# Dark Parables: Salt Princess — user reviews > 99 indexed App Store user reviews of Dark Parables by BFG Entertainment Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 2,714 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-parables-salt-princess/id1391302921/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-parables-salt-princess/id1391302921.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,942 · 4★ 466 · 3★ 203 · 2★ 54 · 1★ 49 ## What do users think of Dark Parables? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful art style - 🤖 Immersive and engaging story - 🔍 Interesting collectibles and side stories - 🕹️ Enjoyable puzzles and mini-games **Cons** - 🗺️ Inconvenient map without teleportation - 🕰️ Excessive dialogue and cutscenes - 🔍 Repetitive hidden object scenes - 🤔 Unclear objectives and navigation **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes and freezes on certain devices - Inventory item placement issues **Most requested features** - Customizable difficulty settings - Ability to skip or speed up dialogue - Improved map with teleportation functionality ## Newest reviews (13 of 99) ### 2/5 — Boring *2023-03-28, version 1.0.0* Very longwinded with repetitive mini games and boring hidden object puzzles (basically just click on anything shiny). ### 4/5 — Return of Salt Princess *2023-01-07, version 1.0.0* I like the game. The story is interesting & a good length. The only thing was I had to skip most of the puzzle games as I did have trouble with them. ### 4/5 — How long *2022-11-19, version 1.0.0* I love every dark parables games. But it has been years since new ones have come out on iPad. I see more new games every day for Mac and pc. What I would like to know is will there ever be any new ones for those who play on iPads? ### 3/5 — Princesse de sel *2022-05-01, version 1.0.0* Énormément de Bug , obligée d'éteindre et rallumer plusieurs fois ### 4/5 — Great game *2022-02-13, version 1.0.0* The puzzles are puzzling ### 3/5 — Not great *2020-06-05, version 1.0.0* The items are microscopic. You cant see half the stuff. Then it doesn't go close to areas you supposed to interact with, you’re supposed to tap everything and read the messages on too many areas in order to know its an area you need to interact with. Makes no sense. If the areas are interactive show them, zoom up to them so we know its part of the game. ### 3/5 — Gran *2020-02-01, version 1.0.0* I love the parables games I’m just frustrated that going back to replay some it says not purchased. I keep lists of what I buy and it’s also in my purchased list on iPad so what’s with this . There have not been too many new real good games lately , I have always liked big fish games but do not care for a lot of theses elephant ones. ### 3/5 — This game was a bit frustrating *2020-01-13, version 1.0.0* The graphics were very nice and it was challenging. What frustrated me was all the different locations in this game. I am used to having to go back to locations and rooms to complete objectives, but this was way overdone. This game had so many locations that it got to a point where I was constantly having trouble finding the locations. I used the maps but it would have helped if you could click on the room on the map and it would take you there. Instead, it gave you the name of the room and a small picture, but it got confusing the deeper you went into the game. I say this because sometimes you had to go back at least 15 locations to complete a task. Many of the locations were initially hidden so it made it very difficult. It got kind of boring trying to find the locations. I started just hitting hint and letting the game take me there. Normally, I try not to ever use the hint feature, but like I said, it just got frustrating. Some of the rooms would close up too and then you would have to find another way to enter. One other thing that was really frustrating was that you had to really hold the inventory items in the exact spot and for a few seconds for it to take hold. There were so many times in this game where I would take an item from my inventory and place it where I thought it needed to go (more than once) and it would not accept it. I have a newer iPad so I don’t think it was my tablet. Eventually, I had to hit the hint feature and it would work finally. I was just forced to use hint for inventory items that I had tried already in those places, but it was really touchy and had to be in the exact spot and held there for a few seconds longer than normal. I am just glad I finished the game finally. ### 3/5 — Not a bad game *2019-12-24, version 1.0.0* Bit clunky in bits when trying to grab things. Cute little love story in bonus game. Worth the sale price. ### 4/5 — tedious *2019-12-01, version 1.0.0* way too many places where the game tells you something or does a useless animation when all you want to do is get on with it. lots of the dialog you can’t skip and you just have to wade through it. most locations leave a useless document so you can’t tell if you’ve found everything. ### 4/5 — Title *2019-11-15, version 1.0.0* Too much text and no option to skip over. Frustrating ### 3/5 — I have owned this game for years, but *2019-10-10, version 1.0.0* When I as playing this time I was thrown out of the game twice. The first time I downloaded and played through the game, only to be thrown out of the game in the last chapter. I give up. ### 2/5 — ads even after purchasing *2019-09-15, version 1.0.0* Even after purchasing game, there is an ad pop up every time open up game to go past to get into game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — ダメだった *2022-07-15, version 1.0.0* 老眼には厳しい。