# Back to Bed — user reviews > 222 indexed App Store user reviews of Back to Bed by Usman Musaddiq, rated 3.50/5 from 195 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/back-to-bed/id887878083/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/back-to-bed/id887878083.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 81 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 23 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of Back to Bed? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful, surreal visuals - 🧠 Challenging, mind-bending puzzles - 🎶 Atmospheric, dreamlike soundtrack - 🔓 No in-app purchases or ads **Cons** - 🎮 Unresponsive, frustrating controls - 🐌 Sluggish performance on some devices - 🤖 Creepy, unsettling voice narration - 🔁 Repetitive gameplay with limited variety **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes after completing levels - Inability to progress past certain levels due to glitches **Most requested features** - Improved control schemes with tap-to-move options - More diverse level design and gameplay mechanics - Optimization for better performance across devices ## Newest reviews (14 of 222) ### 4/5 — Great Apple TV game with controller *2025-12-27* Just recently discovered this game in December 2025...We play on Apple TV with our Xbox controller and love it so far. Simple concept, modest difficulty. Fun. ### 2/5 — Not good enough *2020-07-11, version 1.1.5* Controls are more than a little unresponsive and the game stops on the end-of-level scene, necessitating a restart. Forget it, the frustration and annoyance will be the death of you. ### 4/5 — Salvador Dali’s Dream World *2020-04-06, version 1.1.5* It is a beautifully designed game about a guy who is a sleepwalker. A part of his alter ego becomes alive, takes form of a green spirit and separated from him trying to save him from falling off rooftops and getting him safely to bed. The graphics are stunning! The first chapter I am playing is entirely based on the Salvador Dali’s and Rene Magritte’s paintings - fantastic reference to the world of art and metaphor of a game as an artwork. The dream-like scenery of the game is the world beyond gravity and the rules of physics, a place where everything is possible and there are no boundaries. The downfall for me would be the voice of the narrator who reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his famous tone from Terminator: “I’ll be back”. Controls could also be better. When I need to move and place an object quickly - it does not allow me to drop it or place it with precision. Given that I have also played “Figment” where you have received similar feedback from a number of players - controls are something you need to work on as a company and hopefully release updated versions of your games for players to truly enjoy and appreciate. ### 4/5 — Love this game… please update it *2017-10-12, version 1.1.3* Hello, I’d love to be able to continue playing this game. Could you please update it for iOS 11? I am keeping another device with iOS 10, but I’d rather not. Thanks muchly… ### 1/5 — No 64 bit support *2017-09-22, version 1.1.3* This dev has neglected this app. It will likely never be supported on iOS 11. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2017-02-24, version 1.1.3* What a waste of money. ### 2/5 — Back To Bed *2016-09-08, version 1.1.3* This came could be really fun, but atrocious controls make it almost unplayable. Too bad. ### 4/5 — Get a MFI controller! *2016-06-05* Anyone who is playing this without a MFI gamepad is missing 90% of the fun that this game has to offer. Great game ... hard to play via touch screen. ### 4/5 — Stop complaining *2016-03-28* Tiresome, boring, hard controlls blah blah blah. When it's summer break and I have my usual leisure time, I downlod a large ammount of games. I remember downloading this game months ago and I was very intrigued and entertained. I had no difficulty with the controls. If you think this game is boring then these games aren't just your cup of tea. And if you're having difficulty with the controls then that's on you. This game is definitely not a best of the year 5/5 star game, but it's definitely a great game. ### 1/5 — Horrible Controls! Waste of money. *2016-01-25, version 1.1.3* The concept of this game is good me has potential. BUT as it is now it has horrible, clunky controls making movement difficult. It's a total waste of money. I wouldn't play it even if it was free. ### 3/5 — So so *2016-01-16, version 1.1.3* Ugly controls, you'll better make 3d platformer without time puzlles ### 1/5 — Annoying but Easily Fixable *2016-01-15* Movement is tricky and annoying, and the sounds will drive you crazy! Unlike some other games it is hard to move the dog where you want him to go. It's like trying to steer an airplane instead of a car. The dog keeps veering off in the wrong direction. The need for speed can be a fun challenge, but hurrying while steering like a drunkard is not fun. (I have played on an iPad and Apple TV, which is worse.) If that wasn't bad enough imagine being entertained by snoring, and falling screams! The puzzles are fun, and the surreal landscape is entertaining, so hey! Fix the annoyances and the game will be more fun! Please! ### 1/5 — Don't do it *2016-01-10, version 1.1.3* Controls are bad, making gameplay not fun, no fun, nope. ### 2/5 — Poor controls and repetitive play *2015-12-20, version 1.1.3* An interesting looking game hampered by poor controls and rather repetitive play. