# Escape Shelter.57 — user reviews > 37 indexed App Store user reviews of Escape Shelter.57 by Corda Alexandre, rated 4.79/5 from 412 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/escape-shelter57/id1618425533/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/escape-shelter57/id1618425533.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 367 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of Escape Shelter.57? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🧩 Challenging and engaging puzzles - ⏱️ Substantial playtime and content - 🎨 Unique and creative puzzle design - 📖 Intriguing story and atmosphere - 💰 Good value for price - 🎮 Addictive gameplay - 🕹️ Responsive and functional controls - 💡 Helpful hint system with gradual guidance - 🗺️ Convenient map navigation - 📸 Useful camera feature for clues **Cons** - 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads - ❓ Illogical and obscure puzzle solutions - 🤔 Confusing clue relationships - 🎯 Unintuitive inventory item usage - 😕 Unclear puzzle mechanics - 🔄 Repetitive hint system responses - 📱 Blocks background music/podcasts - 🎨 Simple graphics quality - 😞 Disappointing ending **Commonly reported bugs** - Inventory UI pulls down control center - App prevents music/podcast playback - Occasional glitches reported - Some puzzles have no clear solutions **Most requested features** - More games from this developer - Paid version without ads - Allow background music while playing - Improved inventory management system ## Newest reviews (10 of 37) ### 5/5 — We want another! *2024-01-14* Excellent puzzlers! Both Shelter 57 & Lighthouse 114 were highly enjoyable. Another in the same vein but different would be most welcome. Keep up the high quality work. ### 5/5 — Really stellar game! *2023-01-22* Reminds me of Cube Escape, but a completely unique and fun story. Love it! ### 5/5 — Ridiculously good *2023-01-21, version 2.20.2* This is how you make a puzzle adventure game, packed full of original ideas and unique puzzles, along with his other amazing game, Alex Corda is a master in his field, I only wish there were more than two games as I don’t want it to end. I like the characters and their interactions add to the story feel of the game. Please make another game and make it only paid for as they are way better than other free games and even better than other paid for games. Don’t hesitate to download this masterpiece. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-01-12, version 2.20.2* Make more they are better than cube escape ### 5/5 — Brilliant game *2023-01-06, version 2.20.2* Brilliant game, very challenging puzzles. Love it. We’d more like this please. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2022-12-29, version 2.20.2* Found this lovely game quite by chance and really glad I did. In the same macabre vein as Rusty Lake and Forgotten Hill it was longer than I anticipated and well worth the very reasonable price tag. Each level was crammed full of puzzles ranging from relatively easy to downright tricky, the one downside being that a few are a little obscure, making the hint system really handy. There is also the ability to skip puzzles should you need to, I only had to resort to skipping on a couple of the maths based ones. A nice little touch was the camera, useful for snapping clues to be used later in the game, although there is a limit to how many you can have at one time. Looking forward to playing more games by this developer. ### 5/5 — Surprise hit! *2022-12-19, version 2.20.2* Found this game almost by accident and am loving it! Great puzzles, hours of game play and great value. More please! ### 5/5 — Mind blowing. *2022-11-12, version 2.20.2* This game is so taxing! Really got my brain melting. Really impressed as 1) puzzles are crazy 2) not a single glitch or problem 3) fun! I hope the developer sees every success and brings more to the table. Great work ### 5/5 — High quality *2022-10-24, version 2.20.2* I loved the rusty lake and forgotten hill series. This has a similar macabre feel, and the puzzle quality is superb. You get a lot of gameplay for your money, and the story is intriguing. Would immediately buy anything else this dev has to offer. Highly recommended ### 5/5 — Adore it a looooooooot *2022-10-22* Excellent puzzles in this game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rusty Lake at home *2025-03-05* Cheap knock-off of Rusty Lake games. Play any of the Cube Escape games instead ### 1/5 — Underwhelming and Unclear *2024-07-31* The game began fun and clear enough but the clues quickly became confusing and the hints only added to confusion. Ads forced every thirty seconds when the unthought out clues confuse you and becomes more unfun the more you play. ### 1/5 — Wow *2024-04-19* I have played a lot of puzzle games. And this one has the worst hint system i have ever seen. I’m perfectly fine with watching videos to get hints, but the hints themselves are basically useless . I had to skip most of the puzzles. I’m 77% finished and I’ve gotten tired of it. I’m deleting and I hope anyone who sees this doesn’t download this game. