Comparison

Runaway Ghost vs Scary Hotel

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

Head to head
About

Runaway Ghost

Navigate hand-drawn caverns as a ghost, flying, diving, and dodging obstacles. Collect coins and stars to unlock power-ups and new characters. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards in this endless scrolling adventure.

Highlights
  • One-touch controls
  • Four unique ghost characters
  • Five power-ups
  • 40 Game Center achievements
  • Global leaderboards
  • Cloud-free scores
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Fly through gorgeous hand-drawn caverns in a physics-driven arcade runner that's easy to learn and brutally hard to master. Tap and hold to rise, release to dive. Thread tight gaps between jagged walls, smash through weak obstacles, and scoop up coins and stars to unlock power-ups and four ghost characters. The cave never stops scrolling — and neither should you. Now optimized for the latest iPhone and iPad. FEATURES • One-touch controls: tap and hold to rise, release to fall • Four unique ghost characters, each with their own flair • Five power-ups: Bubble Shield, Speed Burst, Super Rocket, Tiny Mode, and Star Bonus • 40 Game Center achievements to chase • Global leaderboards for high score and total distance • Runs native on iPhone, iPad, and iPad Pro • Cloud-free: your scores stay yours POWER-UPS Grab Bubble Shield to bounce off walls. Speed Burst doubles your velocity. Super Rocket punches through weak obstacles. Tiny Mode shrinks your silhouette to slip through the narrowest gaps. Stars let you continue after a death — save them for the long runs. IN-APP PURCHASES (optional) • Remove Ads — banner-free gameplay • Coin packs — skip the grind to unlock characters and upgrades • Star packs — extra continues when you're chasing that record • Unlock All Characters — the whole roster in one tap PRIVACY Runaway Ghost uses Apple's standard advertising identifier for the optional banner ad at the top of menus, and nothing else. No gameplay data ever leaves your device. See our privacy policy for details.

About

Scary Hotel

Manage a haunted hotel, setting traps and improving profits to build a horror empire. Invest in property, traps, and staff to become the ultimate hotel manager in this idle arcade simulator.

Highlights
  • Manage haunted hotel
  • Set traps and scare visitors
  • Improve profits and invest
  • Hire ghost workers
  • Explore and expand haunted locations
  • Design hotel interiors
Features
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MYSTIC GAME Have you ever dreamed of visiting an abandoned haunted hotel? Manage your own Scary Hotel, set traps, improve your profits and create your own horror empire in this exciting casual simulator. Start from scratch in this idle arcade with time management, invest wisely in improving your property, traps and staff, and have to work on your own to become the best manager in this idle simulator. Download Scary Hotel: Ghost Escape right now for free! SPOOKY SERVICE Become a Tycoon of Fears: start as an ordinary concierge, set traps, scare visitors, collect profits and increase your level. As your balance increases, open new rooms, rooms, improve traps and hire ghost workers to help you on your way to the hotel idle tycoon. Don't let your guests sleep soundly, your task is to interact with the interior to keep the guests in constant fear. Build a Scary Hotel: Ghost Manager has to explore and expand various haunted locations, each with unique traps. Scare with moving furniture, animate food or armor, a scary mirror or a skeleton in the closet. Each location and trap have its own unique style that can bring you endless fun and pleasure of idle tycoon games. Income from Fear: maximize your income by using first-class inconveniences and invest them for further growth in this fun simulator. The lobby and rooms are the beginning, work hard and you will open dining rooms, wine cellars, corridors, a library, a living room and many other mysterious rooms. Make your stay in your Scary Hotel unbearable and become the manager of horrors! Inhuman Resources: To keep the traps running smoothly, you need workers: hire ghosts and they will automate the work of your hotel or hire a ghost collector who will independently collect all the coins and make your management easier. Frightening Design: Improving rooms not only increases your profit but also adds an unrivaled atmosphere of Victorian castles, choose one of three options for each interior element and feel like a real hotel idle room designer. FIVE STAR FUN Looking for a simple and unique time management game that will provide you with endless entertainment? Immerse yourself in the world of terrible services and harmful ghosts and become a master of fear in an unforgettable casual simulator. Choosing Scary Hotel: Idle Tycoon Games, get ready for goosebumps.

Screenshots

Runaway Ghost4 screens
Scary Hotel4 screens

Verdict

The call

Runaway Ghost and Scary Hotel both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Runaway Ghost's written reviews are positive against 0% of Scary Hotel's. Scary Hotel's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (63 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Runaway Ghost sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Scary Hotel sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Runaway Ghost against 4.6 for Scary Hotel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scary Hotel has 63 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Runaway Ghost's written reviews are positive against 0% of Scary Hotel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runaway Ghost ships an update every 2 months, Scary Hotel every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Runaway Ghost versus Scary Hotel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunaway GhostScary Hotel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.6 (63 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings263 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteve Scott24 HIT Riga SIA

Customer experience

Runaway Ghost

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Scary Hotel

All ratings46 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Runaway Ghost

One-time10
  • 5,000 Coins$0.99
  • 5 Stars$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • Unlock All Characters$2.99
  • 25,000 Coins$2.99
  • 50 Stars$4.99
  • 75,000 Coins$5.99
  • 300,000 Coins$14.99
  • 200 Stars$14.99
  • 500 Stars$29.99
2 purchases

Scary Hotel

One-time2
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Manager Hotel$9.99

Questions

Is Runaway Ghost free?
Runaway Ghost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scary Hotel free?
Scary Hotel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Runaway Ghost or Scary Hotel?
Scary Hotel is rated higher. Runaway Ghost averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Scary Hotel averages 4.6 from 63 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Runaway Ghost or Scary Hotel?
Runaway Ghost ships an update every 2 months, and Scary Hotel every 9 days. Most recently, Runaway Ghost was updated on November 1, 2026 and Scary Hotel on October 30, 2026.

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