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Yeah no. *2025-09-18, version 1.1.6* Charge me $3.99 then I gotta watch a long ad to just play. Nope. Deleting and requesting Refund. ### 1/5 — Joke *2022-10-01, version 1.1.6* This is some kind of joke. I pay for the game and I still have to watch the commercials. ### 1/5 — This is just a vehicle for ads *2022-08-28* I paid $3 thinking this would be ad free, or at least have an option for no ads, but no. Every other screen is an ad and it takes 20-30 seconds to get past them. This is a scam, don’t waste your time or money! ### 1/5 — Controls are bad *2021-07-05, version 1.1.5* Just purchased, controls are terrible , will try to cancel purchase. ### 1/5 — Sounds and controls horrible *2020-01-11* I think this has potential but I wish I hadn’t paid for it. The game is glitchy, keeps stuttering when you play. The sounds keeps speeding up and slowing down like a bad cassette tape. The dog doesn’t react. Smoothly when you try to move him. Seems like there is a slight delay in the controls. Can I have my money back, please? ### 1/5 — Stuck on dream on screen??? *2019-03-02, version 1.1.5* Every time I finish a level, it stays stuck on the final screen of bob sleeping with “dream on”. There’s no way to get to the menu or the next level!? I have to close the app and reopen it every time I finish a level?? ### 1/5 — Superficially surrealist *2018-09-13, version 1.1.5* Bought this thinking this would be a surrealist game. Instead it’s a very superficial puzzler, with a few superficial nods to surrealist paintings in the art work. As others have said, the controls are HORRENDOUS. ### 1/5 — Pretty but... *2018-03-27* The game is visually attractive but the controls are unresponsive. I bring the dog next to it and I keep touching the apple over and over, then I touch the dog, then I touch the ground where he is standing, then I touch screen around, and most of the time nothing happens. On the occasion that it does, the guy passed me by already. Too frustrating to bother with. Also, the elongated screen images show as if the game was optimized for the iPhone X. It is not. It takes up only a small portion of the screen. Too bad, because the game is pretty to look at. It looks like the artwork is better fitted for the more squarish proportions of the iPad. The bigger screen may make a difference in controls, too. But for the iPhone, I would not recommend it. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy *2018-01-11, version 1.1.3* No iOS 11 support. ### 1/5 — Needs updating *2017-11-26, version 1.1.3* Developers please update to iOS11 or newer. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ReAly good *2019-10-18, version 1.1.5* It’s a good mind bumbler but I’m only on part one ### 5/5 — Fun game, nice art *2019-03-16* Unique style which is like a combination of Dali, Magritte, and David Lynch. This game deserves more credit than it gets. Beat the main game and now playing the nightmare mode. Great job devs! **Developer response:** Thank you ❤️ keep tabs on more games from us at www.bedtime.io ### 5/5 — Please update to iOS 11!!! *2017-09-21, version 1.1.3* The app won’t load in iOS 11. Could you please update it? ### 5/5 — Fun and different *2017-01-25* Seems like the same games are always available on the App Store. It's nice to have something that we all haven't seen or played. ### 5/5 — Great for Apple TV gaming *2016-07-07* I love this game. However, I am not a game fanatic. I got this as a time waster, so I'm not stuck watching Netflix all the time. I really like this in it's simplicity and complexity. The controls are used by the Apple TV remote, but there's a catch. You have to re-adjust your habits of the Apple remote once you figure out how to use it. I'm almost finished with this and could play it many times. There are cute little 'challenges' and 'points/rewards' hidden in the preferences of the game. If you like crosswords or those kind of simple games, this is a great animate version of a brain teaser. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2016-02-16, version 1.1.3* Would pay 20$ if it cost that much ### 5/5 — love it *2015-09-13, version 1.1.3* It's so different, feels like a cult game like Limbo, so weird and enjoyable ### 5/5 — BEAUTIFUL GAME, MUST GET! *2015-08-05* AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL game!!! I love this game so much! From the backwards talking to the fish and the apple, it is so fun to play these beautifully made puzzles that often defy the laws of geometry. Pick the swipe control, NOT the joystick control. Works fine, not sure why there are so many complaints. Why this game has received so many one-stars I will never know. Although it lags on most phones below the iPhone 6 (in my experience), it is still highly playable and very fun. ### 5/5 — Great! *2015-06-16* This game is super fun and always fun to play when you are bored. This game can get frustrating though. You should get this game, is is a really fun sit around game. 😀 ### 5/5 — I can't get the dude to go to the bed *2015-05-23, version 1.1.3* Uhhh great game but scared --- *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 2026-06-10.*