Prison Escape: Pin Puzzle

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Prison Escape: Pin Puzzle is a single player puzzle game. It received neutral reviews from players.

Prison Escape: Pin Puzzle is a single-player puzzle game where you help Andy escape by solving pin-based challenges. Although it offers plenty of humor, the experience is marred by terrible gameplay, excessive advertisements, and numerous bugs that hinder enjoyment. Fans of quirky puzzles may find some fun despite its flaws.

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Puzzle

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Single-Player

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57%

Audience ScoreBased on 2,100 reviews

humor20 positive mentions

monetization659 negative mentions

The game is simple and fun, providing a light-hearted experience.
Some levels offer a decent challenge, making it engaging for players.
The graphics and character designs are enjoyable and add to the overall charm of the game.

The game is plagued by excessive ads, often interrupting gameplay after every level.
Many players experience glitches that prevent them from progressing, such as levels resetting or not registering completed tasks.
The gameplay becomes repetitive quickly, with levels recycling and little variation in challenges.

monetization
685 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
4%
96%
The monetization strategy of this game is heavily criticized for its excessive and intrusive ad placements, with players reporting that they spend significantly more time watching ads than actually playing. Many users express frustration over the frequency and length of ads, which often appear after every level or action, making the gameplay experience feel like a constant barrage of advertisements rather than an enjoyable game. While there is an option to pay for ad removal, players note that this does not eliminate all ads, particularly those tied to in-game rewards, leading to a perception of the game as a "trap" designed primarily for ad revenue.
- “Paid for no ads.”
- “No ads :)”
- “Five stars if no ads would be a lot better game!!!!!”
- “The game is designed around ads and cramming as many of them down your throat as they can.”
- “You will go mad with, again, the ads, and it's not worth your time.”
- “This game is a trap to show you ads.”
stability
61 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
3%
97%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting frequent glitches, freezes, and crashes that disrupt gameplay. Many players experience problems with the game freezing after completing levels or watching ads, leading to lost progress and frustration. Overall, the game's stability is a major concern, detracting from the overall experience.
- “Less ads appearing, no glitches, and good riddles.”
- “So far off to a good start, no glitches.”
- “Unfortunately, there were a lot of glitches, especially once you started getting higher in levels.”
- “Downloaded this app for an offer, and besides too many ads taking longer to watch than to play a single level, once I began to construct the village, the game freezes and will not update my progress.”
- “The game constantly freezes after the first move and after every commercial.”
gameplay
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
9%
67%
24%
The gameplay is heavily criticized for being overshadowed by an overwhelming number of ads, with many users reporting a frustrating experience of minimal actual gameplay interspersed with lengthy ad interruptions. Mechanics are often described as janky and unbalanced, leading to repetitive and boring gameplay that lacks challenge and progression. Overall, players feel that the game prioritizes ad revenue over a satisfying gaming experience.
- “The gameplay involves pulling pins in the correct order to solve tricky puzzles.”
- “Fun enough but far too many ads and the game itself isn't even fully developed, so you can only progress so far before it's just the same gameplay over and over again.”
- “Maybe developers need to come up with a way of ads playing in the background or picture-in-picture; disturbing the flow of gameplay is unacceptable.”
- “I'm sorry, but if gameplay is over 80% ads, I'm not interested.”
- “The mechanics are janky and make you lose, thus more ads.”
- “Gameplay itself is boring and easy, and you just get ads ads ads... ads on ads.”
graphics
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
27%
43%
The reviews for the graphics are highly polarized, with some users praising the visuals as "great" and "fun," while others criticize them as "bad" and "ugly." Many players express frustration with the overall quality, noting issues like poor movement and excessive ads that detract from the experience. Overall, the graphics seem to be a significant point of contention, with a notable divide between those who enjoy the aesthetic and those who find it lacking.
- “Great graphics, lots of fun, and instantly addicting.”
- “The graphics are great, it has many skins and it is fun to play!”
- “I really enjoyed the graphics and colors.”
- “The graphics look like bad Simpsons.”
- “I think I could enjoy the puzzles, but I'm not interested in staring at the ugly graphics.”
- “Awful graphics.”
humor
20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is widely praised, with players finding the funny skins and quirky elements, such as the prison escape theme, to be entertaining and engaging. Many reviews highlight the game's ability to blend humor with challenging gameplay, making it both fun and occasionally stressful. Overall, the game's comedic aspects contribute significantly to its appeal, with users expressing enjoyment and appreciation for the lightheartedness throughout their experience.
- “Prison escape is an awesome pin puzzle game with funny skins and many features.”
- “The game is so much fun, it has a great sense of humor; very good puzzle game.”
- “Haha that is a funny game and cool.”
music
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
40%
30%
The music in the game is frequently criticized for being intrusive and difficult to disable, as settings often reset and the music resumes unexpectedly. Players report that the constant presence of ads and glitches further detracts from the experience, making it frustrating to manage sound options. Overall, the music is described as annoying and poorly integrated into the gameplay.
- “The music also keeps coming back after I turn it off.”
- “Going to the town turns the sound and music back on.”
- “New song, new song, new song, new song, new song, new song.”
- “The game is buggy and glitches a lot, and settings for sound/music constantly reset, so you have to constantly go back to the menu to turn them off.”
- “Music is set to off but it still plays and forced advertising ruins the experience.”
- “Ads every minute, inconsistent gameplay, annoying music that I can't turn off unless I mute my phone (the menu mute music and sounds buttons don't work) and after some time it doesn't save anything meaning no progressing.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The reviews present a mixed perspective on the game's story, with some players praising the theme and storytelling as "amazing," while others criticize the lack of a coherent narrative and the absence of meaningful progression or rewards. Overall, the game's story seems to be a highlight for some, but many feel it is overshadowed by gameplay issues and excessive ads.
- “Awesome job on the theme and story line.”
- “Storytelling is amazing!”
- “The levels don't get any harder, the rewards don't get any bigger, and there is no story.”
- “The game is fine, I guess, until you get to a certain level and try to pull a pin; it does nothing, and I'm forced to start the game again to complete the mission.”
- “I played this game through mission 90 to earn gems for Singing Monsters, then got no reward.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and frustrating, often exacerbated by excessive ads and unfulfilled rewards. Many feel that the grinding process is slow and unenjoyable, leading to an overall poor experience.
- “Overall a really poor experience, has too many ads, and requires a lot of grinding.”
- “Slow and tedious without the help of endless ads.”
- “They also deny Tapjoy rewards for no reason, so it's not even a good app for grinding currency for apps that you actually enjoy.”
character development
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Character development has been criticized for its lack of originality, with designs resembling those from low-quality games like Poptropica knockoffs, suggesting a failure to create unique and engaging characters.
- “Every character design looks like it was ripped from a Poptropica knockoff.”
- “The character development feels shallow and uninspired, lacking any real depth or growth.”
- “I found the characters to be one-dimensional, making it hard to connect with their stories.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's optimization is criticized for being subpar, with only 75 levels that do not perform well.
- “The game only has about 75 levels that are poorly optimized.”
- “The optimization is lacking, leading to frequent frame drops and stuttering.”
- “I encountered numerous bugs and glitches that indicate a lack of proper optimization.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect of the game is significantly impacted by numerous technical issues, including unresponsive gameplay elements and frequent crashes, which frustrate players and detract from their overall experience. This leads to feelings of annoyance and disappointment, overshadowing any potential emotional engagement with the game.