Don't Push the Button vs Button Pusher
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/)
Button Pusher
A fast-paced game where you must follow instructions precisely by pushing specific buttons. Test your reflexes and speed as the timer increases with each round. Not a relaxing experience, but a chaotic and fun challenge.
- Colorful buttons to press
- Buttons to avoid
- Varied level types
- Competitive leaderboards
- Race against the clock gameplay
- Simple and fun mechanics
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Do you like games? THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY LIKE PUSHING BUTTONS... Push every button in sight, we have red buttons, green buttons, big buttons small buttons, all kinds of buttons. But don't press that button, or the other button. You do know how to follow instructions right? The game is simple - You get a task, you do exactly what it says. If it says press it twice, you press it two times, not once, not three times, twice. A lot depends on you pushing the right button! The timer will get faster every round putting your reactions and reflexes to the test. If you're looking for a calm, relaxing game to play as you unwind. THIS IS NOT IT. NOW GET PUSHING BUTTONS! Start by pushing that install button. GO, GO, GO! Features: - Plenty of colourful buttons to press - Plenty of colourful buttons to avoid - Wide variety of level types - Competitive score boards - Tense, race against the clock style gameplay - Simple, easy, fun - Chaotic, impossible, still fun
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Button Pusher at 100% against Don't Push the Button's 54%. Button Pusher also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Don't Push the Button's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (19 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Button Pusher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Don't Push the Button asks for nothing beyond the download.
Button Pusher holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. 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 100% of Button Pusher's.
Don't Push the Button ships an update every 4 months, Button Pusher every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 23, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Push the Button | Button Pusher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOUHEI SHINRA | Alexander Tandy Batty |
Customer experience
Don't Push the Button
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In-app purchases
Don't Push the Button
No in-app purchases
Button Pusher
- Remove Ads$1.99
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