# Fear for Sale: The House on Black River (Full) — user reviews > 56 indexed App Store user reviews of Fear for Sale by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 4.20/5 from 84 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fear-for-sale-the-house-on-black-river-full/id1106057049/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fear-for-sale-the-house-on-black-river-full/id1106057049.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 49 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (14 of 56) ### 4/5 — 😁 Effortless Entertainment from ELEFUN *2017-01-31, version 1.0.0* 👍 25 HOPs (some, especially at the outset are MEGA combo-like wonders) with jigsaw puzzle option. 👍 some unusual, challenging mini-games. 👍 indicator on Map re Collectibles/Morphs acquisition. 👎 load/lag time between scenes. 👎 NO Extra gameplay. ### 3/5 — Loading circles! *2016-12-10, version 1.0.0* Really good long game but the loading circles took longer and longer as I progressed. Cannot complete the bonus game as they are now unbearable! Why?!? ### 3/5 — Great game except for loading *2016-11-28, version 1.0.0* This game was awesome except for it taking for ever for the pages to load. When you move around you got a long wait time. It's ridiculous for this to be happening, they could have addressed this and made an excellent game. ### 3/5 — Good story, but ... *2016-11-11, version 1.0.0* Good story, but this one hangs between scenes for 3-4 seconds. Very irritating. Otherwise, I'd give it 5 stars as usual! I'm really disappointed, as this is one of my "automatically buy new releases" series of games. ### 4/5 — 🇨🇦 🐟 NOT HAPPY TODAY *2016-11-10, version 1.0.0* As the title says, I'm not happy. I was just going to do the HOP in chapter 3, but I touched the frog, and that's it!! Stuck, froze; whatever you want to call it, there I sit. I can't go to the puzzles, I thought I would just do them instead. I can't even get the back arrow to work so I can get out!! No guide, no map - nothing works. 😤 😡 😖 It was such a great game up to there. I'll put it away and start another game, and wait about a week to see if I can tap on anything. If not, then back to the beginning, and I HATE that. 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🐟 🐠 WiiWendy, I know it's a good game, but not at the moment. I'm sad. 😥 😪 🇨🇦 🐟 BigFish, I still love your games, but I'm just a tad upset this morning. ### 2/5 — Black River *2016-11-09, version 1.0.0* The game itself is fun but it has re started itself 3 times. So I've had to start from the beginning. ### 3/5 — Le ranche de la rivière noire. *2016-11-08, version 1.0.0* Une bonne idée de départ mais qui comprend trop de personnages, au point où l'on se demande parfois qui est qui et qui fait quoi. Il faut attendre le chapitre bonus pour savoir la raison de l'histoire. Graphismes souvent primaires et flous, pas de beaux décors, jeux répétitifs sur des scènes répétitives. Mais le jeu est long, ce qui sauve le reste. ### 5/5 — One of the best games *2016-11-07, version 1.0.0* It's indeed very much entertaining a super 5 stars rating ### 5/5 — Good *2016-11-07, version 1.0.0* Great game,didn't like the long loading between scenes though,annoying,apart from that really enjoyed playing it ### 2/5 — Disappointing *2016-11-06, version 1.0.0* Three times I have had to create a new profile as for some reason it restarts the game half way through. Need my money back as the last fear for sale did the same thing. Totally fed up as this is a good game and enjoyed playing it despite the long loading time in between scenes. ### 4/5 — Fear for sale *2016-11-03, version 1.0.0* I loved this game. Great storyline. Takes too long to load scenes tho. ### 2/5 — Keep freezing and having to restart. *2016-11-03, version 1.0.0* Game is actually very fun, which is why I am so frustrated that it has frozen twice. After the first time it froze and I redownloaded it, I had to start over. Not happy. ### 5/5 — 😘 *2016-11-02, version 1.0.0* The fear for sale games get better with each one. Loved the storyline.👍 Why isn't there a new game out this week?