Comparison

Don't Push the Button vs Button City

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Story-driven gameplay
  • Lower difficulty
  • Auto-save function
  • Quick play sessions
  • Tap controls
Features
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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/)

About

Button City

Embark on a narrative adventure in a charming diorama world inspired by the 90s. Befriend cute characters, complete quests, play arcade mini-games, and collect costumes to save the local arcade from a greedy cat.

Highlights
  • Narrative adventure gameplay
  • Befriend charming animal characters
  • Complete quirky side quests
  • Play unique arcade mini-games
  • Collect costumes and decorate
  • Low poly art style
Features
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Fennel is a shy little fox who just moved into town. After discovering the local arcade, he makes new friends and gets swept up in a whirlwind adventure to save it from being shut down at the paws of greedy fat cat Peppermint Pepperbottom! Button City is a narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. Complete quirky quests around town, play arcade games, collect fun costumes, solve puzzles and more as you follow a story from beginning to end about growing up and saving the things that are important to you. FEATURES * Explore a beautiful and lovingly crafted world in a low poly art style. * Befriend a cast of charming animal characters. * Complete fun and silly side quests at your own pace. * Master arcade games to unlock new game modes and prize items! * Dress up in fun costumes and decorate your room. ARCADE GAMES * Gobabots is the latest craze sweeping the arcade. Two teams of four cute fruit robots battle it out in an intergalactic competition to make the biggest smoothie! Each Gobabot has its own unique weapons and attacks -- collect them all at the arcade prize counter, form your perfect team, and become arcade champions! * Zoom down Watermelon Mountain in tuned-up electric cars in rEVolution Racer, a pastel take on classic arcade racing games. Race as Evie in her custom EV Sprinter against her fierce rival Spin. Drift to charge your batteries then unleash extreme boosts to speed past the competition! * Prisma Beats is a rainbow rhythm game with funky visuals and awesome tunes! Hit notes on the beat and show off your best dance moves -- and try out the challenge modes, if you’re feeling competitive.

Screenshots

Don't Push the Button3 screens
Button City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Don't Push the Button at Free against Button City's $4.99. Don't Push the Button also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (19 vs 6). Button City's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#187 vs unranked). On review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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

Don't Push the Button is free to download; Button City costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Don't Push the Button holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Don't Push the Button's written reviews are positive against 50% of Button City's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Don't Push the Button versus Button City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't Push the ButtonButton City
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (19 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#187 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB858 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperYOUHEI SHINRA(Subli)minal Gaming LLC

Customer experience

Don't Push the Button

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative40.7%

Button City

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Don't Push the Button

No in-app purchases

None

Button City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Don't Push the Button free?
Don't Push the Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Button City free?
Button City costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Don't Push the Button or Button City?
Don't Push the Button is rated higher. Don't Push the Button averages 4.5 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Button City averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Don't Push the Button or Button City have ads?
Don't Push the Button shows ads; Button City does not.

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