Going Up vs Hidden Through Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Going Up
A strategy game where you manage skyscraper elevators to efficiently deliver diverse passengers. Optimize lift movement through increasingly complex systems and unique character behaviors to achieve high scores.
- Manage skyscraper elevators
- Deliver passengers efficiently
- Adapt to complex lift systems
- Deal with unique passenger characters
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Discover different skyscraper environments
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"The vibes here are impeccable" —Vice "Fast, simple, solid, and challenging" —PocketGamer Going Up is a strategy game where you control groups of lifts in a skyscraper to deliver passengers before they lose their patience. Optimise elevator movement as you deal with a fussy cast of passengers—impatient CEOs, mean soldiers and confused tourists. There is no one solution to elevator optimisation: every stage will have its unique bottlenecks, passengers and problems. Can you keep people moving, or will they have to take the stairs? • Deliver your passengers: manage elevators in a skyscraper to deliver passengers up and down to their destinations as efficiently as possible. • Adapt to complex situations: learn to manage increasingly complicated systems of lifts, from multiple lifts, to lifts that operate on different sets of floors, to lifts that completely skip floors. • Placate fussy characters: deal with a cast of seven unique characters, from impatient CEOs to mean soldiers to confused tourists. Learn their behaviours to score the greatest number of points from each of them. • Rack up high scores: compete on a global leaderboard to gain the most points in each level. • Ascend the mysterious skyscraper: discover different environments on each level, playing with different sets of lifts as you climb to the very top. • Play on the go: play one handed, while commuting, queuing in line, or waiting for the lift. Every round lasts at most a few minutes.
Hidden Through Time
Explore hand-drawn, interactive landscapes across three distinct eras to find hidden objects. This cozy puzzle game offers relaxing gameplay with no timers, accompanied by a soothing soundtrack. Decode cryptic hints to uncover secrets and unravel mysteries.
- Hand-drawn interactive landscapes
- Three distinct eras (Victorian, Noir, Sci-fi)
- Relaxing gameplay with no timers
- Cryptic hint decoding
- Soothing soundtrack
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Hidden Through Time: Discovery is a cozy hidden object game that has you searching for hidden objects in hand-drawn, interactive landscapes. THREE ERAS TO DISCOVER Dive into three captivating eras: Victorian elegance, Noir mystery, and Sci-fi wonder. Test your keen eye and unravel the mysteries hidden within each intricate scene. Can you uncover every secret the past (and future) holds? Features - Immerse yourself in relaxing gameplay with no timers to rush your exploration - Travel through time and uncover hidden secrets in beautifully hand-drawn landscapes - Decode cryptic hints to aid you on your quest - Enjoy a soothing soundtrack as you lose yourself in the art of discovery
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Going Up at 4.3 against Hidden Through Time's 3.8. Going Up also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 58%) and ratings volume (43 vs 12). On update cadence, 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
Going Up costs $1.99 and Hidden Through Time $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Going Up holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Going Up's written reviews are positive against 58% of Hidden Through Time's.
Going Up ships an update fortnightly, Hidden Through Time every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Going Up | Hidden Through Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (43 ratings) — better | 3.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #198 | #191 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 497 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Napping Raccoon | Rogueside NV |
Customer experience
Going Up
Hidden Through Time
In-app purchases
Going Up
No in-app purchases
Hidden Through Time
No in-app purchases
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