# Dark Parables: Queen of Sands - A Mystery Hidden Object Game — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of Dark Parables by BFG Entertainment Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 374 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-parables-queen-of-sands-a-mystery-hidden-object-game/id1073999675/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-parables-queen-of-sands-a-mystery-hidden-object-game/id1073999675.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 264 · 4★ 65 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of Dark Parables? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and vibrant colors - ⏱️ Lengthy gameplay with good value - 🧩 Engaging puzzles with good difficulty balance - 📖 Interesting storyline and narrative - 🎮 Unique FROG (fragmented object) mechanics - 🎵 Good environmental sounds and music - 🎯 Clear navigation and scene progression - ✨ Ornate and detailed item designs - 🏆 Bonus content and replay value **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes after purchase - 🔍 Hidden objects difficult to see on dark backgrounds - 🎮 Fragmented object games not preferred by some - 📖 Story considered superfluous or juvenile - 🎮 Too many mini-games slowing progression - 📱 Poor scaling on iPhone screens - 🎬 Blurry and dated cinematics - 💾 Inventory management confusing - 🔄 Repetitive mini-game instructions - 🎵 Repetitive music **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes upon purchase or unlock - Purchase not recognized after reinstall - App incompatible with newer iOS versions - Screen display too large, unplayable - Game won't open or load - Purchase charged but game won't unlock - Account/purchase records not found **Most requested features** - Custom difficulty settings - Traditional hidden object scenes instead of fragmented objects - Hints available in all mini-games - Better cinematics quality - Clearer mini-game instructions - More variety in hidden object game types - Parables that integrate better with gameplay - Reduced reading/scrolling requirements ## Newest reviews (13 of 67) ### 4/5 — Good stuff *2024-12-17* Pleasingly long. Good value for the money. the HO sequences are very nice, and a little different, The puzzles are a bit too complex for me, but maybe for you…? The story is completely superfluous and unnecessary. Overall, I recommend this to all adventure/HO players. ### 4/5 — Bien fait *2024-04-28* Intéressant comme histoire. Les jeux sont parfois difficile. Le soc présente des objets abstraits difficiles à trouver. Je l'ai fait avec des indices. ### 2/5 — Meh *2021-06-27* Everything's the same! Great opening but downhill from there -- just when it seemed like it would get better, well, it didn't. I'm disappointed. This is supposed to be diverting, not tedious. Not even going to bother finishing. This is not worth the price. ### 5/5 — Nice Game *2020-12-08* I enjoyed this game. It has beautiful graphics, and puzzles that were engaging, but not too difficult. Well done! ### 5/5 — The queen of sans rocks *2020-11-06* This is a fun game with lots of puzzles and it is. Clear on where to travel next..and it has a clever storyline. The graphics are very bright lots of color ### 5/5 — Long and fun. *2020-07-07, version 1.0.0* I like the payables series. The puzzles unique. The stories intriguing ### 4/5 — Pretty good game *2020-02-15* Nice storyline and great bonus. Good mix of puzzles. My only gripe is that I don’t like the style of hops used. Very difficult to see some of the objects. ### 5/5 — LoveI IT! *2020-02-03* I have a stressful job. This game takes me to a whole other world. I recommend this game to everyone ### 5/5 — Exquite art! Great story! The graphics are wonderful! *2019-12-09, version 1.0.0* I’d play any game by this group! ### 5/5 — Fun *2019-07-07, version 1.0.0* Love all the Dark Parable games. They are. Fun and. Challenging. ### 4/5 — Queen Sands *2019-07-06* I like this game only I can findly hard to read the mission because the letters is so small, hope they can adjust a little bit so that I can read clearly what I supposed to do to this game. Thank you!!! ### 3/5 — Barely worth $2.99 *2019-07-05* I don’t like fragmented object games. I like good old hidden objects. So this game didn’t satisfy me. I gave it 3 stars because the graphics were okay (just okay, not great) and it was a lengthy game. The story was kind of stupid and juvenile. ### 3/5 — Queen of sands *2019-06-21, version 1.0.0* Good story plays well but - and for me this is a big but there aren’t any real hos just this tapping and forming some strange item. I don’t mind these ways of making the ho different, but only if there is only once or twice in the game. Please let us have some normal types too ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Queen