# Dark City: Vienna Mystery Game — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of Dark City by Friendly Fox Games Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 1,130 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-city-vienna-mystery-game/id1549690138/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-city-vienna-mystery-game/id1549690138.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 909 · 4★ 163 · 3★ 42 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Dark City? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💎 Gorgeous graphics - 👍 Engaging storyline - 🎨 Beautiful settings - 🕹️ Challenging puzzles - 🎭 Phantom of the Opera inspiration - 🎨 Unique and interactive hidden object scenes - 🎨 Excellent voice acting **Cons** - 🤑 High price point - 🔁 Repetitive music - 🤔 Bonus game not as strong as main game **Commonly reported bugs** - Certain puzzles not functioning properly **Most requested features** - More games in the Dark City series - Longer gameplay duration ## Newest reviews (12 of 39) ### 5/5 — Great games of their type *2021-12-17, version 1.0.1* I love these games, they work well, the graphics are amazing, the puzzles are varied and the storylines are strong, make sense with the puzzles and keep you updated as the story goes along. The games are usually a pretty lengthy. This series is especially good, keep them coming! ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-04-17, version 1.0.1* I’m enjoying this game, puzzles and clues lots of fun ### 5/5 — A decent game *2021-04-11, version 1.0.1* I really enjoyed this game and a decent map which showed if you had missed any collectibles and if you had you were able to find them at the end of the game. Quite a few hos but some of them required a bit more than just random tapping. A good selection of puzzles, would have liked it to be a bit longer. I did enjoy the word finding game in the extras section. ### 5/5 — Love the Large Print *2021-03-21, version 1.0.1* The F.F.S. Games so far have been larger print. I love this! Please keep it up and I will continue to buy your games. I have already downloaded everyone you have available. ### 5/5 — Dark City: Vienna by LynxMinx *2021-02-16, version 1.0.1* Update: For those of you new to this developer, or who have newer tablets with the latest iOS, Friendly Fox has updated Immortal Love 2: Price of a Miracle. It was great back then and it’s still great so I highly suggest you play. Note to dval: thank you for the heads up and your kind wishes. I honestly think I need a break! Since the loquacious and informative KimTwilight has returned, there is nothing much more to be said. I am so glad she has reviewed because she basically said everything that I would have. Kim paints a stunning portrait of this fabulous and amazing blockbuster. Friendly Fox always gives us lengthy, gorgeous and innovative gameplay, with unusual settings and plenty of puzzles and games. The quality assurance is outstanding! Thank you for caring so much about the players, especially during such a challenging time. We eagerly await the next release! For those of you who don’t know, next up should be an installment of Bridge to Another World, hopefully in February. Lynxie sends lots of love to all the players. Happy gaming to all! Please stay safe! ### 5/5 — Vienna *2021-02-15, version 1.0.1* This has to be my favorite developer. The scenes are always so clean and easy to play but with much detail. The hos were original and quite fun. Hated to finish. Thanks for giving us this game during a very dreary winter. Moxie, Positive thoughts to you and all isolated. Hopefully that shot is coming soon. Lynx I hope you get some relief too. ### 5/5 — Fun way to spend a day *2021-02-14, version 1.0.1* Thank you for a very well done game with lots of interesting puzzles, beautiful graphics and solid voice acting. Nothing more to ask for! ### 5/5 — Excellent Game *2021-02-13, version 1.0.1* Thoroughly enjoyable. Interesting story, good character development. The graphics were great and the games just challenging enough. Fresh, new and exciting. Bravo ! ### 5/5 — Wow! *2021-02-13, version 1.0.1* Another great game. Your games are so enjoyable will always buy everyone you put out. Can not wait for the next one. A big thank you.🥇 ### 5/5 — Denzel *2021-02-13, version 1.0.1* One of the best games I have played.The puzzles are very clever and not overly challenging the gameplay is very good everything about this game is excellent I love it ### 5/5 — Dark City 3 *2021-02-12, version 1.0.1* Thanks for another game on IOS 😊 really enjoyed it! ### 5/5 — Dark City Turned the Light on an Excellent “Whodunnit” Mystery! *2021-02-10, version 1.0.1* “Love me - that’s all I ask of you” is a powerful verse in the song “All I Ask of You,” from one of the world’s most celebrated musicals, “Phantom of the Opera.” Applying this sentiment in a less passionate way, my response is, “Yes, I do love this game.” There’s nothing not to love about this riveting experience, enhanced through excellent storytelling, gorgeous visuals, stimulating gameplay, and seamless mechanics. This well-scripted “whodunnit” storyline is loosely derived from “The Phantom of the Opera,” as you play a detective who is hired to catch a mysterious and masked phantom-like entity who is responsible for a series of deadly attacks inside an opera theater. However, this time the scenery does not take place in the obligatory Paris, France; instead, it takes place in Vienna. The artistic designs of the scenes are mesmerizing and the graphics as sweet as eye-candy. To catch the madman, your detective expertise will come in handy. You will often use a special gadget to scan the crime scenes to collect evidence as well as interrogate the witnesses/suspects. Then you put your analytical skills to work by piecing together the snippets of evidence stored in your notebook so you can make deductions and gain insight into what transpired. The overall gameplay is truly delightful. Even the inventory items give way to pleasant surprises, as a HOS might pop up. The HOSs never give a dull moment, as they are highly interactive and engaging and include embedded puzzle-like