Hide in The Backroom vs Shuriken Cut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hide in The Backroom
Experience a thrilling horror adventure where you must escape a mysterious backroom filled with monsters and mazes. Choose to be a fugitive hiding from threats or a hunter tracking down your prey. Utilize superpowers and beat the clock in this suspenseful game.
- Multiple backroom environments
- Hunter and fugitive game modes
- Horror atmosphere with strange sounds
- Superpowers like invisibility and super speed
- Timed escape and hunt challenges
- Creepy monsters and nextbots
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Do you like horror games, scary backrooms and mad mazes? Then experience the ultimate horror adventure with Hide in The Backroom! Trapped in a mysterious backroom, your goal is to escape before it's too late or vice versa to catch those trying to hide! The backrooms are filled with creepy surprises, to put your wit and courage on test. Get ready for a heart-pumping and suspenseful game that will keep you on the edge of your seat! There's an endless mono-yellow backroom and many meters of confusing empty backrooms to be trapped in. Creepy vibes are guaranteed! Fortunately, here you can not only try to escape the backrooms while the monsters are chasing you, but also hunt for lost souls yourself! GAME FEATURES: - Lots of back rooms: there is always a new one around the corner, and another behind it, and so on. How many are there? Find out! - Two game modes: you can play as a hunter or a fugitive. If you are a fugitive and hear something wandering around, run as fast as you can, because there's no doubt it has sniffed you out! If you are a hunter, track down the prey on the paths and attack from around the corner! - The atmosphere of horror: time freezes inside the backroom, as there are monochrome yellow walls, strange sounds and scary monsters all around! - Superpowers: swing the power and collect new skills allowing to walk through walls, run superfast and even become invisible! - Beat the timer: every escape has an end, every hunt has a finale. Hurry up before the time runs out! - Creepy monsters and anomalous nextbots! Hide in The Backroom – is a free mobile game in the best traditions of backroom survivals. Challenge yourself in the endless yellow maze! Privacy Policy: https://aigames.ae/policy Terms of Use: https://aigames.ae/policy#terms
Shuriken Cut
Throw shurikens by dragging the screen to hit enemies. The angle of your drag determines the shuriken's trajectory and how it splits the target. Aim precisely to slice through your opponents.
- Drag to throw shurikens
- Angle-based trajectory
- Split enemies in two
- Precise aiming
- Action-packed gameplay
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Drag the screen to throw shurikens at the enemy! The shuriken will fly according to the angle of the drag line, and cut the enemy at that angle!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shuriken Cut at none against Hide in The Backroom's 4. Hide in The Backroom's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Hide in The Backroom sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Shuriken Cut asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Hide in The Backroom against 4.8 for Shuriken Cut. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25K and 25K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Hide in The Backroom's written reviews are positive against 84% of Shuriken Cut's.
Hide in The Backroom ships an update every 3 weeks, Shuriken Cut every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Hide in The Backroom | Shuriken Cut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25K ratings) | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25K | 25K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 365 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AI Games FZ | KAYAC Inc. |
Customer experience
Hide in The Backroom
Shuriken Cut
User reviews
Hide in The Backroom
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive game
- 🚀 Easy to play
- 💡 Unique backrooms theme
- 🎨 Great graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy behavior
- 🔋 Excessive ads
- 🕹️ Repetitive gameplay
- 🕰️ Levels too short
Shuriken Cut
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 🚀 Great graphics
- 💡 Satisfying gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 💤 Gets boring quickly
- 🔍 Lack of content
Bugs and requests
Hide in The Backroom
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads don't load or freeze the game
- Graphical glitches with certain characters
- Inconsistent player detection by the monster
Requested features
6 requests- Add more levels and chapters
- Implement multiplayer mode
- Introduce more entities and monsters
- Increase level difficulty and complexity
- Add endless/survival mode
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- Improve realism and immersion
Shuriken Cut
Reported bugs
2 issues- Shurikens don't always go where directed
- Inability to restart levels
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels
- Implement sandbox mode
- Add randomized enemy/level generator
- Allow users to create and share custom levels
In-app purchases
Hide in The Backroom
- Weekly VIP Subscription3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Monthly VIP Subscription$19.991 Month
- Yearly VIP Subscription$99.991 Year
- No ADS$2.99
Shuriken Cut
No in-app purchases
Questions
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