# Beneath The Lighthouse — user reviews

> 227 indexed App Store user reviews of Beneath The Lighthouse by Nitrome, rated 4.20/5 from 69 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beneath-the-lighthouse/id1024522751/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beneath-the-lighthouse/id1024522751.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 4

## What do users think of Beneath The Lighthouse?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Beautiful graphics
- 🎨 Unique and creative concept
- ⏱️ Satisfying to complete levels
- 🎵 Great soundtrack

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and freezes on some devices
- 💸 Intrusive ads
- 🕹️ Challenging controls
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🕰️ Levels can be frustratingly difficult

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to skip intro
- Screen rotation issues
- Crashes after completing levels
- Glitches with character model

**Most requested features**

- More levels
- Ability to listen to own music
- Difficulty settings
- Checkpoint system
- Improved performance on older devices

## Newest reviews (16 of 227)

### 2/5 — Too hard

*2023-03-24*

This game is absurd in difficulty. At times, it’s clear the devs are money hungry.

### 3/5 — Not enough levels

*2023-03-21*

Needs more levels already beat the game

### 2/5 — Good Game

*2022-12-26*

I like it and maybe on another update for the app, it should include more minor bug fixes. Includes the iOS 12 and over bug fixes.
Because it’s been five years since you did not update the app!

### 3/5 — Good but VERY FRUSTRATING

*2021-06-06*

Every time I go close to the end I die immediately and quick pls fix how hard it is its very frustrating.

### 4/5 — Really Fun... VERY FRUSTRATING!!!

*2021-01-10*

I’m only up to level 7. It makes you want to scream... because you get SOOO close to completing the level, and then you die. But, it’s really kept my interest and I keep going back to try and try again! Most games that frustrate me like this, I give up on. This one is cute and a great little game!! You need great reflexes and PATIENCE lol

### 3/5 — Wouldn’t re-install

*2020-01-22*

It’s ok I guess

### 5/5 — Best game ever

*2019-06-12*

Literally the best game I’ve ever had

### 2/5 — イライラ棒かな？

*2019-04-21*

丸っぽいのに綺麗に動かないし、イライラするなぁww

### 3/5 — 確かに面白いけんど

*2019-04-11*

なんていうか１分経たないうちに
飽きてしもうた(￣(工)￣)

### 5/5 — いいね！！

*2019-02-19*

スマホらしさを利用してるとてもいい作品！

丸いステージをタスワイプで回して、中の主人公を転がすのはとても楽しい！
ステージの難易度もちょうど良い！工夫してプレイできました！

### 5/5 — Cool

*2018-06-26*

Not the best game, but I like it

### 5/5 — Beautiful

*2018-06-22*

Nitrome is flawless. Wish they had more games like this.

### 3/5 — Pretty good but one major complaint

*2018-05-29*

I try to play my music while I play but every time I try it pauses my music and plays the game audio. I tried to mute the game and just play the music but that still didn’t work and I still couldn’t listen to my music while I played the game.

### 3/5 — Slow but kinda fun

*2018-03-19*

I tried playing this game and it kept glitching and was a little bit slow, but it was fun to play

### 5/5 — Magnifique!

*2018-02-27*

Bravo aux développeurs pour ce magnifique jeu. Un casse tête bien sympa et très bien réalisé. Beaucoup de pubs mais bon, ça ne pas être gratuit sinon. Je recommande vraiment pour qui aime se creuser les méninges dans un univers pixelisé superbe👍🏼

### 3/5 — Meh

*2018-02-27*

Plutôt difficile à prendre en main et le jeu devient répétitif rapidement , je le conseil tout de même pour passer le temp

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Too hard

*2020-12-28, version 1.2*

Im stuck in lvl 38. Make the game easier M8

### 1/5 — Too many ads

*2020-06-28*

I remember when this was a free web game and I am not paying $5.49 for no ads. $2? Let’s talk. Otherwise, warning: 100% of players bombarded with ads about toenail fungus every time they die are gonna uninstall your played out game.

### 1/5 — No iPhone X support

*2018-11-13*

Gotta change that

### 1/5 — Stupid ads

*2018-07-08*

They won’t close even after 15 seconds of frantically tapping “CLOSE”.

### 1/5 — Beneath the lighthouse

*2018-01-30*

Don’t bother with the free version as the ads seem to pop up every 30 seconds, certainly much more often than ANY other free game app with ads I’ve ever tried. Makes trying to play the game pretty pointless.

### 1/5 — 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩😴

*2016-09-17, version 1.1.4*

👿💔😤😒😡

### 1/5 — Don't waste your time!

*2016-05-27, version 1.1.4*

Okay I will say that the graphics are beautiful! But I can't pass the first level! The ads are also extremely annoying. Definitely don't get this game!

### 1/5 — Should be a five-star game...

*2016-04-27, version 1.1.3*

I would give this game five stars, except their ads are so insanely intrusive and awful that I can't play more than one level without wanting to murder whomever approved the ad scheme. Basically, you'll be at a critical point in a dynamically changing level, and it flashes to an ad. You then have to dismiss the ad and press the play button, but if you've just made a big move (or really anything's going on other than just standing still) it's impossible to remember quite where you were, so you get killed and have to go back to the beginning. I know these folks are trying to make a buck, but for god's sake, don't ruin your gameplay experience to do it! I'm uninstalling now!

### 1/5 — Great game, but ads get in the way.

*2016-01-16, version 1.1.3*

Supporting free gameplay with ads is normally okay, but in a game where precision control is required, they shouldn't pop up in the middle of a level. It ruins the experience. Ads should either be between levels only or there shouldn't be a free version of the game.

### 1/5 — うーん

*2016-01-12*

100回やっても19がクリア出来ないから、飽きて来た。もう止めさせていただきます。アンインストール。

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — I love this game since it first drop

*2026-03-01*

Im glad they updated it, to run on the newer iphone thank you so much

### 5/5 — Exceptional concept

*2025-06-02*

Thanks to the creators. Too bad there are not more level

### 5/5 — This game made me cry😭🥺😢

*2023-05-27*

Bruh, when I was at level 5 all I did was keep crying all the time.

### 5/5 — Very Sweet Game

*2022-03-08*

This was a nice game. Even though the story’s pretty simple and most of it is just gameplay, it really felt a lot more touching than most mobile games.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2022-02-08*

Perfect game! Great way of passing time through all 40 levels.

### 5/5 — Great game

*2021-05-06*

This game is actually awesome. It hurt my brain a few times, and made me want to commit a few war crimes, but overall, I would play it again. 9.5/10

### 5/5 — YouTube Players Reactions

*2021-03-30, version 1.2*

I love seeing gamers on YouTube play this and start screaming because it is so nerve-wrecking to play and it is a great free game. I want to throw my IPad at the wall after level 7 lol.

### 5/5 — :)

*2020-06-06*

This game is awesome, second I downloaded it I didn’t put it down until I beat it.

### 5/5 — Love it!

*2020-05-06*

Honestly a fun game I’ve been playing for over 2 years.

### 5/5 — 찾았다!

*2020-03-08*

갤럭시때부터 재밌게했던 게임인데 용량때문에 삭제했다 핸드폰 바꾼 후에 우연히 찾았네요!! 넘 재밌게 해서 선 후기 남깁니다..ㅎㅎ

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*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 2026-09-10.*