elements. I’m always enthralled to play a novel format I haven’t seen before, referring to the HOS in the dressing room where you have some photographs with cut-out shapes, which must be fitted into matching objects scattered on or around the dressing room table. One drawback is the revisiting of scenes, although the formats will diversify to avoid monotony. The puzzles are mostly simple to solve, but they are still entertaining and relevant to the objectives you are undertaking. One of my favorites is the one in which you are in pursuit of the villain, and you must find a path across the rooftops while using various objects to aide you across. I appreciate the side-bars to keep me apprised of acquiring the collectibles. I wouldn’t label this game as challenging, but it has just the right balance of all the desired components to maintain my interest and render it a five-star game. I hope everyone is staying safe and in good health. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Explain the Games Better *2022-03-04, version 1.0.1* Some of the games are impossible. I’m not getting what I paid for. This has been an issue with all your games. Please give better instructions for the games. ### 2/5 — Fehler Waisenhaus? *2021-08-05, version 1.0.1* Ist der hier beschriebene Fehler mittlerweile behoben? ### 3/5 — Gran *2022-03-05* Started out as what I thought might be a good game but only 20 min of free play **Developer response:** Thank you for the review! The description of our game states that the free version of the game is a trial😉💕 ### 3/5 — Cookie cutter *2022-02-06, version 1.0.1* I played Dark City: London first and was pleasantly surprised by the presence of voice acting. When done we’ll that always enhances a game for me. Vienna also has voice acting, however, aside from the detective, everything I heard in the free portion was American. It’s disappointing and distracting when the city is the foundation of the game. Granted at least one of the characters in London went from mediocre Irish to mediocre generic English, but still. Also, I get that a game of HOS and finding bits of locks clearly sells and so will be replicated. But man, how many squirrels, wind gusts, street grates can you tolerate? The deduction feature in Dark City is entertaining and it would be great if the devs could make *that* more into a real thinking mini game or something. I just can’t pay for more than one of these cookie cutter games. ### 3/5 — BEAUTIFUL GAME *2021-05-30, version 1.0.1* The graphics of this game take me back to Victorian times, it is a true piece of art and has a unique on ambience to it.The puzzles are kind of fun and the storyline is fantastic but the price a little too high, I’m not that rich. But if they bundled all three for a bargain price I would buy. It is the best game of its genre as it is so very well drawn, even the voice actors are absolutely perfect ### 3/5 — Braucht dringend ein Update! *2021-03-11, version 1.0.1* Komme leider nicht weiter da das HOG vor dem Waisenhaus nicht spielbar ist. ### 4/5 — Skip the Bonus Game *2021-10-02, version 1.0.1* I love this series! This game was good, but the “bonus” seemed like it thrown together in a hurry just to BE a bonus. ### 4/5 — Bonus Game Fails *2021-04-30, version 1.0.1* Trying to rearrange the signs for the musicians so the door will open. The last sign will not change. Great game with a frustrating bonus game. ### 4/5 — 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 *2021-02-06, version 1.0* Sammelobjekte sowie Chamäleonobjekte sind vorhanden. Die Geschichte erinnert sehr an das Phantom der Oper, jedenfalls bisher. Trotzdem die Schauplätze sind gut gestaltet. Ein schönes Spiel aus der Serie, ich hoffe es gibt noch einige mehr. ### 5/5 — Mm *2025-11-01, version 1.2.1* Mm ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A compliment and a nit *2024-11-01, version 1.1.2* First, the F.F.S. Games are the best. Especially the ones the aren’t originally from BF. They are pleasant, not unnecessarily fuzzy or dark (as some developers do to add difficulty without adding quality) and generally upbeat. I had played some, like this one, where you could download the game for free, and just purchase the bonus game. They have a different model now and don’t offer that. It’s frustrating to have spent that $ for the bonus without any credit for either the full version or the F2P version. I believe the games are worth the price they currently ask, but like I said, that money was not acknowledged when they changed their model. ### 5/5 — Great game *2024-06-07, version 1.1.1* Amazing game with inspirations of The Phantom of the Opera. Can’t wait for the next instalment of Amsterdam to come to ipad ### 5/5 — Gorgeous! *2023-11-05, version 1.1.1* One of the prettiest ones yet. I love the premise and the setting, and I’m enjoying the puzzles. ### 5/5 — Best games *2023-08-08, version 1.1.1* This company and their games are wonderful. The story are so interesting. The game are easy or hard to play as your choice. This game is a detective game with a hint of humor and compelling story telling. The games are less than others and longer. I hope to see a new game soon. I miss your games. One of your fans GB ### 5/5 — It’s a challenge but it’s fun! *2023-03-30, version 1.1.0* Love this so much! It’s interesting and a challenge and the puzzles you solve are cool. There a a few I struggled with but that is fine. It keeps you interested. ### 5/5 — Big fish *2022-11-16, version 1.0.1* I love it ### 5/5 — Hay *2022-08-18, version 1.0.1* Cốt truyện cuốn các kiểu con đà điểu. Mà nhớ để dành gems lấy extra nha quý dzị 75 gems á ### 5/5 — Another great game from FFS *2022-05-11, version 1.0.1* I love their games, good value for money. This was one of my favourites. Great puzzles, superb graphics, enjoyable storylines. Such a lot of hard, high standard work has gone into these. Please, more City games! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2022-02-01* What an absolutely beautiful game. Love playing every bit of it. Thank you **Developer response:** Thanks a lot! Stay with us! 💞 --- *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 2026-09-04.*