Comparison

Crime Scenes vs Special Squad

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

Head to head
About

Crime Scenes

Become a detective leader and solve mysteries in a crime-ridden city. Explore dangerous locations, find hidden objects, and gather clues to expose criminals. Utilize your detective skills and bonuses to progress through challenging investigations.

Highlights
  • Hidden object gameplay
  • Investigate crimes
  • Find clues
  • Expose criminals
  • Explore dangerous locations
  • Progress through locations
Features
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The Crime Scenes: Hidden Unknown is an exciting Hidden object game. Insecure city populated with the gangsters and swindlers is in hand of A Group of the crime investigations. You have to become a leader of A Group and try to puzzle tens of mysteries; to get over the difficulties and expose the criminals. You have the full detective’s armory and good bonuses. Features: - It is a FREE Game! - Explore the rooms in Hidden object mode; find hidden items in the different dangerous places - Investigate tens of crimes, find clues - Take the criminal - Amazing graphics, suitable interface - Progress in the locations

About

Special Squad

Engage in a story-driven detective role-playing game where you assist a secret agent in solving complex murder cases. Solve tricky puzzles, find clues, and bring criminals to justice in this challenging escape room experience.

Highlights
  • Investigate murder cases
  • Point and click room escape gameplay
  • Story-driven narrative
  • Examine clues and analyze evidence
  • Solve logical puzzles
  • Mini-game puzzles and achievements
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This season, engage in mysteries of crime cases in the city, in one of the best role-playing point and click type room-escape game in a story-driven narrative and it's developed and released by HFG Hidden Fun Games. Are you ready to solve the criminal cases? GAME STORY Special Squad – Crime Mysteries is a detective story. Mr. Ervin is the lead secret agent in a special squad. The government appointed top five unidentifiable cases to Mr. Ervin. You are an assistant to him. The reason for the death of sprinter, rescuing the agent, murder of a female victim, untraceable case of Managing Director and reveal the reason for the death of your colleague. The game is totally in the latest form of room escape game and filled with tricky challenging puzzles. Lot's of thrilling twist throughout this full journey. During this journey, you have to find clues and suspect through your detective skills. Escape games are fully filled with crime and investigation stories and having many thrilling rooms waiting to escape. But they are easy to play and give more challenge to you. Various location waiting for your investigation. Try to find out the hidden clues, solve some puzzles, unlock a few rooms through your intelligence. If you are searching a best investigation based escape game then this one is the right choice. Are you ready to face the challenge of escape and solving the mysteries? GAME FEATURES *101 Brain Challenging Levels *More than 250 logical puzzles to challenge. *Gameplay consists of more than 30 Hours *Examine clues & analyze evidence *Bring the killer to justice. *Challenge yourself with mini-game puzzles and achievements to earn extra Hint.

Screenshots

Crime Scenes4 screens
Special Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Special Squad at 4.6 against Crime Scenes's 3.1. Special Squad also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 28%). Crime Scenes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crime Scenes sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Special Squad sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Special Squad holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Crime Scenes's written reviews are positive against 63% of Special Squad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crime Scenes ships an update every 3 weeks, Special Squad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Crime Scenes versus Special Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrime ScenesSpecial Squad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (27 ratings)4.6 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2739 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size378 MB778 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJoyBits Co Ltd.HFG ENTERTAINMENTS

Customer experience

Crime Scenes

All ratings27 ratings
Positive48.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative52.0%

Special Squad

All ratings35 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral37.5%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Crime Scenes

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Items not registering when tapped
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Loading screens freeze or take too long
  • Energy not refilling
  • No sound or music
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  • New cases/missions stop appearing
  • In-app purchases not downloading
  • Game freezes or goes black
  • Dialogue is misspelled or inaccurately punctuated
  • Some locations do not load
  • Achievements not being awarded
  • Exchange issues causing crashes
  • Pool area inoperative
  • Game not loading after updates
  • Items not selectable after being clicked
  • Game Center not recognized

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add new cases/missions
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Improve item registration
  • Add sound/music
  • Fix energy refill issue
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  • Improve translation
  • Add new game modes
  • Make in-app purchases more affordable
  • Add more investigations for higher levels
  • Fix unresponsive taps

Special Squad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Crime Scenes

One-time6
  • 52 real money2 variants$1.99
  • 12600 gold money$1.99
  • 30 real money$4.99
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  • 210 real money2 variants$4.99
  • 520 real money2 variants$9.99
  • 1250 real money2 variants$19.99
12 purchases

Special Squad

One-time12
  • Get 10 Hints$0.99
  • Double Your Reward Video$0.99
  • Get 22 Hints$1.99
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  • Remove All Ads$1.99
  • Get 33 Hints$2.99
  • Get 50 Hints from offer$3.99
  • Get 60 Hints$4.99
  • Get 130 Hints$9.99
  • Get 150 Hints from offer$9.99
  • Get 155 hints and adsfree$9.99
  • Get 175 hints$9.99
  • Get 300 Hints$19.99

Questions

Is Crime Scenes free?
Crime Scenes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Special Squad free?
Special Squad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crime Scenes or Special Squad?
Special Squad is rated higher. Crime Scenes averages 3.1 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Special Squad averages 4.6 from 39 ratings.
Do Crime Scenes or Special Squad have ads?
Special Squad shows ads; Crime Scenes does not.
Which is updated more often, Crime Scenes or Special Squad?
Crime Scenes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Special Squad every 5 months. Most recently, Crime Scenes was updated on October 23, 2026 and Special Squad on October 30, 2026.

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