# Fear for Sale: The House on Black River — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of Fear for Sale by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 4.30/5 from 85 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fear-for-sale-the-house-on-black-river/id1106057036/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fear-for-sale-the-house-on-black-river/id1106057036.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 56 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (3 of 22) ### 4/5 — Nice game 😊 *2017-02-10, version 1.0.0* Lovely graphics, interesting storyline, great cut scenes and atmosphere with a helpful map. Lots of good puzzles (not too tricky). Quite a long game, with collectables, which I really enjoyed. One star deducted for the loading screens which became progressively longer and there were too many HOS for me personally, but you do have the option of a jigsaw puzzle instead which I definitely preferred. It's a pity that EleFun can't sort out their loading screens as most of their games are really good! ### 4/5 — Nice *2017-02-04, version 1.0.0* Nice length and a good mix of Mimi games. ### 4/5 — Cool additions *2017-01-30, version 1.0.0* Great job on the switch up of the hidden objects list. I was impressed when I had to find a rag to find the words. Good one! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Big Fish scam *2024-11-25, version 1.0.0* Paid for but will no longer recognize or restore my purchase. ### 1/5 — No good *2017-02-15, version 1.0.0* Has glitches, and it won't let you restart. ### 3/5 — Good story but….. *2023-06-27, version 1.0.0* Too bad that this has glitches because it’s a fun story. The hidden object scenes are annoying because the objects don’t always respond to your touch so you can’t get rid of them. I couldn’t move forward early in the game because of a lost item glitch. Really annoying ### 3/5 — Good game but *2017-02-05, version 1.0.0* Really enjoyed the game but it is VERY slow changing from one scene to another ### 3/5 — Seems old *2017-01-28, version 1.0.0* This game seems like an old one because of the dialogue. There's no way to skip it. You have to keep hitting the "continue" to get through it. I find that annoying. The map is okay, though the exclamation point is often confusing because it's between two locations. The circle, I guess, tells you which area it's referring to. The HO scenes are okay. The puzzles are okay, though somewhat easy. ### 4/5 — Fear for Sale: The black house on the river *2023-09-27* Enjoy the game. But I’m upset I been charged for this game I already purchased before! You seem to charge me twice not right at all! Anyone else been charged twice for this game , or others games they already purchased? I’m sure you have. Because big fish did this to me a couple of times! I’m frustrated. Big fish greedy grabbers! ### 4/5 — A decent game *2020-12-30, version 1.0.0* This was a good length game which I managed to get for £2.99, it is difficult to find cheaper games at the moment which I haven’t already played, it is certainly one of the older ones. The map was really good and showed if you had missed any collectibles, shame you weren’t able to get them at the end.I have deducted one star for too many hos although I did prefer to do the jigsaw and not all that many puzzles, it has passed the time in lockdown. ### 4/5 — Pretty good game *2020-09-03, version 1.0.0* Overall fun and challenging but not tedious mini games. My major problem is the translucent blue back button in the center of the screen. It interfered in several of the games, especially HOPs. It would also have been nice to have sort of companion like other EleFun games. I’ve played a lot of these sorts of games while sheltering in place and I like EleFun games the best. Thanks for what you do. (I hope that by the time someone reads this the whole idea of sheltering in place is far back in the rear view mirror.) ### 4/5 — Great *2019-09-06, version 1.0.0* I really enjoy this series of games. This one is great. BUT the loading times are painfully slow. ### 4/5 — So far so good *2017-02-15, version 1.0.0* I am enjoying this game. Interesting story. Will reserve the fifth star in case it freezes up as have the last two Big Fish games I have downloaded. So frustrating. Good graphics. Nice mix of puzzles and hops. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fear for Sale: The black house on the river *2026-01-28, version 1.0.0* Enjoy the game. But I’m upset I been charged for this game I already purchased before! You seem to charge me twice not right at all! Anyone else been charged twice for this game , or others games they already purchased? I’m sure you have. Because big fish did this to me a couple of times! I’m frustrated. Big fish greedy grabbers! Update I got charged again for this game. You owe me 6.99 give me my money back! ### 5/5 — Top Notch *2023-10-19, version 1.0.0* A but older technologically, but extremely long and well written. ### 5/5 — Spooky *2022-10-26, version 1.0.0* This is a creepy story with lots of interactive and creative touches. I’m enjoy playing Fear for Sale games, and this one does not disappoint. ### 5/5 — Brilliant game *2019-08-16, version 1.0.0* Excellent storyline and graphics. Interactive and fun puzzles. Easily five stars. Thanks Big Fish! ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2019-02-17, version 1.0.0* Really interesting, quite good graphics and decent storyline. ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2018-09-21, version 1.0.0* Well made with good graphics and storyline. Very smooth and easy to find your way around. ### 5/5 — Fear for sale *2018-05-13, version 1.0.0* Very good game with a lot of interaction ### 5/5 — Game review *2017-02-14, version 1.0.0* This is one of the best games I've played so far. Graphics are great with a good strong story line. Well worth the price. ### 5/5 — Black river *2017-02-01, version 1.0.0* Cool game, like the story line, lots to do,, morphing,hidden objects --- *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 2026-06-11.*