# Awakening: The Redleaf Forest - A Magical Hidden Object Adventure — user reviews > 162 indexed App Store user reviews of Awakening by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 4.40/5 from 131 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/awakening-the-redleaf-forest-a-magical-hidden-object-adventure/id915887781/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/awakening-the-redleaf-forest-a-magical-hidden-object-adventure/id915887781.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 82 · 4★ 31 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Awakening? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visual design - 🎵 Excellent music and sound design - 📖 Compelling story and narrative - 🧩 Varied mini-games and puzzles - ⏱️ Long gameplay duration with substantial content - 🎭 Great voice acting and character development - 🏆 Consistent quality across series - 🎁 Generous bonus chapters and collectibles - ⚙️ Adjustable difficulty settings **Cons** - 💰 Requires payment to unlock full version - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues - 📱 Incompatible with newer iOS versions - 🔐 Purchase authentication failures - ⚠️ Poor mini-game instructions - 🎬 Choppy cutscenes and animations - 📏 Text too small to read clearly - 💾 Excessive storage requirements (1.2GB+) - 🔄 Repetitive gameplay mechanics - 🎯 Inconsistent difficulty balance **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes on launch for iPhone X and newer models - Purchased full version not unlocking or authenticating - App crashes when opening on certain iOS versions - Cutscene animations fail to play properly - Game freezes during specific mini-games - Black screen on startup - Bonus chapter becomes unplayable mid-progress - Crashes after unlocking full version - Incompatible with iPhone 8 and later - Purchase history not recognized despite payment **Most requested features** - Restore previous Awakening games to App Store - Add Spanish language support - Add Russian language support - Bring back older Big Fish game titles (Snark Busters, Isabella, Murder She Wrote) - Improve family sharing compatibility for full versions - Integrated strategy guide functionality - Larger text size options - Reduce app storage size - Release more sequels and spin-offs - Offer full paid version instead of in-app purchases ## Newest reviews (10 of 162) ### 4/5 — Actualizad los otros awakening, son mejores *2020-11-05, version 1.0.0* Actualizad juegos como Awakening: Skyward castle, dark paradles snow queen or otherworld PORFAVORRR ### 4/5 — Super *2020-06-05, version 1.0.0* Je ne met que quatre étoiles car il faut payer pour finir le jeu sinon il est génial ### 4/5 — Schön *2019-09-30, version 1.0.0* Sehr gut, allerdings muss man einige Dinge mehrfach antippen ### 3/5 — Bring It Back *2019-05-17, version 1.0.0* I remember being eight years old, sitting in the backseat of the car with my mother’s broken iPad and playing your mystery games. From Murder She Wrote to Awakening (my favourite) I was in love. Please bring back my childhood. All of the Awakening games and MSW. ### 1/5 — Spiel kann nicht geöffnet werden *2018-07-18, version 1.0.0* Mit dem iPhone X und iOS 11.4 kann man das Game nicht öffnen. Schade. Die anderen „Awakening“ Games übrigens auch nicht. ### 1/5 — This game won’t load *2018-07-18, version 1.0.0* This game will not load. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve played all the games in this series. I’ve selected the game it created an icon to tap on my desktop I tap then the black screen and the game pushes you back out to your home screen. I’ve done every troubleshoot possible I’ve turned off my iPhone all together and tried to reload the game same thing over and over again. Why do you release a game before all the bugs are checked so annoying anyway this gets one star because I cannot give it zero which is what it deserves. ### 1/5 — Cannot open *2018-07-16, version 1.0.0* I install but cannot open it ### 5/5 — Awakening *2018-07-10, version 1.0.0* Вся серия игр отличная!!! Но хотелось бы обновления до iOS 11.4.1 ### 1/5 — 真っ暗 *2018-06-01, version 1.0.0* すぐに落ちてゲームが出来ない ### 1/5 — Haven’t even started the game yet *2018-05-28, version 1.0.0* Keeps crashing when trying to open app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — １回買ったのに！ *2023-06-13, version 1.0.0* 買ったらずっと遊べるって書いてあるのに、購入してない事になってる。 これだけじゃなく他も。 どうにかしてくでさい！！！！！ ### 1/5 — Failed unlock *2021-03-07, version 1.0.0* Paid to continue game progress but it does not continue. Will be asking for a refund. ### 1/5 — No purchase history *2020-04-11, version 1.0.0* Yet again no purchase history when I know there is ### 1/5 — Unlock failed *2020-01-10, version 1.0.0* It’s couldn’t solve for unlock full version as I have purchased. I wanted refund ### 1/5 — Bezahl Modus mies!!!! *2019-01-20, version 1.0.0* Spiel an sich ok nur das bezahlmodell ist mehr als irreführend. Familienfreigabe ja aber nicht für Vollversion. Was soll der Blödsinn. ### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas *2018-09-20, version 1.0.0* Dommage que sur l’iPhone x le jeu ne fonctionne pas 🙁 ### 1/5 — Funktioniert nicht *2018-09-02, version 1.0.0* Funktioniert mit Iphone 8 nicht. Stürzt nur ab ### 1/5 — Seriously! Can’t even start it! *2018-08-09, version 1.0.0* I really loved the previous games in the series; they were the games that really got me hooked on HO games. I was so excited to check this one out but I can’t even get the game to start/ open up. And I tried reloading it a couple times. So disappointed! ☹️ (Glad I didn’t lose any money on it.) ### 1/5 — できない *2018-08-07, version 1.0.0* ゲームが開かないのでお試しプレイもできません💦 機種はiPhone8+ ### 1/5 — Fun game but now won’t even open *2018-07-22, version 1.0.0* ??? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awakening series *2025-08-25, version 1.0.0* Awakening is an incredible series and it’s a shame that only the last game is available in the App Store now. ‘The Redleaf Forest’ is a great ending to the series (especially when the previous game is the weakest of them all). ### 5/5 — Tolles Spiel! *2022-02-22, version 1.0.0* Hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Tolle Schauplätze, liebevoll gestaltet. Sehr schneller Tipp, das mag ich immer sehr. Dazu Helferlein wie den kleinen Drachen. Minigames und WBS fand ich manchmal schwierig, die Interaktionen nicht immer schlüssig. Aber sei‘s drum - hat der Spielfreude keinen Abbruch getan. ### 5/5 — Highly recommended! *2021-12-10, version 1.0.0* This is a very long game, with lots of detail. I must’ve played it 3 times over the years. I loved the Princess Andreia character in the bonus chapter- great voice acting! :) ### 5/5 — Wish the prequels were available *2020-04-29, version 1.0.0* Love this game. But I loved the prequels even more! I wish the iOS versions were back on the App Store. I’ve been playing the awakening series since middle school and now I’m in college! I still love the series just as much as when I first played dreamless castle. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-04-15, version 1.0.0* This game is awesome!!! I love all of big fish games but I’m just wondering why I’m not able to play any of the older games? It would be amazing if you guys could bring back the older games like the awakening series and other games like snark busters, Isabella, and more. The new games are awesome too! ### 5/5 — Great! *2020-03-18, version 1.0.0* I really luv luv luv it ### 5/5 — Помогите сменить язык *2020-01-28, version 1.0.0* Как сменить язык с английского на русский? ### 5/5 — Awakening Red Leaf Forest *2019-10-24, version 1.0.0* These will always be my favorites! ### 5/5 — Bring the full series back *2018-10-14, version 1.0.0* Where has the other ones gone!! I lost them and went to download them and they are all gone bring them back!!!! ### 5/5 — It was good *2018-09-25, version 1.0.0* I wish there are more sequels to this game --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-11.*