# Follow the meaning — user reviews

> 86 indexed App Store user reviews of Follow the meaning by Second Maze, rated 4.30/5 from 85 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/follow-the-meaning/id6740814979/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/follow-the-meaning/id6740814979.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 56 · 4★ 12 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6

## What do users think of Follow the meaning?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Fun game with interesting puzzles
- 👍 Engaging story and characters
- 👍 Visually appealing art style

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🤔 Confusing navigation and unclear objectives
- 🤨 Monotonous music and audio

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes on launch
- Unresponsive controls
- Localization issues with Italian dialogue

**Most requested features**

- Ability to replay or revisit completed levels
- More detailed instructions and guidance
- Improved cat-finding mechanics

## Newest reviews (19 of 86)

### 4/5 — Very pleasant

*2026-04-02*

Very short but pleasant enough. Shutter Island meets the Matrix may be…

**Developer response:** Good (third) eye! Thank you so much for your review:)

### 3/5 — Meh.

*2026-02-16*

I really wanted to get lost in this game, especially after the referral from the folks at Rusty Lake. Unfortunately, it’s not atmospheric, there’s not really a story or mystery to be solved, and the puzzles are sparse and lacking in connectivity to any of it. It held my attention, I guess, but there are much better point and click puzzlers out there.

### 4/5 — 짧다

*2026-02-16*

게임 그래픽은 정말 이쁨. 근데 너무 쉬워서 플레이 타임이 짧음 ㅜㅜ 보너스게임 고양이찾기 귀여움

### 2/5 — Not worth the cost

*2025-12-10, version 1.0.7*

Good game, too short for the cost

### 5/5 — What a fun and slightly spooky story!

*2025-12-06*

I didn't know what to expect with this game, but it was clear that it was made with love.

### 5/5 — Great Atmospheric little game.

*2025-11-30*

Enchanting game with great graphics and decent puzzles. Ending left me a bit confused but a great if short game

### 5/5 — Outstanding

*2025-11-25*

A great puzzler. Beautifully hand-drawn, and sports an interesting, mysterious, and at times wonderfully absurd story.

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind words!

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2025-11-20*

Once again a joy to play these games. Creative, witty and just the right balance of challenge in each puzzle without it being obfuscating. My big word of the day!

### 5/5 — surrealist oddity in a good way

*2025-11-19*

everything about this is so good, with its slightly subversive approach to narrative mechanics, ambience, music, clues, pace, charming lofi handdrawn visuals, the muted colours, details

for people who leans towards thoughtful unconventional interactive narrative will appreciate this

### 5/5 — Just buy it

*2025-11-02*

Beautiful little point click mystery with gorgeous art

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for the kind words!

### 5/5 — Lovely and strange cozy game

*2025-11-01*

Perfect for an evening in. Beautiful artwork and engaging story. Puzzles were more challenging than expected, which was a pleasant surprise.

### 4/5 — 面白いです

*2025-09-06*

作り込まれたストーリー設定と味のある絵で、余韻の残るゲームでした。パズルも複雑すぎないのでストーリーの流れを邪魔せずちょうど良かったです。楽しめました。

### 5/5 — 존잼

*2025-08-22*

많이 게임 내주세요.

### 5/5 — Really fun

*2025-08-22*

Quirky and interesting adventure

### 5/5 — 추천

*2025-08-20*

너무 너무 재미있고 그래픽이 예술적이에요.  이런 게임이 많았으면,.. 핸드폰 보단 태블릿에 다운받아서 하세요.  그림이 많이 작아요. 👍👍👍👍👍

### 5/5 — 奇想天外、荒唐無稽受想行識

*2025-08-12*

不思議な歌とダンスを好む小学校の同級生を思い出す。自分の中の何かのスイッチをオンにしてくれるから芸術や文化は楽しい。このゲームも同じ。同級生と共に踊らなかった私だけど、踊っていたら何かが変わっていたかもと感慨に耽る、そういうスイッチをオンにするアプリです。

### 3/5 — Cute game, a little short

*2025-08-06*

Fun, mostly simple puzzle game with a charming look. It’s a little short, but I would probably try another app from the developers in the future.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the review and feedback!

### 5/5 — Loved it

*2025-07-31*

Loved it so much I played it several times over and over.

### 3/5 — Fun but glitchy

*2025-07-29*

Going well until I was in the bar after giving man the hat, the box appeared but when attempting to open it, nothing happens.  Pretty sure I can’t continue, which is unfortunate.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 유료치고

*2025-12-21*

플레이타임이 너무 짧음 1시간 정도만에 다 끝냄

### 1/5 — WARNING!🤬

*2025-07-25*

“Reset Game” doesn’t mean “reset the current puzzle.”  It means “completely destroy all of your progress and start the entire game over again.”  I found this out the hard way when I wanted to restart the hats puzzle.  Apparently it can’t be restarted, but you’re allowed to wipe out hours of game play and start the entire game over from the beginning.

