Choose The Ruins: VR Escape the Room
Choose The Ruins: VR Escape the Room if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it's currently about 33% cheaper on the Steam Store. The Ruins: VR Escape the Room launched in 2017.
The Ruins: VR Escape the Room vs Haunting Hour
The Ruins: VR Escape the Room and Haunting Hour both land in Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam. The Ruins: VR Escape the Room (2017) is 2 years older than Haunting Hour (2019). Haunting Hour scores higher on Steam reviews (60% positive) than The Ruins: VR Escape the Room (35.7% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Haunting Hour
Choose Haunting Hour if you want a Casual game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Haunting Hour launched in 2019.
Both The Ruins: VR Escape the Room and Haunting Hour sit in Strategy, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Tracked Controller Support and VR Only, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Ruins: VR Escape the Room |  Haunting Hour | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 3.99 USD | 5.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 35.7% positive (14 reviews) | 60% positive (10 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Blue Entropy Studios | Glass Cat Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- The Ruins: VR Escape the Room (2017) is 2 years older than Haunting Hour (2019).
- Haunting Hour scores higher on Steam reviews (60% positive) than The Ruins: VR Escape the Room (35.7% positive).
- The Ruins: VR Escape the Room is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Haunting Hour (3.99 USD vs. 5.99 USD).
- Haunting Hour has co-op; The Ruins: VR Escape the Room does not.
The Ruins: VR Escape the Room vs Haunting Hour — FAQ
- Should I play The Ruins: VR Escape the Room or Haunting Hour first?
- If you want chronology, The Ruins: VR Escape the Room (2017) came out before Haunting Hour (2019). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Ruins: VR Escape the Room and Haunting Hour similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does The Ruins: VR Escape the Room have multiplayer like Haunting Hour?
- No. Haunting Hour supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op), while The Ruins: VR Escape the Room is listed as single-player only.