Choose Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek
Choose Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek if you want an Indie and Free To Play experience. Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek launched in 2018.
Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek vs Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past
Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek and Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past both land in Adventure, Casual 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 Adventure, Casual on Steam. Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek (2018) is 7 years older than Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past (2025). Both are free to play. 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 Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past
Choose Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past if you want the Touch Only Option side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past launched in 2025.
Both Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek and Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past sit in Adventure and Casual on Steam and both list Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, and Mouse Only Option, 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
 Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek |  Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual | Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 52.5% positive (40 reviews) | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | GameXP.com | GameXP.com |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek (2018) is 7 years older than Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past (2025).
- Both are free to play.
Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek vs Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — FAQ
- Should I play Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek or Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past first?
- If you want chronology, Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek (2018) came out before Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past (2025). 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 Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek and Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Casual 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.