Don't Push the Button vs Don't Push the Button5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/)
Don't Push the Button5
Embark on an engaging room escape adventure with a compelling storyline. This game offers a lower difficulty level and an auto-save function for a more accessible and convenient experience. Explore rooms, find items, and solve puzzles to progress.
- Storyline-driven gameplay
- Lower difficulty setting
- Auto-save function
- Tap to search/use items
- Item interaction (select, expand, unselect)
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How to play -Tap:Search/Use item. Item -Tap:Select item. -2taps:Expand item. -3taps:Unselect item. Features -Game with a storyline. -Difficulty lower. -Auto-save function. System Requirements -iOS 12.0 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Don't Push the Button at 4.5 against Don't Push the Button5's 3.5. Don't Push the Button also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 2). Don't Push the Button5's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Push the Button has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Don't Push the Button's written reviews are positive against 90% of Don't Push the Button5's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 23, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Push the Button | Don't Push the Button5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 90.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOUHEI SHINRA | YOUHEI SHINRA |
Customer experience
Don't Push the Button
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In-app purchases
Don't Push the Button
No in-app purchases
Don't Push the Button5
No in-app purchases
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