拡大できないし、、、次に何すればいいかわからん。 ### 1/5 — Sluggish *2022-01-26, version 1.0.0* Sooooo slowwwww. Map pathetic. ### 1/5 — Glitch *2021-12-12, version 1.0.0* When I went to open the door with the tree crest the game crashed and now I can no longer do anything this game needs a serious fixing ### 1/5 — Don’t play on phone *2021-11-13, version 1.0.0* I don’t often play these games on a phone since they’re richly detailed and better on a bigger screen, but the phone version of this game was terribly disappointing! I only played the first couple of minutes but I noticed that several sound effects and voices were missing, while others worked fine. For example: voice on the recording at the beginning, which is in every Dark Parables game, was silent. It was choppy and distracting. I can’t recommend this to anyone. ### 1/5 — Developer Doesn’t Update Overpriced Apps & More *2021-01-24, version 1.0.0* Your over-priced investment of $$$12 (au) for an app will not be usable two years from purchasing the full game. You will not be able to get a refund for this although you should under Australian Consumer Law. If that wasn't enough both before and after upgrading you will be bombarded with constant - ads for other games - pressure to rate the game on the umbrella company's site - pressure to rate it here These are good for HOPs but so are the $4 ones ### 1/5 — 落ちやすい *2020-11-19, version 1.0.0* ダウンロード数十分で落ちてまたプレイヤー名から始まりました（汗） 謎めいた内容で結構面白かっただけにとても残念でした。 ### 1/5 — Tween Style *2020-07-05, version 1.0.0* Seems to be designed for youngsters. ### 1/5 — Got stuck *2019-09-14, version 1.0.0* It took me 10 minutes to find my way out I kept getting the same thing “I suppose I better move on“ I was ready to quit the game. I was so frustrated. ### 1/5 — ダウンロードしたが… *2019-05-11, version 1.0.0* 全然動かない。 ### 1/5 — Awful *2019-05-07, version 1.0.0* From the start it's obvious the character animation of from Japan. Pinkachu characters, no customization for level of difficulty, no way to adjust settings to shorten the Hint time and no way to figure out what to do next. I'm not going to wander around without an available hint. Even on easy, hints are 60 seconds. It would take hours to get thru this. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 2024年現在 *2025-01-06, version 1.0.0* iOS16問題なく動作しました。iPadだからか画像はマンガちっくですが、ミニゲームをいくつかスキップしてもボリューム感有りです。このシリーズ面白そうですけど、他のは購入後バグありそうですね。 ### 5/5 — Fun but..... *2024-08-23, version 1.0.0* Honestly this is an acceptable fun game. The plot line is so good that it feels like a movie that I am participating in. However, what is the difference between this version and the collector version on the offical website? I don't use facebook or X, how am I suppose to ask question to the platform? ### 5/5 — Love the unique art style *2022-01-18, version 1.0.0* Only on the demo but it’s beautiful! ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2020-12-19, version 1.0.0* I played the game on PC and I loved it now I’m enjoying it on my iOS ### 5/5 — Beautiful Art work *2020-09-20, version 1.0.0* Would have liked more hidden objects but was beautifully illustrated and a nice story to bring it all together. ### 5/5 — Worth it for the beauty alone. *2020-08-08, version 1.0.0* Gorgeous use of color and shape. The story is aimed at very young people, but the puzzles are sometimes demanding. Something for all ages. ### 5/5 — Bring back the rest *2019-12-30, version 1.0.0* I have purchased all the dark parables that are currently in the App Store. Can you bring back the old games please like the one about Snow White and a couple others. ### 5/5 — Best in a while *2019-08-15, version 1.0.0* I loved the old dark parables and was sad when they so obviously switched. But I loved this one, it was like the old games! Long lasting, lots of puzzles and games and an interesting story! ### 5/5 — Long game but fun *2019-06-26, version 1.0.0* This game has soooo many rooms and secret places it’s hard to keep track where to go to next. Unfortunately the map won’t take you to a place where there is something to find. I found this most annoying. Good story. ### 5/5 — 久々に夢中に *2019-05-25, version 1.0.0* アイテムも綺麗だし、何よりストーリーが良かった！ --- *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 2026-09-13.*