Comparison

SHADOW PROTOCOL vs Celsius Strays Prologue

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

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About

SHADOW PROTOCOL

Features
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A violent storm seals every exit from the Meridian Hotel. At 02:17, a dead manโ€™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 โ€ข A complete 10-chapter interactive mystery โ€ข Consequential choices that shape the investigation โ€ข Three distinct endings to discover โ€ข Cinematic crime scenes and dramatic character moments โ€ข Environmental clues, forensic evidence, and deduction puzzles โ€ข An Ending Archive that tracks your discoveries โ€ข Autosave support for seamless chapter-by-chapter play โ€ข Independent controls for music and sound effects The Meridian case was never closed. It was waiting for you.

About

Celsius Strays Prologue

This interactive visual novel prologue immerses you in a dystopian world where you lead a colony of rats against oppressive forces. Make critical choices, manage your team, and build relationships to shape the narrative. Experience a story with hand-drawn art, voice acting, and an original soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual novel
  • Narrative choices
  • Team management
  • Hand-drawn character portraits
  • Fully voice acted
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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You are the Chief of the Squealers. It has been nine years since the coup to save your people failed, and you were banished to a far corner of the Slums. Survival is a luxury here, with robotic death squads, a deadly climate, and power-hungry Slumlords all eager to snuff out the defiant remnant of rats. Manage your team, protect your colony, be a leader. And remember: in a world set against you, not all danger comes from outside. This is an interactive, puzzle-lite Visual Novel where the choices you make, and the relationships you build, shape the future of the story. The prologue provides the Prologue to the game, a bite-sized peek into the world, characters, and gameplay to be expanded in the full release. - Dozens of unique, hand-drawn character portraits, with animated lipsyncing - Fully voice acted - Interactive environments beautifully painted by Max Wilson - Full-screen CGs - Make choices that influence the story - Original soundtrack by Python Blue - Bonus, unlockable extras

Screenshots

SHADOW PROTOCOL4 screens
Celsius Strays Prologue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SHADOW PROTOCOL at 13.0 against Celsius Strays Prologue's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 6 level
SHADOW PROTOCOL versus Celsius Strays Prologue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSHADOW PROTOCOLCelsius Strays Prologue
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size367 MB169 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerไบ‘้น ้ป„Fabrice Breton

In-app purchases

None

SHADOW PROTOCOL

No in-app purchases

None

Celsius Strays Prologue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SHADOW PROTOCOL free?
SHADOW PROTOCOL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Celsius Strays Prologue free?
Celsius Strays Prologue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SHADOW PROTOCOL or Celsius Strays Prologue have ads?
Neither SHADOW PROTOCOL nor Celsius Strays Prologue shows ads.

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