Don't Push the Button vs Hot Button
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/)
Hot Button
Challenge friends to a fast-paced reaction game with multiple modes. Improve your reflexes in training or compete in party settings. Winners can be rewarded and losers can face fun consequences.
- Multiplayer reaction testing
- 4 different game modes
- Training mode for skill improvement
- Party game functionality
- Winner rewards and loser punishments
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Test your reaction with up to 4 persons in 4 different game modes. Reward the winner or/and punish the looser with a tough job. Give free rein to fantasy! Improve your reaction skills in the training mode and compete with your friends at the next party! Note: Please don't misuse this game as a drinking game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Don't Push the Button at 4.5 against Hot Button's 2.5. Don't Push the Button also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). Hot Button's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
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 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Don't Push the Button's written reviews are positive against 75% of Hot Button's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Don't Push the Button ships an update every 4 months, Hot Button every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Push the Button | Hot Button |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better | 2.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOUHEI SHINRA | Peter Weiss |
Customer experience
Don't Push the Button
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In-app purchases
Don't Push the Button
No in-app purchases
Hot Button
No in-app purchases
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