### 1/5 — Too many ads

*2025-07-07*

Why did I pay for this and still get ads?

### 1/5 — Way too many bugs

*2025-05-15*

IT IS A STUDENT LEVEL WORK AND SHOULD NOT CAUSED FOR 5$!!! I have to keep resetting this game because there’s way too many bugs!

**Developer response:** Hello! We're so sorry to hear you're running into bugs when playing the game. We'd love to hear more about them. Could you send more details to support@secondmaze.com?

### 1/5 — 小さくてすぐ終わる

*2025-04-28*

マップ以外ピンチアウトできない

とにかく小さくて薄くて見難い

1周 数時間 @500

別の展開なんてない

### 1/5 — Waste of time and money

*2025-04-16, version 1.0.7*

Awful controls that don’t navigate well.  I asked Apple for a refund but they declined.

### 1/5 — Version 1.0.4 crashes immediately

*2025-04-10, version 1.0.4*

App crashes immediately after opening titles. Unplayable. :(

### 1/5 — Don't waste your time

*2025-04-10*

This game is a huge disappointment having come recommended from Rusty Lake. There is no rhyme or reason to the story or the puzzles. You never know where you're supposed to go or why (if you haven't the hints on). The puzzles are a lot of trial and error. You're always on the lookout for lost cats that are hidden in various places, you're supposed to "call" if you see a 3-eyed person but no phone is around. Everyone in the games speaks Italian (with captions), the music is monotonous and annoying. It's just a game of poking on everything hoping for something that will make logical sense. It's not fun. I felt my time was wasted, which is frustrating and not why people play games. The puzzles are not challenging. It's a shame Rusty Lake stumped for this game; their games are fun, challenging, interesting, everything this game was not.

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2025-04-10*

I just purchased the game and tried opening it half a dozen times and the game crashes every time before it starts.

**Developer response:** Hello! We would like to apologise for the crashes. We have since updated the game and all the issues should now be resolved. If you run into any other problems feel free to let us know at support@secondmaze.com.

### 1/5 — Won’t open

*2025-04-10*

Downloaded the game but keeps crashing… bummer

**Developer response:** Hello! We would like to apologise for the crashes. We have since updated the game and all the issues should now be resolved. If you run into any other problems feel free to let us know at support@secondmaze.com.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Amazing puzzle game

*2026-06-28*

Really impressed with this game. Beautiful art style and interesting story. But the main draw is the puzzles which are really good. Would recommend

**Developer response:** We really appreciate you taking the time to write this review, thank you!

### 5/5 — Hat so Spaß gemacht

*2026-06-14*

Nur leider zu schnell zu Ende. Hätte es mir länger gewünscht. Bitte mehr davon. Tolle Rätsel!

### 5/5 — De Shutter Island à West World

*2026-06-10*

Jeu très joli et sympathique, très court et pas très difficile mais vraiment agréable !

### 5/5 — Excellent jeu…

*2026-06-06*

…qui fait fonctionner les méninges, avec des graphismes qui ont beaucoup de personnalité !

### 5/5 — A fun diversion!

*2026-05-13*

I kept forgetting to try this game, so I’m a bit late to the party. It’s a weird puzzler mainly focused on collecting and using items to make new actions available. This is a game to stroll through, not rush. Take your time, take screen shots of provided hints, and just enjoy it. One suggestion for the developers: I did find all the cats, but played well past 1/1/26, so I suggest an update to remove that reward prompt from the game finish. For me, thanks was plenty of reward ;)

### 5/5 — Schönes Spiel

*2026-03-24*

Eigentlich mag ich so surreale Settings gar nicht, bei diesem Spiel hat es aber sehr viel Spaß gemachIt. Ich freue mich auf weitere Spiele der Entwickler!

### 5/5 — Review

*2026-03-02*

Great game, enjoyed the mystery as it goes on.

### 5/5 — FANTASTIC

*2026-02-18*

Do not pay attention to the one star review this game rocks. Clever, tricky puzzles, fun story.

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your support:)

### 5/5 — 5 Stars!

*2026-01-22*

Loved this game.

### 5/5 — Liebevoll designtes, kurzweiliges Spiel mit logischen Rätseln

*2025-12-20*

Die Grafik ist sehr liebevoll gemacht. Die musikalische Untermalung stimmungsvoll. Ein gewisser Humor sowie eine Systemkritik zieht sich durch das Spiel. Es könnte einen Ticken länger sein (einfach weil es so gut ist), aber für den Preis völlig angemessen. Man merkt, dass Herzblut in dem Spiel steckt. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad war für mich genau richtig.

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