Comparison

Miles Mercer vs SHADOW PROTOCOL

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Science-driven puzzle solving
  • Item collection and combination
  • Immersive story-driven gameplay
  • Multi-stage escape rooms
  • Real-world science principles
Features
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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?

About

SHADOW PROTOCOL

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Miles Mercer4 screens
SHADOW PROTOCOL4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Miles Mercer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SHADOW PROTOCOL asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Miles Mercer versus SHADOW PROTOCOL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiles MercerSHADOW PROTOCOL
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size359 MB367 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSNA云鹏 黄

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Miles Mercer

One-time3
  • 10 Hunches$0.49
  • remove ad$1.99
  • 100 Hunches$5.99
None

SHADOW PROTOCOL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Miles Mercer free?
Miles Mercer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SHADOW PROTOCOL free?
SHADOW PROTOCOL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Miles Mercer or SHADOW PROTOCOL have ads?
Neither Miles Mercer nor SHADOW PROTOCOL shows ads.

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