# Blackthorn Castle — user reviews > 960 indexed App Store user reviews of Blackthorn Castle by Syntaxity Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 1,176 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackthorn-castle/id966038711/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackthorn-castle/id966038711.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 914 · 4★ 197 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of Blackthorn Castle? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 👍 Challenging yet not too difficult puzzles - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals - 🎶 Relaxing background music - 🔍 Helpful hint system - 🗺️ Useful map feature **Cons** - 💰 Paid features like hints and fast travel - 🔁 Repetitive backtracking between locations - 🕰️ Relatively short game length - 🤔 Some puzzles not very intuitive **Commonly reported bugs** - Occasional crashes or freezes - Inconsistent performance on older devices **Most requested features** - More levels and content - Ability to save progress and resume later - Improved navigation and less backtracking ## Newest reviews (18 of 960) ### 5/5 — Black *2025-07-07, version 2.1* Black thorn is the best sintaxity game ### 4/5 — ヒントがないと無理です *2025-06-20* 難しい😓 ### 5/5 — Magical Walk Through Medieval World *2025-05-01, version 2.1* Fun game with lots of rooms, puzzles and relaxing music. Appreciate the hint feature and interactive map given size of this world. ### 5/5 — Easy going puzzler *2025-04-27, version 2.1* Pay once no ads. Relaxing game ### 5/5 — Te mantiene atento *2025-04-20, version 2.1* Lo jugué hace algún tiempo… entre pistas y puzzles es un juego interesante ### 5/5 — 👍🏻 *2025-02-26* Tolle Grafik, nette Rätsel. Empfehlenswert ### 5/5 — Blackthorn Castle *2025-02-25, version 2.1* Great games lots of hours of fun ### 5/5 — Love the games but…. *2025-02-12, version 2.1* Too short for the money ### 4/5 — Blackthorth Castle *2025-01-26, version 2.1* Great! ### 5/5 — Awesome set of puzzles *2025-01-25, version 2.1* We play this over and over. ### 5/5 — Sehr schön und gut gemachtes Spiel! *2024-12-12* Wunderschöne Grafik, viel zu entdecken, gute Navigation, mit der man schnell von Ort zu Ort kommt. Hat mir viel Freude gemacht! Danke an die Entwickler! ### 5/5 — Spectacular game! *2024-11-27, version 2.1* This game is great in so many ways... beautiful scenery, challenging puzzles that are also logical - not too hard, not too easy, fast transition time between locations so you can move speedily from one place to another, an integrated hint system if you need it, a camera to record important finds, and a map (not teleporting but I didn't need it). It has a lot of locations but they're well organized and were introduced gradually so I didn't find it too hard to learn my way around... the terrain was challenging but in a good way. It's also long. I was so happy that it went on as long as it did and it also had some surprises and unexpected delights. Overall a really great game. My only suggestion would be to make the camera one that we operate (like Glitch Games does) rather than one that's automatically operated. But that's a small thing. THANK YOU to Lone Wolf games and I can't wait for the next one! And, oh yeah, not one single glitch! Flawless in my opinion. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-11-24, version 2.1* Relaxing ,Interesting , addictive….Quality beautiful graphics, music & Gameplay good games, pitched right for winding down Excellent teleport map…good hint system ..helps navigate …excellent help videos if you need a walkthrough. ..put your feet up and enjoy the medieval castle game …on your own :) ### 5/5 — Awesome game! *2024-09-13, version 2.1* Probably the best mystery puzzle game out there. ### 5/5 — Blackthorn game *2024-08-30, version 2.1* Great game, will checkout item #2 later! ### 5/5 — Great game *2024-08-29, version 2.1* Love that it had a ton of content and never lets you get stuck. ### 5/5 — Love this developer *2024-07-19, version 2.1* So glad I stumbled upon these games. They’re challenging, interesting and a lot of fun. ### 5/5 — вайб❤️‍🩹 *2024-07-18* играл в эту игру лет так в 5-6 (щас мне 14),смотрю картинки и просто вспоминаю то время,ставлю 5 звезд⭐️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️⭐️ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Have to rely on internet clues too much *2024-08-11, version 2.1* Not a very coherent story - I’ve long since forgotten what exactly the game is about. Can’t do a lot of the puzzles without reference to the internet, and that gets boring. I don’t find game very enjoyable. ### 1/5 — Blackthorn *2018-04-20, version 1.4* Playing is like pulling teeth! You have to pay $$$$ for hints to be unlocked. It is a confusing game, like going round in circles. Very difficult to move forward. Guess its just not my type of game, lucky there are plenty other games to choose from. Sigh! ### 1/5 — Неполноценный порт *2017-12-11, version 1.4* Не самая интересная и качественная игра... ### 1/5 — ヒントが韓国語！ *2016-09-24, version 1.2* 読めないところがあって進まない！ ### 1/5 — 最低 *2016-06-12, version 1.2* 遊ぶことができず、削除も出来ない！この縛りは何？ ### 1/5 — Não vai *2016-03-31, version 1.2* Não consigo passar o labirinto. Toco no local certo e a cena volta. ### 1/5 — Falla *2016-03-30, version 1.2* No se puede pasar de la escena 36 ### 2/5 — Too simple *2024-12-14, version 2.1* In the end, the puzzles were too easy and the whole game consists of travelling and completing simple tasks. Pass ### 2/5 — Great Fun! *2023-07-03, version 2.1* Good puzzles and fun graphics ### 2/5 — Not worth the money *2020-11-13, version 1.6* Even though it was on offer for £2.99 the story really wasn’t worth that much. Could do with some hidden item games or something to spruce up the gameplay, as actually quite boring. The game isn’t long enough either and only took me a couple of hours to complete. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Loved it! *2026-08-15, version 2.1* Heaps of fun, hard enough to make you think. Video clues are an excellent idea. ### 5/5 — Great game! *2026-08-11, version 2.1* It was very interesting. Some of the clues were very hard and fun. Thank you for making it. ### 5/5 — Very fun game *2026-05-16, version 2.1* I have enjoyed this game. I have played it twice now. ### 5/5 — Крутая! *2026-03-15* Отличная игра для интроверта! ;) ### 5/5 — Entertaining *2026-02-24, version 2.1* For the money, excellent value. Will play other games by the same developer. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-01-24, version 2.1* I really enjoyed this game it had me engaged that I couldn't stop I have others from this maker and love them. ### 5/5 — Blackthorn castle *2025-12-15, version 2.1* Great fun, love the hints - would get so lost without it ### 5/5 — My favorite point and click adventure games *2025-10-19, version 2.1* I’ve purchased all of Syntaxity’s games. I wish they had more, the second I see one drop, I buy it. Excellent music and puzzles. ### 5/5 — Would play this all over again *2025-10-05, version 2.1* I truly enjoyed this game. I got a solid 5 to 6 hours game play from this and enjoyed every moment. Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-07-26, version 2.1* Very good game --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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