immersive environment
- Hint system
- Unlockable additional story
- Tap and slide controls
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From the development team behind "Ellie - Help me out...please" (over 1 million downloads!) comes this second psychological horror adventure! "You are being hunted by a serial killer. Do you have what it takes to stay sane and escape?" !!!! CAUTION !!!! Some players may find scenes in this game disturbing. --- PLAY ENVIRONMENT--- ・The game screen is very dark. -Play in a dark room for best results. Adjust the brightness settings if you have trouble seeing the image. ・A dynamic and realistic sound environment -Earphones or headphones are recommended for the best gameplay experience. ・App Size: approx. 50MB -Players are recommended to download the game using a Wifi connection. --- ADDITIONAL FEATURES --- ・Another Story -Complete the main room to unlock an additional story for purchase. ・Game Progress -Complete "Another Story" as well to attain a 100% completion rating. ・Hints -Collect Hint Coins to unlock hints on how to progress through the game. --- HOW TO PLAY --- Tap the screen to search an area. Slide your finger across the screen to rotate left and right. Slide your finger down to close zoom-in screens and menus. Tap an item to take a closer look at it. Purchase hints to help you out when you're stuck. --- RECOMMENDED GAMES --- Ellie - Help me out...please - http://itunes.apple.com/app/id543133461/ Dark Summoner http://itunes.apple.com/app/id480950048/
Downspell
A fast-paced arcade word game where players catch falling letters to form words. Navigate through levels, collect coins, and avoid obstacles to achieve high scores.
- Fast-paced arcade action
- 30 levels
- Freestyle mode
- Coin collection
- Bonus points
- Obstacle avoidance
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Letters are falling from the sky, falling faster and faster... can you catch them all and make words? With 30 levels of arcade action plus a Freestyle mode, Downspell is a word game unlike any other. Collect coins, rack up bonus points, avoid obstacles and hazards, and compete to earn the highest score possible!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Downspell at 5.0 against Murder Room's 4.4. Downspell also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Murder Room's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 12) and iOS requirement (4.3 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Murder Room sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Downspell sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Downspell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Murder Room has 98 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Murder Room's written reviews are positive against 100% of Downspell's.
Murder Room ships an update every 12 months, Downspell fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Murder Room | Downspell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (98 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ateam Entertainment Inc. | Justin Sheckler |
Customer experience
Murder Room
Downspell
Bugs and requests
Murder Room
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game incompatible with iOS 11 and later
- Cannot pick up items (knife, chair, etc.)
- Oven puzzle code does not work correctly
- Game crashes on Chapter 2 loading screen
- Game crashes when Melanie leans over player
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- Progress erased when exiting the game
- Unresponsive touch controls
- Melanie stuck in oven with no solution
Requested features
8 requests- Update game for iOS 11 and newer versions
- Create a sequel or Murder Room 2
- Develop more games similar to Murder Room and Ellie
- Improve hint system with automatic hints after time
- Add clearer in-game instructions
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- Make puzzles less obscure with better clues
- Fix oven puzzle mechanics
- Improve save functionality
Downspell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Murder Room
- 100 Coins - Murder Room$0.99
- Another Story - Murder Room$1.99
- 600 Coins - Murder Room$5.99
Downspell
- Pack of 20 coins$0.99
- Pack of 50 coins$1.99
- Pack of 400 coins$1.99
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- Chapter II$3.99
- Chapter IV$3.99
- Chapter III$3.99
- Chapter V$3.99
- Pack of 1,000 coins$3.99
- Pack of 2,000 coins$6.99
- All Chapters$11.99
