Miles Mercer vs SHADOW PROTOCOL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miles Mercer
Solve puzzles using real-world science principles to escape a series of locked rooms. Explore, combine items, and deduce clues to progress through immersive stages.
- Science-driven puzzle solving
- Item collection and combination
- Immersive story-driven gameplay
- Multi-stage escape rooms
- Real-world science principles
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Texas, 1997. A motel in the middle of nowhere. You wake up locked in an unfamiliar room. Abducted by an unknown captor, you are Miles Mercer — and the only way out is up to you. The door is sealed and there's nothing but desert beyond the window. But the room is full of forgotten junk — a paperclip, a cracked mirror, a dead battery. Don't overlook a single thing. "Miles Mercer: Escape Case" is a science-driven escape room where everything you touch becomes a clue. Use real, middle-school-level science — light, heat, electricity, magnets, buoyancy, levers, sound, air pressure — to build gadgets, crack locks, and break out one room at a time. ■ How to play · EXPLORE — Tap around each room to inspect it and collect items · READ — Piece together scattered hints and notes to find your next clue · COMBINE — Merge items into new tools and contraptions · ESCAPE — Trigger your device, open the locked door, move to the next room ■ Three zones, one tightening chase · STAGE 1 — The Motel: from the storeroom to the back exit, break out toward the gas station · STAGE 2 — The Abandoned Gas Station: get the dead pickup truck running again · STAGE 3 — The Desert Relay Base: send a rescue signal and escape the base ■ You'll love this if you enjoy · Real-life escape rooms, mystery and detective stories · Puzzles solved by principle, not by brute-force tapping · Immersive one-handed story games Observe. Deduce. Build your way out. Can you escape the room?
SHADOW PROTOCOL
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A violent storm seals every exit from the Meridian Hotel. At 02:17, a dead man’s watch starts moving again. Shadow Protocol is a cinematic interactive crime thriller built around investigation, consequence, and memory. Step into the role of Ryan, an investigator drawn into a case where every piece of evidence points toward an impossible past. Search atmospheric crime scenes. Examine forensic details. Question what you see. The choices you make redirect conversations, change alliances, and determine which version of the truth survives. FEATURES • A complete 10-chapter interactive mystery • Consequential choices that shape the investigation • Three distinct endings to discover • Cinematic crime scenes and dramatic character moments • Environmental clues, forensic evidence, and deduction puzzles • An Ending Archive that tracks your discoveries • Autosave support for seamless chapter-by-chapter play • Independent controls for music and sound effects The Meridian case was never closed. It was waiting for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SHADOW PROTOCOL at none against Miles Mercer's 3. SHADOW PROTOCOL also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Miles Mercer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SHADOW PROTOCOL asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Miles Mercer | SHADOW PROTOCOL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 359 MB | 367 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SNA | 云鹏 黄 |
In-app purchases
Miles Mercer
- 10 Hunches$0.49
- remove ad$1.99
- 100 Hunches$5.99
SHADOW PROTOCOL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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