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2024-01-28* I have no idea why the game is rated this high. It’s so dumb. The puzzles are random nonsense with no logical explanation. There’s no story line. Lots of glitches. I’m glad I didn’t buy it. Played for about an hour and deleted it. There are so many good escape room games out there. Skip this one by. ### 2/5 — Some puzzles make absolutely no sense *2024-05-30* and are impossible to solve without the hints and by hints I mean the answer to the puzzle. I generally use hints sparingly but for this game I had to use them a lot as there was no clear relationship between the puzzle and the answer (even AFTER the answer was revealed). Another thing I found annoying is that when you solve certain puzzles, nothing happens - you don’t “get” anything! I will admit that some puzzles were unique and clever. ### 2/5 — Not sure it’s worth the time *2022-12-20* Did I miss something? Are there multiple endings? I mean if it ends like that, then this game is stupid but if there is a nether ending please tell me because the one I got was absolute TRASH and straight up ruined the game. ### 3/5 — Just started *2024-12-29, version 2.20.2* Sort out the inventory. It to high and causes control centre to pull down. ### 3/5 — Ads Ads Ads *2024-05-01, version 2.20.2* Sometimes the puzzles are quite tough, so of course you’ll watch an advert for a little hint because it’s better than being completely stuck…. Everytime I opt to watch the first advert for a hint.. the hint is - ‘solve the puzzle’… Yeah thanks that’s super helpful. Clearly just wanting you to watch another advert to get another clue which is also a bit useless so of course you watch the third one which then actually kinda helps, without giving too much away which I do like. A pretty good game regardless but this little advert baiting is annoying and creates a frustrating negative for a mostly good game. ### 3/5 — Please fix this!! *2024-04-29* The game is fun, super hard, but still fun. However, the app will not let me listen to music or a podcast or something when I’m playing. Please fix this!! ### 4/5 — Hard *2024-04-05, version 2.20.2* Some puzzles really don’t make scene and no clues to find them ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Tough enough *2025-01-28* Graphics are simple, but the gameplay in the clues are tough enough to make it interesting ### 5/5 — Great challenge *2024-10-12, version 2.20.2* Quite difficult but still possible. Nice puzzles and extremely challenging. Hours of fun ### 5/5 — Great game *2024-10-10* Played this and the sequel and honestly, one of the best escape games I’ve played since rusty lake and submachine! Love to see more from this amazing developer/escape master. ### 5/5 — Fun Puzzles *2024-09-30, version 2.20.2* Is nice ### 5/5 — Good story, lots of playtime *2024-09-30, version 2.20.2* With many hours of playtime, I really enjoyed what this game had to offer. The puzzles varied in difficulty and leaves you satisfied when you finally crack the hard ones. At some points I felt a bit lots, but the hint system is pretty nice how it doesn’t give away the next step right away, so you’re really encouraged to explore and try things out. I have a few gripes about when and where you use some inventory items. Not much of a spoiler, but in order to prop up a cabinet that’s missing a leg, you don’t use the missing leg - you use some random unexpected objet which can be really confusing. Altogether, really enjoyed the game. ### 5/5 — Great *2024-06-12, version 2.20.2* Great game, some very difficult puzzles but a lot of fun. ### 5/5 — On en veux encore *2024-03-24, version 2.20.2* Jeu à la hauteur de mes attentes, et plus encore. On en redemande ! Merci à M. Corda et à son équipe ! ### 5/5 — Simple, challenging and weird *2024-03-24, version 2.20.2* Didn’t think I’d like this but can’t put it down ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-03-16* This is truly an incredible game! I can’t believe it’s free. Really challenging and long. Keeping me busy and my brain working! Huge thanks to the developers 👏🏼 ### 5/5 — Quite enjoyable *2024-01-30, version 2.20.2* Has the advantage of controls that work well which is worth an extra star. Price very good for what you get and the puzzles not too hard but the sort where you just take a bit more time before the brain goes ‘of course!’. 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