Dark Strokes: Hidden Object

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Dark Strokes: Hidden Object is a single player action game. It received positive reviews from players.

Rescue a bride-to-be from a terrifying menace known as the Faceless Ones!

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82%

Audience ScoreBased on 314 reviews

story58 positive mentions

stability2 negative mentions

Engaging and interesting storyline with a good plot twist, keeping players absorbed.
Beautiful and detailed graphics and artwork, enhancing the overall immersive experience.
Variety of puzzles including mini games and hidden object scenes, with generally fair difficulty and helpful hints.

Frequent and random crashes causing loss of progress and forcing players to repeat sections.
Navigation is cumbersome with excessive backtracking and lack of an interactive or fast travel map.
Some puzzles and interactions are difficult due to imprecise object tapping and occasional confusing UI issues.

story
81 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
72%
24%
4%
The story is generally praised for being engaging, well-paced, and featuring intriguing twists, with a good balance of mystery and dramatic elements. While some find it predictable or somewhat complicated, most appreciate its depth and connection to the gameplay, often highlighting its emotional impact and well-developed characters. Overall, it adds significant value to the experience alongside beautiful graphics and challenging puzzles.
- “A great engaging story, amazing hidden object scenes, terrific puzzles… everything we need in a good hidden object game.”
- “I totally thought the story and characters were awesome and it has been a long time since I found a hidden object game I wanted to hurry to get back to and hard to put down.”
- “Pure awesomeness great storyline a twist that I wasn't expecting.”
- “Beautiful and bleak, as a lot of hog games can be, with a predictable storyline and a spatter of minigames/puzzles thrown in.”
- “Please, story needs to have a bit more in it as you finish it too quickly.”
- “...the storyline and logic could have been better told and a bonus chapter would have been nice.”
graphics
38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
92%
5%
3%
Overall, the graphics are widely praised as beautiful, fantastic, and well-suited to the game's style, with many users highlighting the artwork as a strong point. While a few mention issues like poor fit on certain devices or subpar visuals, most agree the graphics enhance the experience and complement the storyline and gameplay effectively.
- “Brilliant graphics and perfect in every way.”
- “The artwork is beautiful, the puzzles are fair, the story is good (not great, but then again, few stories are) and the cutscenes are well done.”
- “Fun gameplay, fantastic graphics and a great story too.”
- “The graphics are awful, even for adventure games.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
Users find the gameplay enjoyable, smooth, and engaging, praising its fun format and well-crafted storylines, though some experience frequent crashes that can disrupt play but are typically resolved by restarting.
- “Fun gameplay, fantastic graphics and a great story too.”
- “I am slowly buying most of the Alawar games as I love the format of gameplay and the graphics and storylines are well done.”
- “Smooth, fluid gameplay - a pleasure to time waste with!”
- “Game crashes repeatedly on many occasions, but restarting often works and you only lose a minute of gameplay.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game exhibits significant stability issues, with multiple users reporting it as very buggy, although some devices like the Galaxy S2 experience no glitches. Overall, stability is inconsistent and problematic.
- “Super buggy.”
- “Way way too buggy.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
Users appreciate that after paying a small upfront price, the game offers a full experience without in-app purchases or ads, avoiding the common annoyance of pop-up ads.
- “Not too easy, not too hard and the best thing is after paying a small price for the full game, no in-app purchases!”
- “No ads!”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor aspect is somewhat unclear and confusing, as users mention unexpected or quirky moments related to gameplay elements, but it doesn't strongly convey comedic content. The humor seems more incidental than intentional.