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Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers is a single player casual puzzle game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Solve cross puzzles by logic & deduction! Brain challenge adventure of the mind!

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77%

Audience ScoreBased on 2,138 reviews

graphics8 positive mentions

monetization107 negative mentions

Addictive and engaging puzzle game that challenges logic and critical thinking.
Wide range of levels with progressing difficulty and fun, brain-stimulating gameplay.
Offers a relaxing yet thought-provoking experience with intuitive controls and nice graphics.

The game frequently freezes or crashes, causing loss of progress and lives.
No option to mark or cross out squares, limiting puzzle-solving strategies and increasing guesswork.
Excessive, long, and repetitive ads disrupt gameplay; also lives regenerate too slowly making it frustrating without paying.

monetization
113 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
3%
2%
95%
Players find the game excessively monetized with frequent, long, and unskippable ads that disrupt gameplay and sometimes cause crashes or freezes, often leading to frustration. While some appreciate the game's quality and consider a small fee to remove ads, many feel overwhelmed by the intrusive advertising and life timers, detracting from the overall experience.
- “Otherwise great game and no ads!”
- “It's a great game, no ads. It gets harder as you go farther, but it's a good brain exercise. Love it!”
- “Thinking, no advertising.”
- “I've never had a game with this many ads, and most of them will not allow you to skip out of them early.”
- “The ads are so long that it's faster to exit the game and go back in than to wait.”
- “The ads are ridiculous, like every other time you complete a board and they automatically have volume, even when your media setting is silent.”
stability
69 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from frequent and frustrating freezes and crashes, often causing players to lose lives and progress, which significantly impacts the overall experience. Despite being fun and engaging, these stability issues, including glitches and freezing during gameplay or ads, are a major concern for users.
- “Game constantly freezes or does not respond, making it very frustrating to play.”
- “The game freezes frequently, causing loss of lives and requiring restart, which disrupts the gameplay experience.”
- “Since the update, it freezes within minutes of opening and then crashes, severely impacting stability.”
graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
31%
19%
The graphics are generally well-received for their aesthetic appeal, level design, and user-friendly interface, with artwork showing noticeable effort. However, some users report occasional technical issues like freezing or display problems, and a few feel the graphics could be more polished or less overwhelming. Overall, the visuals effectively complement the gameplay, contributing to an engaging puzzle experience.
- “The game has good graphics and does a great job making me slow down and think about what I want to do before I do it.”
- “Great game, the graphics are really good.”
- “I love playing picross or nanogram games, so I was excited to find one that had fun graphics and a map progression.”
- “And how did the graphics get worse?”
- “Graphics could use some help but what an addicting game!”
- “Love the concept of this game... could be more upmarket graphic wise.”
music
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
46%
27%
Users appreciate the game's music but are frustrated by the lack of settings to easily mute or control background music and voices. Ads often play with sound even when in-game audio is muted, interrupting other media like music or podcasts. This lack of audio control during ads detracts from the overall experience.
- “I like to play while listening to music or books.”
- “Just as fun as the online game on Facebook, love the music too!”
- “Love the game but when you mute the sound and music, ads still have sound.”
- “No settings button to shut the music and voices, no button to skip tutorial and non-stop crash.”
- “It needs a way to turn off background sound/music, for example, a settings option.”
- “Even though sound and music are off, video ads still play with sound regardless.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The story aspect has been criticized for becoming generic and repetitive following recent updates, with some users missing the original treasure hunting narrative. Many feel the new storyline lacks depth and variety, leading to a less engaging experience. Technical issues further prevent progression, diminishing the overall enjoyment of the story.
- “Enjoying the new storyline, although I am annoyed I lost all my old progress.”
- “I liked the game before the latest update, which changed the storyline.”
- “Then wait for more than an hour or two to play again and the same story happens!”
- “That challenging game with a treasure hunting backstory is now transformed into a simple, generic nonogram.”
- “I liked the game before the latest update which changed the storyline.”
- “No storyline like I thought it would have.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The gameplay is generally appreciated for its classic style with some fresh variations, making it accessible and engaging for puzzle lovers. However, users frequently report technical issues such as freezing, lag, and lack of progress saving, which disrupt the overall experience. Additionally, some find certain mechanics like hit points detract from the enjoyment.
- “Classic gameplay with enough differences to keep it fresh!”
- “A different variation of standard picture cross rules and gameplay.”
- “Simple gameplay, has a great intro to the game style itself, something I hope to use while helping a fellow puzzle lover learn how to play.”
- “I really like the gameplay and the graphics, but after a couple of games it freezes and I have to exit.”
- “Apps become laggy and there are no specific changes in the gameplay and UI.”
- “It's getting irritating because I can't have 10 minutes of gameplay before it shuts off, and sometimes I'm in the middle of a level, so it never saves my progress.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is inconsistent, with difficulty levels fluctuating oddly and causing tedious backtracking. Additionally, the lack of options to remove unwanted elements forces players to repeatedly play easier, less engaging puzzles before advancing to preferred, larger challenges. Some users still find parts thoughtful and entertaining despite these issues.
- “Sometimes there is a sequence of difficulty increases, then it seems to go backwards to easy puzzles again which is tedious, almost like different people did each set of 10 puzzles and no one checked the sequence made sense.”
- “Second, with no ability to 'x' unwanted squares, there is no point to keep playing the tedious small games to fail at the larger ones that I want to play anyway.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the emotional experience frustrating due to overly small touch targets in puzzles, leading to frequent mistakes and loss of lives, and suggest using a stylus to improve control.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The replayability is limited due to a small number of playable levels, with only six available, which may reduce long-term engagement.
- “And only 6 levels are playable???????”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in excessive battery consumption that significantly impacts usability.
- “Its biggest downfall is that it's a crazy battery hog, needs some serious optimization.”

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Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers is a casual puzzle game.

Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers was developed by ooblada by SMACH.

Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers is a single player game.

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