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Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek vs What Happened to Lily?

Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek and What Happened to Lily? both land in Indie, 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 Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam. Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek (2018) is 7 years older than What Happened to Lily? (2025). What Happened to Lily? scores higher on Steam reviews (82.4% positive) than Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek (52.5% 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 Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek

Choose Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek if you want a Free To Play game with Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, and Mouse Only Option. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek launched in 2018.

Choose What Happened to Lily?

Choose What Happened to Lily? if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. What Happened to Lily? launched in 2025.

Both Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek and What Happened to Lily? sit in Indie, Adventure, and Casual on Steam, 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 vs What Happened to Lily? — Steam metadata comparison
Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek — Steam game coverPanic Room 2: Hide and SeekWhat Happened to Lily? — Steam game coverWhat Happened to Lily?
Released20182025
GenresIndie, Adventure, Free To Play, CasualIndie, Adventure, Casual
PlatformsWindows, macOSWindows
Steam DeckUnratedUnrated
PriceFree to play3.99 USD
Steam reviews52.5% positive (40 reviews)82.4% positive (51 reviews)
MultiplayerSingle-player onlySingle-player only
DevelopersGameXP.comMontee Games

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Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek vs What Happened to Lily? — FAQ

Should I play Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek or What Happened to Lily? first?
If you want chronology, Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek (2018) came out before What Happened to Lily? (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 What Happened to Lily? similar?
They overlap on Indie, 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.
Is Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek free?
Yes — Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek is a free-to-play Steam title. What Happened to Lily? is paid (3.99 USD).
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