of sands *2022-01-03* Poorly done. The animation lacking smooth flow. It fades to black too often and for too long. Very poorly done. The storyline is silly and disjointed. Not worth time or money. ### 1/5 — Joanna *2020-04-21, version 1.0.0* Bought the full version and keeps crashing. Won’t even let me play the game. Deleted and reinstalled and now it says purchase failed and then crashes. Would like the issue fixed or money back please! ### 1/5 — Can’t see it *2020-01-14, version 1.0.0* I downloaded the game but the screen shows up big and therefore unable to watch it play anything ### 1/5 — Will no longer buy BF games *2019-06-25, version 1.0.0* BF states ‘Pay once and play for life’. Well... all my older BF games no longer work as its incompatible with Apple IOS updates. That’s a bunch of money down the drain. Doubt BF will refund all the £££ I spent so I will no longer buy their games. It’s a shame, they used to be so great but now I’d spend my money elsewhere. ### 1/5 — Won’t open game *2019-06-22, version 1.0.0* Just downloaded this and paid for the full edition and now just keeps crashing. How do I get my money back? Wish I’d read more of the reviews and seen how many times this has happened!! ### 1/5 — Queen of sands *2019-06-22, version 1.0.0* This is the second game I got and soon as you purchase them and try to play it crashes no happy waist of money ### 1/5 — Another £2.99 buy in app that won’t load *2019-06-22, version 1.0.0* I am sick of this. How do I sort it or get a refund Big Fish? This is the 4th time this has happened ### 1/5 — Won’t open *2019-01-28, version 1.0.0* This is the third Big Fish game I have played recently that as soon as I pay to unlock it refuses to open and crashes after I click continue to game. Not happy! ### 1/5 — Dommage *2019-01-27* Une fois acheté ne fonctionne pas ! ### 1/5 — Queen of Sands *2019-01-25, version 1.0.0* One star is for Big Fish not the game itself . Bought & paid for this game couple of years ago & enjoyed it so when I saw it again today on sale thought be nice to replay it. Having already purchased didn’t think twice about it . But now it’s saying record of purchase not found. How many times has this happened to people over the years it’s a right rip off what happened to the quote of “pay once play forever”? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Jogo *2023-12-01* Muito criativos! Gostei do jogo ### 5/5 — Great game *2023-02-15, version 1.0.0* Love the graphics, and the difficulty level. Fun and challenging ### 5/5 — I already purchased this game *2023-02-14, version 1.0.0* I purchased this game back in January 2021. ### 5/5 — Big fish *2022-06-28, version 1.0.0* I love it ### 5/5 — By far the longest gameplay of any other HOAG *2022-03-12, version 1.0.0* I loved this game. The F.R.O.G.’s were very interesting and had me on my toes trying to find all the pieces. The controls were flawless, the scenery, 2nd to none. Well worth the money. Cudos BF! ### 5/5 — Graphics so precise. *2021-12-26, version 1.0.0* Fun story too. ### 5/5 — One of the best so far *2021-10-04, version 1.0.0* Good graphics, challenges, music and no problems running it. An enjoyable storyline. Another one of many good games. ### 5/5 — Longer than usual. *2021-03-09* The puzzles were new feeling and the game was longer than their games usually are. I personally don’t care about the HOPs as much as everyone else seems to. I do like the ones that you use the objects better, but it’s still a worthwhile game imo...especially being on sale right now. ### 5/5 — Queen of Sands. *2021-03-06, version 1.0.0* First time playing this game, it’s ok, good story line with more to come. Excellent colouring, a good blending of old fairy-tales. ### 5/5 — Definitely recommend! *2021-02-28* I have been a true fan of Dark Parables games from high school to adulthood. The very first game I have played was Snow White and the White Witch (Please bring that game back to iPad!). The Dark Parables series all go almost the same way, with little differences in between, like the Little Mermaid one. However, the storyline is catchy and the game is fairly long for the game itself. I am an easy person when it comes to ratings unless it comes to horrible games (which I have encountered some before). I have read some reviews from other games of how people would come back to the game about 2 to 3 times before writing a review. This is my 3rd time playing Queen of Sands, so I thought to give a review. I’m giving it a 5 star (I am somewhat biased since I love the games so much) because of the length of the game itself, the storyline, and as well as the mini-games in between the hidden object portion. Recommend! --- *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 2026-09-01.*