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Mystery Files: Hidden Objects is a single player puzzle game. It was developed by Do Games Limited and was released on December 15, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

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61%Audience ScoreBased on 820 reviews
story45 positive mentions
stability87 negative mentions

  • Wide variety of intriguing mystery stories and puzzle adventures within a single app.
  • No energy system restricting gameplay, allowing players to enjoy the games at their own pace.
  • Engaging storylines with challenging but enjoyable puzzles and minigames.
  • Frequent glitches and bugs including game crashes, black screens, freezing, and unresponsive puzzles blocking progress.
  • In-game currency (coins, gems, keys) is scarce, expensive, or lost due to technical issues, forcing players to make purchases or watch numerous ads.
  • The implementation of a key-based energy system in recent updates severely limits playtime and frustrates players due to slow regeneration and disappearing keys.
  • story

    113 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 57% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The game's storylines are generally praised for being interesting, engaging, and well-paced, with realistic characters and enjoyable detective themes. However, numerous users report frequent and severe glitches that prevent progression, such as loading failures, puzzles freezing, and missing content, which significantly hinder the overall experience. Additionally, reliance on keys to unlock story chapters and in-game currency for hints often frustrates players, affecting their ability to enjoy the otherwise compelling narratives.

    • “Excellent storyline and characters that are realistic, interesting, and intriguing.”
    • “The storyline is fantastic and very engaging, with good pacing and interesting mini-games.”
    • “Love the story lines, great graphics, and challenging puzzles that keep the game fun and addictive.”
    • “I truly believe the people who maintain this game are not listening when we say there are massive story-stopping glitches in many of their stories. They really need to go back through all of them and fix the glitches. Literally uninstalled because I can't complete most stories due to glitches. Guys, do better.”
    • “Major glitches in the mini games and storyline make it impossible to advance, like games not showing properly and not getting items needed.”
    • “I really love playing these games but can't get any further on Deadly Exhibition; it's taken a key to go further but it's constantly trying to create the locations and writing the story, gets to 75% loading then starts again. Another game I'm trying to progress on is The Crimson Shadow: Echoes of Youth; it's unlocked the door with the red card but won't let me move on.”
  • stability

    88 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    1% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 99% negative mentions

    The game's stability is a major concern, with frequent glitches, crashes, and freezes reported across multiple stories and mini-games, often preventing progression and causing loss of in-game currency. Despite occasional updates aiming to fix issues, many players experience persistent bugs that require uninstalling and reinstalling, which also results in lost progress. Overall, while the gameplay and stories are enjoyed, the excessive instability significantly detracts from the user experience.

    • “I've gone through one game 3 times and couldn't finish because of glitches, plus others I haven't finished because a glitch froze the game on me, not allowing me to continue.”
    • “Extremely buggy, couldn't finish several stories because of glitches or bugs; items wouldn't show up, couldn't complete puzzles, couldn't click on places I needed to go to.”
    • “The game is full of bugs, it glitches constantly and I can't even play it without it crashing and resetting the game's data every time; please fix this and I'll consider reinstalling the game, but until then I'm going to uninstall this game since there is no use keeping a game that is unplayable on my phone just sitting there and taking up space.”
  • graphics

    52 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    73% positive mentions, 21% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The game is widely praised for its great and beautiful graphics that enhance the engaging storylines and puzzles. However, some users report occasional glitches, freezing, and performance issues on less powerful devices, with suggestions for options to reduce graphic intensity for better compatibility. Overall, the visuals are a strong highlight but could benefit from optimization and minor improvements.

    • “The game has great graphics, puzzles, and storylines.”
    • “Really good game, graphics are brilliant and the gameplay is really interesting, loads of different episodes to play which keeps you playing for a long time.”
    • “Best adventure game to play many different stories to choose from, graphics are always realistic!”
    • “The artwork on this is horrible.”
    • “Graphics keep freezing, audio isn't playing.”
    • “When it comes to larger phones like Pixel 6, the resolution/image is stretched and this ruins the graphics.”
  • monetization

    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    32% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 68% negative mentions

    The game's monetization is primarily ad-based but generally non-intrusive, with many users appreciating the lack of forced ads and energy bars. However, players frequently express frustration over excessive ad-watching needed to earn coins or hints, limited ways to earn premium currency like rubies, and occasional glitches affecting in-app purchases. Some also report inappropriate ads and wish for better reward balance or alternative ways to progress without heavy reliance on ads or purchases.

    • “There are no ads that invade the game.”
    • “Optional in-game purchases but not needed to thoroughly enjoy and complete the games.”
    • “There's no ads every 30 seconds, you don't have to make purchases to be able to finish the games and there's no energy bar so you can play to your heart's content.”
    • “Some stories require you to buy gems with real money to proceed, and there aren't enough options to earn or win them.”
    • “I don't feel it's fair because I've been stuck on one puzzle for 3 days; there are not enough rubies or ways to earn them, and watching ads only gives one coin. There should be other ways to earn rubies given their importance.”
    • “No instructions on how to play; you spend all your time watching ads to be able to use the 'hint' button because you need a hint for every single move.”
  • gameplay

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally praised for its engaging storylines, puzzles, and graphics, though some users encounter frustrating glitches, confusing mechanics, and limitations like slow key regeneration and loss of progress in mini-games. While free play is available, certain features or easier modes require payment, which some feel is excessive. Overall, the gameplay is enjoyable but occasionally hindered by technical issues and monetization mechanics.

    • “You can play for free or spend a little to get more hints and extra gameplay.”
    • “I've played multiple stories now and I love the storylines, gameplay, and puzzles.”
    • “I really like the gameplay, but I keep getting stuck on a glitch in a puzzle.”
    • “3) You don't get your coins you have achieved from 'helen' in the gameplay.”
    • “The cost of changing a puzzle to easy mode is beyond the concept a free gameplay should allow.”
    • “Aside from confusing gameplay, when you play a mini game and exit you need to start over.”
  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The music and sound design are often flawed, with directional controls not matching the music gameplay, frequent audio glitches, overlapping dialogue, and inconsistent playback. Users generally find the audio experience frustrating and sometimes opt to mute the music entirely.

    • “For example, the music note game in Spirit Chronicles: Born in Flames has arrows that don't move the notes in the correct direction, with up arrows moving notes left or right instead of up or down.”
    • “Music, sound effects, and voices rarely work.”
    • “Dialogue randomly overlaps, music starts and stops, and there are repetitive notifications that aren't clear how to address.”
  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Users report that the game's optimization is poor, especially when compared to larger titles like Lost Lands, indicating performance issues and inefficient resource management.

    • “Compared to giant games like Lost Lands, this is clearly very poorly optimized.”
  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is praised for being mysterious and engaging, complementing its interesting puzzles effectively.

    • “This is a good game with interesting puzzles and a mysterious atmosphere.”
  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is considered tedious by users, particularly during certain searches and puzzles, leading to frustration. They suggest the addition of clearer help options to reduce monotony and improve the overall experience.

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Mystery Files: Hidden Objects is a puzzle game.

Mystery Files: Hidden Objects is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Mystery Files: Hidden Objects was released on December 15, 2021.

Mystery Files: Hidden Objects was developed by Do Games Limited.

Mystery Files: Hidden Objects has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Mystery Files: Hidden Objects for its story but disliked it for its stability.

Mystery Files: Hidden Objects is a single player game.

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