😕 ### 4/5 — Excellent *2016-11-02, version 1.0.0* Cut scenes are not very good graphics wise, but the voices are excellent. Not a very long game but I still really enjoyed it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Keeps losing my progress *2018-07-27, version 1.0.0* This is ridiculous. Just like other people, after playing for quite a while, all of my progress has been lost and I am being asked to start again. It seems that people have been complaining about this for 2 years, and it's still isn't fixed. You should give people their money back and stop selling it as it is not playable. ### 1/5 — Delete *2016-11-08, version 1.0.0* Game is slow, boring, and doesn't save progress so you have to backtrack quite a ways with each sign on. Delete. I need a good game to play. ### 1/5 — Bugs and more bugs. Deletes profiles 😡 *2016-11-06, version 1.0.0* The game itself is actually ok but this is the 3rd time I've gone back to carry on with the game to find my profile has gone and that I need to start from the beginning AGAIN!!!! I don't have time to just sit and complete it from start to finish so I guess it just won't be happening with this game as I refuse to sit for ages again only to find all the progress has been deleted again next time I go to play!!! COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY 😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Waiting to play *2016-11-02, version 1.0.0* Unfortunately I'm still waiting for the game to load on my iPad. I have plenty of space but I don't know what the problem is. ### 1/5 — More bugs *2016-10-30, version 1.0.0* I am starting to think Big Fish has it in for me. This is the second game in a ROW (the other is Off the Record in case anyone is thinking about getting it) where an item has been deleted from my inventory about halfway through the game (parchment...don't go home without it kids!). Now the tedious process of seeing if I can get any sort of refund from Big Fish. What a bore. Oh and the loading times in this game are horrendous. Other than that I highly recommend it. ### 1/5 — Disappointing and clunky *2016-10-29, version 1.0.0* Crashed when I was almost finished. Reset to the beginning. Loading very slow. Good game but glitches ruin the experience. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2016-10-29, version 1.0.0* The loading scenes in this game are horrendously long, makes it unplayable ### 1/5 — Not the best *2016-10-29, version 1.0.0* Come on, Big Fish....you can do better. Long waits during loading between scenes. Teleporting map works, but is not up to normal standards. Graphics are okay, but lacking. Okay purchase at 3.99, but not worth paying anything higher. ### 2/5 — Could have been a good game *2016-12-02, version 1.0.0* Good storyline and mix of puzzles but too slow to load between scenes which ruins the whole game. Becomes frustrating and boring. ### 2/5 — Really? *2016-11-27, version 1.0.0* Could changing from scene to scene be any slower? Playing this game is painful. I'm disgusted by the lack of quality in this product. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Lengthy Game *2025-01-12* Quite long game with a good bonus chapter. ### 5/5 — Keeps you busy *2022-01-16, version 1.0.0* It took me 3-4 days to finish. Worked before bed until tired, then closed and saved until the next night . Very enjoyable ### 5/5 — Really fun game. Good puzzles *2019-10-07, version 1.0.0* If you get tired of hidden objects you can play jig saw puzzles ! ### 5/5 — Difficult but very good 5 stars *2017-02-26, version 1.0.0* Too me a while to get through this game. It was very good, although good. I give it 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2017-01-22, version 1.0.0* Great game. ### 5/5 — AWESOME!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 *2017-01-07, version 1.0.0* Great buy❣ can't go wrong with this one❤️💕👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼 ### 5/5 — Fear for sale. Houston Black river *2017-01-01, version 1.0.0* Excellent game, good story, also quite long so good value for money. Have nearly finished the main game. No problems with play although occasionally the hint button does seem to do random things so if it points you where you cannot go ignore it. Enjoy ### 5/5 — Fear for sale. The house on black river *2016-11-18, version 1.0.0* Awesome game. I love all the Fear for Sale games. Lots of different game play, good story line and always looking forward to the next one. 😄👍🏻❤️️ ### 5/5 — Great Game *2016-11-16, version 1.0.0* One of the better ones. Not too spooky, good story line. Great HOPs and mini games that can be solved with the directions. A good buy. ### 5/5 — Lengthy game *2016-11-13, version 1.0.0* Enjoyed the game, storyline wasn't bad. Graphics good. Didn't find moving from scene to scene to be that bad, I am using the iPad Pro. Whether that made any difference I don't know. My only gripe is that some items wouldn't always pick up, and I often doubted myself but when using the hint button it did show that I was right in the first place. All in all not bad. --- *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 2026-07-06.*